Adam Friedman
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- Reposted by Adam FriedmanWe are continuing to report on flex loans. Have you been sued by Advance Financial, Harpeth Financial or another flex loan lender? To share your experience, call or text reporter Adam Friedman (@friedmanadam5.bsky.social) at 615-249-8509.
- Reposted by Adam Friedman@tennesseelookout.com and @propublica.org are continuing to report on flex loans in Tennessee, where 110,000 borrowers have been sued by Advance Financial alone. Have you been sued by a flex loan lender? Call or text reporter @friedmanadam5.bsky.social at 615-249-8509 to share your experience.
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanAdvance Financial’s Flex Loan charges 279.5% interest, trapping thousands of borrowers in debts that end up in court, where the company has won over $200 million in judgments since 2015. By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social, w/ @tennesseelookout.com
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanSince introducing the Flex Loan in 2015, Tennessee-based lender Advance Financial has filed ***over 110,000 lawsuits*** against its borrowers. Advance lobbied lawmakers to create the loan to avoid federal consumer protection regulations. @friedmanadam5.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com
- Reposted by Adam Friedman110,000+... Imagine filling the University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium...and then still needing more seats. That's how many lawsuits Advance Financial has filed against its borrowers. From @friedmanadam5.bsky.social for @tennesseelookout.com+ @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/flex...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanHave you been sued by Advance Financial, Harpeth Financial or another flex loan lender in Tennessee? The Tennessee Lookout and @propublica.org are continuing to report on flex loans. To share your experience, call or text reporter @friedmanadam5.bsky.social at 615-249-8509.
- NEW: A Tennessee lender told legislators its new product, the Flex Loan, would help residents. In the 10 years since getting approval for it, the company has sued over 110,000 borrowers. With @tennesseelookout.com
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanOur @friedmanadam5.bsky.social has spent months interviewing people sued by Advance Financial and combing through data. This, friends, is public service journalism and I am incredibly proud of him.
- NEW: A Tennessee lender told legislators its new product, the Flex Loan, would help residents. In the 10 years since getting approval for it, the company has sued over 110,000 borrowers. With @tennesseelookout.com
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanNEW: A Tennessee lender told legislators its new product, the Flex Loan, would help residents. In the 10 years since getting approval for it, the company has sued over 110,000 borrowers. With @tennesseelookout.com
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanAlmost unfathomable: This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them. Yes, you read that right. By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com
- A Tennessee lender told legislators its new product, the Flex Loan, would help residents. In the 10 years since getting approval for it, the company has sued over 110,000 borrowers. www.propublica.org/article/flex...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanNEW: A $3.7 million Capitol Hill townhouse is the D.C. headquarters of a secretive political influence project. It’s owned by a major GOP donor. But one of the most powerful men in the country recently moved in: House Speaker Mike Johnson. www.propublica.org/article/mike...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanNashville community organizers hope outreach to clergy to equip them for ICE raids can counter some of the fear that's supplanted the safety and comfort many immigrants experience by belonging to faith congregations. My latest on these outreach efforts: www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanA bill that would move the sale of all recreational hemp products into liquor stores or vape stores is on the Tennessee Senate docket Tuesday morning.
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanIn my latest for @tennesseelookout.com, I reflect on the importance of holding all of our elected officials - even Democrats - accountable for their decisions. If you want to claim the moral high ground, you've got to be willing to admit when you've lost it. tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/24/a...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanWho’s funding Tennessee’s politics? If you're interested in following the money, @tennesseelookout.com has all PAC, lawmaker & political party donor dollars since 2010 in an easily searchable database (newly updated) Data wrangler: @friedmanadam5.bsky.social tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/24/c...
- I've updated our Tennessee million-dollar club in political spending. The $1 million club provides a 15-year look back at who's spending the most money to influence state politics. tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/24/c...
- I've made some updates to our Cash for Clout page, tracking political spending in TN. On our Who's Funding Tennessee Politics page, you can now look up campaign donations, independent spending, and lobbying expenses in 15-year totals and 5-year increments. tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/24/c...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanWith gubernatorial bid looming, US Rep. John Rose calls for ‘robust’ tariffs on tile imported from India
- How it started vs how it’s going
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanThe hemp industry calls Tennessee’s new rules ruinous.
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- Reposted by Adam FriedmanTennessee lawmakers have tweaked a bill to allow the public to eventually know how much money officials spend to bring an NFL Super Bowl to Nashville, but the legislation still allows signed contracts to remain hidden for years. From @friedmanadam5.bsky.social tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/27/t...
- Despite escalating emergency room times at Ballad Health hospitals, legislation to stop further medical monopolies suffered a quick death in the House Health Subcommittee Tuesday. tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/27/b...
- Tennessee lawmakers have tweaked a bill to allow the public to eventually know how much money officials spend to bring an NFL Super Bowl to Nashville. But the legislation still allows signed contracts to remain hidden for years. tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/27/t...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanScene staff writer Eli Motycka was reporting on pro-Palestine student protests when police arrested him.
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanA local reporter left a Vanderbilt University student protest he was covering in handcuffs this afternoon. Campus police arrested @nashvillescene.bsky.social reporter Eli Motycka, as students accused the administration of suppressing pro-Palestinian voices on campus.
- A new amendment attached to the Tennessee House's version of the $1.9 billion business tax cut and refund requires the revenue department to publish the names and amount of money corporations that apply for it receive. www.capitol.tn.gov/Archives/Das...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanTwo dark money groups pushing school vouchers are spending money to blast GOP Rep. Todd Warner, a voucher opponent, through a text message campaign and billboards in his district. @friedmanadam5.bsky.social reports. tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/20/d...
- Gov. Bill Lee released his supplement budget. He's keeping in the $17M the state earmarked in 2022 to renovate the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. The Speedway deal has been on ice since a failed attempt to push it through at the end of the 2023 Metro Nashville Council term.
- Two East Tennessee hospitals merged in 2018 and were granted a state-sanctioned monopoly on promises that it wouldn't reduce quality of care. But the average ER wait time has tripled in the five years since. tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/26/a... via @kffhealthnews.bsky.social
- The latest U.S. Census figures show Tennessee is on track to add a 10th congressional district in 2032. A new seat would give Democrats a shot at another federal office, and civil rights protections could protect it from partisan gerrymandering. tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/25/t...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanThe latest U.S. Census figures show Tennessee is on track to add a 10th congressional district in 2032. A new seat would give Democrats a shot at another federal office, and civil rights protections could protect it from partisan gerrymandering. tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/25/t...
- Several online ticket resellers still hide the final price of tickets on their front pages despite a new law set out to create price transparency. Ticketmaster appears to be following it, but the other companies might be exploiting vague wording in it. tennesseelookout.com/2023/10/20/l...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanThe Tennessee legislature approved paid leave for public school teachers, but many aren’t aware of the policy, while school districts grapple with details, and some teachers are being wrongfully denied leave. tennesseelookout.com/2023/10/19/c...
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanAnother banger incoming from Meribah Knight
- Reposted by Adam FriedmanOhio Rep. Jim Jordan in his second bid for U.S. House speaker on Wednesday failed to win enough support from his fellow Republicans, dropping from 200 votes on the first ballot to 199. tennesseelookout.com/2023/10/18/u...
