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Arnie Arnesen
bio: Jesse Eisinger is a senior reporter and editor at ProPublica. He is the author of the “The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives.”
In April 2011, he and a colleague won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series of stories on questionable Wall Street practicesthat helped make the financial crisis the worst since the Great Depression. He won the 2015 Gerald Loeb Award for commentary. He has also twice been a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.
He was a regular columnist for The New York Times’s Dealbook section. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The NewYorker.com, The Washington Post, The Baffler, The American Prospect and on NPR and “This American Life.” Before joining ProPublica, he was the Wall Street Editor of Conde Nast Portfolio and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, covering markets and finance.
Part Two: our regular check in with Dr. Politics Professor Steffen Schmidt from Iowa State
topics:
Iowans disapprove of Trump https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2017/12/14/iowa-poll-60-percent-iowans-disapprove-donald-trumps-job-performance/945229001/
FT Person of the Year: Susan Fowler FT. (The software engineer who lifted the lid on sexual harassment at Uber and inspired women to speak out.)
Net Neutrality: Republican Lawmakers Join Outcry Against Trump Repeal Move http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/net-neutrality-republican-lawmakers-join-outcry-against-trump-repeal-move-262
MN Gov. picks LT gov. Tina Smith to replace Al Franken
What happened to due process? Fmr. Rep. Gov of MN Arne Carlson laments the rush to judgment on Franken
no more Moore
Democrats owe the Black Voter
Now what for Steve Bannon
Is donald trump nothing but a loser???
The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore will not be able to win the General Election. I was right! Roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him!
I’m hearing lots of Dems talking about lessons to learn from #Alabama. Here’s one from me: when we run against a white supremacist, Islamophobe, w/ a record of abusing women - we ought be be able to win. Why then did we lose PA, WI, MI etc in 2016? Soul searching, please.
Mueller under attack From GOP and FOX http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/364769-deputy-ag-defends-mueller-amid-charges-of-political-bias
Joe Biden says he should have protected Anita Hill HMMMMM
Gillebrand Trump should resign
Trump attack Kirsten Gillebrand
@realDonaldTrump
Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!
Tillerson we will talk to NKorea with no preconditiions
Grassley rejects two Trump nominees to the benchttps://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/two-controversial-federal-judge-nominees-will-not-be-confirmed-senate-republican-says/2017/12/13/e3876ffa-e02e-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.544ae9faea90
tax reform nearing the finish line https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/business/republican-tax-bill-overhauls.html?_r=0
tweets of the day:
Oliver Griswold
By not conceding, Roy Moore is still trying in vain to keep up with the Joneses.
Lily Adams
Let this sink in - Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ Senate seat was taken by a civil rights lawyer who convicted Klansmen. Justice is sweet.
New York Times obtained 400 pages of Michael Dourson's emails-many with chemical industry players-that continued even after he learned he was to be nominated for EPA job. He pulled his nomination after NYT asked Dourson about these. We will be posting them soon. @BySheilaKaplan
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