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The Times and Democrat: Payday Lending Stories Not Real
Eric Peters came out swinging (T&D, Oct. 1) against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s effort to crack down on predatory payday lenders. To bolster his untenable position, he cited the purportedly personal stories of happy payday loan customers submitted to the CFPB and spotlighted by a payday industry-backed special interest group in Washington. Unfortunately, Peters failed to inform readers that hundreds, if not thousands, of the supposedly unique and personal payday loan-supportive stories he pointed to used many of the exact same sentences and paragraphs.
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Florida Public Radio: Judge’s Extended Deadline Enticed 64,000 New Voters
Democrats sued when Governor Rick Scott refused their request to extend the registration deadline. Scott says he didn’t have the power to act on his own. But voting rights advocate Karl Frisch says Republicans have been trying to suppress turnout for years.
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Group Calls on Arizona’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in Arizona.
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Group Calls on Florida’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in Florida.
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Group Calls on Ohio’s Top Election Official to Investigate Partisanship, Racial Animus in Election Administration
Damning new report details partisan, racially charged motivations of those pushing voter suppression and administering elections in Ohio.
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Politico: Payday-Lending Crackdown Draws 1.4 Million Letters of Protest
“It’s very suspicious,” said Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a left-leaning nonprofit. “We’re not just talking about language that’s nice to payday lenders. Or talks about a generic need for a payday loan. We’re talking about specific experiences that are repeated in letters.”
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WSB-TV: Georgia Elections Official Asked to Step Down Over ‘Appalling’ Facebook Posts
A state lawmaker in Georgia is calling for the resignation of a Henry County Elections Board Member Debbie Moon over racially charged posts shared on her Facebook page. The comments were first uncovered by an Allied Progress report documenting the partisan motivations and racial animus of those pushing voter suppression efforts in the state.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Henry Board of Elections Member Accused of Sharing Racist Posts
In what may be a battle of ethics and free speech, a county elections board member has been asked to resign by a state legislator after allegedly sharing racist social media posts. The comments were first brought to light by an Allied Progress special report documenting the partisan motivations and racial animus of those pushing voter suppression efforts in the state.
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Mortgage News Daily: What PHH v. CFPB Means For Us
But there are critics who point out that the divided court’s opinion was written by Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, an appointee of former President George W. Bush and conservative stalwart whose jurisprudence has repeatedly provoked the ire of liberal groups.
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Bloomberg: CFPB Survives Legal Attack As Court Trims Director’s Power
Allied Progress, a Washington-based group that supports the CFPB’s mission, criticized the ruling as a victory for the same interests that “instigated and profited from” the 2008 financial crisis.