Will Guzzardi
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State representative, Illinois's 39th; organizer/activist, Logan Square.
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I'm genuinely saddened to see
@ewarren
dropping out. She's been an amazing candidate, and would've been a great president.
At this point our choice is stark. There's only one candidate left who believes in big, structural change.
I'm all in for
@BernieSanders
.
#WarrenToBernie
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Today, Illinois went from thoughts and prayers to action.
New license requirements for gun dealers ✅
Longer waiting period for gun purchases ✅
Raise the age to 21 for gun purchases ✅
Ban bump stocks and trigger cranks ✅
#EndGunViolence
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This looks just like every other map of Chicago, whether it's school closings or air pollution or homicides or median income.
They're all just mapping a different, underlying fact: how white is your neighborhood?
As of January 31, 2021, Chicago is reporting 43,311 people fully vaccinated: 1.6% of the population.
Who is dying: Who is vaccinated:
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Headline writers, a suggestion:
“In A Landslide, Illinois Voters Reject GOP Fearmongering On Crime”
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Some personal news: this is Katie! She's a social worker. Her work is in antiracism, policing, and criminal justice. She's also a great writer, a mean cook, and a secretly fierce board game player.
And she's gonna be my wife!!
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Y’all, I’ve been quiet about Chuy’s campaign up til now, out of respect for the man, our friendship, his career.
But endorsing this Mell-backed FOP hack over the most loving, caring, fearless progressive champ in City Council — that ain’t it.
@RossanaFor33
.
@Brandon4Chicago
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Trinity playing it pretty safe with the ol' church sign. "Also easy on the murder"
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ALERT: CBP reportedly holding three US citizen children at O’Hare, refusing to release them unless their undocumented parents turn themselves over for deportation.
@PASOACTION
and others going to Terminal 5 to protest
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You guys. I finally came face-to-face with my arch-nemesis.
There are four words of text on this sign. 14 characters.
👏🏻 PICK 👏🏻 A 👏🏻 CAPITALIZATION 👏🏻 SCHEME 👏🏻
Seriously
@Metra
I will start a GoFundMe to make that a lower-case C whatever it takes
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I’m proud, excited, and fully fired up to announce my endorsement for
@ewarren
for President of the United States.
If you're ready to join our fight, sign up to canvass with our movement this Saturday:
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Louder for the people in the back. This is a map of people who said "Yes I want a Democratic president, but hell no you're not gonna raise taxes on the rich."
I think some would call them "the libs"
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And yet they’re forbidden from opting out of standardized testing.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls it "morally repugnant" to test children for COVID without their parents' explicit permission. COVID tests, she said, are a "quasi medical procedure." (Other districts don't allow students to opt out.)
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This is the most ambitious clean energy bill in the nation.
And to do it in a state that's home to Carbondale, Carbon Cliff, Carbon Hill, Coal City, Coal Valley, and Coalton — that's historic.
We are moving past coal and into the green energy future. Boldly, proudly, equitably.
@RepChrisWelch
BREAKING: The Illinois House votes 83-33 to pass a sweeping clean energy bill providing subsidies to keep the state’s nuclear fleet afloat while phasing out dirty power sources — like coal and natural gas — with the aim of achieving 100% clean power generation by 2050.
#twill
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Abortion is still safe, legal, and accessible in Illinois.
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We must not — MUST not — let this kind of thinking take hold in IL. And I'm organizing with my colleagues to make sure it doesn't.
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BINDING referendum for free mental health care in Logan Square passes with 86%
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I think it's worth a little discussion about the meaning of the word "bailout" and why it's so offensive when it refers to our schools
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In just a few moments, we will elect the first new Democratic Speaker of the Illinois House since 1983.
The first Black Speaker in Illinois history.
A new chapter begins.
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Wait I’m sorry the City of Chicago… a “welcoming city”… asked Mexican people to **show the police their papers** before allowing them into downtown??
Truly what are these decisions.
"Residents who live or work in the affected area and all critical care workers will be allowed access by showing their driver’s license or work identification to Chicago Police Department Officers," officials said,
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Unreal. Another toddler. When are we going to get serious about bike + pedestrian safety in this city?
BREAKING: A 3-year-old girl was killed this morning when a bike and a semi-truck crashed in Uptown, police said.
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Man I would be so much more productive if I got banned from this site. Elon sucks and 99.9% of his wealth should be seized by the state to build a million units of quality public housing
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"There's not enough money for teachers and social workers" is just another way of saying "we've chosen to spend that money elsewhere" (+$120M for CPD) or "we're unwilling to pursue the revenues to pay for them" (progressive city income tax, corporate lease tax, etc.)
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Also don’t sleep on these results. Paul Vallas wasn’t the only Awake Illinois candidate to lose tonight. Major rebukes of radical ideology in the suburbs.
All Awake-endorsed candidates were defeated in D99 (Downers Grove).
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Insulin copay cap just passed! 100-13. It’s not nearly enough, but it’ll get some people access to the drugs they need at a cost they can afford. I’ll keep fighting for
#insulin4all
, but so grateful to the hard work of so many to get this far
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$15 minimum wage passes committee 19-10, straight party line vote. On the House floor tomorrow.
#fightfor15
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Got my GIS on this morning.
Presenting:
"Whatever Happened To The Lakefront Liberals? The 2020 Election In Maps."
Tl;dr — they're still liberal, unless it has to do with wealth inequality or criminal justice reform...
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I don't use this word lightly, but: this man is lying.
Study after study, year after year, ALL the data shows that bail reform does not increase violent crime.
Maybe instead of repeating this nonsense the CPD should focus on, you know, solving crimes?
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Paul Vallas and every state legislator endorsing him hold a press conference
Paul Vallas convenes a presser on Brandon Johnson’s “lies” about supporting defund the police: “Now, if Johnson wins, our police department will in effect be defunded.”
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This is how you win. Labor leaders, lawmakers, low-wage workers standing together in solidarity to win a $15 minimum wage.
People power is a beautiful thing.
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So now that all that's over...
Stay. Home.
Seriously. Stay home.
If you can, work from home and eat from home and don't go hang out with people for a while. If you need stuff and can afford to, pay someone to bring it to you. Tip them exorbitantly.
It's very real out there.
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Last night's news only confirms what we already knew: the old ways of doing business in Springfield won't be adequate to rise to our present challenges.
So let me say publicly: I will not be voting for Rep. Madigan as Speaker in the 102nd GA.
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This is patently false. The question will be ON the ballot. On every ballot. Once this joke of a ruling is overturned, the votes will all be counted.
Keep hustling, knocking doors, telling your friends. Vote Yes to Bring Chicago Home!
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s "Bring Chicago Home" referendum has essentially been booted from the March 19 ballot after a Cook County judge on Friday sided with business and real estate interests who oppose the measure.
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Just passed HB198 in committee to raise Illinois's minimum wage to $15 an hour! Up next: the House floor.
#Fightfor15
#raisethewage
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Tremendous gratitude to
@BernieSanders
for lifting up this fight. Caitlin’s testimony at our Progressive Caucus hearing was very powerful, as were so many others.
@LTBcoalition
and I are ready to win this in Springfield this year!
We are in a housing crisis, and the impact is disproportionately felt by low-wage workers, especially women. We need national rent control now. I applaud the
@LTBcoalition
and their legislative allies in Illinois for their work to address this crisis.
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Having minority-owned businesses get more contracts from a deal that robs hundreds of millions of dollars from black and brown schoolchildren is not fairness or equity.
#NoMegaTIFs
Lightfoot on Lincoln Yards, The 78: 'Likely sufficient votes to advance these proposals tomorrow'
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$15/hr minimum wage passed the House! Huge thanks to the
#fightfor15
movement, the advocates across this state, and House allies. Roll call:
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The only good take on GameStop
oh no the wrong people are manipulating the stock market
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I guess these folks are still "liberal" in the sense of, like, thinking Trump is disgusting.
But the two most potent issues for our party — fighting wealth inequality and transforming a broken justice system — were on the ballot this year. And the lakefront took a hard pass.
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Or you could build, you know, ACTUAL HOUSING…
The controversial West Side police academy will have mock neighborhood for training — raising the total cost of the project to $128 million. Here's what it will look like: .
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Just sat through David Brock telling us how lazy millennials and Putin cost HRC the election. Real helpful.
#SiXConference
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He’s a hero to literally all eight of those people!
Rep. Darren Bailey, who was just asked to leave the House chambers because he won't wear a mask greets protesters outside Bank of Springfield Center.
#twill
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To protect a statue.
This is Miracle. She’s 18 years old and an organizer for
@GKMC18
. She is fighting gun violence everyday. Last week I offered her an internship.
She is just over 5 ft, 100 pounds. Tonight a police officer beat her. Knocked out her teeth.
I’m sad, angry, and disgusted.
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We’ve done it! (Again!)
On to the Senate, for hopefully the last time. Chicago deserves democracy.
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Summary of the debate if you missed it:
@JBPritzker
: *lists many accomplishments, detailed plans for the future*
Bailey: Zero. Based. Budgeting. Also yes abortion *is* worse than the holocaust thank you good night!!
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Another sickening tragedy on an IDOT roadway in Chicago. The department urgently needs to either change its design rules to create more pedestrian protections, or just relinquish control of these roads completely. Current policy is a blatant failure.
Taha Khan wanted a Pikachu-themed birthday party and was looking forward to starting kindergarten. Now his devastated family wants help tracking down a hit-and-run driver who killed him.
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Wow. Just... wow.
House just ratified the ERA, making Illinois the 37th state to do so. One shy of the requisite total.
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MAYOR'S PLAN: One person appoints entire governing body.
OUR PLAN: Community elects representatives to governing body.
Our plan approved by super-majority vote.
Sounds like democracy DID prevail!
#ElectedSchoolBoard
#ersbnow
@Delia4StateRep
@robertmartwick
Lightfoot says what happened in Springfield was "not democracy," but mark her words. "Democracy will prevail."
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Dear friends:
@DanielBiss
and I have given away our very last shreds of dignity to make you this Content™ encouraging your participation in this election.
What more do you people need from us? Please vote. Watch this silly video if you care to, and then please vote.
Tandem bike duo
@DanielBiss
&
@WillGuzzardi
want you to remember that the progressive income tax is on the ballot this year. MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE:
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A master class in political communication.
@Brandon4Chicago
flawless
I’m happy to be supported by working people in the city of Chicago. That's a pretty cool thing.
Join us:
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Not many causes I'd go to a 7am press conference for. But preserving the amazing deaf/hard of hearing program at Chase Elementary is one of this. It's an amazing model program serving 30 kids preK-8, but
@ChiPubSchools
wants to shut it down. Not on our watch.
#SaveChase
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We did it.
I am at a loss for words.
@endmoneybond
is so huge and there’s so much more huge stuff in this bill too. Things I and others have been pushing for many years.
A once-in-a-lifetime piece of legislation bill. So proud of us as a body for rising to the moment.
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Look, I gave
@JBPritzker
a hard time on this website during the primaries. And I'm sure we're gonna lock horns again before too long here.
But this budget address that he just gave was... really good. (thread)
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No disrespect
@JBPritzker
but it's actually about precisely *not* that. We just want to let kids use their own gender's bathroom
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City of Chicago’s vast new drone surveillance bill just failed.
@RepAnnWilliams
,
@RepThapedi
,
@RepStratton5
and others spoke eloquently on the need to protect freedom of speech.
@ACLUofIL
huge as always.
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Nothing like starting Election Day at the California Blue Line with
@DanielBiss
#TeamBissVotes
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"Maybe if I screw over 1.3 million Illinoisans on a Friday at 4:30, they won't notice!" —
@GovRauner
We noticed.
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Elected school board bill up for a vote in the House! I remember collecting signatures for this in 2012. Been a loooooong fight. Here we go!
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But second, and maybe worse, it treats CPS like a business, not like a part of government. This is a longtime trend in Chicago (note that our schools are run by a "CEO") and it leads, among other things, to a balance-sheet austerity that is both harmful and nonsensical
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Going after
@DanielBiss
on charter schools when there are charters in this city with LITERALLY your name on them?
#BissPlease
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Some of the leaders who made the Reproductive Health Act a reality!
#RHAinIL
#notonmywatch
@RepKellyCassidy
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THREAD: Somehow I've ended up on the
#JBillions
campaign email list. They've started doing a thing called "Biss Please" where they go after
@DanielBiss
for stuff. I don't think they really understand how to use
#BissPlease
. Let me provide some examples:
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Amidst all the chaos today, let’s all reflect on the fact that Rahm’s combative, corporatist, and ultimately destructive time in office ends next year.
Resistance works.
@CTULocal1
,
@BLMChi
,
@reclaimchicago
and so many others brought the heat for seven years. It mattered.
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TOP VOTE-GETTER BY PRECINCT, 2/28/23
**Please note: this masks a lot of really important information — how many people voted in that precinct, how much the candidate won by, etc. More nuanced maps coming, but use caution in drawing conclusions from this!**
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Looks like we're poised to call a vote on the Fair Tax amendment around 1pm today. Will post updates in this thread.
This is maybe the most important vote I'll take in my entire career. Let me explain.
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"CPS has to live within its means." But it's the city that defines what those means are!
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In case that thread was too much: the Illinois House just passed the
#fairtaxnow
amendment. Truly historic.
Now it's up to you all, the voters, to decide if we finally fix our state’s broken tax system. Join me and pledge to support it in 2020:
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Next time instead of saying "stable housing is a crucial determinant of educational and public health outcomes," I'm just gonna post this verse 🔥🔥🔥
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No
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won her Democratic primary advocating for abolishing ICE. But are young leftists like her overestimating shifts in the beliefs of rank-and-file Democratic voters?
@reihan
asks:
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Disgusting. Reprehensible. Unbecoming of anybody at all, least of all an elected official. And sure as hell not how you're gonna talk about a friend of mine.
Ald. Gardiner, start by apologizing, unequivocally, now. Then... figure out a way to do better.
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More maps:
The 3rd Congressional, or, "Who Said DuPage Ain't Progressive?"
When
@Delia4Congress
started running, lots of people said, "You know this district isn't just Chicago, right? She might win in the city, but that lefty stuff doesn't fly in the 'burbs."
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After a grueling floor debate... the PHARMABRO Act passed the House! 65-38. On to the Senate!
#endpricegouging
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For real though I’m overwhelmed and humbled and kinda just speechless. The organizers who have fought this so tirelessly over the years, whom I’ve come to know — seeing them and hugging them today as I stepped out of the chamber was so powerful.
Movements win.
#Fightfor15
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How'd you spend your Veterans Day, Will?
By making my first maps of the 2022 general, of course!
I call this one, "When is a wash not a wash?"
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Just realized that the headboard on the bed in my Springfield apartment is basically the Rebel Alliance logo and now I feel like a legislative Jedi
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I was curious: where was the pro-Biden / anti-Foxx / anti-Fair Tax voter?
The don't-tax-the-rich, anti-criminal justice reform Democrat?
You guessed it: downtown, River North, Lincoln Park.
Pro-Biden / anti-Foxx voters existed elsewhere, sure.
But that Fair Tax map.... wow.
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Wait you guys technically this newest movie is... Jurassic 5.
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I’ve been going to meetings and talking about this for who remembers how many years.
@CDRosa
has put in the work, along with the amazing crew at
@BickerdikeRC
. It’s a really exciting proposal, and a sign in the heart of our community that we welcome everyone.
Here’s a first look at the 100% affordable housing complex coming next to Logan Square’s Blue Line station
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Anyone still undecided about the Governor's race? You should be very, very worried about this news. Let me tell you why: (thread)
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Karen was elected CTU President right after I moved here, as I was learning Chicago politics. What a teacher she was. Her life was a lesson in fighting unapologetically for teachers, students, families, and our whole city. Rest in power, Karen. May your memory be for a blessing.
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Let's have this conversation.
"It's okay that the Fair Tax failed, just cut waste": A thread
Wanna cut that bloated public sector? Oops, IL is 44th in the nation in public sector employees per capita, and 30th in state government spending per capita.
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Also pleeease don’t @ me with any “but technically it might not count maybe it’s just symbolic” mess
1. You’re not a court. Much more importantly, 2. 👏🏻SYMBOLS 👏🏻 MATTER 👏🏻
Our state’s failure to pass the ERA was a symbol of our values. So is our ratifying it tonight.
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$15/hr minimum wage has passed the IL Senate! On to
@GovRauner
's desk
#FightFor15
#IfYouVetoWeWillCome
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OK here's why I did all this nonsense: to make fun maps!
Check this one out — where both candidates won, and where they came in second.
Y'all I'm really doing this cut-and-paste nightmare it's horrible but I'm gonna share it with everyone at the end and your future gratitude is the only thing keeping me going
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Huge component of today’s multi-pronged Black Caucus Economic Justice legislation:
A 36% interest rate cap on payday and title loans.
Vital step to stopping the vultures from preying on poor people
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