"The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Friday it filed a lawsuit against
JPMorgan Chase,
Bank of America
and Wells Fargo
for failing to protect consumers from alleged
“widespread fraud”
on the payments platform Zelle."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/cfpb-jpmorgan-wells-fargo-zelle-fraud
"Zelle is a payments network owned by seven banks, including JPMorgan and BofA. It has over 143 million American consumers and small businesses as customers."
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“If it wasn’t for France,
you’d be 10,000 times deeper in shit.”
Cyclone Chido swept through Mayotte, which lies between Madagascar and Mozambique, on 14 December,
destroying vital infrastructure and flattening many of the
tin-roofed shacks that make up its large slums.
Almost a week after its worst storm in 90 years,
France’s poorest territory
still has shortages of water.
"According to an article in Le Monde on Wednesday, the French president said during a discussion last year in front of his then health minister, Aurélien Rousseau, that the
“problem with emergency care in this country is that it’s filled with people called Mamadou”.
Mamadou is a name popular among men originating from Muslim ethnic groups in west Africa."
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"The Uihleins have emerged as a major force in rightwing politics,
spending tens of millions of dollars supporting candidates, including president-elect Trump and other rightwing politicians,
who have called for a mass deportation of immigrants.
They were the second-largest political donors in this year’s election, giving more than even Elon Musk, the world’s richest man."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/uline-mexican-workers-trump
"Legal experts said B1 visas are intended to be used for short-term visits – no longer than six months – and that workers are not meant to engage in “productive employment” in that time.
"Once the Mexican workers enter the US, sources alleged, they work regular shifts in Uline warehouses alongside their American counterparts."
"They are paid their Mexican wages into accounts in Mexico. Although they receive some extra compensation for traveling to the US and staying there, they are paid far less than American counterparts, sources told the Guardian."
It does not allow them to obtain wages for labor in the United States, it absolutely does not,” said Marc Christopher, a Wisconsin-based immigration lawyer.
“If they’re doing warehouse work, especially second or third shift, that’s not a close call.” He added that he believed it was “absolutely 100% not allowed"
,"According to Federal Election Commission filings, the Uihleins spent at least $130m during the 2024 election cycle to support Trump and other rightwing Republicans."
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