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Honoring a Local Hero: My bill to honor a Hernando Hometown Hero, which passed the House in June, also passed the Senate and is now headed to the President to become law. This bill will rename the United States Post Office located at 207 E. Fort Dade Avenue in Brooksville as the “Specialist Justin Dean Coleman Memorial Post Office.”
On July 24, 2009, during his first tour of duty with the 10th Mountain, 32nd Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army, SPC Justin Dean Coleman of Hernando County, Florida was killed in action while patrolling a residential area of Nuristan Province in Afghanistan. He was only 21 years old. Just like his father, grandfather, great grandfather and eight uncles, Coleman was called to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. What was originally planned as a 96-hour mission to retake Barge Matal from the Taliban, SPC Coleman’s mission in Nuristan Province had turned into a 60-day mission. His platoon conducted patrols of a local village, going from house to house checking for Taliban combatants. During the patrol, SPC Coleman provided security outside one of the houses and received direct fire from an enemy combatant, fatally wounding him in a matter of seconds. By drawing enemy fire away from his platoon, SPC Coleman’s actions allowed his comrades time to take cover, locate the enemy, and successfully counterattack. Because of SPC Coleman’s sacrifice, no other soldiers died that day. May his service and sacrifice never be forgotten!
Leading the Way: I am grateful to have been appointed to serve as the Chairman of the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee for the 119th Congress. Our Committee will work to develop a national privacy standard to safeguard all Americans’ sensitive data. Additionally, we will continue to push legislation that will protect Americans from predatory scams, enhance online safety protections for children, investigate potential social media monopolies, encourage and spur innovation of emerging technologies, and defend against security breaches. This position also provides a unique opportunity to help the travel and tourism industry - which is vital to Florida's economy and job market. Together, my colleagues and I will work to restore an America First agenda, strengthen our economy and renew the American Dream.
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CFPB Sues Walmart and Branch Messenger for Illegally Opening Deposit Accounts for More Than One Million Delivery Drivers
Walmart and Branch harvested more than $10 million in junk fees through Walmart’s Spark Driver program
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Walmart and Branch Messenger for forcing delivery drivers to use costly deposit accounts to get paid and for deceiving workers— “last mile” drivers in Walmart’s Spark Driver program—about how they could access their earnings. The CFPB’s lawsuit alleges that Walmart and Branch opened Branch accounts for Spark Drivers, and Walmart then deposited drivers’ pay into these accounts, without the drivers’ consent. Walmart told Spark Drivers that they were required to use Branch to get paid and that they would terminate workers who did not want to use these accounts. Walmart and Branch also misled workers about the availability of same-day access to their earnings. Drivers had to follow a complex process to access their funds, and when they finally did, they faced further delays or fees if they needed to transfer the money they earned into an account of their choice. This resulted in workers paying more than $10 million in fees to transfer their earnings to an account of their choice.
“Walmart made false promises, illegally opened accounts, and took advantage of more than a million delivery drivers,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. “Companies cannot force workers into getting paid through accounts that drain their earnings with junk fees.”
Walmart (NYSE: WMT), the multinational retail corporation headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, operates the Spark Driver Program, through which gig economy drivers make “last-mile” deliveries from Walmart stores nationwide. Branch is a financial technology company that offers a deposit account at Evolve Bank & Trust that consumers access through a digital app and debit card.
The CFPB also alleges that Branch engaged in a host of illegal activities related to consumer accounts, including failing to investigate alleged errors, failing to honor stop payment requests, failing to maintain necessary records, failing to provide certain disclosures, and illegally requiring consumers to waive their rights under the law.
The CFPB alleges that, for approximately two years starting in 2021, Walmart and Branch violated federal law by:
Illegally opening accounts in order for drivers to receive pay and removing driver choice in how to receive pay: Walmart and Branch opened accounts for new drivers by using drivers’ information, including their Social Security numbers, without obtaining the drivers’ consent. Drivers’ pay was then deposited into these accounts without authorization from the drivers. Drivers could not access their earnings without agreeing to Branch’s terms and conditions. Walmart required Spark Drivers to use Branch accounts or face termination.
Harvesting more than ten million in junk fees from drivers: Spark Drivers paid more than ten million dollars in junk fees to Branch to instantly transfer their earnings to an account of their choice.
Deceiving drivers about their access to their earnings: Walmart and Branch misrepresented to drivers that Branch Accounts would give them “instant access” to pay. In actuality, many drivers experienced delays when accessing their wages or paid fees to transfer their money elsewhere. Branch also deceived the drivers about their ability to stop payments or make certain transfers using the accounts.
Enforcement Action
Under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, the CFPB has the authority to take action against institutions violating consumer financial protection laws, including the Truth in Savings Act (TISA), the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), and the prohibitions on unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices in the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). The CFPB’s lawsuit seeks to stop the companies’ unlawful conduct, to provide redress for harmed consumers, and the imposition of a civil money penalty, which would be paid into the CFPB’s victims relief fund.
Today’s enforcement action follows several actions taken by the CFPB to address consumer protections in the workplace. In October, the CFPB issued guidance that emphasizes how companies using third-party consumer reports, including background dossiers and surveillance-based algorithmic scores, must follow Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) rules. The CFPB has highlighted the growing prevalence of employer-driven debt and the challenges faced by consumers when they become indebted to an employer as a condition of employment.
This is the CFPB’s first action against a fintech partner of Evolve Bank & Trust related to a deposit product. The CFPB previously filed a lawsuit against SoLo Funds, another Evolve Bank & Trust fintech partner, in the short-term, small-dollar loan space. The Federal Reserve Board issued an enforcement action against Evolve in June, finding the bank failed to properly police its fintech partners.
Consumers can submit complaints about financial products and services by visiting the CFPB’s website or by calling (855) 411-CFPB (2372).
Employees who believe their company has violated federal consumer financial protection laws are encouraged to send information about what they know to whistleblower@cfpb.gov. To learn more about reporting potential industry misconduct, visit the CFPB’s website.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES THE BULLYING MUST STOP
Matthew 27: 24-25 “When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.”
If people cannot see the relationship between bullying and our sick society, someone is blind or not paying attention. I fail to understand why the media, the government officials, parents and observers in general cannot see a connection between school shootings and bullying.
At times it becomes too obvious something is out of control. This would be the case today with bullying and attacks in schools with guns, knives and other objects that can be used as weapons.
People blame the gun; the parents of the shooter or at times, even the school officials. Why can we never seem to see and address the real problem?
When I was growing up in the 1950’s and 60’s people had guns. I worked for twenty-five cents an hour to buy my first shotgun. The thought of taking it to school and kill someone never entered my mind.
We weren’t on drugs to calm us or food additives to alter our minds or excessive amounts of salt, sugar and chemicals. We were not exposed to the TV bullies. We watched Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver. Comedy was clean but still made us laugh.
In today’s world the perpetrator of the offense is usually the one made famous by the media and making him/her into a celebrity is a fuel for the fire in itself.
Are children taught bullying? Absolutely! Parents inadvertently teach bullying with hate filled rhetoric, teaching children anything is okay as long as you don’t get caught and teaching them to be the leader of the pack and the “big man” in the crowd.
TV programs and movies teach bullying in the condescending talk to one another. The belief that arrogant or critical talk is funny seems to be the norm. Sarcasm is seen to be a mark of intellect or leadership. How misguided does our society have to become to reach a breaking point?
In this writers opinion that breaking point is here! Students and adults are being shot, stabbed or beaten in schools, malls and even in homes across America.
Social media has contributed to bullying. It is so much easier to insult or demean someone on a computer screen than face to face.
Suicide rates among young people have increased partly because of bullying. Numbers vary by source and the rates of loneliness, depression and other mental conditions have increased in recent years.
The bullying must stop and we must address the root of the problem. How many of the school shooters have been bullied and have had all they can endure and retaliate the only way they know how; with a gun, knife or other weapon? At times we forget a person can be killed with a ball bat, golf club, screwdriver or even a plastic bag.
The late-night comedians have established themselves as the kings of the bullies and our elected officials and news reporters are not far behind. I recently saw the president of the United States bullied in a news interview. Several commentators will not let their “guest” finish a sentence; that is bullying.
The point of many of the shows is to intimidate, insult or humiliate others. Then, when a young person comes to school with a gun or knife and does bodily harm to others, the source of the problem is covered by those that caused the problem. How blind do we have to be not to see this?
Freedom of the press carries over to on-screen news. Is it permissible for freedom of speech to justify the demeaning talk we hear on our TV? If it is destroying our society isn’t that misusing a freedom?
Why do we call violence anything other than what it is? TV shows and movies are teaching our young children “if you don’t like someone, shoot them.” Have we even seen a movie that hasn’t had someone shot and killed? Very few!
It is time to see bullying as a serious problem. Can we expect any less than a violent response from a child that is small or weak that has been bullied? When a child brings a gun or knife to school and harms another, there is usually a reason.
Psalm 82: 3-4 “Stand up for those who are weak. See to it that those who are poor and those who are beaten down are treated fairly. Save the weak and those who are in need. Save them from the power of sinful people.”
God through King David (writer of Psalms) teaches us to stand firm for the weak and oppressed. The
Bible teaches us to love one another and a part of that love is to protect.
Would it be too much to ask for parents to teach their children this simple but very effective lesson from God? As long as other children/youth stand on the sideline and watch it happen, the bullies are encouraged.
If we fail to promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ and promote the teachings of the Holy Bible, our world will continue to degrade into chaos and bullying on all levels will increase.
The teachings of God are the most substantial and authoritative guidelines for human behavior. To intimidate those that are weak and helpless is an action that we can no longer tolerate.
School shootings including the one in Madison, Wisconsin recently should be a wake-up call. Why would a fifteen year old girl bring a gun to school and shoot several other students? We may never know for sure but we do know the truth and/or the full story will likely never be told.
The greatest solution to this dilemma is to teach parents and children the rules and laws of God.
We must always teach that eternal salvation is attained by a faith based belief (Ephesians 2: 8) in Christ Jesus crucified (Matthew 27: 35) for the remission of sin (1 John 1: 9) and resurrected (Matthew 28: 6).
There is a saying in farm country: “There’s no point in locking the barn door after the horse is out.” The bullying horse is out and is running wild and he must be stopped.
Van Yandell is a retired Industrial Arts teacher, an ordained gospel evangelist and commissioned missionary. His email: vmy2121@outlook.com
Chain of Command
A Special Presidential Briefing...
By Author CS Bennett
CIA Agent: "Mr. President, as you know, and have been made aware of in the past, several problematic gangs from Mexico and Central America have come across our borders and infiltrated our communities, some of them being more savage and brutal than others. All of them are intimidating and the level of fear by our citizens, whose communities they have outright taken over, is unlike what we have ever seen before."
US President: "Yes, I know. So, let's get specific about what gangs we are talking about. Please proceed, Tyler."
CIA: Agent: "When it comes to Mexico, we're talking about the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco Cartel (or CJNG), MS-13, and the feared Los Zeta Cartel, sir."
US President: "Which do you consider the most feared and dangerous of the four?"
CIA: Agent: "Sir, all of them are because of the nature of the illegal drug business, as you know. However, if I have to rate the four, the Los Zeta Cartel is the most feared and dangerous."
US President: "In what way are they different and more dangerous than the others?"
CIA: Agent: "They are ruthless, and they are trained cold-blooded murderers. In short, they are pure killers. This group was founded by corrupt members of an elite unit of Mexico's Special Forces. Initially, more than 30 of these ex-soldiers were contracted to work for the leader of the infamous Gulf Cartel in the 1990s. After a while, they broke away and formed their own independent operations. Over time, they faded away. Now, we have reason to believe they are reconstituting their criminal organization and their ranks. If this is true, it doesn't bold well for us."
US President: "I see. Thanks, Tyler. General Bradshaw, is there anything you want to add to this summation?"
General Bradshaw: "No, what you heard was what our own intelligence-collecting efforts have concluded about the Mexican gangs. Now, if I may, sir, moving on to Venezuela gangs that have gained a foothold in the United States, especially in Colorado, we have the nefarious, vicious, and feared Tren de Aragua gang. They are so brutal and off the chain that Bloods and Crips gangs don't come close to holding a candle to this crime organization. Violence is too inadequate a term to describe this band of outlaws. It is this notorious gang that made recent headline news in Colorado for taking over apartment complexes there and with near impunity.
"They are known for torturing their victims, beheading them, and decapitating their bodies, some while they are still alive. They have proudly boasted that they have no fear of our law enforcement agencies or our military. Their only real territorial rivals in the drug business who don't fear them are America's notorious and criminal-minded 1% motorcycle gangs, namely the Outlaws, the Pagans, and Hell's Angels. Potential turf rivalries are a real threat since the Tren de Aragua gang and our motorcycle gangs appear to run rampant whenever they go, and again, with impunity, sir."
US President: "Is that so? Well, General, I am about to give all of them something to think about and fear, as well, to include our motorcycle gangs. From what I am hearing, the whole lot of them think they are badasses! Let it be known by my decree, that these criminals have no idea of what I am about to introduce them to, and I am talking about some real made-in-America badasses. This is one welcoming party they will all wish they had never crossed paths with.
"So, general, I want the word sent out to our Special Operations Command that I am ordering them to put together as lethal a task force as ever consisting of our finest commandos to go after these criminals. I'm talking Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, Navy SEALs, MARSOC Raiders, SEAL Team Six, and Air Force Combat Controllers, along with the 160th SOAR, and whatever else we have in our arsenal. General, I want this joint task force formed and ready to deploy within three weeks! I also want the CIA's covert paramilitary group, The Unit involved in this."
General Bradshaw: "Will get on it, sir! And may I ask what are their defined 'official' orders?"
US President: "Officially, they are to capture the heads of these illicit and illegal enterprises and return them to the United States to face our justice system. If they don't fear our law enforcement agencies, perhaps they will gain a greater respect for the United States when they come face-to-face with our Joint Task Force and lifelong jail sentences. The days of pandering to these groups and allowing them to cross our borders and have their way are over. I know this invasion was allowed, even encouraged, by the previous administration but there is a new commander-in-chief in town, and I have at my disposal the most powerful military force in the world. I also have crack law enforcement personnel at the field level, and many at the leadership level, who are ready to get in the fight, which they were not allowed to do before I returned to power.
"Now, unofficially, the task force's orders are to go take down the leadership of these criminal enterprises and their cohorts without prejudice. I'm talking dead or alive. As for going into these countries without their knowledge, I understand the legal issues involved, but I will shoulder any fallout from my actions in this matter. This is being done in the name of national security on my part. Besides, these governments have been warned, during my run for the presidency, to do something about this before I took office, and they failed to act. Enough is enough. Americans are dying in the streets and women, girls, and boys, are being kidnapped, raped, and forced into hard labor, including the sex trade. Others are being killed and their organs sold to the highest bidder. I believe most Americans want something done about this, as I do.
"As of this minute, I am giving the green light for this operation. I want our air force to decimate the fields where these drugs are being grown, and I want them to bomb the hell out of the facilities used to process this stuff. If necessary, I will place the United States Army and United States Marine Corps on full alert ready to go in full force. In my eyes, this invasion is a declaration of war. You don't take on the world's superpower under the right leadership and think it's going to be a cakewalk. My message to these gangs is this, let them know that General George Washington and General George S. Patton are both back and incarnated in the personality of Moi. Yes, I'm talking about this American president speaking to you right now!"
General Bradshaw: "I understand, sir. And with your permission, Mr. President, I would like to get on this ASAP."
US President: "Good. You have your orders. Now, you're free to go, General."
Turning to the head of Homeland Security, the president lowered the glasses on his face and said, "You, being the head of Homeland Security, allow me to make this very simple and very clear to you and those under you. The following mission I am giving you is to take top priority over everything else. You with me?"
Homeland Security Boss: "Yes, Mr. President! I am."
US President: "Good! You, too, are charged with putting together a group. I'm talking about a joint law enforcement task force to take on these murderous gangs, drug pushers, and diabolical child and sex trafficking fiends here on the domestic front, all who seem to be creating havoc, mayhem, chaos, and death within our borders, cities, and towns. I want the FBI, Border Patrol, DEA, ATF, ICE, NSA, US Marshal Services, the US Office of Special Investigations, and state and local law enforcement involved in this operation, which you will have five short months to put into place. I want this task force well-organized and razor-sharp.
"How did we ever get to this point in our once proud, world-respected, and feared history, one must ask? I say weak leadership in the past and corrupted politicians, I suppose. To have these criminals, and illegal aliens at that, boldly enter our country and say they do not fear us nor respect our laws, then go about terrorizing our citizens is unacceptable.
"As far as I am concerned, this blatant affront to our laws and our nation stops this minute! No longer will this be tolerated. Now, Homeland Security, go gather your troops and go after this malignant societal cancer and destroy it! That's your mission. I want it surgically removed. I don't want any leaks whatsoever. I hear about this in the New York Times or the Washington Post and there is going to be hell to pay for the person, or persons, who leaked it. This is a classified operation, and I will go after any offender in a way they will wish they had thought twice before committing their ill-advised deeds. Imprisonment will not do for them. In the old days, those who committed treason were either hung or shot. Having said this, I want the best agents we have involved in this mission. Understood?"
Homeland Security Boss: "Yes, sir. And if I am allowed to, may I express how great it is not to have our hands tied behind our backs as before with the last administration. I'm actually looking forward to this operation. May I get on with this now, Mr. President?"
US President: Thank you. And yes. You're free to go, Grace."
Turning, the head of Homeland Security left the room. After the briefing, a young new staff member, standing outside of the briefing room, spied the president as he made his way towards the Oval Office alone. "I wonder what the president has on his mind," she said to a veteran staff member looking up something on her smartphone. "I can only imagine."
The veteran staff member paused, looked at the newbie, and then explained, "As with any big decision the president makes, especially those involving our military and law enforcement agencies, he is known to go into the Oval Office and get on his knees and pray to the Almighty Father."
"Wow! He's definitely not your typical president from what I know about past presidents. This leaves me to wonder what his special prayer will be today," the freshman staffer uttered. "I'm sure he is going to ask for the safety of our military forces and our law enforcement personnel."
The veteran staff member replied, without hesitation, "I do not doubt that he will ask for divine protection of our task force members, both military and civilian. Freedom is never free. Sacrifices have to be made, from time to time. Frankly, I would not put it past the commander-in-chief to ask God's forgiveness for what is about to be unleashed upon our enemies and also forgiveness for the souls of the poor dumb bastards who think they can come to our country in droves and take over our communities and our lives and do it with near impunity. I only wish I could be there to see the surprise look on their faces when they come face to face with our commandos. I don't even think there will be time for any of them to leave a brick in their pants."
The newbie staffer smiled, then let out an audible chuckle... "You know, you may have a point there. I guess over time, these gangs and the countries they hail from will learn that this president is no one to play with."
The veteran staffer smiled, and said, "You got that right! For everyone, it's a new day in America and for that matter, the world. As they say, God Bless America..."
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