Jeff Connaughton

Former Lobbyist, White House Lawyer, and Senate Aide. Author of THE PAYOFF: Why Wall Street Always Wins

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

Truly gratifying to see this topic trending across Twitter - for years, I've been reporting on how Obama handing out get-out-of-jail-free cards to Wall Street created the backlash conditions for Trump. It is great to see a conversation finally happening. https://t.co/4WL5Yi6t4y

[Popstonox @Popstonox]

Chris Rabb, PA-03 candidate, calls out the Obama administration for not prosecuting anyone in the 2008 financial crisis

"The biggest financial theft in history! And we ceded our responsibility as Democrats and as public servants to do the right thing when it mattered most.

Whatever authority we have, we gotta fully use it. When we normalize evil and corruption—if we cede that authority—we're complicit."

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

If you only watch one thing today, watch this exchange between @jonfavs & @grahamformaine.

It doesn’t just show Platner destroying the Pod Save guys, it explains the divide in the Dem Party & shows how the party elite still doesn't understand what happened in this country.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

The most amazing part of this clip is the valorization of the 2009-10 Congress that had huge Dem majorities & a big election mandate for New Deal-esque stuff & yet what Dems mostly did was protect their donors by gutting serious financial reform, subsidizing health insurers & failing to pass a promised public option...betrayals that ultimately led to the current political and economic dystopia.

[David Dayen @ddayen]

It reminds me of how one of the biggest mortgage fraud prosecutions of the entire Obama era was against a Real Housewife of New Jersey, and not... a bank CEO.
https://t.co/0hzD3oDBNP

[David Dayen @ddayen]

It would have been nice if mortgage fraud by the lenders, not the homebuyers, was pursued between 1998 and 2007 with the intensity of this transparent effort

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@TheCousinSal @thebrotherbri @TheParlayKid1 @AAOHARRY @ringer @J1MCUNN1NGHAM @joelwsolomon @tatefrazier @billsimmons This doesnt fit with my image of The Ringer; i thought you guys were family and AAO’s rabid fan base would always have a home and voice. I guess someone cares more about $$$. Boo.

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@BabsDoProd Name names on who blocked it, starting with the Governor.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

Really worth revisiting George Packer on Jeff Connaughton, Biden's longtime former aide. Should have gotten more attention these past few years from those trying to gauge Biden's true character and legacy.
https://t.co/TiiRo92YLm

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

This comment represents profound ignorance about both criminal law and history. No person with knowledge about the financial crisis either inside or outside US Attorney’s offices with whom I’ve ever spoken believes this..

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@mattyglesias Some of us were calling them on it in real time.

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

No matter who wins today—your side or the other side—remember that the “other side” are our family, friends, and fellow Americans.

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@elonmusk Maybe the Rs are just pulling votes forward from Election Day? I think you’re over-reading this.

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@BretBaier Thanks for the shout out to your friend, Jack.

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@paulvigna lol

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@ChaseGoodbread What is the dynamic among Byrne, DeBoer and Grubb as this Seattle thing plays out? Why no reporting on getting Grubb to commit to stay? He’s digging a deeper hole if he continues to recruit then leaves mid-week.

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@BrashTalkCFB @AlabamaFTBL Me too. I don’t understand the inadequate Alabama media reporting on this.

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@ChaseGoodbread What’s the latest on Grubb to Seattle?

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@davidpollack47 I’d still like to see you back on the air! Roll Tide.

[Jeff Connaughton @connaje]

@matthewstoller Brown-Kaufman (not Vitter)