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Elizabeth Warren weighs in on primary..NetrootsNation.
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I gather from a Tweet there that Warren used the term "billionaire sugar daddies." Waiting for context...but I love it.
The New Republic has more about her speech there today.
Elizabeth Warren Challenges Hillary Clinton to Stop the Revolving Door
At the Netroots Nation convention on Friday, Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered a direct challenge to Hillary Clinton and all Democratic presidential campaigns to support legislation that would end the “revolving door” between top government positions and corporate America.
“Anyone who wants to be president should appoint only people who have already demonstrated they are independent,” Warren said to the progressive convention-goers, “who have already demonstrated that they can hold giant banks accountable, who have already demonstrated that they embrace the kind of ambitious economic policies that we need to rebuild opportunity and a strong middle class in this country.”
This is the first time Warren has decided to engage in the presidential election, which activists tried for months to get her to enter. Instead of asking candidates to endorse one of her particular policies on bank reform or student loans, Warren is focusing on the personnel who will implement those policies. It’s a notable choice that dovetails with Warren’s interest in ensuring that executive branch appointments will not tip the scales in favor of Wall Street or private industry, seen most directly in the fight to block Antonio Weiss from the No. 3 position in the Treasury Department. Warren raised the profile of Weiss, a longtime bank executive, enough for the administration to revoke his nomination.
“Sure, laws matter. But it also matters who interprets those laws, who enforces those laws,” Warren said. “Think of it this way: How would the world be different today if, when the economic crisis hit, Joe Stiglitz had been secretary of the Treasury and Simon Johnson and Robert Reich had been key economic advisers?”
Also Raul Grijalva called Sheriff Joe a "criminal with a gun." He welcomed Netroots Nation to Arizona.
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I had heard he would be there. 
Matt Corridoni ?@mattcorridoni 32m32 minutes ago
@MartinOMalley has already been LEADING on what @SenWarren is calling for re: Wall St. reform
Lis Smith ?@Lis_Smith 3m3 minutes ago
@ThePlumLineGS & @Phil_Mattingly who said @MartinOMalley "has set a new standard...when it comes to Wall Street” http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-09/martin-o-malley-had-a-footnote-mishap-but-don-t-overlook-the-policy …
This much is clear from the early weeks of Martin O'Malley's presidential campaign: he is positioning himself as the bane of Wall Street's existence. He attacked Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein during his campaign announcement speech. He's repeatedly used his stump speeches to call for more restrictive Wall Street regulation and more concrete consequences for executives at the helm of the largest banks during the 2008 financial crisis.
The paper itself is worth digging into, however, both on policy grounds and for the politics. As Democrats look for an opening to attack front-runner Hillary Clinton, a "get tough" stance on Wall Street has become a must-have for Democratic candidates in the race. Clinton herself has taken a sharp tone, particularly when it comes to hedge funds, yet early state polling does show concern among Democratic voters about her willingness to take on the largest banks. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has surged in recent weeks. There has been some thought that part of that surge has been due to Sanders' ability to attract some potential voters who had been holding out for a run by Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who has been Wall Street's Public Enemy No. 1 since before she was even elected...
What makes O'Malley's white paper interesting is not just the clear appeal he's making to the so-called "Warren wing," but his willingness to take a deep dive into financial arcana to do so. Breaking up the banks is a great topline call to the base, but talking about the Justice Department's positions on deferred prosecution agreements or cracking down on how the Securities and Exchange Commission votes on waivers for financial institutions that have run into legal trouble? What about requiring the general counsel of the Federal Reserve to be a presidential appointee? Not so much. But these are absolute siren calls to the types of progressive policy wonks for whom Warren has held such appeal. For groups like Americans for Financial Reform, or Better Markets or the series of high profile, and very knowledgeable, individuals who write regularly on these topics from the left, these are the types of proposals they have been pushing, with little to no traction inside the Obama administration, for years.
These individuals and groups are motivated by policy—these policies specifically—and bring along with them equally motivated followings. With the exception of one commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission and a few senators on Capitol Hill, their voices often are ignored. O'Malley, on the other hand, is embracing them in full. And his willingess to get wonky could have a payoff: When spoken about in broad terms, those policies, which are centered on the perception of unfairness and politically connected corporate giants being let off the hook, can also sound pretty good out on the campaign trail.
read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-09/martin-o-malley-had-a-footnote-mishap-but-don-t-overlook-the-policy
related:
Martin O'Malley wrote an op-ed in March highlighting his opposition to Wall Street excesses
http://dmreg.co/1DELzHL
Lis Smith ?@Lis_Smith 16m16 minutes ago
@ThePlumLineGS Just ask @BetterMarkets who said: “@MartinOMalley has already led the way” on Wall St Reform https://www.bettermarkets.com/newsroom/what-hillary-clinton-didnt-say-her-economic-policy-speech …
Martin O'Malley ?@MartinOMalley 2m2 minutes ago
"I am in favor of re-instituting Glass-Steagall & putting more cops on the beat on Wall Street." #NewLeadership
…
Lis Smith ?@Lis_Smith
Btw- here is our white paper- 10 pages w/deep dive policies on both structural/accountability reforms http://martinomalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OMalley-Wall-Street-Reform.pdf …
@MartinOMalley has already been LEADING on what @SenWarren is calling for re: Wall St. reform
Lis Smith ?@Lis_Smith 3m3 minutes ago
@ThePlumLineGS & @Phil_Mattingly who said @MartinOMalley "has set a new standard...when it comes to Wall Street” http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-09/martin-o-malley-had-a-footnote-mishap-but-don-t-overlook-the-policy …
This much is clear from the early weeks of Martin O'Malley's presidential campaign: he is positioning himself as the bane of Wall Street's existence. He attacked Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein during his campaign announcement speech. He's repeatedly used his stump speeches to call for more restrictive Wall Street regulation and more concrete consequences for executives at the helm of the largest banks during the 2008 financial crisis.
"If you—and your megabanks—which we, the American taxpayer, saved want to begin to restore the confidence in your leadership, you need to start by saying two things: “we’re sorry” and “thank you,” O'Malley, the former Maryland governor, wrote in an open letter to Wall Street released Thursday by his campaign.
The paper itself is worth digging into, however, both on policy grounds and for the politics. As Democrats look for an opening to attack front-runner Hillary Clinton, a "get tough" stance on Wall Street has become a must-have for Democratic candidates in the race. Clinton herself has taken a sharp tone, particularly when it comes to hedge funds, yet early state polling does show concern among Democratic voters about her willingness to take on the largest banks. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has surged in recent weeks. There has been some thought that part of that surge has been due to Sanders' ability to attract some potential voters who had been holding out for a run by Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who has been Wall Street's Public Enemy No. 1 since before she was even elected...
What makes O'Malley's white paper interesting is not just the clear appeal he's making to the so-called "Warren wing," but his willingness to take a deep dive into financial arcana to do so. Breaking up the banks is a great topline call to the base, but talking about the Justice Department's positions on deferred prosecution agreements or cracking down on how the Securities and Exchange Commission votes on waivers for financial institutions that have run into legal trouble? What about requiring the general counsel of the Federal Reserve to be a presidential appointee? Not so much. But these are absolute siren calls to the types of progressive policy wonks for whom Warren has held such appeal. For groups like Americans for Financial Reform, or Better Markets or the series of high profile, and very knowledgeable, individuals who write regularly on these topics from the left, these are the types of proposals they have been pushing, with little to no traction inside the Obama administration, for years.
These individuals and groups are motivated by policy—these policies specifically—and bring along with them equally motivated followings. With the exception of one commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission and a few senators on Capitol Hill, their voices often are ignored. O'Malley, on the other hand, is embracing them in full. And his willingess to get wonky could have a payoff: When spoken about in broad terms, those policies, which are centered on the perception of unfairness and politically connected corporate giants being let off the hook, can also sound pretty good out on the campaign trail.
read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-09/martin-o-malley-had-a-footnote-mishap-but-don-t-overlook-the-policy
related:
Martin O'Malley wrote an op-ed in March highlighting his opposition to Wall Street excesses
http://dmreg.co/1DELzHL
Lis Smith ?@Lis_Smith 16m16 minutes ago
@ThePlumLineGS Just ask @BetterMarkets who said: “@MartinOMalley has already led the way” on Wall St Reform https://www.bettermarkets.com/newsroom/what-hillary-clinton-didnt-say-her-economic-policy-speech …
Martin O'Malley ?@MartinOMalley 2m2 minutes ago
"I am in favor of re-instituting Glass-Steagall & putting more cops on the beat on Wall Street." #NewLeadership
…
Lis Smith ?@Lis_Smith
Btw- here is our white paper- 10 pages w/deep dive policies on both structural/accountability reforms http://martinomalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OMalley-Wall-Street-Reform.pdf …
Huge turnout for @PuenteAZ's march to 4th Ave jail to demand #ArpaioFreeAZ! #Not1More #ICEfreeAZ #NN15
From @ABC15Arizona
Watching the Iowa Dem Candidates right now...but, will read..
Holder, who steadfastly refused to prosecute any of the big Wall Street guys for ruining so many lives and making a shambles of the world's economy for a couple years. But hey, now he's gone to work for JP Morgan Chase for...get this...$77 MILLION!!!
I mean, think about that.
Makes me want to 
