Stories by Yasha Levine

Yasha Levine is an editor for eXiledonline.com. He is the author of the book, The Corruption of Malcolm Gladwell (2012). subscribe to Yasha Levine's feed

Being a Democracy Hating, Corporate Power-Defending Newspaper Owner Runs Deep in the Koch Family

Posted on: May 17, 2013, Source: Not Safe for Work Corporation

The Koch bros are rumored to be possible bidders for the Tribune company and its large regional papers including the LA Times ... their grandfather Harry Koch would be proud.

Exposed: The Billionaire-Backed Group Strong-Arming Parents into Destroying Their Kids' Public Schools

Posted on: Apr 26, 2013, Source: Not Safe for Work Corporation

You won't believe the predatory behavior of this education "reform" outfit, Parent Revolution.

The Billionaire Brothers Behind America's Predator Drones -- And Their Very Strange Past

Posted on: Apr 24, 2013, Source: Not Safe for Work Corporation

Linden Stanley and James Neal Blue's General Atomics has a massive stake in the drone industry. But that's just the start.

Obama Deports Record Number of Immigrants, Using Scary Private GEO Group to Get the Job Done

Posted on: Mar 31, 2013, Source: Not Safe for Work Corporation

The largest deportation prison in the U.S. is a former jail in the hyper-corrupt City of Adelanto, California, where public officials are often criminals.

There Is No Nobel Prize in Economics

Posted on: Oct 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet

It's awarded by Sweden's central bank, foisted among the five real prizewinners, often to economists for the 1% -- and the surviving Nobel family is strongly against it.

How Malcolm Gladwell Shilled for the Health Care Lobby ... and Got Away with It

Posted on: Aug 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Gladwell has carried water for the health insurance companies in his articles, while getting paid for numerous speaking engagements to the industry.

Has NPR's Adam Davidson Betrayed His Listeners? Serious Conflict of Interest Issues Exposed

Posted on: Aug 9, 2012, Source: eXiled Online

Davidson is a shrewd propagandist with a long, consistent history of shilling for powerful interests—and failing to disclose his financial ties to the companies he reports on.

Freakonomics Author Steven Levitt: Authoritarian Corporate Shill?

Posted on: Jun 13, 2012, Source: eXiled Online

Levitt is assumed to be a harmless, quirky pop economist for trivia nerds. But is that really the case?

Is Malcolm Gladwell America's Most Successful Propagandist and Corporate Shill?

Posted on: Jun 6, 2012, Source: eXiled Online

Propaganda works best when it is not perceived as propaganda, but works more subtly. The master of this nuanced approach is Malcolm Gladwell.

People Locked in Tiny Cages, Crying in Pain: What I Saw and Heard When the LAPD Threw Me in Jail for Exercising My Right to Protest the Oligarchy

Posted on: Dec 2, 2011, Source: eXiled Online

Don't believe the PR. There was nothing peaceful or professional about the LAPD's attack on Occupy LA -- or the way detainees were later treated.

Meet the Koch Brothers' Wealthy Right-Wing Grandfather: How His Pro-Corporate Agenda Is Echoed by the Kochs' Assault on Our Democracy

Posted on: Nov 9, 2011, Source: Texas Observer

The Koch brothers have bankrolled a broad attack on progressive government programs. Their grandfather's history in Texas helps explain why.

How the Tea Party Gave New Life and a Path to Power for Xenophobic Ultra-Right Extremists

Posted on: Jun 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

A good chunk of the Tea Party Movement's High Command is made up of former leaders and active members of border vigilante groups.

America's Outrage Over TSA Naked Body Scanners Fits Right into Libertarian PR Project to Prevent Workers from Unionizing

Posted on: Apr 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The right fears nothing more than unionized workers, and found a cunning way to scapegoat workers to derail a campaign to organize the TSA.

How an Obscure Outfit Called MERS Is Subverting Our Entire System of Property Rights

Posted on: Dec 15, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Banks have scrambled America's system of private property ownership to the point that no one knows who owns what.

8 Signs Meg Whitman May Lack a Human Heart

Posted on: Nov 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet

She's got billions, but Whitman has yet to perform a single significant charitable deed for the Golden State.

How Meg Whitman Failed Her Way to the Top at eBay, Collecting Billions While Nearly Destroying the Company

Posted on: Oct 25, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Former CEO Whitman's record of gross incompetence, massive waste and personal enrichment is breathtaking. That the media isn't talking about it is incredible.

Billionaire Farmers Scheming to Privatize California's Water Are Under Attack

Posted on: Sep 13, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Two devastating lawsuits have been filed this summer in an attempt to claw back hundreds of millions (and possibly billions) of dollars in ill-gotten profits.

Tea Party Flacks Are Drill, Baby, Drill Messengers Too

Posted on: Jun 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Exposing how the Tea Party evolved out of the pro-offshore drilling astroturf movement in 2008, and the Koch billionaires' role in backing it.

PG&E's Audacious Attempt to Enshrine Its Energy Monopoly In the California Constitution

Posted on: May 17, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The rich and corporate are abusing CA's initiative process to enforce their profits through the state's constitution.

The Roots of Stalin in the Tea Party Movement

Posted on: Apr 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The Koch family, America's biggest financial backers of the Tea Party, would not be the billionaires they are today were it not for the godless empire of the USSR.

The Looming Water Disaster That Could Destroy California, and Enrich Its Billionaire Farmers

Posted on: Mar 22, 2010, Source: AlterNet

There's a disaster waiting to happen in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and a handful of wealthy farmers seem to like it that way.

L.A.'s New Scheme to Plunder Owens Valley Water, This Time with Solar Panels

Posted on: Mar 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet

L.A. has sold the idea of enriching the residents of the Owens river valley before, while ripping them off in the dark. Will the residents buy into it?

Dem Sell-out Dianne Feinstein Attempts End-Run to Hand California Water to Billionaire Farmers

Posted on: Feb 12, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Feinstein is trying to ram through a massive transfer of public water into the private pockets of a clique of billionaire corporate farmers.

Solar Power Is Now an Option for Even the Most Cash-Strapped Suburbanites

Posted on: Jan 15, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Residential solar leases offer a no-money-down, low-monthly plan that makes solar electricity cheaper than the stuff we get by wire -- and you don't have to buy the panels.

Why Just About Everything You Hear About California's Water Crisis Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Posted on: Jan 7, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The media and the governor are warning of the "worst drought in history" in California We're being lied to.

Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Running Water and Food

Posted on: Nov 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Thanks to AIG, some of the poorest residents of rural Kentucky learned you can always be made poorer by corporate villains.

How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even Sean Hannity Are Hijacking Our Water Supply

Posted on: Nov 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet

A group of water oligarchs engineered a disastrous privatization scheme to make a fortune out of California's most precious natural resource.

What's the Border Fence Good for? Subsidizing Mexican Scrap Metal Entrepreneurs

Posted on: Sep 28, 2009, Source: eXiled Online

It was obvious from the very beginning that Bush’s push for a border fence was nothing more than a political show to boost Republicans' creds with their base.

Dr Pepper's Wet Dream: Water, Government Subsidies and Transfer of Wealth in the Middle of the Desert

Posted on: Sep 8, 2009, Source: AlterNet

A bottling plant in the middle of the desert? In the warped "pro-business" logic of a sprawling, bankrupt desert city in California, the plan made perfect economic sense.

Home Loan Scamming Is Still Going Strong -- and Now You're Paying for It

Posted on: Jun 15, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Welcome to subprime swindle 2.0: the feds' desperate attempt to reinflate the popped housing bubble.

There's No Ammo on the Shelves -- Is It the Gun Nuts' Fear of Obama-lypse?

Posted on: May 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet

A trip to the L.A. exurb and desert city of Victorville tells you all you need to know about why it's so hard to buy ammunition these days.

Fake Teabaggers Are Anti-Spend, Anti-Government: Real Populists Want to Stop Banks from Plundering America

Posted on: Apr 14, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The tea parties are AstroTurf -- fake grassroots. But there is a real movement growing against corporate greed and government malfeasance.

The Rick Santelli 'Tea Party' Controversy: Article Kicks Up a Media Dust Storm

Posted on: Mar 3, 2009, Source: eXiled Online

Debate heats up: How much are Rick Santelli and the Tea Party protests he inspired part of a project orchestrated by right-wing groups?

Is CNN Getting Kicked Out of Russia?

Posted on: Sep 11, 2008, Source: eXiled Online

Putin may strip CNN of its Russian broadcasting rights after it refused to air a 30 minute exclusive interview he gave the network.