Nearly half of people using Buy Now, Pay Later loans have used them to help pay for groceries, according to Protect Borrowers. But Trump’s CFPB is nowhere to be found when it comes to regulating these predatory loans. Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra explains.
The Hidden Cost of Buy Now, Pay Later
Is "Buy Now, Pay Later" too good to be true?Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra shines a light on its hidden costs for bor
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Rep. Doggett enters Protect Our Care's latest report, The Real Fraud: Trump Pardoned the Nation's Biggest Health Care Fraudsters, into the record.
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
democrats should internalize that this is what their colleagues think of them and act accordingly
Philip Bump@pbump.com · 6mo agoAfter pointing at Democrats and saying they are "crazy," Trump says, "We’re lucky we have a country, with people like this. Democrats are destroying our country, but we stopped it, just in the nick of time." Just insanely destructive. Indefensible — but Republicans stood and clapped.
@slotkin.senate.gov please protect your constituents and initiate an amendment to 42 U.S.C. 1983. The public is not safe from ICE or other law enforcement like CBP. Thanks, your constituent.
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 7mo agoIt would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
On Nov 5 at 4 PM, join and support members of the healthcare, public health, and scientific communities in a march from the APHA Rally for the Public’s Health to the Capitol to deliver petitions to Congress demanding the resignation or removal of RFK Jr. Details here. 911hs.org
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Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 11mo agoFox News' Marc Thiessen, without a hint of irony: "Imagine if – we didn’t see this on the right, but imagine if after the George Floyd killing, people had gone on in saying he was a POS and that I’m glad he's dead... do you think anybody would have employed them ever again?!"
I did a mock flyer to hand out to South Carolina Guardsmen being sent to DC (I did the Ohio one before coffee this morning, so SURELY it can be improved on), borrowing from @pbump.com's latest. www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
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Governor Henry McMaster and President Donald Trump have ordered you to leave your home, your family, your job to patrol DC because this guy was assaulted by unarmed teenagers:
Ed “Big Balls” Coristine
[picture of Coristine with bad haircut and untucked shirt]
Who is Big Balls?
A 19-year old graduate of elite Rye Country Day whose Daddy runs company called LesserEvil
Previously associated with criminal hackers
Fired from internship for leaking internal documents
Hired by the richest man in the world to sort through your government data, including healthcare and social security data
With no relevant experience, hired at seniority paying upwards of $120,000
About the assault:
On August 3, around 3AM, Big Balls’ girlfriend approached her car and group of 10 unarmed teenagers approached
Big Balls shoved one of the kids into the car
Kids assaulted Big Balls and gave him a bloody nose and a concussion
Police responded, arrested two
Big Balls also lost $1,000 iPhone 16](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreigzfh27vratm4fffknl2p2ke5lun6pm6qcengsgdbwfne7o4x3hyy)
![About DOGE:
Promised to root out waste fraud and abuse
Routinely fabricated claims of cost savings
Cut Cancer research, Nuclear Weapon security, Ebola prevention
Kicked Social Security recipients off the rolls
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South Carolina’s crime is worse than DC’s
Violent crime has fallen from COVID spike
Trump’s US Attorney bragged that violent crime dropped 25% this year
Many areas of South Carolina (in pink) have higher violent crime rates than DC
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First Donald Trump cleared the field for Mike Rogers. Now the same far-right oil baron billionaire backing the Texas gerrymandering scheme just gave five MILLION to his SuperPAC. Michigan voters will decide who wins this race. Not the highest bidder.
How big banks cave to pressure from fossil-fuel-funded attorneys general doing industry’s bidding — not likely to end well under examination for their fiduciary duties being met.
How Texas Bullied Big Banks Into Dropping Their Climate Commitments
A top deputy to Texas A.G. Ken Paxton gave the “inside story” on how he threatened Wells Fargo’s bond business and a lawsuit to make it crumble.
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It was my honor to work with distinguished lawyer colleagues on this statement of commitment to the principles that must undergird American democracy. It appears today as full page ad in the @nytimes.com & in papers around the country. Learn more at @weholdthesetruths.bsky.social
Well I’ve got a checkmark now, so figured I’d re-introduce myself. I’m Santiago Mayer, I’m 23 years old and the Executive Director of @votersoftomorrow.org. I have spent the last 7 years working to turn out Gen Z and stop MAGA, and I’m not stopping now. Can you RT and follow to help reach others?
Senator Padilla (D-CA) took to the Senate floor to emotionally describe what led to him being forcefully removed from a news conference last week by being forced to the ground, handcuffed, and detained when he tried to question Trump's response to the protests in LA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jyC...
Sen. Alex Padilla breaks down in tears on Senate floor recounting Noem news conference removal
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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
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Once again sharing this info. Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
Adam Kinzinger@adamkinzinger.substack.com · last yr.Emergency video: it’s time to start making plans. Either the house steps up to defend the constitution, or our generation does. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
This is a concession by the U.S. government that its “arrangement” with El Salvador is irrevocable. To me this has to be grounds to argue that the arrangement itself is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Eighth Amendments
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · last yr.BREAKING: Trump administation attests that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and secure but is under the "sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
@biggretchenwhitmer.bsky.social I'm watching the 2025 State of the State Address with governor Gretchen Whitmer. The state of Michigan is strong, and I thank Governor Whitmer for her work to make it strong! We are lucky to have her.
Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Once Pitched a Deadly Human Vaccine Experiment
Revelations about the role he played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.
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📊 $2.5T in mandatory spending cuts = coming for Social Security’s $2.9T reserve. Not one penny of Social Security contributes to the debt they claim to care about. This isn’t fiscal responsibility. It’s playing games with people’s hard-earned benefits. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4ftv3hl
Maxwell Frost@maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 2y agoThere is no way to cut $2.5T in spending unless you make cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. My parent’s social security check should not be cut to pay for President Elon Musk’s massive billionaire tax cuts.
The NYT continues to straight up lie about whether Trump got Special Counsels to investigate Hillary and Joe Biden. He did. But it's an important lie for NYT to sustain if they want to claim Trump DIDN'T abuse DOJ in his first term. www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/19/f...
"Friendly to Us:" NYT Buries Its Own Role in Trump's Attacks on Rule of Law - emptywheel
In a story misrepresenting several things about Trump's use of DOJ to attack his adversaries, Maggie Haberman neglects to mention the role leaks to her played in events described in Barry Loudermilk's...
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