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The Fed asks 9 banks to set up timetable for paying back TARP funds
America Blog less than a day agoBoomberg:
The Federal Reserve asked nine of the U.S. banks that were part of this year’s stress tests to submit plans for repaying the government’s capital injections, a person familiar with the situation said.
Palin's Xena moment
America Blog less than a day agoAndrew Sullivan writes about Sarah Palin's book, and her claim, yet again, that she went into labor, yet continued to give a speech in Dallas.
Independence of financial market oversight council called into question
America Blog less than a day agoFrom Shahien Nasiripour at Huff Post:
If the White House and congressional leaders get their way, the vaunted new oversight council charged with overseeing systemic risk in the financial markets will actually be a house organ of the Treasury Department, lacking the independence required to challenge decisions by government regulators, among others.
Lou Dobbs considering presidential bid in 2012
America Blog less than a day agoI would think a Dobbs candidacy would hurt the Republicans more than us. Some independents may fall for Dobbs' schtick, but his base will be conservative Teabaggers.
More on Glenn Beck finding a Jewish last name funny
America Blog less than a day agoSpencer Ackerman weighs in on the story we wrote about earlier:
Now, in fairness, I’m a very short Jew, so, it’s not like this thought hasn’t occurred to me either.
Talking to folks in line at a Sarah Palin book signing
America Blog less than a day agoFrom our good friends at NewLeftMedia. Priceless, as usual.
Obama bringing targets to Copenhagen
America Blog less than a day agoGlad to see he's stepping up a bit more on this issue. As one of the leading contributors to the problem, it is only normal that other countries expect the US to show some leadership on the issue.
UK police arresting people to collect DNA for database
America Blog 2 days agoSeriously creepy and the racial profiling is sickening. What is happening over there?
Police officers are now routinely arresting people in order to add their DNA sample to the national police database, an inquiry will allege tomorrow.
Car dealer in Colorado posts billboard linking Obama to Ft Hood, and pushing birther nonsense
America Blog 2 days agoThe sad, and scary part, is that these people actually believe this stuff.
Blackwater allegedly running covert ops in Pakistan, posing as USAID employees
America Blog 2 days agoYes, the Blackwater that Bush's DOJ was considering indicting last December. The same Blackwater that was accused of shooting at innocent Iraqi civilians.
Provincetown clarifies Pilgrim history
America Blog 2 days agoRock? Who needs a rock when you have the real history? Just kidding, of course, but why not check out both fantastic places and their history? I admit to having a bit of bias though because I love P-town.
RNC loses communications director
America Blog 2 days agoAs Cillizza notes, mid-cycle, that tends to mean turmoil in GOP land.
Trevor Francis, the communications director at the Republican National Committee, is leaving his post, an odd mid-cycle departure that suggests some level of turmoil within the GOP's chief campaign committee.
Obama's approval slips below 50%, but...
America Blog 2 days agoA good point from Adam Nagourney at the NYT:
Ronald Reagan’s average job approval rating in the months before his first mid-term Congressional election, in 1982, was 42 percent — and Republicans that November lost 26 seats.
Howard Dean sounding awfully pessimistic on health care reform
America Blog 3 days agoFormer DNC chair Howard Dean to Huffington Post:
"[I]if they drop the public option [to placate moderate members], I think they lose seats.
How and Why to Make Goldman Pay
America Blog 3 days agoBy now everyone, even the NY Times front page, has noticed the huge multi-billion dollar profits posted by Goldman Sachs and others in the financial sector.
Glenn Beck mocks name of Jewish Media Matters employee
America Blog 3 days agoFunny. Mocking Jewish names. Perhaps Glenn Beck thinks that people with "funny" names are all immigrants and thus not "real" Americans.
Credit card delinquencies improve
America Blog 3 days agoThis may not signal great times are here but it's definitely a positive sign that Americans are not falling behind on credit card debt.
Kerry and Hatch want health care reform to pay people to pray for you
America Blog 3 days agoI can't even get my insurance company to cover my allergy pills, or a year's supply of my asthma drugs, and these guys are worried about whether health care reform covers prayer? Are they kidding? Why not have it cover sex as a treatment for migraines? (It actually works.
Report: Jamie Dimon could replace Geithner
America Blog 3 days agoIf nothing else, it's interesting to see someone testing the waters. Geithner remains highly unpopular in Congress, the public and even with Obama supporters.
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