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Credit Suisse profits plummet 24%, cuts 2,300 jobs, then gives CEO & chairman...
Only in the world of big finance could this possibly make sense. What other industry rewards corporate leadership for failing in such a big way? The profits for Credit Suisse dropped a massive 24% last...
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Elizabeth Warren deliciously grills bank regulators on illegal foreclosures...
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, yesterday at a Senate Banking Committee hearing, grilling federal officials about illegal bank foreclosures: ELIZABETH WARREN: Would it be helpful,...
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“Crossroads for Hillary” on a number of issues
The Hillary Clinton candidacy cum phenomenon is both interesting and problematical. On the one hand, many Democrats (I mean that literally; many “people wedded or welded to the Democratic Party”) are...
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Eliz. Warren wants to cut student interest rates to near zero
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has introduced her first piece of legislation. It’s called the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, and would reduce the rate students pay on federally-subsidized...
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Keith Ellison: “I don’t care what party you’re in. I’m in the Social Security...
Is Dem resistance to Neoliberal Leadership spreading in Congress? Here’s Keith Ellison and Elizabeth Warren on Social Security benefit cuts. Listen; it sure sounds like it. On May 8 the House...
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CNBC pulls video of Elizabeth Warren smacking down anchor over Glass-Steagall
Earlier this week, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) went on CNBC last Friday to debate the Glass-Steagall banking regulations that were adopted in 1933, and her proposal to update and...
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Bernie Sanders “may” run for president in 2016
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will consider making a run for the White House in 2016 if “no one else with progressive views similar to his” enters the race. Do you hear Elizabeth Warren in that? This...
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End the retirement crisis by increasing Social Security benefits
Yes, you read that right: End the retirement crisis by increasing Social Security benefits now. There is a retirement crisis, and the only part of the solution that’s in government hands is Social...
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Citigroup, SunTrust, B of A, Wells Fargo decline comment on possible new fee...
Unhappy with the airline industry’s leadership in fleecing customers by nickel-and-diming them to death, the big banks might just opt to start charging customers a “fee” for the honor of depositing...
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Bernie Sanders on 2016: His candidacy, Elizabeth Warren & the Clintons
Senator Bernie Sanders recently announced that he’s considering entering the 2016 presidential race if a strong progressive doesn’t. He also mention (in passing) that he likes Elizabeth Warren. He’s...
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Hillary Clinton & the Wall Street plutocrats who paid her $200,000 for one...
This has been making the rounds, and it should. Hillary Clinton recently spoke before a group of “major investors” — a “few hundred” Wall Street big-money denizens, according to the report — invited by...
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Seven things about the “inevitable” Hillary Clinton
NOTE: To jump to my own thoughts on this, click here. ________ We all know that Hillary Clinton, an undeclared candidate for President in 2016, is the front-runner by a huge margin. It’s also obvious...
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Five reasons Elizabeth Warren might run in 2016
I recently wrote about Hillary Clinton’s vulnerabilities as a 2016 White House candidate, referencing this piece by Guy Saperstein at Alternet. I also added some thoughts that Guy didn’t bring up. You...
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Eliz. Warren, 4 other Dem. Senators, join NOH8 photo campaign
US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has joined four other Democratic US Senators in being photographed for the pro-gay/pro-tolerance “NOH8” campaign. NOH8 is the brainchild of photographer Adam Bouska,...
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The speech that may make Elizabeth Warren president
Elizabeth Warren gave quite a speech on Friday night after the US Senate passed a trillion dollar spending bill that repeals a key part of the Dodd-Frank law, and lets billionaires donate even more...
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Is Elizabeth Warren ready to be president?
There’s been increasing chatter of late about the prospect of US Senator Elizabeth Warren running for president. Many progressives love the idea of a Warren presidency, but the question arises as to...
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POLITICO accidentally points out how insanely conservative the GOP is
On Tuesday, the House passed a clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill, avoiding a looming departmental shutdown while leaving President Obama’s executive actions on immigration intact. The...
View ArticleRussia’s Elizabeth Warren?
On January 21st Russian Duma Deputy Oksana Dmitriyeva went on broadcast television and argued that “in a time of [economic] crisis, there should be a change of teams in government. These people don’t...
View ArticleCNN: Bernie Sanders could announce presidential run “within days”
Hillary Clinton has done her best since announcing her bid for the White House to shore up her left flank, but it looks like her best hasn’t been enough to avoid a progressive primary challenge. In one...
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Why Barack Obama and Elizabeth Warren are fighting: The strange world of...
The two most significant icons in American progressive politics are fighting. Over the past few months, President Obama has lobbied Congress and the public to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
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