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CFPB to reconsider rule on payday loans

January 17, 2018 Editor

From CNN Money Edition: The watchdog agency said in a statement Tuesday that it intends to “reconsider” a regulation, issued in October, that would have required payday lenders to vet…

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Bad news for American consumer rights, as CFPB director announces departure

November 18, 2017 Editor

Richard Cordray, the head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is stepping down at the end of the month. The bureau was created in the wake of the financial crisis and…

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Trump appointees, this time in USDA, continue to violate federal ethics laws

November 14, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Danielle Ivory and Robert Faturechi: At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture,…

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ParadisePapers show Trump Commerce Secretary Has Ties to Putin Cronies

November 6, 2017 Editor

From today’s Slate Magazine by Daniel Politi: Looks like it’s Panama Papers Part Two. The non-profit International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began publishing on Sunday what it is calling the…

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Pence casts deciding vote in Senate to deny consumers rights to sue banks

October 26, 2017 Editor

From today’s Washington Post by Ken Sweet: Call it a win for “the swamp.” President Trump and Republicans in Congress handed Wall Street banks a big victory by effectively killing…

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How to Restore Government Ethics in the Trump Era

July 18, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Walter Shaub, Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics: Shortly after his inauguration, President George H. W. Bush counseled freshly minted White…

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FED Chair says risk of financial crisis increases if Trump deregulates economy

July 13, 2017 Editor

From today’s LA Times by Jim Puzzanghera: Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet L. Yellen told senators Thursday that the risk of another financial crisis would increase if some Trump administration proposals…

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House Republicans Are Trying to Pass the Most Dangerous Wall Street Deregulation Bill Ever

June 12, 2017 Editor

From Mother Jones, June 7, 2017 by Hannah Levintova: . From the earliest days of his campaign, Donald Trump has opposed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,…

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Behind Trump’s Climate Policy Change? Oil Lobbyists and GOP Lackeys

June 3, 2017 Editor

The data is self-evident. Conservative politicians in the GOP don’t believe the science of climate change because they take the most money from oil and energy lobbyists. Notice they hedged…

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Economic inequality in LA ripens new concerns about future riots

April 27, 2017 Editor

From today’s LA Times by Victoria Kim and Melissa Edelhed: Nearly 6 out of 10 Angelenos think another riot is likely in the next five years, increasing for the first…