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Jeremy J Funk

@JeremyJFunk

@Accountable_us Comms. Director / Previously @au4change / South Dakotan / Talking Heads, Björk fan / Retro Gamer (tweets are my own)

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calendar_today29-08-2008 04:37:22

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David Dayen(@ddayen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Some more fun with Eugene Scalia and Gibson Dunn, the lead counsel in the lawsuit seeking to reverse the FTC's noncompete ban.
According to research from Accountable, a Gibson Dunn partner is the wife of 5th Circuit Judge James Ho.
accountable.us/wp-content/upl…

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David Dayen(@ddayen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨NEW: The company that filed suit against the FTC's noncompete ban wants to be 'the Amazon of tax,' is led by a GOP mega-donor who advised Trump on tax policy, and a company brochure once read: 'We don’t just react to Texas tax changes. We engineer them'
prospect.org/justice/2024-0…

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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

justices who put special interests and wealthy pals over everyday Americans should be held ACCOUNTABLE. The Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act will help to do that.

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Michael Stratford(@mstratford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: 5th Circuit Judge Don Willett, who's hearing the legal challenge to CFPB's $8 cap on credit card late fees, reported stock holdings in Citigroup, the nation's second-largest issuer of credit cards.

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Fifth Circuit is going out of their way to KEEP the U.S. Chamber's anti-consumer lawsuit in their jurisdiction—they're playing into the hands of the megabanks fighting for unlimited credit card late fees. accountable.us/watchdog-conse…

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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The trade groups “intentionally chose a conservative-leaning, industry-friendly court in the hopes of derailing any kind of regulation that would cut into their bottom line.' — Liz Zelnick

They aim to keep high late fees as a major revenue source.
nytimes.com/2024/03/07/bus…

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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. Chamber is suing—in a carefully selected conservative court—to maintain sky-high credit card fees, up to $41, defending big banks like Wells Fargo & J.P. Morgan.

It's a fight against consumers to keep billions in excessive charges. accountable.us/u-s-chamber-su…

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Sludge(@Sludge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: The pharma lobby doled out more than $16 million to groups in 2022 that are battling the Medicare drug price negotiations now underway, according to tax returns. Several of the 'grass-roots' groups make no disclosure of PhRMA's heavy funding.

readsludge.com/2024/03/01/phr…

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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sending a message loud and clear: Big Banks are profiting off predatory overdraft fees to the tune of billions.

It’s time we put an end to junk fees.

Sending a message loud and clear: Big Banks are profiting off predatory overdraft fees to the tune of billions. It’s time we put an end to junk fees.
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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨NEW AD: We’re sending a message to Congress to stand up for their constituents against greedy Big Banks.

Overdraft fees are costing families BILLIONS every year. It’s time
to put an end to them. defendamericanconsumers.org

🚨NEW AD: We’re sending a message to Congress to stand up for their constituents against greedy Big Banks. Overdraft fees are costing families BILLIONS every year. It’s time to put an end to them. defendamericanconsumers.org
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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big Pharma is DESPERATE to take away Medicare’s new negotiation power and stop President Biden from lowering costs for seniors – going so far as to fund far-right groups who openly threaten our democracy...

More on PhRMA's donations to 👇
accountable.us/report-phrma-g…

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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big Pharma will do anything to keep their price-gouging scheme against struggling seniors—including fueling Project 2025, a radical right-wing cause. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

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AFR(@RealBankReform) 's Twitter Profile Photo

consumerfinance.gov announces plan to cut overdraft - a great Biden administration initiative - and what do House Republicans do?

They crib their talking points against it straight from a lobby group!

bit.ly/RepsOverdraft

@CFPB announces plan to cut overdraft #junkfees - a great Biden administration initiative - and what do House Republicans do? They crib their talking points against it straight from a #WallStreet lobby group! bit.ly/RepsOverdraft
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Accountable.US(@accountable_us) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Right now YOU are covering skyrocketing costs to pad the pockets of America's largest corporations.

...and corporate CEOs are bragging as if their profiteering is a victory.

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Jan Schakowsky(@janschakowsky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, the FTC finalized a rule on car sales that will save consumers ‼ $3.4 billion per year ‼

✅Ends junk fees: Dealers must tell you the full price upfront

✅You have the right to refuse any product or service

✅Dealers can’t charge you unless you’ve agreed

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Congressman Seth Magaziner(@Rep_Magaziner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

While families struggle to make ends meet, big corporations are raking in billions in profits.

This is the result of decades of economic policies that favor Wall Street and the ultrawealthy. To unrig the economy, we must put working people over corporate profits.

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