Call To Arms - Sen Warren is fighting for the Populist Movement. We must support her.
Last Thurs night, "Sen. Warren valiantly took a courageous stand on the Senate floor to stop Wall Street from gutting the crucial Dodd-Frank rules -- implemented to prevent another economic disaster like 2008 -- as part of the cromnibus bill to fund the government. Politico even reported that Jamie Dimon, the wealthy banker who runs JPMorgan Chase, was so concerned that he personally called lawmakers to urge them to vote for the bill." (from an email from Democracy for America)
Please take two minutes and send your Senators a quick, succinct message asking them to oppose the Banksters efforts to weaken Dodd-Frank and also to oppose the appointment of Antonio Weiss.
Here is contact info: https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
The battle lines are being drawn. The Warren Wing vs. the Wall Street Wing.
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VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)She isn't running and has said so repeatedly...
Autumn
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Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)SHES NOT RUNNING and that is all that matters!
Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)Hey Nilla, lets make this about the election,
not about Warren speaking truth to power.
SHES NOT RUNNING and that is all that matters, right!
Who care that there is a strong voice in Congress
for the Public interest, for the majority of citizens.
SHES NOT RUNNING and that is all that matters, right!
Who cares if there is at least one strong voice who can
get the media's attention and wake people up to the corruption
SHES NOT RUNNING and that is all that matters, right!
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)to agree with her on that too?
Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)The OP says:
"Please take two minutes and send your Senators a quick, succinct message asking them to oppose the Banksters efforts to weaken Dodd-Frank and also to oppose the appointment of Antonio Weiss."
The Warren Wing is scaring the hell out of the Wall Street Wing.
And by-the-way your continued repetition of "She isn't running..." is becoming silly. You seem to be trying to convince yourself because I don't care. My actions will be the same either way. Eight more years of the Wall Street Democrats and the middle class will be destitute, but Goldman-Sachs will win out.
djean111
(14,255 posts)Cosmic Kitten
(3,498 posts)changing the discussion to
She's not running is a distraction.
djean111
(14,255 posts)
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Many House and Senate Democrats do not share Warren's view on the apocalyptic nature of this attachment to the cromnibus. Several Democrats suggest it is an addition protecting agricultural investment and local community banks, and does not turn loose the too-big-to-fail banks to cover derivatives again with FDIC funds -- in fact, the TARP bailouts had nothing to do with FDIC coverage, but rather the lack of it.
Is Warren really up in arms about Citigroup and the like still being too-big-to-fail? She argues in her floor speeches that Congress continues to whistle past the graveyard. All these little cuts to Frank-Dodd are ultimately inconsequential if the financial meltdown happens again. We still have the same choice - bail out the megabanks or let the world economy collapse.
So what is Warren after? Democrats believe she is going to run for president and is now demagoging. All are arguing Warren is now the left fringe who is now the same as the same as the right wing Cruz, true believers who will burn it all down rather than compromise.
Personally, I think Warren is after something alright. She is going to trigger some concessions, maybe what happens this weekend. She is acting like a politician. This for that. And that is a good thing for a soon to be minority party.
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genwah
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Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)This is her theme song. Hit it, Neil!