Private Documents Reveal What Wall Street Really Thinks About Elizabeth Warren
Barcroft Media/Getty A major bank that Elizabeth Warren once sharply criticized has some stark warnings for Wall Street investors about her potential presidency. Warren’s corporate tax plan, according to one memo the bank circulated, would “directly impact corporate earnings.” Her nine-point eligibility test for international trading partners—which requires a commitment to protect religious freedom and…
“For Him to Endorse Her Is Huge for Me”: These Voters Liked Warren Last Night. They Loved Castro.
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/ZUMA “I’m undocumented and unafraid,” exclaimed Jonathan Jayes-Green from the stage of Kings Theater in Brooklyn Tuesday night. Jayes-Green, the National Latinx Outreach Director for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign, was onstage to help introduce someone that many had come to see that night: Obama’s former HUD Secretary Julián Castro. It was…
Elizabeth Warren’s New Bankruptcy Plan Is a Big Dig at Joe Biden
Chris Carlson/Associated Press On Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren released a plan for, in her campaign’s words, “fixing our bankruptcy system to give people a second chance.” Warren, who taught bankruptcy law at Harvard and spent years as a consumer advocate on the matter, is returning to the issue that drew her into politics. But less than one…
The Wine Wars Continue: Warren Had a Winery Fundraiser in 2018
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks as South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg listens during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It wasn’t in wine cave. But in June 2018 Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren had a fundraiser at the City Winery Boston, where guests…
The “Wine Cave” Debate Was One of the Campaign’s Most Consequential Arguments
Chris Carlson/AP It was always going to be the wine cave debate. It was just a question of when the subject would finally come up. On Sunday, just a few days after caving to pressure and agreeing to release a list of campaign bundlers (incomplete, it turned out) and open his fundraisers to the press,…
Warren Slams Economists Who Criticize Her Wealth Tax
Scott Varley/Orange County Register/Zuma Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) earned huge applause at Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate by challenging a fundamental economic assumption. A central component of Warren’s campaign involves a two-cent tax on every dollar of net worth above $50 million. Many economists have said that such a large tax increase could slow economic growth,…