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Mulvaney Staffer First to Share Pro-Kraninger Website Run by Shady Astroturf Group?
Why was Mulvaney aide apparently the first to know about a pro-Kraninger website produced by group tied to voter fraud and forged letters to Congress?
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With Public Comment Ending Tonight, CFPB Must Scrutinize Suspicious Pro-Payday Submissions
Individually submitted “personal” public comments defending industry contained many of the exact same sentences.
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CU Today: Payday Loan Trade Group Accused Of Manufacturing ‘Positive’ Stories
A consumer group is accusing the trade association for the payday loan industry of fabricating some of the “personal” stories it has included in a press release it published that claimed the CFPB was ignoring “positive” stories from payday loan customers.
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CFPB Must Closely Scrutinize Comments Opposing Proposed Payday Lending Rule
After payday lenders put spotlight on consumers with remarkably similar “personal” stories, Allied Progress calls for greater scrutiny.
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American Banker: Who’s Behind the Campaign Attacking CFPB Chief Cordray?
There is some evidence that executives at Lincoln attempted to confront Cordray directly. During a May 5 field hearing on the arbitration proposal in Albuquerque, an audience member identified as Chuck Bowman asked Cordray if the plan was tied to his political ambitions. Consumer advocates, including Karl Frisch, an executive director at the progressive group Allied Progress, say Bowman is, in fact, Chuck Coolidge, a principal of Lincoln Strategy Group. Judging from a review of video of the hearing and Coolidge’s social media accounts, Coolidge bears a striking resemblance to Bowman.
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Politico: Uncovering the ‘Astroturf’ Firm Behind the CFPB Attack Ads
Politico is at last able to reveal the force behind “Protect America’s Consumers,” the secretive group that has already spent more than $130,000 on TV and radio ads attacking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Sunlight Foundation: Dark Money Group Spends $58,000 Attacking Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Another campaign has popped up in response to Protect America’s Consumers: Protect Consumers From Protect America’s Consumers. A joint project of Allied Progress and American Family Voices, the website criticizes Protect America’s Consumers as “a shady front group,” calling it an “astroturf” campaign against the CFPB.
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New Website Exposes “Protect America’s Consumers” – The Shady Interest Group Behind the CFPB Smear Campaign
Allied Progress and American Family Voices launch website highlighting the true motivations behind the shady front group called “Protect America’s Consumers.”