Elizabeth Warren | Let's Get Real
Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Warren's Blog
Warren writes: "Seven years ago, Wall Street's high-risk bets brought our economy to its knees. We've made progress since then. The Dodd-Frank Act was the strongest financial reform law in three generations, and it gave regulators a number of common-sense tools to prevent future crises. But let's get real: Dodd-Frank did not end the 'too big to fail' problem."
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Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Warren's Blog
Warren writes: "Seven years ago, Wall Street's high-risk bets brought our economy to its knees. We've made progress since then. The Dodd-Frank Act was the strongest financial reform law in three generations, and it gave regulators a number of common-sense tools to prevent future crises. But let's get real: Dodd-Frank did not end the 'too big to fail' problem."
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Weekend With Bernie: How This Grumpy Socialist Became a Populist Hero
Mark Binelli, Rolling Stone
Binelli writes: "Sanders believes that by keeping his focus on economic populism, he has a shot - a long one, he admits - at beating the historical odds. 'Once you get off of the social issues - abortion, gay rights, guns - and into the economic issues,' he says, 'there is a lot more agreement than the pundits understand.'"
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Mark Binelli, Rolling Stone
Binelli writes: "Sanders believes that by keeping his focus on economic populism, he has a shot - a long one, he admits - at beating the historical odds. 'Once you get off of the social issues - abortion, gay rights, guns - and into the economic issues,' he says, 'there is a lot more agreement than the pundits understand.'"
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The Dream World of the Southern Republicans
Howell Raines, The New York Times
Raines writes: "Mr. Bentley is among the Southern Republican officeholders who, despite the smart occasional concession, do not fully understand that their dominance will not be a feature of the region’s two-party future. They still act as if tomorrow will be exactly like today, their tenure assured by unbendable evangelical Christians and testy white suburbanites."
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Howell Raines, The New York Times
Raines writes: "Mr. Bentley is among the Southern Republican officeholders who, despite the smart occasional concession, do not fully understand that their dominance will not be a feature of the region’s two-party future. They still act as if tomorrow will be exactly like today, their tenure assured by unbendable evangelical Christians and testy white suburbanites."
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Albuquerque to Pay $5m to Family of Homeless Man Killed by Police
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The settlement was announced on Friday by an attorney representing the family of James Boyd, who was killed during a March 2014 standoff in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains where he had been illegally camping."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "The settlement was announced on Friday by an attorney representing the family of James Boyd, who was killed during a March 2014 standoff in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains where he had been illegally camping."
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Ben Carson: He May Be Pro-Life, but He Knows the Science Isn't There
Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress
Lerner writes: "GOP presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson told ThinkProgress that as a doctor, he couldn't advocate for a technique will so little scientific evidence to support it."
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Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress
Lerner writes: "GOP presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson told ThinkProgress that as a doctor, he couldn't advocate for a technique will so little scientific evidence to support it."
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Muslim and Jewish Groups at Forefront of Efforts to Rebuild Black Churches
Max Blau, Guardian UK
Blau writes: "In the wake of those arsons, dozens of religious institutions and nonprofits have raised cash for those churches. To the surprise of some pastors, the recovery effort is being partially led by Jewish and Muslim leaders, who understand both the sanctity of houses of worship and the seriousness of attacks against them."
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Max Blau, Guardian UK
Blau writes: "In the wake of those arsons, dozens of religious institutions and nonprofits have raised cash for those churches. To the surprise of some pastors, the recovery effort is being partially led by Jewish and Muslim leaders, who understand both the sanctity of houses of worship and the seriousness of attacks against them."
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Unprecedented Wildfires Drive Thousands From Homes in Canada and Alaska
Nathan Rott, NPR
Rott writes: "The wildfires are centered in the northwest of the continent, but their consequences are far-reaching. Thick smoke has blanketed parts of Wisconsin and North Dakota. It's triggered air alerts in Minnesota and Montana and muddied skies as far south as Tennessee and Colorado."
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Nathan Rott, NPR
Rott writes: "The wildfires are centered in the northwest of the continent, but their consequences are far-reaching. Thick smoke has blanketed parts of Wisconsin and North Dakota. It's triggered air alerts in Minnesota and Montana and muddied skies as far south as Tennessee and Colorado."
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