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Cheaters Never Win ... Unless the SEC Lets Them
Dodd-Frank was an attempt to make sure executives could not profit from cooking the books, but unless the SEC cracks down on accounting fraud, executives still have every incentive to fire up their burners.
Progressive Breakfast
McConnell May Unveil Transportation Bill Today Senate Majority expresses confidence in bipartisan deal. The Hill: "...the Kentucky Republican is keeping the details close to his chest ... An initial list of offsets circulated among lawmakers and lobbyists included a...
Bank Reform Five Years Later: Still Incomplete
Today is the fifth anniversary of the passage of Dodd-Frank, the complicated legislation designed to reform Wall Street after it blew up the economy. With finance still bloated, much more needs to be done.
How the Billionaires Bought Justice For Scott Walker
Scott Walker is the perfect example of how billionaires can purchase justice to protect their pet politicians. That’s why the Wisconsin Supreme Court dropped its probe into whether Walker criminally violated campaign finance law.
Workers In The Sharing Economy Need Shared Security
Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer has proposed a way for workers in the "gig economy" to have such benefits as a living wage, health insurance, paid vacations and sick leave, and retirement savings.
How Goldman Sachs Profited from the Greek Debt Crisis
The Greek debt crisis offers another illustration of Wall Street’s powers of persuasion and predation, although the Street is missing from most accounts. The crisis was exacerbated years ago by a deal with Goldman Sachs.
Progressive Breakfast
Call To End Gerrymandering Hedrick Smith calls for grassroots movement to end gerrymandering: "...take heart – and take a cue – from the recent Supreme Court decision that casts a shadow on partisan gerrymandering ... the high Court declared that rank-and-file voters...
Republicans Can't Win Without Solving Their 'Secular Problem'
Republicans have a bigger demographic challenge looming over them that winning over the Latino vote, one of which they are less cognizant and of which the solutions are less obvious.
This Gov. Walker Gets It Right On Medicaid (But It's Not Scott)
Alaska’s governor Bill Walker unilaterally moved to accept federal funds for a Medicaid expansion, extending affordable health care to 42,000 state residents over Republican objections.
Wingnut Week In Review: The Sting
This week, wingnuts attacked Planned Parenthood, with deceptively edited video that would make James O’Keefe proud, got "trumped" again by Donald Trump, and freaked out over the Iran anti-nuke deal.
