Showing posts with label deregulating Wall Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deregulating Wall Street. Show all posts
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Friday, March 9, 2018
POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: WARREN’s town hall circuit – BAKER optimistic on TRUMP’s opioid efforts – Playbook Pool RETURNS
POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: WARREN’s town hall circuit – BAKER optimistic on TRUMP’s opioid efforts – Playbook Pool RETURNS
CHARLIE BAKER ABDICATING RESPONSIBILITY!
YOU'RE IN CHARGE CHARLIE!
- 'If you have bad actors, you need to deal with them,' Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says when asked about State Police," by Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com: "As investigations continue into the alteration of an arrest report involving a judge's daughter, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said the new State Police superintendent is dealing with the issues within the law enforcement agency."
DAY LATE CHARLIE! THESE ARE THE OVERPAID INCOMPETENTS YOU PUT IN PLACE
- "Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker plans to look into $100,000 in taxpayer funds spent on new bathroom," by Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com: "Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he will look into reports of a new $100,000 bathroom in the Department of Transportation's downtown Boston building. The new private bathroom for board members was built despite a public restroom being located steps away from the boardroom."
THIS REALLY REALLY MATTERS!
WE ALL REMEMBER THE COLLAPSE OF THE ECONOMY BECAUSE OF LACK OF REGULATIONS....THIS IS NOT BIPARTISANSHIP TO ROLL BACK REGULATIONS UNDER PRETEXT!
TAXPAYER PICKED UP THE TAB OF THE CASINO GAMBLING BANKERS - LET'S NOT REPEAT THE DISASTER BECAUSE OF GENUFLECTING TO LOBBYISTS!
- "Warren rankles colleagues in bank fight," by Alexander Bolton, the Hill: "Liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling out fellow Democrats by name for backing what she is panning as the 'Bank Lobbyist Act' and it's not sitting well with colleagues up for re-election in November. Team Warren urged supporters to circulate an image of the vote tally, listing the names of 16 Democrats who voted to begin debate on the legislation. That rankled fellow Democrats who accused Warren of trying to profit by making them look bad."
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson MUST BE TOO BUSY BASKING IN THE NATIONAL RIGHT WING SPOTLIGHT TO DO HIS JOB PROPERLY, MAYBE THERE'S A CANDIDATE RUNNING AGAINST HIM....
- "Lawsuits add up over Bristol County jail inmate suicides," by Jenifer McKim and Chris Burrell, New England Center for Investigative Reporting: "Bristol County accounts for just 13 percent of the inmates in the state's 13 sheriff-run county jails, which collectively house nearly 11,000 inmates who are awaiting trial or serving sentences of up to 2 1/2 years. But, over the last six years, Bristol has accounted for more than a quarter of all jail suicides, 13 out of 49."
POT GROWERS HOWLING!
- "Skeptical of LED lights, marijuana growers decry lighting efficiency rule," by Dan Adams, Boston Globe: "On its face, the idea hardly seems objectionable: With the state obliged to reduce greenhouse gases by 2020, regulators should act now to address the large amounts of electricity consumed by major indoor pot-growing operations where energy-hungry high-pressure sodium lamps can burn 24 hours a day. But a new regulation set by the Cannabis Control Commission to do just that - by limiting the amount of electricity that can be used for lighting to an average of 36 watts per square foot of cultivation space - has the industry howling in protest as it prepares for the debut of recreational sales this summer."
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Why Hollywood Activism Failed at the Oscars
ENERGY SECRETARY RICK PERRY, THE DANCING CLOWN, MUCH LIKE TRUMP APPOINTMENTS, IS INCOMPETENT AND UNQUALIFIED. HIS 2 PREDECESSORS WERE NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS, ONE A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER.
THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT IS THE ONE RICK PERRY COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT HE WANTED TO ELIMINATE.
DOE Secretary Rick Perry. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Says Moving From Fossil Fuels to Renewables Is 'Immoral'
Joe Romm, ThinkProgress
Romm writes: "Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Wednesday that it was 'immoral' to help poor nations shift off of fossil fuels."
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Joe Romm, ThinkProgress
Romm writes: "Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Wednesday that it was 'immoral' to help poor nations shift off of fossil fuels."
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Why Hollywood Activism Failed at the Oscars
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Elizabeth Warren | These Senators Sided With the Big Banks Yesterday
Elizabeth Warren | These Senators Sided With the Big Banks Yesterday
Earlier today, the Senate held its first floor vote on the Bank Lobbyist Act – a bill to roll back the rules on some of the biggest banks in the country. The results weren’t pretty: 67 Senators – 50 Republicans, 1 Independent, and 16 Democrats – voted to move forward with the bill for a final vote later this week. If Republicans and some Democrats are going to help the bank lobbyists roll back Wall Street reform, we’re going to make sure the American people know about it.
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Democrats Are Teaming With Republicans for a Stealth Attack on Wall Street Reform
Democrats Are Teaming With Republicans for a Stealth Attack on Wall Street Reform
Counselor to the president, Kellyanne Conway. (photo: AP)
Kellyanne Conway Found to Have Violated Hatch Act Twice
Alexander Mallin, ABC News
Mallin writes: "An independent government investigative agency said on Tuesday that senior counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway twice violated a federal law prohibiting government employees from engaging in political activities."
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Alexander Mallin, ABC News
Mallin writes: "An independent government investigative agency said on Tuesday that senior counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway twice violated a federal law prohibiting government employees from engaging in political activities."
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
Elizabeth Warren | Republicans AND Democrats Are Gutting the Rules on Wall Street
Elizabeth Warren | Republicans AND Democrats Are Gutting the Rules on Wall Street
Please read the article and sign the PETITION:
We need to make some noise about this big wet kiss to the big banks by reminding Senators as loudly as possible: they work for the American people, not for big bank lobbyists. Sign our urgent petition right now to tell the Senate not to weaken the rules on big banks.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Progressive Breakfast: Transforming The Possible Through Radical Imagination
MORNING MESSAGE
Transforming The Possible Through Radical Imagination
...now, more than ever, we need strategy. First, we have to build a resistance that turns Defense into Offense. That means being exactly where they don’t want us to be, exactly when they don’t want us to be there. We have done it on health care, and we can do it on immigration, we can do it on policing, we can do it on the budget, and more. Number two, Being the resistance is not enough. We need a visionary resistance. Let me ask you this: Is now the time to retreat on our big ideas? Is it time to soften our demands? No. Now is a moment that calls for a radical imagination of what’s possible. Every time we protest their agenda, we must demand and articulate and push for our agenda. Finally, let’s turn protest power into political power...
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Wall Demand May Cause Shutdown
Trump demands border wall money to keep government open, support ACA. Bloomberg:“…Trump insists he won’t go quietly even if Republicans and Democrats cut a deal. His budget director tried to sweeten the pot on Friday by offering Democrats help on their pet cause, Obamacare subsidies. … ‘We’d offer them one dollar’ of Obamacare payments … for one dollar of wall payments right now.'”
But congressional GOP leaders may cooperate with Democrats. Politico:“…Trump appears headed for disappointment. Democrats are signaling they’re unlikely to cave, and Hill Republicans are already pressing the administration to fight another day … Government funding expires Friday … White House officials and several senior House Republican sources say a short, one-week stopgap may be needed to buy more time to negotiate on a larger bill to fund the government through September.”
Wall starts small. W. Post:“Despite more than a year of campaign rhetoric about a ‘big, beautiful wall’ spanning the entirety of the southern border, the Trump administration plans to start with a much less ambitious footprint … Identified as ‘high priority’ in the document are the border sectors of the Rio Grande Valley in the southern tip of Texas — encompassing Rio Grande City, McAllen and Weslaco — as well as El Paso, Tucson and San Diego … The preliminary plan anticipates adding more than 100 new miles of wall over the next two years, on top of the 700 miles of fencing that already exists, at an initial cost of more than $3.6 billion.”
Trump Targets Environment This Week…
Environmental executive orders expected this week. Reuters:“On Wednesday, Trump is expected to sign an executive order related to the 1906 Antiquities Act, which enables the president to designate federal areas of land and water as national monuments to protect them from drilling, mining and development … On Friday, Trump is expected to sign an order to review areas available for offshore oil and gas exploration, as well as rules governing offshore drilling … Trump is also expected this week to sign an order to create an office of accountability in the Veterans Affairs department. He is also expected to create a rural America interagency task force to recommend policies to address issues facing agricultural states.”
Al Gore hopeful about Paris pact. AFP:“”‘ think that there’s an excellent chance, far better than 50-50, that the United States will decide to stay in the Paris Agreement,’ Gore said during a roundtable discussion at this week’s spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund…”
…And Taxes
Trump to outline tax reform on Wednesday. Politico:“…Mick Mulvaney, the Office of Management and Budget director, said specifics about what tax cuts will be proposed Wednesday are still being determined. He said the announcement will include guidance, principles and ‘also some indication of what the rates are going to be.’ … On Friday, Trump told The Associated Press that individuals and businesses will receive ‘massive tax cuts’ under his tax reform plan. Trump provided no details, according to the AP, but predicted the cuts would be ‘bigger, I believe, than any tax cut ever.'”
WH offers “conflicting details.” W. Post:“Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday suggested Wednesday’s announcement would pursue a long-term overhaul of the tax code … Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, appeared to cast doubt on Mnuchin’s statements, saying the White House hadn’t decided whether to pursue a long-term or short-term tax overhaul. He also said they haven’t decided whether to offset the rate cuts with other changes that would reduce the budget deficit.
Breakfast Sides
NYT spotlights ” the Indiana workers [at Carrier] whose jobs President Trump didn’t save”:“… the plant in Huntington operated by United Technologies Electronic Controls, or UTEC, was not part of that deal — nor would it be helped by the ‘buy American’ mandate for federal infrastructure projects that Mr. Trump promised in Wisconsin last week … For the most part, the workers do not fault Mr. Trump for failing to preserve their jobs, even as he took credit for keeping the Indianapolis plant open.”
After 100 days, resistance can’t stop, says The Nation’s John Nichols:“By governing from the right, Trump managed to get his approval rating as low as 35 percent in an April Quinnipiac poll. It is said that Trump has nowhere to go but up. Not true … Now is the time to turn resistance into something more: a coherent opposition that is capable of saying ‘no’ to Trump and holding him to account while at the same time organizing, marching, campaigning, and voting for a whole new politics that will consign crony capitalism, militarism, fearmongering, and the cruel chimera of the ‘CEO president’ to the dustbin of history.”
WSJ profiles Trump’s point man on Wall Street deregulation, hedge funder Craig Phillips:: “His primary job at the Treasury Department is to craft a response to Mr. Trump’s February executive order asking for a broad review by the department of financial regulations … What he has [previously] said suggests he saw the Obama administration’s regulatory approach as too aggressive, while rejecting some conservatives’ views that the government should have little if any role in backstopping financial markets … His [past] support for Democrats has irked Republicans on Capitol Hill and inside the Trump administration, who perceive Mr. Phillips as a potential roadblock to implementing a broader conservative agenda…”
Americans want active government. NBC:“[A] striking finding from the NBC/WSJ poll: 57% of the public says that the government should do more to solve problems and meet the needs of Americans, versus 39% who said the government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals. That’s the highest share yearning for a more active government since the poll began asking voters about the role of government in 1995…”
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Sunday, February 5, 2017
RSN: Extreme Vetting, but Not for Banks
FOCUS: Matt Taibbi | Extreme Vetting, but Not for Banks
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Donald Trump, the man who positioned himself as the common man's shield against Wall Street, signed a series of orders today calling for reviews or rollbacks of financial regulations. He did so after meeting with some friendly helpers."
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Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Donald Trump, the man who positioned himself as the common man's shield against Wall Street, signed a series of orders today calling for reviews or rollbacks of financial regulations. He did so after meeting with some friendly helpers."
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