{"id":450,"date":"2014-08-15T07:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T07:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/15\/call-the-sec-to-revoke-sps-credit-rating\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:26:12","slug":"call-the-sec-to-revoke-sps-credit-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2014\/08\/15\/call-the-sec-to-revoke-sps-credit-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"Call the SEC to Revoke S&amp;P&#8217;s Credit Rating Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.tumblr.com\/post\/10856325322\/call-the-sec-to-revoke-s-ps-credit-rating-authority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firedoglake<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" height=\"175\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.firedoglake.com\/1\/files\/2011\/09\/SECLogo.png\" width=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a months-long investigation,\u00a0the SEC has declared that they may soon take action against Standard &amp; Poor\u2019s<span>. S&amp;P\u2019s misleading ratings were a key cause of the 2008 financial crisis. T<\/span>hey deserve to have their government seal of approval revoked<span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/action.firedoglake.com\/page\/s\/call-sec?source=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Call the SEC and tell them to revoke S&amp;P\u2019s government seal of approval.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>firedoglake: After a months-long investigation,\u00a0the SEC has declared that they may soon take action against Standard &amp; Poor\u2019s. S&amp;P\u2019s misleading ratings were a key cause of the 2008 financial crisis. They deserve to have their government seal of approval revoked. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2014\/08\/15\/call-the-sec-to-revoke-sps-credit-rating\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2016\/07\/06\/chelsea-mannings-legal-team-responds-to\/","url_meta":{"origin":450,"position":0},"title":"Chelsea Manning\u2019s Legal Team Responds to Unconfirmed Rumors About Her Hospitalization","author":"aslam","date":"July 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"fight4future: For Immediate Release: July 6, 2016Contact: Christina DiPasquale, 202.716.1953, Christina@balestramedia.com Today, an unnamed official at the Army revealed unverified information relating to Chelsea Manning\u2019s confidential medical status to the media and Nancy Hollander, lead attorney on her defense team, released the following statement: \u201cWe\u2019re shocked and outraged that an\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1517,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/08\/01\/aleesha-must-not-die-in-vain-free-malaysia\/","url_meta":{"origin":450,"position":1},"title":"\u2018Aleesha must not die in vain\u2019 | Free Malaysia Today","author":"aslam","date":"August 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesPETALING JAYA: The passing of Aleesha Farhana over the weekend has sparked off a call from Malaysia\u2019s trans community for the government and media to end all forms of discrimination against them.Show original","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":641,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2013\/06\/04\/us-navy-seal-comes-out-as-transgender\/","url_meta":{"origin":450,"position":2},"title":"US Navy Seal Comes Out as Transgender","author":"aslam","date":"June 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"See on Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesWhat\u2019s braver than serving as a Navy SEAL on Team 6? 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