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Van Jones and Marianne Manilov

Clean Energy Pioneer/Co-Founder, Engage

April 1st, 2011

VIDEO: 'This Is Not America': SWAT Team Evicts Grandmother, Community Fights Back

Day after day, the media and government ignore an ongoing national tragedy: a tsunami of foreclosures is still sweeping millions of Americans out of their homes. As many as three million American families this year will hear a terrifying knock on the door: a law enforcement officer will tell them ... continue reading

September 26th, 2010

GMAC moves on foreclosures

GMAC Mortgage, a unit of Ally Financial, is moving forward with foreclosure proceedings using disputed affidavits, despite saying last week that it would halt evictions and sales of repossessed properties until it completed an internal review of its procedures.The controversy, which has prompted investigations into GMAC by the Attorneys General ... continue reading

July 15th, 2010

Congress approves sweeping Wall Street reforms

WASHINGTON – Congress on Thursday passed the stiffest restrictions on banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression, clamping down on lending practices and expanding consumer protections to prevent a repeat of the 2008 meltdown that knocked the economy to its knees.A year in the making and 22 months after ... continue reading

June 25th, 2010

Obama claims victory in financial overhaul deal

WASHINGTON – House and Senate negotiators reached a dawn agreement Friday on legislation that redefines federal oversight of Wall Street and, following the signing of the health care act in March, adds another milestone to mark the Obama presidency.President Barack Obama declared victory Friday after congressional negotiators reached agreement on ... continue reading

May 17th, 2010

Pro-Squatting Groups Target Another Home

MADISON, Wis. -- Two local homeless advocacy groups have joined forces on Monday to promote another attempt to encourage a homeless family to squat in a foreclosed property.Leaders with Operation Welcome Home and Take Back the Land both argued at a news conference on Monday that they believe housing is ... continue reading

May 17th, 2010

Homeless Families Eying Foreclosed Properties

Madison, WI – Chanting all the way, the group Take Back the Land led the media and police on a parade to the next home they plan to occupy, this time on Turbot Drive on the south side.Their mission is to put homeless families into foreclosed properties, focusing on homes ... continue reading

May 17th, 2010

Activists enter foreclosed Madison home, illegally

MADISON, WI -- Affordable housing activists took a public press conference to illegal levels Monday afternoon.It's a movement called Take Back the Land: and it's come to Madison.This time, the group focused on a foreclosed, vacant home that's been unoccupied for a year on the south side of Madison.More than ... continue reading

April 30th, 2010

AP source: Criminal probe of Goldman under way

WASHINGTON – The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan is conducting a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs over mortgage securities deals the big Wall Street firm arranged, a knowledgeable person said Thursday.The person said the probe stems from a criminal referral by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The source spoke on ... continue reading

Dean Baker

Co-Director, CEPR

April 2nd, 2010

Did We Make a Profit on Citigroup?

The Washington Post (aka Fox on 15th Street) once again proclaimed TARP a success. The cause for the latest revelry is the fact that the government appears to be in a position to make an $8 billion gain on the stock it holds in Citigroup. Before we join the Post ... continue reading

March 18th, 2010

Dodd’s Chief Counsel Bought Financial Stocks During 2008 Crisis

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd’s chief counsel in 2008 traded stock in Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Co., American International Group Inc. and other rescued companies as the panel considered legislation to address the credit crisis, according to her financial disclosure form filed with the ... continue reading

Dylan Ratigan

Host, Dylan Ratigan Show

January 12th, 2010

The Case Against Geithner

As we sit here today, Wall Street continues to exploit a policy of government-sponsored giveaways and secrecy to pay themselves billions. Record-setting bonuses due to banks like Goldman Sachs as early next week. Yet instead of acting as our cop, Secretary Tim Geithner has become central to what may be ... continue reading

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RT @johnknefel: Scott Olsen just returned his medals. Huge crowd response #ows #nonato

May 20th
6:35 PM
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"Welcome, Nato, to Chicago's police state ... a 'new normal' of militarized social control" http://t.co/Hspeagq9

May 20th
6:27 PM
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Our 10th week of walking begins today. Anyone can join. You walk where u are. 30 min or more. We try to do it together. Today's walk 6pm ET.

May 20th
5:27 PM
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Canadiens, ne laissez pas votre gov't pour les étudiants ce que nos écoles et banques ont fait à nos étudiants de niveau collégial. #ggi

May 20th
1:57 AM
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Reports from Chicago tonight that the #OWS live stream equipment was destroyed by cops as Timcast and others held at gunpoint.

May 20th
1:39 AM
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Meanwhile, our protests continue in Chicago at NATO summit. Coverage daily at http://t.co/067OzY7e

May 20th
1:35 AM
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After Midnight in Montreal: The people have taken to the streets! Watch now via live stream: http://t.co/9IKm4M56 #ggi

May 20th
1:30 AM
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Canadians are in revolt in Quebec over new gov't law limiting democratic rights. No news of it in US press. Their uprising is inspiring #ggi

May 20th
1:21 AM
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Also, the band Arcade Fire wore red patches in support of the striking students in Quebec, one of the most amazing mass protests of the year

May 20th
1:11 AM
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Jagger singing new song on SNL: "Romney's a hardworking man/he always says his prayers/just 1 thing about him/don't let him cut your hair."

May 20th
1:01 AM
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@TeoMitrovich: @MMFlint where was this walk?” Last night the walk was with Brecht. Tonight the walk will be Beirut. 10pm ET. Join me.

May 19th
9:36 PM
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Tonight: I'm talking w/ @CornelWest on stage @ 7 pm @ Hunter College, NYC. Benefit for Brecht Forum. All r welcome! http://t.co/LrSDijtI

May 18th
11:58 AM
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Calling all Chicagoans! Join @TMorello & @NationalNurses 2day @ noon in DaleyPlaza to call for a tax on Wall Street http://t.co/9Q0Hsm4t

May 18th
11:51 AM
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Tonight's walk is 6:30pm ET Times Square (or wherever u are). This is Day 61, baby!

May 17th
5:36 PM
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Great piece from Barbara Ehrenreich: http://t.co/vr037L2w

May 17th
5:33 PM
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Big victory in federal court: Daniel Ellsberg, Chris Hedges convince judge to block new NDAA law (trying US citizens in military court)!

May 17th
11:38 AM
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Looking forward to my conversation w/ @CornelWest tomorrow night (Fri) at 7 pm at Hunter College, NYC. Please come! http://t.co/LrSDijtI

May 17th
11:27 AM
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Feet seeking virtual company: 10pm ET walk tonight

May 16th
8:36 PM
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@TeoMitrovich: @MMFlint where was this walk?” Here. There. Everywhere. And Burbank. #miketakesawalk

May 16th
2:37 AM
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He's handled 1 more opportunity 2 go after WallStreet & not only can he NOT do it, he has to preface it by talking about how great they are.

May 15th
10:54 PM
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Donna Summer Dies of 9/11-Related Contamination ...by Reggie Cervantes www.michaelmoore.com Only when a celebrity like Donna dies does the world notice what...

May 19th
12:34 AM
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Watch Tom Morello and National Nurses United right now in a rally and concert to tax Wall Street and heal America, live from Chicago's Daley Plaza: ...

May 18th
2:25 PM
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ICYMI, I'll be speaking with Cornel West in a special benefit for New York City's Brecht Forum tonight, Friday, May 18th at 7:00 PM at Hunter...

May 18th
1:01 PM
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DO SOMETHING today in Chicago: Join National Nurses United and Tom Morello in a rally to heal America and tax Wall Street, 12:00 Noon at Daley Plaza: Nurses...

May 18th
5:38 AM
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Today is the tenth anniversary of the premiere of my film Bowling for Columbine, at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17th, 2002: "Bowling for...

May 17th
2:55 PM
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Preying on the Poor: How Government and Corporations Use the Poor as Piggy Banks ...by Barbara Ehren www.michaelmoore.com The trick is to rob them in ways...

May 17th
2:45 PM
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ICYMI, I'll be speaking with Cornel West in a special benefit for New York City's Brecht Forum this Friday, May 18th at 7:00 PM at Hunter...

May 16th
9:27 PM
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Palin's rhetoric torpedoed Medicare savings ...by Wendell Potter www.michaelmoore.com Palin so poisoned the well that not a single Republican will go...

May 16th
1:31 PM
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'Occupy This Album,' with 99 songs performed by David Crosby & Graham Nash, Steve Earle, Tom Morello, Willie Nelson, Ani DiFranco, Third Eye...

May 15th
10:15 AM
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Deficit Reduction: The Great Distraction ...by Dean Baker www.michaelmoore.com Once again our "leaders" are distracting the public from the...

May 15th
10:13 AM
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In the “Loop” with Morello Standing Against ‘Grotesque Income Inequality’ ...by Donna Smith www.michaelmoore.com I listen to the lyrics of one of Tom’s songs...

May 14th
6:06 PM
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This week's This Modern World on DailyKos: Daily Kos: The Austerions www.dailykos.com Readers should imagine the Austerions speaking in full, booming...

May 14th
2:44 PM
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Plutocrats Deserve Public Scorn ...by Carl Gibson www.michaelmoore.com The only way to get the GOP (Guardians Of Plutocracy) out of office is to vilify them...

May 14th
2:13 PM
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One thing I'm sure of: college students will not take this abuse much longer. The rumblings are everywhere. Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation...

May 14th
5:16 AM
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Mother's Day for Peace www.youtube.com Gloria Steinem, Vanessa Williams, Felicity Huffman, Fatma Saleh and Alfre Woodard read the Mother's Day...

May 13th
5:48 PM
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Militarization of the Mothers: You've Come a Long Way, Baby, from Mother's Day for Peace ...by Colee www.michaelmoore.com The five most powerful...

May 13th
5:13 PM
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Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. Here's where the idea came from: Mother's Day Proclamation, by Julia Ward Howe, 1870...

May 13th
4:59 PM
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...and here's my segment talking to Rachel about the Silverdome, and how Michigan is capitalism's laboratory: Rachel Maddow Show www.msnbc.msn.com...

May 12th
3:12 PM
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Here's the segment from The Rachel Maddow Show just before I was on, about the Pontiac emergency manager selling the Silverdome for $500,000: Rachel...

May 12th
3:08 PM
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Rachel Maddow will have me on her show tonite at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT on MSNBC. Among other things, we'll talk about the State of Michigan's...

May 11th
4:19 PM
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What If Kobe Bryant Were an Imprisoned Palestinian Soccer Player? ...by Dave Zirin www.michaelmoore.com Imagine if a member of Team USA Basketball were seized...

May 11th
12:30 PM
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The Energy Wars Heat Up ...by Michael Klare www.michaelmoore.com Here are the six areas of conflict – all tied to energy supplies – that have made news in...

May 10th
7:50 PM
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I will do a special live Facebook Q & A tonight at 11pm ET to discuss the historic announcement by President Obama today that same-sex marriage should be...

May 9th
11:37 PM
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I am deeply moved by the announcement made a short while ago that President Obama has gone back to his original position in 1996 and come out publicly in...

May 9th
7:27 PM
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Turns out the city of Chicago is terrified of Tom Morello and a bunch of unionized nurses: City of Chicago Pulls Permit for Nurses Rally After Event Adds Tom...

May 9th
1:27 PM
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This week's This Modern World from Tom Tomorrow on Daily Kos: Daily Kos: Circular debate www.dailykos.com

May 8th
11:20 AM
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To the Hague: Justice for the May 4th Kent State Massacre? ...by Laurel Krause www.michaelmoore.com The killing of American protesters remains effectively...

May 8th
10:20 AM
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My conversation and Q & A with all of you tonight was a blast! Let's do this again. My spirits are lifted by all the good people out there who care...

May 8th
12:07 AM
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I'm back from the daily walk with me. I'll be here on Facebook from 10pm to 10:30pm ET tonight if anyone would like to ask me any questions or talk...

May 7th
10:00 PM
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