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Keith Ellison: “I don’t care what party you’re in. I’m in the Social Security party.”

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Progressives in Congress are declaring independence from Dem neoliberal leaders on Social Security benefit cuts,
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Eliz. Warren wants to cut student interest rates to near zero

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Eliz. Warren: “Unlike the big banks, students don’t have armies of lobbyists and lawyers.”
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“Crossroads for Hillary” on a number of issues

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Where does Hillary Clinton stand on Obama’s benefit cuts? On Keystone? On the Arkansas BP spill? No one knows.
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Elizabeth Warren deliciously grills bank regulators on illegal foreclosures (video)

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Sen. Warren: “So you have made a decision to protect the banks, but not a decision to” help the families?
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Credit Suisse profits plummet 24%, cuts 2,300 jobs, then gives CEO & chairman 33% raise

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It’s nice to know 2,300 employees were willing to sacrifice their careers to pay for two men’s 33% pay raise.
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Fed’s Bernanke agrees “100%” with Elizabeth Warren, too-big-to-fail banks are a problem

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The momentum continues to build in Washington against too-big-to-fail banks, but is it enough?
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Big Banks get subsidy of $780bn, equal to entire “stimulus” bill, every year

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$780bn is almost the exact cost of the entire 2009 economic stimulus: $787bn. But banks get it every year.
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Elizabeth Warren: Too-big-to-fail banks get $83bn/year subsidy. Why?

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Warren asks the questions that most in DC won’t. It’s not polite dinner conversation to question the 1%.
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Elizabeth Warren: “Too big to fail has become too big for trial” (video)

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Warren to bank regulators: “Can you identify the last time you took the Wall Street banks to trial?”
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Scott Brown plays the race card again

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Scott Brown put his ugly race baiting side on display again in last night’s MA Senate debate against Elizabeth Warren.
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