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And you thought your bank made money by loaning money

Peoria Pundit (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The Daily Kos has a good summary and explanation of a local TV consumer report on how banks manipulate the timing of deposits and withdrawals in order to generate overdraft fees. Stuff like this is why I am not a full-blown, drank-the-Kool-Aid libertarian. Obviously, the ordinary consumer needs protection from this sort of nonsense. It took [...]

Entry #2168: Danboard

Biomes Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

I haven't had the time to put together an original diary for my Daily Kos Marine...

Weekly Tracking Poll: Pelosi At A Six-Month High

Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/16/2009-11/19/2009. All adults. MoE 2% (Last weeks results in parentheses): FAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE NET CHANGE PRESIDENT OBAMA 55 (56) 39 (38) -2 PELOSI: 40 (39) 51 (52) +2 REID: 32 (32) 58 (57) -2 McCONNELL: 14 (15) 68 (67) -2 BOEHNER: 13 (14) 65 (65) -1 CONGRESSIONAL DEMS: 42 (41) 53 (52) 0 CONGRESSIONAL GOPS: 13 (14) 71 (71) -1 DEMOCRATIC PARTY: 44 (43) 50 (49) 0 REPUBLICAN...

Waterloo for Fed Secrecy

One Utah (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Charge of the Scots Greys at Waterloo Via HuffPo’s Ryan Grim, Glenn Greenwald and Daily Kos. In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming and bipartisan 43-26 vote on Thursday afternoon despite harried last-minute lobbying from top Fed officials [...]

Expanding Opportunity and Hope for Children in America

ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

(Originally posted in Daily Kos.)

John Cornyn's Serial Lies About the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

Texas Kaos - Front Page (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Cross posted on Daily Kos and The Burnt Orange Report and The 44 Diaries. This morning I received the following electronic newsletter from Senator John Cornyn on the Senate Health Care Reform Bill. Last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released his 2,074-page health care bill, which Senate Budget Committee analysis shows will cost American taxpayers $2.5 trillion when fully implemented over...

Fix Needed for State Opt-Out Provision of Public Option

TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

McJoan at Daily Kos explains what needs to be fixed in the Senate version of the public option in the health care bill: It's the date on which the states can opt out. First, There's no requirement of a waiting period before states can opt out, which in this political environment means the battle is taken directly to the states, because insurers will have until 2014 to get state legislatures to pass...

GOP goes nuts over ACORN

The Galloping Beaver (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

TPM HAS A REAL THIGH-SLAPPER — Poll: Majority Of Republicans Think Obama Didn't Actually Win 2008 Election -- ACORN Stole It! According to Eric Kleefeld, The new national poll from Public Policy Polling (D) has an astonishing number about paranoia among the GOP base: Republicans do not think President Obama actually won the 2008 election -- instead, ACORN stole it. The poll asked this question:...

Hurtling Toward 2010, 11/20

Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

The 2010 midterms are just around the corner (sort of). Here's what's happening: Rudy Giuliani will run for Senate, according to the New York Daily News; Marco Rubio has pulled to within 10 percentage points of Gov. Charlie Crist (R) in Florida's Senate race, Daily Kos/Research 2000 reports ; Doug Hoffman is accusing ACORN and labor unions of tampering with the NY-23 election that saw him lose to Democrat...

FL: Rubio Within 10% Of Crist

The Hedgehog Report (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

New numbers from the leftists at Daily Kos and Research 2000 show that Charlie Crist better think again if he thought he was going to cruise to the Republican nomination.US SENATE - FLORIDA (Research 2000) Charlie Crist 47% Marco Rubio 37%Rubio was at 4% in January. If Rubio were to get ...

• FL-Sen: Bombshell results - Daily Kos

A Plea to The Good Democrats of Connecticut

The Daily Fuel (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Sen. Lieberman will be up for re-election in 2012, which means that we will have to endure him as a Republican camouflaged as a Democrat for four more years. Currently, there is no recall law on Connecticut's books. But even in 2007, the Daily Kos had a couple of posts about the need to recall Sen. Lieberman . That need is even more urgent now that health care reform hangs in the balance in the Senate...

Crist, Rubio "bombshell" poll results

FLA Politics - Front Page (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

" Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/16-18. Likely voters MoE 4% ( 1/26-28 results)": Charlie Crist (R) 47 (57) Marco Rubio (R) 37 (4) "That's a 43-point swing in the last 10 months. Dramatic" "These trendlines are bleak for Crist, and there's little chance of him surviving." Remember, Rubio hasn't spent a dime on media yet. This is all grassroots driven, and the teabaggers...

• FL-Sen: Bombshell results - Daily Kos
• Daily Kos poll: 43-point swing in GOP Senate primary - The Buzz Florida Politics
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Maintaining the Status Quo

ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

(Originally posted on Daily Kos.)

Lou Dobbs’ Reputation Salvation Tour

ImmigrationProf Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Lou Dobbs has left CNN but he is far but gone. Along with Sarah Palin, Lou has hit the talk show circuit. For the latest Dobbs' update, see Adam Luna's story one the Daily Kos about the "Lou Dobbs' Reputation...