
The Wall Street Journal’s L. Gordon Crovitz reports Monday that the Department of Commerce is unlikely to stop Los Angeles-based XYZ.com from enforcing Chinese censorship of domain names around the world.
by Joel B. Pollak2 Nov 2015, 11:25 AM PST0

Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said that despite the contraction in GDP, “things are actually pretty good” on Friday’s “Opening Bell With Maria Bartiromo” on the Fox Business Network. Pritzker said, “You know, actually, I think things are actually pretty good.
by Ian Hanchett29 May 2015, 2:32 PM PST0

“Businesses that sell to foreign markets put more people to work in high-quality jobs, offering more Americans the chance to earn a decent wage,” claimed the Obama administration’s Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker in a March 18 Wall Street Journal
by Marita Noon24 Mar 2015, 11:26 AM PST0

Commerce Secretary, Chicago native Penny Pritzker, penned an editorial in support of Obama’s amnesty policy, claiming that the president’s move would be a “source of economic opportunity” for the nation. Pritzker, a Chicago socialite and heir to the Pritzker family
by Warner Todd Huston9 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The Obama administration’s calamitous policy of abandoning U.S. control of Internet domain names is being handled by none other than his controversial Chicago crony, Penny Pritzker. Pritzker, the Hyatt billionaire and subprime mortgage lender who withdrew her name from consideration
by Joel B. Pollak14 Oct 2014, 5:52 AM PST0

President Barack Obama has named two Chicago cronies with no foreign policy experience to coveted ambassadorships. One, Colleen Bell, is a writer for The Bold and the Beautiful who married into “Chicago’s soap opera dynasty,” reports Carol Felsenthal of Chicago magazine. The other
by Joel B. Pollak16 Jan 2014, 11:04 AM PST0

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) — Fifty billionaires on the Forbes list of the U.S. richest have received $11.3 million in federal farm subsidies, the Environmental Working Group said Thursday. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, Charles Schwab, head of the brokerage
by Breitbart London8 Nov 2013, 5:17 AM PST0

CHICAGO, June 30 (UPI)–Droves of Hollywood stars and key political players descended upon Promontory Point in Chicago to celebrate the wedding of George Lucas to Mellody Hobson. The two tied the knot June 22 at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County,
by Breitbart London30 Jun 2013, 3:06 PM PST0

Mayor Rahm Emanuel named millionaire venture capitalist Deborah Quazzo to fill the Chicago Public School Board vacancy left after billionaire Penny Pritzker resigned ahead of her nomination for U.S. Secretary of Commerce in March. A statement released by Emanuel’s office
by Rebel Pundit28 Jun 2013, 4:09 PM PST0

Prior to Tuesday’s Senate confirmation of Penny Pritzker as Secretary of Commerce, Politico asked “On Pritzker, where is the outrage?” Given bipartisan opposition from the public, along with Pritzker’s crony business history, it’s a good question. Media outlets both liberal
by Rebel Pundit26 Jun 2013, 6:46 AM PST0

After sailing through her confirmation hearing, Penny Pritzker was confirmed on Tuesday by the U.S. Senate as the next Secretary of Commerce. Despite strong opposition from both liberals and conservatives, the Senate voted 97 to 1 to confirm Pritzker. Self-described democratic
by Rebel Pundit25 Jun 2013, 1:57 PM PST0

(AP) By ANDREW TAYLOR – The Senate Tuesday confirmed billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker to be commerce secretary, filling a vacancy that has stood since John Bryson resigned last summer. The sweeping 97-1 vote installs Pritzker, a longtime friend of
by Breitbart News25 Jun 2013, 1:15 PM PST0

Barack Obama’s close friend and major fundraiser, Penny Pritzker, who has been nominated to be the new Secretary of Commerce, didn’t include more than $80 million in income in financial disclosures she filed last week. Pritzker, who is a billionaire,
by William Bigelow24 May 2013, 1:13 PM PST0

I found it astonishing to watch Senators from both parties roll over for Secretary of Commerce nominee Penny Pritzker at her confirmation hearing his week. My Breitbart colleagues teased me for my lack of cynicism about the “ruling class” in
by Joel B. Pollak24 May 2013, 10:16 AM PST0

Secretary of Commerce nominee Penny Pritzker coasted through her Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Thursday. Members of both parties on the committee largely ignored Pritzker’s questionable business practices, offshore investments, and tax problems, as well as the
by Rebel Pundit23 May 2013, 1:47 PM PST0

Labor unions have made it clear that they are not fans of Obama campaign bundler Penny Pritzker or her family’s Hyatt Hotel chain. Thursday morning, they flexed some muscle in opposition to Pritzker’s nomination to become Commerce Secretary at her confirmation
by Rebel Pundit23 May 2013, 11:56 AM PST0

After over 40 minutes of evasion in Penny Pritzker’s confirmation hearing as Secretary of Commerce, the committee finally heard about the failure of Pritzker’s Superior Bank in 2001 due to subprime lending. “What do you have to say to the
by Joel B. Pollak23 May 2013, 8:53 AM PST0

Senator Mark Kirk was “uncertain” about supporting Hyatt Hotel heiress and Obama campaign bundler Penny Pritzker for Commerce Secretary until a few days ago. Ahead of Thursday’s confirmation hearing, Kirk has announced he is joining his Illinois counterpart Dick Durbin
by Rebel Pundit23 May 2013, 6:31 AM PST0

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D) has thrown his support behind Penny Pritzker for U.S. Secretary of Commerce. After meeting with Pritzker last week, Durbin told the Chicago Tribune she would make an “outstanding” Cabinet secretary, and he would do everything he
by Rebel Pundit22 May 2013, 5:50 AM PST0

After coming under fire in 2008 for her role in the failure of her family’s subprime-lending Superior Bank, President Obama’s campaign defended their then-campaign finance chairwomen, Penny Pritzker, claiming, that “she stepped down as chairwoman of the bank’s board in
by Rebel Pundit21 May 2013, 10:46 AM PST0

Fran Sweet, a 68-year old retiree, says she is still out $69,400 after the failure of Penny Pritzker’s subprime-speculating Superior Bank in 2001. Sweet told Breitbart News, “It was not a failure. It was a bank robbery… My feeling is
by Rebel Pundit21 May 2013, 5:43 AM PST0

In a crowded field, Chicago billionaire, bundler, sub-prime banker and union buster Penny Pritzker is clearly the worst nominee that President Barack Obama has chosen for his second term cabinet. Though the position for which she has been nominated, Secretary
by Joel B. Pollak19 May 2013, 2:27 PM PST0

By her own admission in a 2008 Q & A with the New York Times, Secretary of Commerce nominee Penny Pritzker acknowledged as many as 1600 depositors lost $6000 on average–or roughly $10 million overall–due to her family’s Superior Bank
by Rebel Pundit7 May 2013, 5:36 AM PST0

President Obama nominated Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker for Commerce secretary.
by Breitbart TV2 May 2013, 12:15 PM PST0

Today, President Barack Obama plans to nominate one of his top campaign donors to become secretary of the Commerce Department. Billionaire Hyatt hotel heiress Penny Pritzker, whom Forbes ranks as the 277th richest person in America, bundled at least $904,957
by Wynton Hall2 May 2013, 6:35 AM PST0