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G7 May Exclude U.S. At Summit Macron threatens rare rebuke of U.S. at G-7. WaPo: "French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday threatened to join with other world leaders to issue a rare rebuke of the United States at a global summit here this weekend, drawing...
For Captured Regulators, Repealing the Volcker Rule is Child’s Play
Our country’s economic condition is fragile, and the next recession could be catastrophic. Why, under these conditions, would the people entrusted with our economy decide to make things more dangerous? Given Wall Street’s fraudulent behavior and self-proclaimed incompetence, why would regulators or politicians place more trust in it?
And yet, that’s exactly what a bipartisan group of lawmakers (including Democratic senators Heitkamp, Donnelly, and Tester) did recently when they loosened Dodd-Frank rules for most American banks. And it’s what Trump appointees are about to do by weakening the Volcker Rule, a move that could pave the way for another financial disaster.
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Mulvaney Disbands CFPB Advisory Council Mulvaney effectively fires CFPB advisory council. NPR: "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to come under fire by the man running the watchdog agency — Mick Mulvaney, the interim director appointed by President...
Charter School Industry's Stunning Loss in CA Primaries
In reviewing the losers in this week's primary elections in eight states, one shouldn't overlook the charter school industry, which took a drubbing in the California governor's race where its preferred candidate former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa drew a...
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Dems Score Primary Wins Dems, women score gains at polls. The Hill: "Voters in seven states cast their ballots Tuesday in what amounts to the most significant primary election of the 2018 season, a Super Tuesday for partisans battling for control of Congress. In...
Making Movement Politics Real in Iowa and Beyond
“Our fight to lift up a million Iowans didn’t end when the polls closed,” said Cathy Glasson last night, when she conceded her race in the Democratic governor’s primary. “We’ve built a bold, progressive movement that will be a force to be reckoned with in Iowa...
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Primary Votes In Eight States What you need to know about Tuesday's primaries. CBS: "There are eight states holding primaries on Tuesday, June 5: Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. That makes Tuesday one of the...
50 Years After 1968, Can the Young Change Politics? A Striking New Poll Says Yes
Fifty years ago, in the dust and fire of global youth activism, everything seemed possible. The political world was a cloud filled with chaos and opportunity, pain and promise. The young were a powerful force, even a world-changing one. Could they become that force...
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Trump Not Above The Law Trump’s lawyer is dead wrong on obstruction of justice. Just Security: "The Declaration of Independence charged King George III with 'obstruct[ing] the administration of justice, by refusing his assent to the laws for establishing judiciary...
Iowans for Glasson: We Are What Democracy Looks Like
Iowans do things their own way - especially when it comes to politics. I know: I’m born and raised in Cedar Rapids, and am a first-generation freshman at Grinnell College, a liberal arts school in the center of the state whose progressive roots reach back to the...
