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As Federal Prosecutors Cash In, Big Bankers Go Unpunished
We needed heroes after the financial crisis. Instead we got bureaucrats, compromisers, and perhaps something much worse. Federal law enforcement officials, our "thin gray line" against banker crime, were charged with restoring the balance of justice and reducing the threat of future crises. Seems they had other things on their minds.
The GOP and Obama's Second Term: Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 1
It was, of course, to be expected that Republicans would not like President Obama's inaugural address no matter what said. In fact, it's safe to say that the only speech Republicans would have been happy to hear from President Obama is one that began with "I here by resign..."; thereby handing the GOP a big win on the "top priority" they set for themselves on the day of his first inauguration.
Boiled down to gravy, all the conservative complaints about Obama's inaugural address can be boiled down to this: He didn't talk to them. As usual, Republicans are missing a bigger, more important reality: Obama didn't spend much time talking to or reaching out to Republicans, because he may not need to anymore. This three part series examines the possibility that Obama doesn't even need to pretend to reach out to Republicans anymore, what that means for the GOP, and the country.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: As Federal Prosecutors Cash In, Big Bankers Go Unpunished OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We needed heroes after the financial crisis. Instead we got bureaucrats, compromisers, and perhaps something much worse. Federal law enforcement officials,...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: As Federal Prosecutors Cash In, Big Bankers Go Unpunished OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We needed heroes after the financial crisis. Instead we got bureaucrats, compromisers, and perhaps something much worse. Federal law enforcement officials,...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: As Federal Prosecutors Cash In, Big Bankers Go Unpunished OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We needed heroes after the financial crisis. Instead we got bureaucrats, compromisers, and perhaps something much worse. Federal law enforcement officials,...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: As Federal Prosecutors Cash In, Big Bankers Go Unpunished OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We needed heroes after the financial crisis. Instead we got bureaucrats, compromisers, and perhaps something much worse. Federal law enforcement officials,...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: As Federal Prosecutors Cash In, Big Bankers Go Unpunished OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We needed heroes after the financial crisis. Instead we got bureaucrats, compromisers, and perhaps something much worse. Federal law enforcement officials,...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: To End Extreme Poverty, Let’s Try Ending Extreme Wealth OurFuture.org's Sam Pizzigati: "Apologists for inequality have a standard retort to anyone who calls for a more equal distribution of the world’s treasure. If you took all the...
To End Extreme Poverty, Let's Try Ending Extreme Wealth
The world's wealthy gathered in the Alps again last week to discuss how to 'solve' the world's problems. The world's biggest problem, suggests one top global anti-poverty outfit, may be their fortunes. Apologists for inequality have a standard retort to anyone who...
"Shocking" Recess Appointment Decision By Republican Judges Will Be Appealed
A penal of three Republican judges today knocked down the President's three recess appointments last year to the National Labor Relations Board. The President appointed the three NLRB members following Republican filibusters of his nominees, intended to keep the...
