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welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the

Rachel Maddo show, the Daily Show, the Young Turks, Tom Hartman, real-time with

Bill Maher and Citizen Radio from WeAreCitizenRadio.com My message to

leaders of the financial industry is to work with us and not against us on

needed reforms. I welcome constructive input from folks in the financial sector

but what we've seen so far in recent weeks is an army of industry lobbyists from

Wall Street descending on Capitol Hill to try and block basic and common

sensual rules in the road that would protect our economy and the American

people. So if these folks want a fight it's a fight I'm ready to have. President

Obama proposing aggressive measures to limit how big banks can get and what they

can do with your money, issuing a forceful challenge to the banks themselves

either get on board or prepare for a political battle. Of course the

president issued that challenge to the financial industry within about 90

minutes of news that the Supreme Court had handed business including of

course the very rich banking industry. More political power than they've had in

say a century. The White House responded directly to news of the high courts

ruling by calling it a green light to a new stampede of special interest money

in our politics. It's a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health

insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power

every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans. We

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