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America Held Hostage: The MAGA Shutdown Saga Unveiled
Unless Congress can pass a budget in time, the United States government will officially shut down on Sunday, October 1st. And it’s entirely the fault of the MAGA House Majority, who are putting a fringe faction’s wishlist above the needs of their own constituents.
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How Abortion Pills Became the Target of Leonard Leo’s Post-Roe Agenda
For decades, Leonard Leo has worked from the shadows to end abortion access at all levels of government and leave millions without access to critical reproductive care.
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Which Extremist Groups Is John Eastman Still Pulling Strings For?
The latest indictment of former president Donald Trump in Georgia included charges for 18 of his allies – including disgraced far-right attorney John Eastman.
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What the Financial Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know About Their Abusive Junk Fees.
In honor of Junk Fee Week, we rounded up some of the shocking facts and figures about junk fees that the financial industry would like to keep in the dark.
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ICYMI: Rhetoric vs Reality at Senate Banking’s Junk Fee Hearing
At their hearing on “Fees and Tactics Impacting Americans’ Wallets,” Senate Banking Democrats ensured credit card companies and predatory industries didn’t get the last word on one of their most abusive tactics – junk fees.
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What’s at Stake When SCOTUS Rules on the CFPB This Fall
A lawsuit brought by the predatory payday loan industry is coming before the court’s conservative supermajority next term, seeking to gut the popular Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by striking down its funding structure as unconstitutional.
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ICYMI: Senate Budget Dems Check MAGA Republican’s Math on Social Security
During their hearing on “Protecting Social Security for All,” Democrats on the Senate Committee on the Budget debunked the long-running Republican talking point that protecting our nation’s finances requires slashing earned benefits like Social Security.