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Senate Has Plenty of Reason to Reject Extreme Trump Fed Board Pick Judy Shelton On Top of Her Obsession with Returning to Gold Standard
For starters: Shelton has suggested holding an international summit on monetary policy at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort.
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New Poll Shows DeVos Deeply Unpopular, Strong Support for Investigations Into Education Department’s Misconduct
DeVos’ approval rating stands at an abysmal 28 percent.
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CFPBWatch.org Launched, Spotlights Trump Administration’s Anti-Consumer Agenda
New Effort from Allied Progress Documents Who Is ‘Weakening the Bureau From Within,’ Exposes Administration’s Corporate Conflicts of Interest
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Allied Progress’ Year-in-Review: The Trump Administration Embraces the Shadiest Industries
For predatory lenders, pushy debt collectors, fly-by-night for-profit colleges, and greedy Wall Street banks, 2019 has been a banner year under the Trump administration.
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Tainted Process: CFPB Flooded with Thousands of Suspicious, Copycat Pro-Payday Loan Comments Backing Trump’s Proposal to Kill Protections From Predatory Industry Practices
Allied Progress examined public comments submitted concerning the Trump-CFPB’s effort to kill a key protection against the payday loan debt trap and found that more than 7,000 pro-payday comments used suspiciously duplicative language, amounting to over 27 percent of the total comments.
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Payday Lenders Announce Massive Quarterly Profits
Two major payday lending companies and a subprime auto lender announced fourth quarter profits collectively exceeding $200 million, undercutting the industry’s complaints that it is too highly regulated to be successful.
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Weekly Low-Lights: The Worst of Sinclair’s “Must Runs”
Journalists at Sinclair object to their airing. Experts call them propaganda. Allied Progress watches them…so you don’t need to.
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ICYMI: Goldman Sachs Alums in Trump Admin Aim to Deliver for Former Employer
At the top of Goldman’s wish list is gutting the Volcker Rule that curtails risky behavior at investment banks.
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ICYMI: Is a Bannon-Sinclair Partnership on the Horizon?
Sources say a Breitbart-Sinclair partnership could help Bannon settle scores with his enemies within Trump’s inner circle and build a platform that could challenge Fox News from the right.
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Following Surprise Resignation of Key Student Loan Official, Group Expands Investigation of Education Dept.
Allied Progress expands investigation following surprise resignation of key federal student loan official.