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LOL: Trump Team Reportedly “Leery” About Influence of Goldman Sachs Within White House
Administration is worried about the number of Goldman Sachs joining its ranks. Perhaps it should stop using it as an employment agency.
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Trump Labor Pick Andy Puzder’s No Good, Very Bad Week (and Why Next Week Will Be Worse)
While Republicans have tried to present Puzder as a viable candidate, opposition to Puzder has mounted – even giving GOP Senators and insiders pause.
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Consumerist: Bank-Backed Congressman Introducing Law To Gut Consumer Financial Protections
Hensarling’s revisions and original legislation targeting the CFPB aren’t entirely a surprise, as he — and the Financial Services Committee he leads — has strong ties to Wall Street and big banks, Allied Progress reports.
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Congressman Who Thinks Trump Should Fire CFPB Director Also Runs A Wall Street Revolving Door
Rep. Hensarling has also taken an astounding $7.38 million from Consumer Bureau-regulated industries.
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Paperwork Finally In, Puzder Has Tough Questions to Answer
Puzder should be grilled over his anti-worker record, company’s horrible epidemic of sexual harassment and assault.
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Senate Republicans Haven’t Vetted Trump Labor Nominee, So We Did
Puzder has demonstrated a deep disdain for his employees calling them “the worst of the worst” and indicating he would prefer to employ robots.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer: Sen. Rob Portman Targeted by Ad to Fight Trump Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, [Allied Progress Action,] and the Communications Workers of America are fighting Mnuchin with ads on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News in Portman’s hometown of Cincinnati. The organizations are spending “six figures” to run the ads in Ohio, as well as Maine, Alaska, Nevada and Washington D.C., said spokeswoman Kaitlin Sweeney.
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Vanity Fair: “Foreclosure King” Steven Mnuchin upgraded to Foreclosure Emperor
Now, it turns out, OneWest’s robosigning may have been even more extensive. New York Post reports that “OneWest or its affiliates robo-signed documents in New Jersey, California, Nevada, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas, according to Allied Progress, which analyzed lawsuits.”
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Unrepentant: Trump Labor Nominee Also Had Issues With Undocumented Workers at His Fast Food Co.
Puzder supports comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship, but as Labor Secretary, he’d have to help implement Trump’s bigoted anti-immigrant policies.
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New York Times: Andrew Puzder, Trump’s Labor Pick, Admits to Hiring Undocumented Maid
Progressive groups have echoed that sentiment. “It’s long past time for Mr. Puzder to deliver on his commitment to file paperwork with the Senate and let the American people know what issues are causing so many headaches for the Trump administration,” Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, said on Monday.