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  1. #StructuredSettlements & #FactoringCompanies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

    May 17, 2026

    "John Oliver discusses structured settlements – the incremental payments designed to sustain victims of injury or #WrongfulDeath over long periods of time. And, of course, he also discusses the parasitic companies trying to get their hands on that money while getting jingles stuck in your head: factoring companies."

    youtube.com/watch?v=LcrDC4ftXgM

    #USPol #LastWeekTonight #JohnOliver #JGWentworth #PreyingOnThePoor #INeedCashNow #PredatoryLending #PredatoryFinance

  2. 'Searchers were able to locate the body due to Lebda’s dog barking near the scenery in which the scene took place. The Polk County Sheriff’s office is currently listing the pet as a “labradoodle of interest” pending release of any accident policies he may have taken out on KillYourMaster.Com.'

    @JimEarl's mocking obituary of insurance & fintech mogul Doug Lebda

    jimearl.substack.com/p/doug-le
    #LendingTree #finance #predatoryLending #USpol #capitalism #humour #politicalHumour

  3. 'Searchers were able to locate the body due to Lebda’s dog barking near the scenery in which the scene took place. The Polk County Sheriff’s office is currently listing the pet as a “labradoodle of interest” pending release of any accident policies he may have taken out on KillYourMaster.Com.'

    @JimEarl's mocking obituary of insurance & fintech mogul Doug Lebda

    jimearl.substack.com/p/doug-le
    #LendingTree #finance #predatoryLending #USpol #capitalism #humour #politicalHumour

  4. 'Searchers were able to locate the body due to Lebda’s dog barking near the scenery in which the scene took place. The Polk County Sheriff’s office is currently listing the pet as a “labradoodle of interest” pending release of any accident policies he may have taken out on KillYourMaster.Com.'

    @JimEarl's mocking obituary of insurance & fintech mogul Doug Lebda

    jimearl.substack.com/p/doug-le
    #LendingTree #finance #predatoryLending #USpol #capitalism #humour #politicalHumour

  5. 'Searchers were able to locate the body due to Lebda’s dog barking near the scenery in which the scene took place. The Polk County Sheriff’s office is currently listing the pet as a “labradoodle of interest” pending release of any accident policies he may have taken out on KillYourMaster.Com.'

    @JimEarl's mocking obituary of insurance & fintech mogul Doug Lebda

    jimearl.substack.com/p/doug-le
    #LendingTree #finance #predatoryLending #USpol #capitalism #humour #politicalHumour

  6. 'Searchers were able to locate the body due to Lebda’s dog barking near the scenery in which the scene took place. The Polk County Sheriff’s office is currently listing the pet as a “labradoodle of interest” pending release of any accident policies he may have taken out on KillYourMaster.Com.'

    @JimEarl's mocking obituary of insurance & fintech mogul Doug Lebda

    jimearl.substack.com/p/doug-le
    #LendingTree #finance #predatoryLending #USpol #capitalism #humour #politicalHumour

  7. the latest and greatest from Marc Andreessen’s #a16z is #Coverd, an app to let you gamble on your child support payments and #OnlyFans bill.

    no, really. and they’re also launching a credit card which promises 100% cash back or something? this is truly the “american dynamism” we were promised.

    #broligarchy #nerdreich #uspol #finance #economics #MarcAndreessen #crypto #predatoryLending #paydaylenders

  8. A #Wisconsin #NativeAmerican Tribe Built a #Lending Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates

    The #LacDuFlambeau [#LDF] tribe is at the center of a $1B #ClassAction settlement that comes after yrs of fending off claims of #PredatoryLending practices.

    In #bankruptcy filings & #consumer complaints, thousands of people across the country make pleas for relief from high-interest #loans w/punishing annual rates that often exceed 600%

    #Regulation #SovereignImmunity #opportunism #law
    propublica.org/article/wiscons

  9. A #Wisconsin #NativeAmerican Tribe Built a #Lending Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates

    The #LacDuFlambeau [#LDF] tribe is at the center of a $1B #ClassAction settlement that comes after yrs of fending off claims of #PredatoryLending practices.

    In #bankruptcy filings & #consumer complaints, thousands of people across the country make pleas for relief from high-interest #loans w/punishing annual rates that often exceed 600%

    #Regulation #SovereignImmunity #opportunism #law
    propublica.org/article/wiscons

  10. A #Wisconsin #NativeAmerican Tribe Built a #Lending Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates

    The #LacDuFlambeau [#LDF] tribe is at the center of a $1B #ClassAction settlement that comes after yrs of fending off claims of #PredatoryLending practices.

    In #bankruptcy filings & #consumer complaints, thousands of people across the country make pleas for relief from high-interest #loans w/punishing annual rates that often exceed 600%

    #Regulation #SovereignImmunity #opportunism #law
    propublica.org/article/wiscons

  11. A #Wisconsin #NativeAmerican Tribe Built a #Lending Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates

    The #LacDuFlambeau [#LDF] tribe is at the center of a $1B #ClassAction settlement that comes after yrs of fending off claims of #PredatoryLending practices.

    In #bankruptcy filings & #consumer complaints, thousands of people across the country make pleas for relief from high-interest #loans w/punishing annual rates that often exceed 600%

    #Regulation #SovereignImmunity #opportunism #law
    propublica.org/article/wiscons

  12. A #Wisconsin #NativeAmerican Tribe Built a #Lending Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates

    The #LacDuFlambeau [#LDF] tribe is at the center of a $1B #ClassAction settlement that comes after yrs of fending off claims of #PredatoryLending practices.

    In #bankruptcy filings & #consumer complaints, thousands of people across the country make pleas for relief from high-interest #loans w/punishing annual rates that often exceed 600%

    #Regulation #SovereignImmunity #opportunism #law
    propublica.org/article/wiscons

  13. I’m always interested in how bike companies are adding financing as an option for their customers. I saw a Citizens Pay ad (which I had never heard of) for Trek’s online store with “0% financing”. So I clicked through and found this buried really deep in the fine print… 29.99% APR on purchases “after the promotional period”. This kind of predatory lending should be illegal. #BuyerBeware #TrekBikes #CitizensPay #CitizensBank #PersonalFinance #ebike #PredatoryLending #BikeTooter

  14. In case you had any illusions that #Trump was not a #mobBoss… read about this 11th hour #pardon, 12:51 a.m. on his last day in office

    << A Staten Islander with a history of violent threats, Mr. Braun had told a rabbi who owed him money: “I am going to make you bleed.”>>

    #USmafia #predatoryLending #DrugSmuggler #JonathanBraun

    @RollingStone
    rollingstone.com/politics/poli

    @nytimes
    #FreeLink
    archive.ph/Y4IA3

  15. The corruption is profound. [Gifted article, no paywall, NYTimes.com]: A Troubling Trump Pardon and a Link to the Kushners

    A commutation for a drug smuggler named Jonathan Braun had broader implications than previously known. It puts new focus on how Donald Trump would use his clemency powers in a second term.

    nytimes.com/2023/11/26/us/poli

    #trump #corruption #maga #kushner #predatoryLending #trumppardons #corrupt #JonathanBraun

  16. Great article by @mikeburgersburg about #Coinbase's sketchy af banking partner #CrossRiverBank goes through the Congressional accusations of #PPP / Covid relief fraud on a massive scale, the incredible #predatorylending schemes this bank is running through its partners at companies like #AFRM and #UPST, and other aspects of Cross River's "interesting" business model.

    Doesn't even get into the $100 million investment from the Malaysian police inspector who "investigated" the theft of $4-5 billion in one of the greatest financial scandals of all time, #1MDB (fun fact: the movie "The Wolf Of Wall Street" was funded in large part by this massive theft from Malaysia's working people). I'll be getting into that part on my own substack next week.

    Ω👇Ω
    dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/

    #cryptocurrency #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #binance #Malaysia #fedifridays

  17. Great article by @mikeburgersburg about #Coinbase's sketchy af banking partner #CrossRiverBank goes through the Congressional accusations of #PPP / Covid relief fraud on a massive scale, the incredible #predatorylending schemes this bank is running through its partners at companies like #AFRM and #UPST, and other aspects of Cross River's "interesting" business model.

    Doesn't even get into the $100 million investment from the Malaysian police inspector who "investigated" the theft of $4-5 billion in one of the greatest financial scandals of all time, #1MDB (fun fact: the movie "The Wolf Of Wall Street" was funded in large part by this massive theft from Malaysia's working people). I'll be getting into that part on my own substack next week.

    Ω👇Ω
    dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/

    #cryptocurrency #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #binance #Malaysia #fedifridays

  18. Great article by @mikeburgersburg about #Coinbase's sketchy af banking partner #CrossRiverBank goes through the Congressional accusations of #PPP / Covid relief fraud on a massive scale, the incredible #predatorylending schemes this bank is running through its partners at companies like #AFRM and #UPST, and other aspects of Cross River's "interesting" business model.

    Doesn't even get into the $100 million investment from the Malaysian police inspector who "investigated" the theft of $4-5 billion in one of the greatest financial scandals of all time, #1MDB (fun fact: the movie "The Wolf Of Wall Street" was funded in large part by this massive theft from Malaysia's working people). I'll be getting into that part on my own substack next week.

    Ω👇Ω
    dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/

    #cryptocurrency #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #binance #Malaysia #fedifridays

  19. Great article by @mikeburgersburg about #Coinbase's sketchy af banking partner #CrossRiverBank goes through the Congressional accusations of #PPP / Covid relief fraud on a massive scale, the incredible #predatorylending schemes this bank is running through its partners at companies like #AFRM and #UPST, and other aspects of Cross River's "interesting" business model.

    Doesn't even get into the $100 million investment from the Malaysian police inspector who "investigated" the theft of $4-5 billion in one of the greatest financial scandals of all time, #1MDB (fun fact: the movie "The Wolf Of Wall Street" was funded in large part by this massive theft from Malaysia's working people). I'll be getting into that part on my own substack next week.

    Ω👇Ω
    dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/

    #cryptocurrency #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #binance #Malaysia #fedifridays

  20. Great article by @mikeburgersburg about #Coinbase's sketchy af banking partner #CrossRiverBank goes through the Congressional accusations of #PPP / Covid relief fraud on a massive scale, the incredible #predatorylending schemes this bank is running through its partners at companies like #AFRM and #UPST, and other aspects of Cross River's "interesting" business model.

    Doesn't even get into the $100 million investment from the Malaysian police inspector who "investigated" the theft of $4-5 billion in one of the greatest financial scandals of all time, #1MDB (fun fact: the movie "The Wolf Of Wall Street" was funded in large part by this massive theft from Malaysia's working people). I'll be getting into that part on my own substack next week.

    Ω👇Ω
    dirtybubblemedia.substack.com/

    #cryptocurrency #crypto #bitcoin #ethereum #binance #Malaysia #fedifridays

  21. How Georgia’s Top GOP Leaders Have Blocked Title Lending Reform

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    TMX Finance and Select Management Resources, the owners of two major title lending brands, have been cozying up to #Georgia lawmakers in a position to bottleneck industry reform.

    #Loans #Lending #TitleLoans #TitleMax #LoanMax #PersonalFinance #PredatoryLending

    propublica.org/article/how-gop

  22. Once you see the truth about cars, you can’t unsee it:

    “Championed as a kind of liberation, car ownership — all but mandatory in most parts of the country — has for many become a vehicle of capture and control.”

    #Urbanism #CarCulture #CarDependency #Transportation #Transit #police #PredatoryLending #SystemicRacism

    nytimes.com/2022/12/15/opinion