Turns Out That Trillion-Dollar Bailout Was, in Fact, Real. A new Washington Post piece fudges the history of the 2008 financial crash.

The “who could have known?” and “there was no bailout” account almost won, and it’s still a battle that’s being fought over controlling that narrative. If it can be denied that the problems were not capable of being known and that there was no bailout, it’s much more likely that the banksters will get the same treatment again.