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House Republicans Bashing CFPB Lawsuit Against Prolific Predatory Lender Took Over $200K From Industry Opponents

Economic Security and Corporate Power
March 23, 2023

This week four House Financial Services Committee Republicans penned a hostile missive to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau criticizing a lawsuit the agency filed in January along with the New York Attorney General against a notorious predatory auto lender, Credit Acceptance Corporation (CAC).

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Even Smaller Interest Rate Hikes Invite Economic Calamity for Main Street and Wall Street Alike

Economic Security and Corporate Power
March 22, 2023

Today, the Federal Reserve made the counterproductive and ill-advised decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points despite the Fed’s own projections that higher rates will drive up the unemployment rate to 4.6 percent – costing at least 2 million Americans their jobs. Government watchdog Accountable.US released a new analysis showing that fu

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AT&T Set to Platform Network Notorious for Election Disinformation After Giving Election Objectors $600K

Corporate Values and Democracy
March 22, 2023

Telecommunications giant AT&T’s failing track record on democracy issues took another turn for the worse today with reports its subsidiary company DirecTV has cut a deal with far-right-wing Newsmax Media to once again make the network available on its satellite-TV and streaming packages.

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DeSantis Opens Up at Private, Confidential Retreat for Leonard Leo-Chaired Group

Power and Influence
March 22, 2023

This week, it was revealed that an exclusive retreat hosted by the Leonard Leo-chaired Teneo Network provided a “private and confidential” environment for Florida governor Ron DeSantis to reveal opinions he had not felt comfortable sharing publicly prior. Teneo Network is part of Leo’s dark money network, receiving the bulk of its

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Patrick McHenry’s Credibility Problem on Banking Crisis Just Got Worse

Economic Security and Corporate Power
March 21, 2023

Bloomberg reports that Republican House Financial Services Chairman Patrick McHenry was thrown a high-dollar fundraiser by Signature Bank at their offices just 10 days before the bank’s collapse. The revelation comes as Chairman McHenry claims his committee will “get to the bottom” of the rash of recent failures of midsize banks which experts...

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Michigan-Based Corporate Money Kept Flowing to Election Objectors After January 6th

Corporate Values and Democracy
March 20, 2023

A new report from government watchdog Accountable.US found that Michigan-based Fortune 500 companies and trade groups decreased their overall contributions to election objectors in Congress by 28.8% between the 2020 and 2022 election cycles — significantly more than the 9.9% decrease from corporations and trade groups across all states.

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Georgia-Based Corporate Money Kept Flowing to Election Objectors After January 6th

Corporate Values and Democracy
March 20, 2023

A new report from government watchdog Accountable.US found that Georgia-based Fortune 500 companies and trade groups decreased their overall contributions to election objectors in Congress by only 4.1% between the 2020 and 2022 election cycles, far less than the 9.9% decrease from corporations and trade groups across all states.

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