"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her senior aides did not comply with the State Department’s record-keeping policies, an internal watchdog determined in a report sent to Capitol Hill on Wednesday."

She's certainly nicer than me. I would have told him to eff off.

A group of U.S. intelligence veterans is calling on President Obama to expedite the FBI review of former Secretary of State Clinton’s alleged email security violations so the public can assess this issue in a timely fashion.

Via Duncan Black.

The bursting of the tech bubble in 2000, and the subsequent recession, revealed that the 1990s boom was, at least to some degree, a mirage, the result of cheap money and, in then-Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan’s famous phrase, “irrational exuberance.” The recession that followed the tech bust, however, was relatively mild. If that were the worst consequence of the Clinton era, it might seem a small price to pay for a decade of solid growth.

But the Clinton boom, and even some specific Clinton policies, also helped sow the seeds for the far more severe Great Recession of the late 2000s.

"'The problem is us' in the sense that liberalism is dominated by a certain class outlook and that I am part of that class. I am calling on other members of that class to look in the mirror and understand who they are -- that they are just as much products of their economic position as are the blue-collar workers they so hate. In particular, I am calling on them to understand that they aren't the fine and virtuous people they believe they are. That it is because of them that inequality is out of control, that Wall Street is wrecking the world, that middle-class America is falling apart. And that they have an obligation to do something about it."

And this year, Warren could be rising in power just as a leadership vacuum is opening among Senate Democrats—and particularly those progressive populists. Reid is retiring, and his expected successor, Chuck Schumer of New York, is considered suspect due to his friendly relationship with Wall Street. Also retiring are two of the leading women of the Democratic Caucus: Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and Barbara Boxer of California. Warren’s only real rival in terms of national following would be Sanders, whose historic presidential run has built a loyal following outside of Washington. But, as Barney Frank has made abundantly clear in recent public tirades, Sanders’ progressive Capitol colleagues have always looked at him as a party of one, not a leader or even a team player. He became a Democrat only last year, and has publicly conceded that he did so only for self-interest; he continues to list himself as an Independent for Senate business. And Sanders isn’t doing himself any favors with them by criticizing what he calls a “rigged” nominating system of superdelegates—which includes all Democratic senators. His failure to help raise money for down-ballot Democrats hasn’t helped either.

Warren’s most powerful appeal is simply this: She’s the voice of the party. […]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-federal-reserve-plan...

​Interesting stuff.

Interesting dig in. LA Times Board interview here as well.