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ELIZABETH WARREN

Banks' Lobbying Blitz a Betrayal of Public Trust

After toppling economy, Wall St. now opposes consumer protections?

8 hours, 42 minutes ago
BOOK EXCERPT

 Paulson: 
 In '08 Crisis, 
 John McCain 
 Had No Plan 



Ex-Treasury sec says Mac risked putting US economy in freefall for 'political gambit'

Feb 6, 10 12:40 PM CST

AIG Slashes Bonuses, Will Still Pay Out $100M Tomorrow

News not sitting well with lawmakers

Feb 2, 10 9:16 PM CST
OPINION

 Maybe Dodd's 
 Angling for 
 'Cushy Bank Job' 

Senator's threats on Volcker rule insane, and bad politics

Feb 1, 10 7:25 PM CST
DODD: BIPARTISAN OR BUST

 Bank Risk Rules 
 Could Die in Senate 

Retiring Dodd wants GOP support, Obama be damned

Feb 1, 10 6:14 PM CST
PAUL VOLCKER


 Time to Pull Plug 
 on 'Too Big to Fail' 

Former Fed chair wants mechanisms to let 'em fail

Jan 31, 10 12:53 PM CST

Fed Duo Sounded Alarm Over AIG 'Gifts' to Banks

Geithner, Paulson face grilling over 'backdoor bailouts' for AIG clients

Jan 27, 10 5:47 AM CST
OPINION

 'Anarchic' Conan Perfect 
 for Treasury Secretary 

Obama could use O'Brien-like bile to hammer big banks

Jan 21, 10 9:31 PM CST

 Obama to Propose 
 Knocking Banks 
 Down to Size 

President plans new limits on bank size, risk-taking

Jan 21, 10 7:37 AM CST

Dems May Cave on Consumer Agency 

Proving they serve banks, not families, says Elizabeth Warren

Jan 19, 10 9:43 AM CST
PAUL KRUGMAN

Crisis Probe Bares Fools' Guilt-Free Fantasy

Deregulation, greed made crash inevitable

Jan 15, 10 2:37 AM CST
ANALYSIS

US Banks Paid Employees Record $145B in 2009

Haul breaks mark set in pre-bust 2007

Jan 14, 10 9:41 PM CST

Geithner Will Testify on Secretive Bailout Deals

House committee wants answers on his role on AIG contracts

Jan 14, 10 6:12 PM CST
Wall Streeters Grilled

 Blankfein: 
 Goldman 
 Not Guilty, 
 Didn't Need 
 Feds' Help 


Blankfein says firm wasn't 'reliant on government assistance'

Jan 13, 10 9:55 AM CST



 Wall Street's 
 Finest Head to 
 DC Showdown 

Commission styled after 9/11 inquiry probes meltdown

Jan 13, 10 7:43 AM CST

 Fed Earns Record $45B 

Efforts to save economy result in windfall

Jan 12, 10 1:22 AM CST
CONUNDRUMS

 Wall Street Weighs 
 Huge Bonuses 
 Vs. Public Wrath 

Small signs of restraint as bonus season begins with record profits

Jan 10, 10 7:31 AM CST
OPINION

 10 Lies Wall St. Told Us in '09 

It's been a bumper year for BS from the big banks, writes Nomi Prins

Dec 29, 09 9:13 AM CST

 Banks Probed for 
 Betting Against 
 Own Securities 

Firms bundled bad debt then sold it short

Dec 24, 09 5:04 AM CST

 Stocks Finish Worst 
 Decade Ever 

Yes, even worse than the 1930s

Dec 21, 09 7:14 AM CST

 Spitzer 
 to AIG: 
 Show Us 
 the Email 

Ex-gov wants answers before feds ditch their stake

Dec 20, 09 8:12 AM CST
sleighs need fuel, too

 Economy Curbs Holiday Travel 

Americans stay home or scale back vacation plans

Dec 18, 09 4:20 PM CST
KARL ROVE

 B+? Obama 
 Must Be 
 Joking 

Prez deserves his failing grade from the public, writes Karl Rove

Dec 17, 09 5:33 AM CST

Bank of America Hires News CEO From Within

Giant can't lure a star, turns to Brian Moynihan to succeed Ken Lewis

Dec 16, 09 9:06 PM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

8
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

65
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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