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Online Payday Loan Industry Wants to Keep Charging Obscene Interest Rates

Lagan Sebert, David Murdock, Huffington Post, American News Project. June 5, 2009.

More people than ever are using payday loans to keep bill collectors at bay, paying annual rates as high as 700%.

Hightower: Democrats Give Wall Street a Big, Wet Kiss

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. May 11, 2009.

Yet more evidence that the banks own Washington.

Updated: Blagojevich Appoints Roland Burris as Obama's Senate Successor

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress. December 30, 2008.

"No appointment by this governor under these circumstances could produce a credible replacement."

What's Next for Joe Lieberman, and Why It Matters

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. November 11, 2008.

Lieberman's future may be decided by secret ballot.

Democrats May Force All-Night Filibuster on Iraq Withdrawal

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report. November 14, 2007.

Steve Benen: If that's the case, allow me to give the Democratic leadership some positive encouragement: this is a good idea.

Justice Dept Reopens Warrantless Wiretapping Inquiry Stymied by Bush

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. November 14, 2007.

Faiz Shakir: High professional standards were once a threat to the Gonzales-led DoJ. Hopefully, that tide is turning.

Attorney General Nominee Mukasey Compares U.S. Torture to Nazi Tactics [VIDEO]

Steve Benen, October 17, 2007.

Weren't Republicans apoplectic when Sen. Dick Durbin said something similar two years ago?

Defunding the Dick

Adam Howard, July 11, 2007.

Adam Howard: Senate Democrats step up and refuse to fund Dick Cheney's office until he complies with the law.

Will Global Warming Threaten National Security?

Amanda Griscom Little, Grist.org. April 9, 2007.

A bipartisan bill introduced by Hagel and Durbin would require federal intelligence agencies to evaluate the security challenges presented by climate change.