## Musk Wants to Abolish Consumer Agency That Has Been a 'Model of Efficiency'

Authored by commondreams.org

Robert Weissman, co-president of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, countered in a statement that the CFPB "was created specifically because none of the overlapping financial regulatory agencies prioritized consumer protection.".

"But there's no reason to think facts or evidence have anything to do with Musk's views," said Weissman.

"In fact, the CFPB has just finalized a rule to supervise large tech companies offering digital funds transfer and payment wallet apps," he continued.

"In short, Musk is calling for elimination of the consumer protection regulator over a business line he seems poised to enter...

This is systemic corruption at a grand and intolerable scale.".

"personal agency that she gets to control" and suggest the bureau is involved in efforts to "debank" people over their political views.

"The message: They think you are stupid and can't read and are going to make your life worse in order to enrich themselves. »

### Conservative US influencer Candace Owens is barred from New Zealand weeks after a ban from Australia

Authored by apnews.com

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The U.S. conservative political commentor Candace Owens was refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials said Thursday.

Owens is scheduled to speak at a series of events in several Australian cities and in Auckland, New Zealand, in February and March next year.

New Zealand officials did not refer to Owens’ political views in a statement on Thursday. »

### Russia will use all means of destruction if Ukraine acquires nuclear arms, warns Putin

Authored by firstpost.com

In this case, we will use all, I want to emphasise this, precisely all means of destruction available to Russia.

“If the country which we are essentially at war with now becomes a nuclear power, what do we do? »

### Wolfire and Dark Catt's antitrust lawsuit against Valve granted class action status

Authored by gamesindustry.biz

Wolfire Studios and Dark Catt Studios have been granted class action status for their continuing legal dispute with Valve.

It transforms the antitrust lawsuit from being two developers versus the company behind Steam into a potentially much larger dispute.

Meanwhile, multimedia production and VR game developer Dark Catt Studios filed its own antitrust suit against Valve in June 2021. »

### Alaskan Woman Drops Thanksgiving Turkeys from Plane in an Effort to Feed Neighbors Who Live ‘Off the Grid’

Authored by people.com

Residents living in Skwentna and West Susitna Valley, Alaska, were delivered their Thanksgiving dinner in a very unusual way.

It’s a common belief that turkeys can’t fly, but it seems they do — at least in Alaska.

After hearing one of her newest neighbors talk about how squirrel meat would be their protein of choice for Thanksgiving dinner a new personal mission was ignited. »

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