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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/28/2008
With Bailout Money At Stake, It's Hip To Be A Bank
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Maybe TPMmuckraker will reorganize as a bank to get our hands on some taxpayer money. After all, everyone's doing it. The Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a good-government group, last week sent a letter to Congressional leaders identifying eight financial institutions that have ...
not a bailout - Rescue Plan Will Make Money - Bill Gross (video)
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not a bailout - Rescue Plan Will Make Money - Bill Gross (video)
— youtube.com — This is not a bailout, it is not save this bank or that bank. This is to... restore the whole credit system and your job and your retirement. It will keep folks... (more) not a bailout - Rescue Plan Will Make Money - Bill ...
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The Hollywood Liberal — Results Of DOJ Probe Into Siegelman Prosecution To Be Released In ‘Near Future’ We may be getting some answers in the saga of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman sooner rather than later. DOJ’s Office Of Professional Responsibility expects “in the near future” to complete its probe into allegations of politicized prosecution in the… [image] [image] The Daily Muck In an interview with the Washington Post, the outgoing head of the Securities and Exchange Commission denies any responsibility for scandals that took place during his tenure. Chris Cox told the paper that his agency doesn’t prevent banks from going… [image] [image] With Bailout Money ...

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The Hollywood Liberal — The Daily Muck The committee responsible for looking into possible impeachment proceedings against Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will not subpoena advisers to President-elect Barack Obama. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has stated that subpoenaing Valerie Jarrett and Rahm Emanuel, along with Representative Jesse Jackson… [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] What Happened To Madoff’s Money? Almost since the news broke that Bernard Madoff had confessed to running a “$50 billion Ponzi scheme”, one of the key unanswered questions has been, what happened to all that money? The short answer is, we don’t know yet. “It… ...

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