Seth Frotman, the federal government’s top student loan consumer watchdog just resigned. His letter of resignation blames the Trump administration for abandoning students and student loan borrowers at a time when exploding college costs and corporate malfeasance are harming Americans more than ever. As Student Loan Ombudsman at the CFPB, he worked tirelessly to hold big banks and student loan companies accountable. He remained dedicated to the mission of advocating for America’s 45 million student loan borrowers. Students, student loan borrowers, and their families rely on an independent, government agency to protect them from financial crimes. Since its creation, the CFPB has played a vital role in not only defending America’s consumers but defending the American Dream itself. From defending military families to holding bad-acting student loan servicers accountable and returning millions of dollars to Americans who fell victim to for-profit colleges, the CFPB has been consumer's strongest advocate. However, the actions being taken by the current administration are hurting student loan borrowers in the following ways: Preventing the enforcement of consumer protection laws - Recently appointed leaders at the CFPB have abandoned the Bureau’s commitment to fairly enforce the law. They folded under political pressure and stopped CFPB oversight of the largest student loan companies. By doing so they have undermined their own mission to oversee the student loan industry and put millions of borrowers at risk of being defrauded. Undermining the CFPB’s political independence - The CFPB’s recent actions have shown that its current leaders have prioritized the goals of the Trump administration over the interests of consumers and student loan borrowers. Recently, the Bureau blocked efforts to call attention to ways that the Trump administration was hurting families taken-advantage of by for-profit colleges. Those in government whose job it is to stand up for student loan borrowers are being silenced by political appointees. Weaking efforts to hold bad actors accountable - The current leadership at the CFPB has completely abandoned students and borrowers. When the nation’s biggest banks were accused of scamming students on campus, the Bureau’s new leaders tried to bury the information. These actions put into question the future of the lawsuit against student loan servicer Navient. Students will be left vulnerable to predatory practices while the CFPB turns a blind eye. We demand that Congress put a stop to the undermining of the CFPB by restoring the Bureau’s original principles: protecting consumers and students from bad actors, remaining independent from any administration, and enforcing the laws that hold these values in place.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has proposed to rename the Russell Senate Office Building to the McCain Senate Office Building. There are more appropriate ways to remember John McCain. The Senate office buildings are for everyone. We can name other things for McCain, things that would be more appropriate than a Senate office building used by everyone, including Americans who oppose unconstitutional and endless wars. If Schumer’s proposal is adopted, that’s a legacy for decades. If we’re going to rename the Russell building, Paul Wellstone would be a more appropriate choice. Wellstone voted against the Iraq war, even though he was up for re-election and feared doing so could cost him the election, and Wellstone died in the line of duty, in a way, killed in a plane crash on his way to meet voters in rural Minnesota. On war and peace, McCain was a divisive figure. On some of the most important war and peace issues of our time, he advocated divisively for more war. He was an eager advocate of the Iraq war. [1] He sang and laughed about bombing Iran. [2] He championed the unauthorized, unconstitutional, biblically-catastrophic U.S.-Saudi war in Yemen. [3] He called Members of Congress “wacko” because they backed the filibuster of John Brennan as CIA director over the unconstitutional drone strike policy. [4] The Brennan filibuster was supported by the ACLU. The filibuster sought to enforce the War Powers Clause of the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution: Congress, not the President, is supposed to decide when to use military force. Those are the people McCain derided as “wacko”: people who oppose unconstitutional and endless wars. McCain called people protesting Henry Kissinger’s role in war crimes “low life scum.” [5] Decades after the Vietnam War, John McCain insisted on referring to Vietnamese people as “gooks.” [6] Many Americans who lost friends and family members in U.S. wars, or who organized and protested against these wars, don’t see John McCain as representing our America. We don’t want to be at war everywhere all the time. We also pay taxes and vote. The Senate office buildings belong to us too. Senator Schumer should take us into account before naming a Senate office building for John McCain. References: 1. “McCain's record on Iraq: eager to attack,” Alexander Lane, PolitiFact, August 21st, 2008, https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/aug/21/barack-obama/mccains-record-on-iraq-eager-to-attack/ 2. “Jesting, McCain Sings: 'Bomb, Bomb, Bomb' Iran,” Don Gonyea, NPR, April 20, 2007, https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9688222 3.“Five Democrats Join John McCain to Arm Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen,” Michael Sainato, The Observer, 6/14/17, http://observer.com/2017/06/democrats-trump-administration-arms-sale-saudi-arabia-yemen/ 4. “McCain calls Paul, Cruz, Amash ‘wacko birds’,” Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, March 8, 2013, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/03/08/mccain-calls-paul-cruz-amash-wacko-birds/ 5. “John McCain tells protesters at hearing: 'Get out of here, you lowlife scum',” Associated Press, January 29, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/29/john-mccain-henry-kissinger-protest-lowlife-scum 6.“John McCain Wasn’t a Hero,” Branko Marcetic, Jacobin, 8.27.2018, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/08/john-mccain-was-not-hero-obituary-war-racism-sexism

1.4 million children go hungry everyday. This means that 1.4 million children who should be active in school, concentrating. or playing happily cannot do so because they are ravaged by hunger. Our children's well being should be at the top of our list, and free lunch should be granted to all.

Even some computer programmers/analysts working at Federal Government sites must pass a Security Clearance. Why shouldn't a Presidential candidate, whose hope it is to lead our country, and who will have access to highly sensitive information have to pass this clearance as well? This process would ensure the veracity of candidates and that they are not compromised by a foreign government, corporation, etc.

The residents are being mislead and we should not allow the use of our land for any project without a proper public vote.

AS AN ASPIRING MUSICIAN I AM SICK OF PLAYING SECOND FIDDLE TO CONVICTED FALONS AND AGING ROCK STARS. I AM ALSO SICK OF THE SABATOGING OF MY NAME AND OPPORTUNITY'S AS A MUSICIAN. THE MUSIC BUSINESS IS RUN MORE LIKE THE MAFIA THEN AN INDUSRTRY. FOR THE MUSIC BUSINESS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE MONEY IT HAS TO BE EXCLUSIVE AND NON ACCESABLE ALL OVER AGAIN. ITS THE ONLY REAL WAY TO SAVE IT. WITH THIS PRACTICE IT COULD CREATE FAIR OPPORTUNITY'S THIS PRACTICE WOULD FORCE ALREADY RICH PEOPLE TO STOP WASTING AND BLOWING MONEY ON NONSENSE AND THINKING THE MONEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE LIMITING THEM TO ONLY ONE TOUR EVERY 2 YEARS. IT PREVENT FURTHER DRUG RELATED DEATHS HAVING MANDATORY DRUG TESTING AND SLOW DOWN THE WHOLE GROUPIE THING. FORICNG ROCK STArs to rethink there actions. besides if football players and baseball players gotta surrender to strict rules musicians should have to as well. making money being a musician should come with a price and has to change. its gone on too long unchecked. WHERE ONLY NATIVE AMERICANS CAN HAVE A FREE REIGN OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

Looking to the future of California Fire Fighting I see that the fire season is lasting longer and even though there are complaints about spending there has never been a truly well funded fire fighting strategy because there is only enough money to barely take care of the ever growing fires which leaves no money to plan ahead for cutting edge systems and technologies, manpower and equipment are barely adequate in the best of times and if you ask Fire Fighting Leaders they would tell you they need more. Enacting a simple accounting change would make the funds available now to get ahead of the fire seasons and protect all California Citizen's homes and businesses.

Our representatives have stopped doing what is right for the American people. Instead they serve a corporate greed machine that harms instead of benefiting American citizens.

My family and other families with children at play on Chick Street (registered private way) are at increased risk for bodily injury from speeding cars, damage to property/blocked driveways from increased restaurant customer parking, and commercial delivery trucks blocking access from early morning to evening deliveries.

He is very not fun to have around.

An internet that's equally available to all is vital for democracy and consumer choice. The FCC just killed Net Neutrality, but California can get it back by passing SB 822 & SB 460 and creating the strongest Net Neutrality laws in the nation. SB 822 & SB 460 work together to stop ISP practices that are currently legal yet constrict consumer free choice and make it harder for everyone's voice to be heard, including nonprofits and grassroots activists. No more fast lanes and slow lanes, access fees just to reach users, self-dealing "zero-rating", and blocking content they don't like. No more playing favorites with some websites and hurting others. SB 822 & SB 460 face their final votes this week. Please sign and share this petition to Assm Blanca Rubio asking her to vote “Yes” without watering them down with amendments!

An internet that's equally available to all is vital for democracy and consumer choice. The FCC just killed Net Neutrality, but California can get it back by passing SB 822 & SB 460 and creating the strongest Net Neutrality laws in the nation. SB 822 & SB 460 work together to stop ISP practices that are currently legal yet constrict consumer free choice and make it harder for everyone's voice to be heard, including nonprofits and grassroots activists. No more fast lanes and slow lanes, access fees just to reach users, self-dealing "zero-rating", and blocking content they don't like. No more playing favorites with some websites and hurting others. SB 822 & SB 460 face their final votes this week. Please sign and share this petition to Assm Anna Caballero asking her to vote “Yes” without watering them down with amendments!