Hello Citizens United, Goodbye CFPB: Consequences of the Wisconsin Recall

I have watched with horror Republican efforts to emasculate, strangle and kill the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. At present, there are at least nine pieces of legislation (that we know of) snaking their way through Congress that would dismantle a number of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank…

Money in Walker Vote
‘Democracy Died Tonight’ – Big $ Wins In Wisconsin (via NewarkPress.Info)

“Here’s a headline you won’t see, but should: “Scott Walker Spent 88% of the Money to Get 53% of the Vote.” Political pundits will spend the next few days and weeks analyzing the Wisconsin recall election, examining exit polls, spilling lots of ink over how different demographic groups —