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"Lure People Into That Calm and Then Just Totally F--k 'Em": How All of Us Pay for the Derivatives Market

Zach Carter, AlterNet. June 11, 2010.

Derivatives are a hotbed of abuses and bailouts. So why are taxpayers footing the bill?

Dems Break GOP's Attempted Filibuster in the Senate, But Proposed Wall Street Reforms Are Pretty Flimsy

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 29, 2010.

The good news: Democrats didn't sacrifice much to break the GOP filibuster. The bad news: the Wall Street reform bill is still too weak.

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