On March 1st, Bill Moyers gave his first public speech in three years, as the final speaker in the Dowmel Lecture series. In his speech, he addressed what he feels is “the greatest threat” to our country: the staggering inequality of wealth and the death of the middle class.

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David DeGraw appeared on the Keiser Report to discuss his new book, “The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the USA.” DeGraw: “The American public needs to understand that we have been attacked. We are in an economic war right now and all economic indicators say that things are going to get worse….”

These are the core common-ground issues that we must urgently rally around and support. Unless we organize and take decisive action on all these issues, we will all suffer the consequences of our collective inaction.

The most significant bias in the mainstream media is not the liberal or conservative views propagated to divide, distract, confuse and create apathy among the populace; the ultimate bias is in what is missing from the coverage…

The entire bailout is strategically designed to eliminate the US middle class. Every time you hear the word “bailout,” you should think “coup d’état.”

Now that we have a better understanding of how the Economic Elite dominate our lives, let’s take a look at exactly who they are…

As a record number of US citizens are struggling to get by, many of the largest corporations are experiencing record-breaking profits, and CEOs are receiving record-breaking bonuses. How could this be happening; how did we get to this point?

AmpedStatus Report: It’s time for 99% of Americans to mobilize and aggressively move on common sense political reforms. This is the first part of a six-part report. Introduction & Part I: Casualties of Economic Terrorism, Surveying the Damage.

AmpedStatus Report: The economic elite have escalated their attack on the U.S. public by surging military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

You may have missed it in the mainstream news media, but statistical societal indicators are reading red across the board. The economic elite have launched an attack on the U.S. public and society is unraveling at an increased rate.

A new report from the TARP Inspector General further exposes Economic Death Squad leader Tim Geithner’s role in overpayments that put billions of extra tax dollars in the coffers of major Wall Street firms, most notably Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs games the oil futures market… the entire economy is a scam… no, nothing to see here Congress!

With a resume that includes being the former Co-Chairman of Goldman Sachs, former US Treasury Secretary for 8 years during the Clinton Administration and a former Chairman of Citigroup who was Paulson’s main contact at the firm, Robert Rubin is a pivotal player in the Economic Death Squad.

The theft of Trillions of taxpayer dollars has to be the lead story every day until there are investigations and prosecutions to resolve it.

“The homeless in America have Goldman Sachs to thank for their homelessness and starvation right now. They took the money from their pockets, they put it in their bonuses for this year… That’s a financial terrorist crime.”

AmpedStatus founder and editor David DeGraw was recently interviewed on the Peter B. Collins show. They discuss the economic coup and the devastating consequences for the US public, Obama’s failure to deliver on campaign promises, and what we can do to fight for economic justice.

Dylan Ratigan, one of the few mainstream media voices to speak out against the Financial Coup, has his sights set on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. We need to heed the call for Geithner’s removal. Here’s a roundup of Ratigan’s latest clips.

In Washington, “healthcare reform” has degenerated into a sick joke. The House bill will launch this country into a new phase of healthcare apartheid.

In all, Goldman sold more than $57 billion in risky mortgage-backed securities during a 14-month period in 2006 and 2007, including nearly $39 billion issued from mortgages it purchased. Meanwhile, the firm peddled billions of dollars in complex deals, many of them tied to subprime mortgages, in the Caymans and other offshore locations.