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Thom's blog
Will all 50 Attorneys General waive their right to pursue criminal investigations on Wall Street?
All 50 Attorneys General across the nation have until today to decide if they’re going to sign on to a settlement with the nation’s biggest banks to let banksters off the criminal hook for widespread fraud committed on Wall Street during the financial crisis. The settlement – which is against the biggest of the big banks like JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo – is worth $25 billion – which is chump change compared to the real damage they've done to the American middle class – where over $7 trillion in wealth has vanished.
By agreeing to the settlement, Attorneys General will waive their right to pursue further criminal investigations on Wall Street – meaning no banksters will see a jail cell. George Goehl, the executive director of National People’s Action, slammed the deal saying, “People are very disappointed in ... this …We’re giving away the store.”
While most states want to take the settlement – California is still holding out and reserving the right to launch its own investigations. And in New York, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed suit last week against JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo over improper foreclosure practices. "We the people" need to make sure any deal that doesn’t include jail time for Wall Street’s criminals and doesn’t force the banks to refinance the exploding mortgages they bilked customers into buying – is rejected outright.
-Thom
(Will any banksters see the inside of a jail cell? Tell us here.) |
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Will the banksters get away with mortgage fraud? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Will the banksters get away with mortgage fraud?- Jordan Estevao, National People's Action 
Screwed: Will Senate Dems cave on GOP union busting?- Shane Larson, Communication Workers of America (CWA)
Everything You Know is Wrong: Could there be another ice age in 3 years? - Dr. Jeffrey Masters, Weather Underground
Daily Take: Battle for the Heart & Soul of the Occupy Movement
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Now you can read all of Thom Hartmann's " Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back" for free online. Truthout is publishing weekly installments over the coming weeks. Read Chapter 27: Restoring Government, of, by, and for the People today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Hour One: FAA Re-authorization bill is anti-worker- Leo Gerard, President-United Steelworkers
Hour Two: NV Primary and "Obama Haters"- Bill Press, Host-The Bill Press Show
Quote: "I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat" by Will Rogers.
Hour Three: Are Americans stupider than ever?- Daniel Flynn, Human Events.
Quote: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without".
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Coming up Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour Three: Here it comes: sugar as a regulated substance- Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
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Thom's Poll
Will the Banksters get away with just a "settlement" and not be held to account for their corruption?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Conversations w/Great Minds - Michael W. Hudson - Foreclosure Crisis P1
Conversations w/Great Minds - Michael W. Hudson - Foreclosure Crisis P2
Who elected ALEC?
The Big Picture Rumble - The GOP job plan?
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 2/3/12: Conversations with Great Minds: Michael Hudson
Thom discusses the housing crisis and overall corruption in corporate America with journalist and author Michael Hudson. Tonight's Big Picture Rumble panel discuses the newly released job numbers, Romney's Super PAC and what the deficit will look like if we don't end the Bush tax cuts.
Thom Hartmann on the News - February 6, 2012
Leo Gerard - FAA Re-authorization bill is anti-worker
Bill Press - The Obama Hate Machine
Caller - says Destruction is justified
Are Americans stupider than ever?
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