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Richard Cordray Appointed Head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Is Obama Ready for the Trenches?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Dan OMahony

In what his opponents have called an “unprecedented power grab” President Barack Obama has used the power of the recess appointment to install former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. The CFPB is an … Continue reading →

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Wall Street on the Waterfront: Scenes from the Port of Oakland

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dan OMahony

The picture mail started hitting my cell at a few minutes before 6am. I recognized the number and I knew what it meant. Ben Sizemore had gone down to blockade the Port of Oakland and his pictures would be headed … Continue reading →

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Occupy Oakland: Scenes from the 11/19/2011 Designated Day of Action

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Dan OMahony

In recent weeks Oakland California has emerged as the flash point for some of the most heated and controversial confrontations in the Occupy Movement. Tonight on this designated ‘Day of Action’ Occupy Oakland attempts to establish a new camp in … Continue reading →

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Update SJR29; Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Campaign Spending

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Mike Lucier

Earlier this month we reported about the Constitutional Amendment, introduced by 6 Democratic senators — Tom Udall (NM), Michael Bennett (CO), Tom Harkin (IA), Dick Durbin (IL), Chuck Schumer (NY), Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and Jeff Merkely (OR), granting congress and individual … Continue reading →

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