Analysis: The Accountability Discount — When Penalties Can’t Keep Pace With Profits
ANALYSIS This week, TIJ’s coverage spanned three seemingly unrelated beats: securities enforcement, sustainable investing, and international labor rights. But viewed together, the stories share a striking common thread — the…
Morning Wire: April 11, 2026 — IBM Pays $17M in First DOJ False Claims Act DEI Settlement
Your daily briefing on enforcement actions, regulatory developments, and accountability news. Government IBM settles for $17 million in first-ever False Claims Act DEI case. The Department of Justice announced that…
Reg Watch: April 10, 2026 — Stablecoin Rules Drop as Regulators Kill Reputation Risk
The Federal Register for April 10, 2026, carries a coordinated wave of financial regulation proposals alongside final rules reshaping how banks are supervised and how foreign interests in U.S. communications…
SEC Watch: April 10, 2026 — Enforcement Hits 20-Year Low as New Sheriff Takes the Reins
This week’s SEC filings paint a portrait of an agency in transition. From a historically thin enforcement docket to eye-popping executive pay packages and billion-dollar bitcoin bets, here are the…
Morning Wire: April 10, 2026 — DHS Shutdown Hits Day 48 as Trump Moves to Bypass Congress
Government Trump Signs Executive Order to Resume DHS Pay Amid 48-Day Shutdown. President Trump announced he will sign an executive order directing the resumption of paychecks for Department of Homeland…
Afternoon Wire: April 10, 2026 — Inflation Surges to 3.3% as Iran War Costs Hit Consumers
Government March CPI Surges to 3.3%, Highest Since April 2024. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that consumer prices rose 0.9% in March — the steepest monthly increase in…
First Liberty’s $140 Million Betrayal: How a Georgia Ponzi Scheme Exploited Conservative Faith and Republican Politics
A Ponzi Scheme Built on Faith and Politics On April 1, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that Bankers Life Advisory Services and Bankers Life Securities had agreed to…
The Scam PAC Machine: How Fraudulent Committees Fleece Conservative Donors While the FEC Sits Paralyzed
In the first year of the 2025-2026 election cycle, political action committees raised a staggering $4.6 billion and spent $3.4 billion, according to Federal Election Commission filings. But an unknown…
From Brazil to Budapest: Inside BYD’s Growing Forced Labor Crisis
The world’s largest EV maker now faces forced labor investigations on two continents — and just landed on Brazil’s official slavery blacklist BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle giant that surpassed…
Sold as Green, Loaded With Oil: How ESG Funds Exposed a $40 Trillion Credibility Gap
The $40 Trillion Greenwashing Machine The global ESG investing market now exceeds $40 trillion in assets under management, a figure that has more than doubled since 2021. Investors pouring money…