DECEMBER 21, 2011 The Financial Crisis on Trial The SEC fingers the government-backed mortgage buyers, not Wall Street greed. By PETER J. WALLISON The Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuits against six top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced last week, are a seminal event. For the first time in a government report, the
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From: “Favianna Rodriguez, Presente.org” <info@presente.org> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:13:25 +0000 To: ReplyTo: “Favianna Rodriguez, Presente.org” <info@presente.org> Subject: Victory! America’s Most Nativist Sheriff Gets His Wings Clipped Dear Huge news! The Department of Justice just issued a scathing report against one of the most prominent enemies of the Latino community. Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio
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DECEMBER 12, 2011 In the U.S. mortgage crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis, bad policies subsidized bad investments. By L. GORDON CROVITZ EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The reason prosecutors can’t prove criminal intent is that in many cases the bankers were simply trading in compliance with the regulations governing them. Art imitates life, even
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DECEMBER 7, 2011 In Jan. 2007, Ali Musa Daqduq helped kill five Americans in Iraq. He may soon be released into Iranian custody. By DAVID B. RIVKIN, JR. And CHARLES D. STIMSON Mr. Rivkin served in the Justice Department during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. Mr. Stimson, senior legal fellow at the Heritage
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Border Patrol officials and government watchdogs believe there is a huge cover-up in the Obama Administration regarding the murder of Border agent Brian Terry. Credits: DHS/CBP Obama cover-up? Court records of border patrol agent murder sealed By Jim Kouri, Law Enforcement Examiner The Obama Administration has suddenly and without warning sealed court records containing alarming details of how Mexican
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Calls on agencies not to discriminate By Cheryl Wetzstein – The Washington Times Monday, October 31, 2011 Increasing LGBT marriages mean “we have a great opportunity to place children without a family into happy homes,” Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand says. (Associated Press) For the first time in Senate history, a bill has been introduced to
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By Chris Cox 9:41 AM 10/11/2011 Nearly three years into President Obama’s first term in office, Michelle Obama finally said something with which I can agree. At a recent fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election campaign in Providence, Rhode Island, the first lady told her audience: “We stand at a fundamental crossroads for our country. You’re
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NOVEMBER 25, 2011 The NLRB Putsch The labor agency tries to ram through quickie union elections. The descent of the National Labor Relations Board from independent referee to a wholly owned AFL-CIO subsidiary is speeding up. Now its two Democratic appointees are attempting to ram through a new rule requiring quickie organizing elections, with barely
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NOVEMBER 25, 2011 Stringing Up Gibson Guitar Environmentalists and trade protectionists set a trap for American businesses. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL On a sweltering day in August, federal agents raided the Tennessee factories of the storied Gibson Guitar Corp. The suggestion was that Gibson had violated the Lacey Act—a federal law designed to protect wildlife—by
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