While you were busy watching the melodramatic Jim Comey testimony on Trump and Russian hacking, the House of Representatives was busy voting to roll financial reforms passed in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse. The partly-line vote could is meant to end numerous consumer protections, including rules government payday loans [Keep reading]
While folks are consumed by the testimony of former FBI Director Jim Comey — almost certain to be a letdown — take a moment to look around at the action that’s really happening in Washington D.C. Comey is going to say a bunch of things we already know. Your attention [Keep reading]
Vladimir Putin has been far more visible lately with statements on the Russian-U.S. election story. Well-schooled in the art of Russian linguistic vaguery, he has alternately said that Russian free-lance hackers may have been involved, or that a 3-year-old may have been involved, all with a taunting snicker. Journalists — and [Keep reading]
I looked into the problem of robocalling recently for MagnifyMoney.com. Here’s the latest: Help is coming, but it’s still going to be a while. I’d say more, but my phone is ringing. Here’s a taste of the story. Click to read the rest at MagnifyMoney.com If you’re afraid to answer [Keep reading]
JAN 29, 2005 — Linda Trevino, who lives in a Chicago suburb, applied for a job last year at a local Target department store, and was denied. The reason? She already worked there — or rather, her Social Security number already worked there. Follow-up investigation revealed the same Social Security [Keep reading]
While the Internet stirred last night about the meaning of the word “Covfefe” — generated, one could guess, when the President fell asleep mid-Tweet, phone in hand — a far more important Trump cell phone issue got far less attention. The Associated Press reported that Trump is giving out his cell [Keep reading]
Montana Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, whose name suddenly landed on all American’ lips Wednesday night, also plays a role in wallets. Gianforte was involved in an altercation with a journalist on the eve of an election for a vacated seat in the House of Representatives. Gianforte is also on the board [Keep reading]
How would Greg Gianforte have voted on the health care bill? I still, want to know, don’t you? There’s only three answers. For, against, or I’m still ready to answer. There, see, that’s how you avoid assaulting someone. Through the haze of yet another melodramatic event — in this case, a [Keep reading]
The 43 million Americans with student loans — and the millions more who will take out their first college loans this fall — should pay close attention to President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget. It requests dramatic changes to the help offered to borrowers, calling for an end to many [Keep reading]
The latest sign that America is a youth-obsessed culture? Men as young as their 30s have taken to “getting work done” so they don’t “age out of” their workplaces and careers. I wrote about this for CNBC.com recently. Ageism is one of the factors contributing to Americans’ general anxiety about [Keep reading]
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