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Trump’s mortgage fee cut reversal: What it really means for house hunters

January 25, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

Almost lost amid all the celebrating and marching this weekend were a set of official actions the Trump administration took soon after the Inauguration. One directly impacts some consumers who are house-hunting right now. You might have seen headlines suggesting President Donald Trump raised taxes on middle-class homeowners, but that’s [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

Like kicking people when they are down? Really, you’re the sucker — on the business of Internet sanctimony

January 23, 2017 Bob Sullivan 4

There’s a person I meet every time I write about money.  A sanctimonious, self-righteous, arrogant, uncaring and unsympathetic eel of a person who I sure hope never encounters any kind of unpredictable financial event in their lives. Because I assure you, no one will have any sympathy for this high-priest [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

The Truth needs your help — because without it, there will be no Justice, and no American Way

January 22, 2017 Bob Sullivan 3

If you think journalists are terrible at what we do, please solve that problem the way you should any other.  Do it better.  Join us! Lord knows, we need all the help we can get. The good news is, you can do this today, right now, thanks to the digital world [Keep reading]

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Scenes from the women’s march

January 21, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

This is a selection of scenes from the women’s march on Jan. 21, 2017.

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Women’s march – signs from the protest

January 21, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

Here are photos of signs from the women’s march on Jan. 21, 2017. If you’ve read this far, perhaps you’d like to support what I do. That’s easy. Sign up for my free email list, click on an advertisement, or just share the story.

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Scenes from The Inauguration: The protests

January 20, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

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Scenes from the inauguration: Along the National Mall

January 20, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0
Gotchas / Consumer

Scenes from the inauguration: Practice

January 20, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

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Gotchas / Consumer

Two people claiming to be director of a federal agency? Here’s the courtroom drama to watch in Trump’s first days

January 19, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

There’s a courtroom drama playing out that’s likely to spark a Constitutional crisis during the first few days of the Trump Administration — and could lead to two people simultaneously claiming to be the director of a major federal agency.  You’ll need a scorecard to follow along, so that’s what [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

Will a Trump presidency mean the return of Gotcha Capitalism?

January 19, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

Free markets mean corporations and consumers are engaged in a constant arm-wrestling match over prices and rules governing marketplaces. When President-elect Donald Trump takes office, will the rules of this engagement change substantially? Already, Republicans are fighting hard to dismantle, or at least dis-empower, the nation’s newest federal consumer protection [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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