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  • Indict Lehman Brothers Executives (Geithner?): They Lied
    03/12/10

    (Cross-posted at DailyKos)

    I have been dismayed at the willingness to let the Wall Street executives off the hook--allowing them to walk free, continue to collect bonuses and salaries and even give them jobs in government after they conducted what was perhaps the biggest fraud in financial history. We cannot let them escape justice. And, based on the evidence released today, we need to start with Lehman Brothers, and in particular Richard Fuld, the former CEO.

    Here is what an independent bank examiner concludes:

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  • Give The Fed MORE Power? Why The Insiders Must Go
    03/02/10

    It is hard to overstate how out-of-touch the insiders in Washington are--and how much they are far more attuned to the demands of Wall Street and the financial powers-that-be. You can't find a better example than the apparent bi-partisan deal to give the Federal Reserve Board more power--and, most astonishingly, the power to protect consumers.

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  • Chatting With Kirsten Gillibrand’s Primary Opponent
    03/04/10

    New York Magazine

    Harold Ford Jr. may have decided not to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand, but that doesn't mean she's running for the Democratic Senate nomination unopposed. Unbeknownst to most New Yorkers, Jonathan Tasini, a labor activist, has been in the race since June. It's his second Senate campaign — he received 17 percent of the vote in a primary against Hillary Clinton in 2006. We talked to Tasini about why he thinks he can win, why nobody else does, and why legalized marijuana is inevitable.

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  • In New York, an Underdog for Senate Rails Against Wall Street
    02/11/10

    By Sam Gustin
    Daily Finance

    In his quest to gain New York's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, Jonathan Tasini isn't expecting much financial support from Wall Street power players. After all, he thinks many of them should be in jail.

    Instead, this former reporter and labor organizer is hoping to tap into the deep well of anger toward Wall Street, two years into a financial crisis that has cost more than 250,000 New Yorkers their jobs.

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