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Why 150 People Wore Swimsuits and Snorkels in the Streets of Boston Today

January 30, 2012 By massuniting Leave a Comment

Sure, it has been an unusually warm winter for us in New England, but that's not why more than 150 activists took to the streets with snorkels and swimsuits today in the financial district. Sporting goggles, flippers and life preservers, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bank-of-america, banks, City-Life, fannie-mae, foreclosure, freddie-mac, MassUniting, protest

Ethos, Pathos, Logos, Dineros

September 12, 2011 By tedf Leave a Comment

Jaime Dimon, JPMorgan Chase's CEO, suggested today that the new Basel III rules, which will require large banks to hold more capital, were un-American, and that he hopes US bank regulators will not go along with the international banking … [Read more...]

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Middle class families vs. big banks

September 8, 2011 By elizabethwarren 6 Comments

Do we need more proof Washington’s not working for middle class families? We got it once again this week. The big banks and their army of lobbyists couldn’t stop the creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, so now they are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: banks, congress, consumer-protection, consumers, senate

Alliance to Develop Justice Secures Commitments from Elected Officials for Social Justice

October 13, 2010 By adpposts Leave a Comment

The Real Story The headlines are familiar: The economy is fragile, Economists meeting in Denver share gloom as they consider next step, unemployment is high: one in 10 Americans is unemployed - not counting the people whose unemployment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: adp, alliance-to-develop-power, annual-convention, banks, economy, financial-reform, gov.-deval-patrick, green-economy, immigration, sen.-scott-brown, small-businesses, social-justice, sustainable-community, workers-center/casa-obrera

The president, “Robo Signing,” and you. Why Obama should not sign H.R.3808.

October 7, 2010 By dstoff 2 Comments

Although the coverage in the press is presented in the context of the ongoing home foreclosure crisis, the practice of "robosigning" is also prevalent in the universe of consumer credit and debt litigation. That is my experience, so that is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: and-conusmer-credit, banks, forclosure, national, obama

Polito Sees Limited, Focused Treasurer

May 19, 2010 By massmarrier 6 Comments

She did describe the political angle to the office. While she notes that she would come in as an independent treasurer, the office has become a “political catchall.” That is with the lottery, alcohol control board and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: banks, conservativet, debates, election, gambling, massachusetts, polito, treasurer

Murphy Wants To Be Aggressive Treasurer

May 11, 2010 By massmarrier 1 Comment

While he and Grossman each propose a half billion dollar fund for such goals, Murphy would like MA to go solo on this. It would require making those safe investment decisions with the pension money, but  a fund solely with state money … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: banks, election, gambling, health-reform, jobs, local-aid, massachusetts, murphy, treasurer

Grossman Calls for Activist Treasurer

May 4, 2010 By massmarrier 1 Comment

The last politician I saw show all his cards so early in a campaign was Deval Patrick running for governor. That seemed to work OK for him. As a very successful entrepreneur and top manager of his family business, Grossman Marketing Group, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activist, banks, bully-pulpit, election, gambling, jobs, massachusetts, steve-grossman, treasurer

Grossman to Banks: Act Responsibly or Lose State Funds

March 31, 2010 By Steve 6 Comments

Those criteria are: • Loans to small businesses to help grow jobs. "I have been to more than 175 cities and towns so far in the campaign," he said, "and one thing I hear consistently is that while local community banks are helping the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bailouts, banks, credit-cards, credit-crunch, foreclosures, grossman, interest-rates, massachusetts, small-business, treasurer

Its time to Boycott AIG and for Massachusetts to divest any business with AIG.

March 16, 2009 By woburndem 6 Comments

One would think that Tim Geitner was tied at the hip with the bad boys of AIG as he became the architect of another bad boy bailout system. Is he to close to his friends to be the agent of change and inflict the penalty deserved by such … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aig, bailout, banks, change, geitner, obama, summers

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Despite the headway we’ve made on climate change, it remains an existential threat to our way of life. This challenge requires a global approach and I’m glad MA is doing its part to guarantee a safer planet for future generations. #climatescience #MApoli
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If I can paraphrase, a clean, safe, and equitable Commonwealth isn't one where poor people are saddled with the costs of EVs, but one where the rich fight for electrified transit for all. #mapoli

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This seems like a positive development for America, frankly. https://twitter.com/MattGrossmann/status/1381922508325191686

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For @TheAtlantic, I wrote about how we’re facing a doom loop of minority rule by white conservatives and the next two years may be our last chance to avoid slipping into it forever. Our leaders must treat this as the crisis that it is and act with urgency. https://trib.al/X0NAofi

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1/ Today, we revealed a new banner at the compressor site that reads, "Out of Order". The compressor station is currently not operational, after Enbridge experienced it's third accident is just 8 months. #NoCompressor

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