Archive for June 27th, 2011

Late Night Video — What Killed the Dream?

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This is from the Change to Win people, who encourage folks to attend the events of the Speak Out for Good Jobs Tour.

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Rethugs Urge Creation of New Post to Do the State Auditor’s Job

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Rethugs Urge Creation of New Post to Do the State Auditor’s Job

Some things I can simply not make up. Today, a group of Rethug legislators and their gun-totin’ Party Chairman called for the creation of a brand-new ‘Office of the Inspector General’. In the release, Monsignor Greg Lavelle is quoted as saying: “If anyone previously doubted that we need a government watchdog, the last few years […]

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Wall Street ‘No Snitchin’ Culture

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That is the topic of a new piece by Ted Kaufman today. According to Kaufman, the common wisdom among bankers is that the biggest six of the Too Big To Fail banks ought to be broken up or at least subject to greater regulatory requirements. And why don’t you hear more about this? Apparently the No Snitchin’ culture is big among the Joseph A. Banks-suited set too.

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Monday Open Thread

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The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Bitter Tears

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The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is not throwing in the towel in opposition to marriage equality and is promising to seek retribution on the Republican NY senators who voted yes.

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