1.0CLP Bloghttps://clpblog.citizen.orgJeff Sovernrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9eDgGbb9C6"><a href="https://clpblog.citizen.org/dallas-morning-news-agency-that-protects-consumers-from-financial-scamers-in-trouble-under-trump/">Dallas Morning News: Agency That Protects Consumers from Financial Scamers in Trouble Under Trump</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clpblog.citizen.org/dallas-morning-news-agency-that-protects-consumers-from-financial-scamers-in-trouble-under-trump/embed/#?secret=9eDgGbb9C6" width="600" height="338" title="“Dallas Morning News: Agency That Protects Consumers from Financial Scamers in Trouble Under Trump” — CLP Blog" data-secret="9eDgGbb9C6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> by Jeff Sovern Here. Excerpt: I talked to [Jim] Purcell [of State National Bank in Big Spring] this week. He says the bureau spreads its tentacles too far. He complains that there's no appeal for the bureau's decisions, that it's too independent of Congress and the president (by design, and for obvious reasons, I might [...]