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Advance Financial’s Flex Loan charges 279.5% interest, trapping thousands of borrowers in debts that end up in court, where the company has won over $200 million in judgments since 2015.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...
www.propublica.org
May 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Advance Financial’s Flex Loan charges 279.5% interest, trapping thousands of borrowers in debts that end up in court, where the company has won over $200 million in judgments since 2015.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
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I tried typing “imagine if President Biden publicly promoted the idea that he was deliberately crashing the stock market as a “chess move” for the good of the nation” without imploding under the weight of the pointlessness of it
April 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I tried typing “imagine if President Biden publicly promoted the idea that he was deliberately crashing the stock market as a “chess move” for the good of the nation” without imploding under the weight of the pointlessness of it
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Big peace deal news: together we shorted the US stock market and made a long play in the Russian sovereign wealth fund.
by Steve Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev
by Steve Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev
April 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Big peace deal news: together we shorted the US stock market and made a long play in the Russian sovereign wealth fund.
by Steve Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev
by Steve Witkoff and Kirill Dmitriev
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If only the Constitution granted the legislature power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
Cruz: Tariffs are a tax on consumers, and I'm not a fan of jacking up taxes on American consumers.
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If only the Constitution granted the legislature power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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BREAKING
NSA Director General Timothy Haugh, the chief of the U.S. government’s most powerful intelligence-gathering agency, has been fired.
His deputy, Wendy Noble, has been fired as well.
(Cipher Brief, Washington Post, Reuters all reporting)
NSA Director General Timothy Haugh, the chief of the U.S. government’s most powerful intelligence-gathering agency, has been fired.
His deputy, Wendy Noble, has been fired as well.
(Cipher Brief, Washington Post, Reuters all reporting)
April 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
BREAKING
NSA Director General Timothy Haugh, the chief of the U.S. government’s most powerful intelligence-gathering agency, has been fired.
His deputy, Wendy Noble, has been fired as well.
(Cipher Brief, Washington Post, Reuters all reporting)
NSA Director General Timothy Haugh, the chief of the U.S. government’s most powerful intelligence-gathering agency, has been fired.
His deputy, Wendy Noble, has been fired as well.
(Cipher Brief, Washington Post, Reuters all reporting)
Well she should have thought about that before she decided to....be a successful woman Vice President and presidential candidate. Talk about shitty decision making...
I think Vice-Presidents should get lifetime Secret Service protection.
I feel strongly about it — we’re living in a different time.
For example, it’s insane to me that Kamala Harris will lose her Secret Service detail in June.
She is a highly visible, despised (by racists), and still young/active
I feel strongly about it — we’re living in a different time.
For example, it’s insane to me that Kamala Harris will lose her Secret Service detail in June.
She is a highly visible, despised (by racists), and still young/active
March 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Well she should have thought about that before she decided to....be a successful woman Vice President and presidential candidate. Talk about shitty decision making...
But, she didn't kill any dogs so I think she's clearly matured.
Boston Globe reports antics of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Vermont/Quebec library that sits on Canada-U.S. border. She repeatedly stepped over taped boundary marker in middle of the library, referring to Canada as the "51st State" every time she stood in Canada.
March 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
But, she didn't kill any dogs so I think she's clearly matured.
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Trump Day One executive order is an illegal deferral under the Impoundment Control Act.
It also seems as though Trump is (accidentally? purposefully?) demanding the US break its contracts for funding that has been obligated but not yet outlaid in saying no funds shall be disbursed.
It also seems as though Trump is (accidentally? purposefully?) demanding the US break its contracts for funding that has been obligated but not yet outlaid in saying no funds shall be disbursed.
January 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Trump Day One executive order is an illegal deferral under the Impoundment Control Act.
It also seems as though Trump is (accidentally? purposefully?) demanding the US break its contracts for funding that has been obligated but not yet outlaid in saying no funds shall be disbursed.
It also seems as though Trump is (accidentally? purposefully?) demanding the US break its contracts for funding that has been obligated but not yet outlaid in saying no funds shall be disbursed.
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A Long Beach college football coach sent me a threatening DM from his main account. I posted about it and it's getting some pickup from local publications.
LBCC football coach apologizes for ‘dumb’ message he sent to prominent progressive journalist
The 11-year coach said the message has reflected poorly on the school but stood by his criticism of the “journalist’s integrity.” The college has not said how it will handle the situation.
lbpost.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A Long Beach college football coach sent me a threatening DM from his main account. I posted about it and it's getting some pickup from local publications.
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(from HotAir) this is nougaty rich coming from the people who crybullied Budweiser for engaging a single trans influencer but one thing you need to know about these freaks is that they are huge huge pissbabies
January 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
(from HotAir) this is nougaty rich coming from the people who crybullied Budweiser for engaging a single trans influencer but one thing you need to know about these freaks is that they are huge huge pissbabies
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"Buffett has raised Berkshire’s cash levels to unprecedented heights. At US$325 billion, cash now accounts for 28 per cent of Berkshire’s asset value — the highest level since at least 1990" financialpost.com/financial-ti...
Warren Buffett's record cash pile is starting to make people nervous
Berkshire Hathaway has investors asking questions after filling its coffers by unwinding its most profitable trade. Read more
financialpost.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"Buffett has raised Berkshire’s cash levels to unprecedented heights. At US$325 billion, cash now accounts for 28 per cent of Berkshire’s asset value — the highest level since at least 1990" financialpost.com/financial-ti...
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Here's the US Drought Monitor each week in 2024.
Did you know they are celebrating their 25th year in 2025? We are hosting a session at #AMS2025 to celebrate!
ams.confex.com/ams/105ANNUA...
#StateOfClimate
Did you know they are celebrating their 25th year in 2025? We are hosting a session at #AMS2025 to celebrate!
ams.confex.com/ams/105ANNUA...
#StateOfClimate
January 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Here's the US Drought Monitor each week in 2024.
Did you know they are celebrating their 25th year in 2025? We are hosting a session at #AMS2025 to celebrate!
ams.confex.com/ams/105ANNUA...
#StateOfClimate
Did you know they are celebrating their 25th year in 2025? We are hosting a session at #AMS2025 to celebrate!
ams.confex.com/ams/105ANNUA...
#StateOfClimate
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This would be a pretty crazy arctic blast. Probably one of the craziest runs I’ve seen in my life. Low chance this strong a scenario happens, but there’s certainly a chance for some cold out west towards end of Jan
January 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This would be a pretty crazy arctic blast. Probably one of the craziest runs I’ve seen in my life. Low chance this strong a scenario happens, but there’s certainly a chance for some cold out west towards end of Jan
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THINGS WERE BETTER IN THE LATE 1800S - I yell into my handheld supercomputer
January 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
THINGS WERE BETTER IN THE LATE 1800S - I yell into my handheld supercomputer
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Opinion | If Joe Biden had been serious about inflation, he would have spent Christmas threatening to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal.
December 26, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Opinion | If Joe Biden had been serious about inflation, he would have spent Christmas threatening to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal.
Fucking monsters
Flying Was Already the Worst. Then America Stopped Using Headphones. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
Flying Was Already the Worst. Then America Stopped Using Headphones.
Some travelers are confronting people who think it’s OK to have phone conversations on speaker, but it doesn’t always end well
www.wsj.com
December 26, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Fucking monsters
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Chief executives of publicly traded US companies are leaving in record numbers despite historic pay bonuses as the booming stock market and fear of turmoil in 2025 has prompted executives to exit.
on.ft.com/4iP7YIO
on.ft.com/4iP7YIO
US chief executives are leaving the corner office in record numbers
Soaring stock markets have allowed company leaders to cash out rather than deal with turmoil in 2025
on.ft.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Chief executives of publicly traded US companies are leaving in record numbers despite historic pay bonuses as the booming stock market and fear of turmoil in 2025 has prompted executives to exit.
on.ft.com/4iP7YIO
on.ft.com/4iP7YIO
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Perfectly consistent with the prior Trump administration’s position that the big problem with Covid deaths was people counting them.
December 14, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Perfectly consistent with the prior Trump administration’s position that the big problem with Covid deaths was people counting them.
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new cartoon at @theprospect.bsky.social : the continuing adventures prospect.org/power/2024-0...
The Continuing Adventures
Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World
prospect.org
September 3, 2024 at 3:50 PM
new cartoon at @theprospect.bsky.social : the continuing adventures prospect.org/power/2024-0...
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Let’s retire calling this “DEI hire” thing a dog-whistle. It’s not just racist, it’s a statement that revels in its racism.
July 24, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Let’s retire calling this “DEI hire” thing a dog-whistle. It’s not just racist, it’s a statement that revels in its racism.
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A fun, cheery thought heading into the weekend.
June 14, 2024 at 11:34 PM
A fun, cheery thought heading into the weekend.
Damn right
I would never, never be able to find this much grace in myself.
May 31, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Damn right