Posted on 19 September 2011. Tags: "Free Trade", Afghanistan, Catfood Commission, Colombia, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Debt, Deficit, Elizabeth Warren, Masschusetts, Middle Class, Panama, Poor, Primaries, Retraining, Scott Brown, Senate, South Korea, Taxes, Wages
Dear Ms. Warren: congratulations for jumping into the U.S. Senate race in your state. And good luck and be well–you will find that being a "candidate" offers challenges quite different from having to answer to discourteous, uninformed Republicans. Respectfully, I’d like to ask your position on a number of issues. Quick context. There […]
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Posted on 20 July 2011. Tags: Banks, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Cordray, Scott Brown
So, Elizabeth Warren gets unceremoniously dumped from a chance to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau–because her boss blinked and wasn’t up for a fight with Republicans, who will probably hold up Richard Cordray’s nomination as well. Republicans may rue the day only in this sense: Consumer advocate and progressive hero Elizabeth Warren is […]
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Posted on 24 January 2010. Tags: American Idol, Ayla Brown, Boston Tea Party, Comedy News, glenn beckTeabagging, Martha Coakley, massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Scott Brown, Scott Brown Massachusetts, Scott Brown Vs Martha Coakley, Tea Party, Teabaggers
Scott Brown’s victory was a truly historic moment. For the first time in recent history, a senator-elect announced the dating status of his daughters: "For anyone watching around the country, they’re both available." Well, that’s not entirely true. "Arianna’s definitely not available," he said. "But Ayla is!" (Check out the video here) In all fairness, […]
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