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  • Rangel Negotiates Ethics Deal, Is Absent Debate On War Funding
    07/27/10

    "As we speak, the House is debating war and peace; whether to spend another $33 billion on the War in Afghanistan. Charlie Rangel is absent to provide any kind of leadership, and this district needs that kind of leadership." - Jonathan Tasini speaking to ABC News 7's Dave Evans July 27, 2010.

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  • PETITION: Charles Rangel, Your Legacy Should Not Be Speaker John Boehner
    07/23/10

    We, the undersigned, respectfully urge you to end your re-election campaign.

    You are certainly entitled to defend yourself from the serious ethics charges filed by the House ethics committee. But you should do that as a private citizen, not as a Member of Congress.

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  • Landlords to Rangel: Thank You!
    07/22/10

    Dear Congressman Rangel:

    We are so grateful to you. We know who our friends are.

    For years, you have been on our side. And it hasn’t been easy. While we’ve tried to kill rent control and hike rents, throwing out those low- and modest-income residents who just mess up up our campaign to make obscene profits, you’ve had to dodge and hide from the people.

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  • Goldman Sachs Gets Away With Slap On Wrist
    07/16/10

    If I was Lloyd Blankfein and you told me that I could pocket hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation, play a key role in a scam that cost millions of people their jobs, send the economy into one of the worst economic tailspins in a half century, escape any personal jail time for that scam, not have to admit any wrongdoing and, then, pay a measly $550 million fine out of the corporate treasury, I'd say, "where can I sign up?" And that's the deal Goldman is cutting.

    LINK TO JT TV 7/16/10 - Goldman Sachs Gets Away With Slap On Wrist

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  • Conversations at Mosaic Cuts II
    06/21/10

    Last weekend, during the campaign's petition outreach, Jonathan was invited to meet and talk with the workers, customers, and community members at the barber shop Mosaic Cuts II in Harlem.

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