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TODAY'S NUGGETS

💥 Cuomo’s bid to blow up ethics is denied. Last week, a New York Appeals Court denied former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s attempt to get the state’s oversight and ethics body declared unconstitutional after the board opened a probe into Cuomo’s $5.1 million pandemic-era book deal earnings. The court ruling ensures the panel’s investigation into Cuomo can continue as he stages his potential comeback in the Big Apple. 

😵‍💫 Trump’s CFPB lets digital loan predator off the hook. Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the top federal consumer protection watchdog, dismissed its own case against digital lender SoLo after previously accusing the fintech company of illegally deceiving borrowers with false promises of zero-interest loans — similar to predatory “earned-wage” apps. Russell Vought, acting CFPB head, defended SoLo’s “innovation” and argued that “the weaponization of ‘consumer protection’ must end.”