Robert Reich | Here's the Difference Between Republicans and Democrats

29 October 17

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Reich writes: "The Senate voted 51 to 50 to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule banning mandatory arbitration clauses in financial contracts."
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n Wednesday, the Senate voted 51 to 50 to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s rule banning mandatory arbitration clauses in financial contracts. It’s a big win for Wall Street and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (actually they’re the same thing). And a big loss for consumers.

Mandatory arbitration clauses, usually tucked into the fine print of contracts with banks and other lenders, deny consumers the right to go to court or join with other consumers in class actions lawsuits.

Sadly, Senators Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins all voted for this awful bill. Senate Democrats all voted against it.

When people tell you there’s no difference between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, don’t believe them.

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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
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Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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Bernie Sanders | We Must Stop the Attempt to Auction Off the Internet to the Highest Corporate Bidder 
 
Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders' Facebook Page 
Sanders writes: "Today, the FCC voted to start undoing the progress we've made toward making the Internet a space for the open exchange of ideas and information, free of discrimination and corporate control." 
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Foreign Embassies See Ivanka as Avenue of Entry Into Her Father's White House 
Abby Phillip, The Washington Post 
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Russell Brandom, The Verge 
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Robert Fisk | The Real Aim of Trump's Trip to Saudi Arabia 
Robert Fisk, The Independent 
Fisk writes: "Donald Trump sets off on Friday to create the fantasy of an Arab Nato. There will be dictators aplenty to greet him in Riyadh, corrupt autocrats and thugs and torturers and head choppers." 
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Steve Mnuchin Tells Senate the Trump Admin Will Protect Big Banks, and Elizabeth Warren Lays Into Him 
Bess Levin, Vanity Fair 
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US Imposes New Unilateral Sanctions on Venezuela, Tightening Economic Noose 
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Excerpt: "The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on eight current or former members of the Venezuela's Supreme Court Thursday, in its ongoing attacks on the Bolivarian nation." 
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Trump's Koch-Funded Appointees Continue Ruthless Attack on Clean Energy Growth 
Elliott Negin, Union of Concerned Scientists 
Negin writes: "When The Washington Post reported earlier this month that President Trump appointed Daniel Simmons to run the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the paper called him a 'conservative scholar.' Conservative scholar? 'Fossil fuel industry propagandist' would have been more accurate." 
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Garrison Keillor | The First 100 Days of My Presidency Have Been Tremendous 
 
Garrison Keillor, The Washington Post 
Keillor writes: "My first 100 days as Numero Uno have been fantastically tremendous as we begin to make progress to clean up the mess that I inherited." 
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Trump Treasury Secretary to Wall Street: 'You Should Thank Me for Your Bank Stocks Doing Better' 
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress 
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Kshama Sawant | Why We Should Strike on May Day 
Kshama Sawant, Jacobin 
Sawant writes: "Let's seize the time and make this May Day a turning point in the struggle to bring down this dangerous administration and put forward the type of politics than can challenge the rule of the billionaire class." 
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Guns and Religion: How American Conservatives Grew Closer to Putin's Russia 
Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post 
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'If I Had My Gun on Me, I'd Shoot Him': The Civil War Over Confederate Statues in New Orleans 
Matthew Teague, Guardian UK 
Teague writes: "The city of New Orleans surrendered early during the actual Civil War, after the Confederates left it poorly defended. This time, though, reinforcements from far afield have arrived to hoist the battle flag." 
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Defiant Rallies for Worker Rights Mark May Day Around World 
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180 Climate Deniers in Congress Received $82 Million in Dirty Money 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "New research shows that the 180 climate-denying members of Congress-plus President Trump, who famously denounced global warming as a hoax-have received more than $82 million from fossil fuel industries." 
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