Wanna bet there's more to it?

SEC rules out probe into rating agency's accidental AAA grade for risky investments despite finding that it “voted against taking responsive actionâ€

Could very well be ~ and I'm sure we'll learn more ~ but the Benen mini-item is on the DoJ [not SEC] investigation ~ if I had to guess, S&P went public with the info now to try and tie it into the downgrade, which it absolutely is not ~

Sooz
  

Please post it.
Rolling Stone has some backbone.

August 23, 2011 5:30 PM
Tuesday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Libya: “Rebel fighters overwhelmed Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's sprawling compound on Tuesday, crashing through its outer gates, running pell-mell through the grounds and ransacking caches of weapons abandoned by his shrinking retinue of defenders. Colonel Qaddafi and his family were nowhere to be found.â€

August 24, 2011 5:30 PM
Wednesday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Libya: “In another sign that Colonel Qaddafi's regime had come unglued, loyalists holding more than 30 foreign journalists captive in Tripoli's luxury Rixos hotel abruptly let them go.â€

August 25, 2011 5:30 PM
Thursday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Libya: “Rebels intensified their hunt for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and his sons on Thursday, engaging in an intense fight with loyalists in a neighborhood of apartment blocks near his former Tripoli fortress, as Western officials said NATO was actively helping in the effort to find the elusive leader.â€

[i]* No charges in the Wisconsin chokehold case: “There will be no criminal charges against the Wisconsin Supreme Court justice accused of choking a colleague in chambers, the special prosecutor investigating the case told The Associated Press Thursday.â€

August 26, 2011 5:30 PM
Friday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* All eyes on Hurricane Irene: “As Hurricane Irene began to pelt the North Carolina coast Friday afternoon, its winds picked up speed to 100 miles per hour and the threat of danger magnified up the East Coast.â€

August 29, 2011 5:30 PM
Monday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* As of this afternoon, the death toll from Hurricane Irene stood at 35 people spanning 10 states. Flooding in several New England areas remains at crisis levels, and millions are still without power.

* The Gaddafi family flees: “Algeria said on Monday that it had allowed a two-vehicle caravan of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's relatives, including his second wife and three of his children, into the country.â€

August 30, 2011 5:30 PM
Tuesday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Irene's aftermath: “The National Guard airlifted food, water and other supplies to hundreds of people stranded without power in towns across southern Vermont on Tuesday as crews inspected damaged bridges and tried to restore washed-out highways after the remnants of Hurricane Irene caused historic flooding in the state.â€

August 31, 2011 5:30 PM
Wednesday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Irene: “Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still under water on Wednesday and relief workers battled cut-off roads and raging rivers to deliver emergency supplies.â€

September 01, 2011 5:30 PM
Thursday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Libya: “The transitional government of Libya's triumphant rebels decided Thursday to extend by up to a week the deadline given to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and his remaining fighters to surrender, but the fugitive leader rejected the ultimatum and raged at his enemies in a new broadcast that called for the country to be ‘engulfed in flames.'â€

September 02, 2011 5:30 PM
Friday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* I know this decision was made with the economy in mind, but it's still a terrible move: “The Obama administration is abandoning its plan to immediately tighten air-quality rules nationwide to reduce emissions of smog-causing chemicals after an intense lobbying campaign by industry, which said the new rule would cost billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs.â€

September 06, 2011 5:30 PM
Tuesday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* President Obama surveyed Hurricane Irene damage in New Jersey over the weekend. “The entire country is behind you,â€

* Wildfires in Texas: “Wildfires sweeping across drought-stricken Texas have destroyed more than 1,000 homes and forced thousands of evacuations in the last several days.â€

September 07, 2011 5:30 PM
Wednesday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Europe: “Analysts said investors were encouraged by a ruling by the German Constitutional Court that rejected challenges that aimed to block German participation in bailouts for other countries in the euro area. Still, the court said future financial rescues must be approved by Parliament's budget committee.â€

"* In retrospect, Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) decision to cut fire-department funding by 75%, and forest-service funding by a third, probably wasn't the best of ideas."

No kidding?

* And as you've probably heard, there will be a debate tonight featuring all of the Republican presidential candidates. I'm afraid I won't be live-blogging the event, but I'll have coverage in the morning.

We should take a count of how many times we hear "cut taxes". Oh wait a minute... I won't be watching so I won't hear that message.

September 08, 2011 5:30 PM
Thursday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Jobs crisis: “New U.S. jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, further evidence of a weak labor market…. Applications for unemployment benefits rose to 414,000 in the week ending September 3 from an upwardly revised 412,000 the prior week.â€

[i]* Jobs crisis: “New U.S. jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, further evidence of a weak labor market…. Applications for unemployment benefits rose to 414,000 in the week ending September 3 from an upwardly revised 412,000 the prior week.â€

Of course. I'm not a Repugnant. [img]/domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif[/img] Heheheh

September 09, 2011 5:30 PM
Friday's Mini-Report
By Steve Benen

Today's edition of quick hits:

* Terror threat: “Federal and local officials tightened security Friday in New York and Washington as investigators probed a possible al-Qaeda plot to detonate a vehicle-borne bomb around Sunday's 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. After U.S. officials received word of what they called a credible but unconfirmed threat to use a car bomb in New York or Washington, police and other law enforcement agents in the two cities stepped up checks of bridges, tunnels, airports, bus and rail terminals and other sites.â€