Topic: Donald Trump

president of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)

The Washington Post: New Mexico knows Trump’s BLM nominee. Back away.

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date November 22, 2025
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Former New Mexico Republican chairman Steve Pearce is the opposite of what the complex agency needs.

Tags Administrative Leadership, American West, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Climate Policy, Conservation Policy, Donald Trump, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Policy, Environmental Protection, Executive Branch Appointments, Federal Agency Leadership, Federal Appointments, Federal Land Oversight, Federal Land Use, GOP Infighting, Government Competence, Government Reform, Grazing Permits, Land Management Policy, Mineral Rights, Natural Resources Management, New Mexico Legislature, New Mexico Politics, Oil And Gas Industry, Opinion Editorial, Otero Mesa, Partisan Politics, Patrick M. Brenner, Political Accountability, Political Analysis, Political Appointments, Political Polarization, Public Land Stewardship, Public Lands, Public Policy, Public Trust, Republican Leadership, Republican Party, Rural Policy, Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI), State Politics, Stevan Pearce, Susana Martinez, Tribal Nations, Trump Administration, Trump Second Term, Washington Post Opinion, Western Communities, Western Conservation, Western States Politics

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The Death Knell for Elizabeth Warren’s CFPB

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date November 19, 2025
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Trump’s CFPB reset offers hope for reform, but state attorneys general are already building a fragmented and punitive new regulatory regime

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SPPI Opposes Steve Pearce’s BLM Nomination

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date November 18, 2025
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The Institute warns that the Pearce nomination could undermine western land management

Tags Ben Ray Luján, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Energy Policy, Environmental Policy, Federal Appointments, Government Accountability, Land Management Policy, Martin Heinrich, New Mexico Politics, Political Leadership, Public Lands, Senate Confirmation, Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI), Steve Pearce, Washington Post Op-Ed, Western Land Stewardship

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Fox News: Trump’s 50-year mortgage just introduces a new kind of debt

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date November 17, 2025
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50-year loan terms would triple total debt while government regulations continue driving up building costs

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RealClearMarkets: Stablecoin Rewards Are the Shortcut to Financial Trouble

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date November 12, 2025
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Why should Congress uphold the GENIUS Act’s ban on stablecoin rewards to prevent digital money from becoming digital debt?

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Report: The Case Against 50-Year Mortgages

Post author By Southwest Public Policy Institute
Post date November 8, 2025
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How will Washington’s housing “fix” entrench debt, inflate prices, and undermine the American Dream?

Tags 50-Year Mortgage, Abrazos Homes, Affordable Housing, Annual Percentage Rate (APR), Bill Pulte, Building Permits, Central Planning, Construction Costs, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Donald Trump, Economic Policy, Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Federal Reserve, financial regulation, Freddie Mac, Government Subsidies, Home Builders, Homeownership, Housing Affordability, Housing Policy, Housing Supply, Immigration Policy, Inflation, Jerome Powell, Mackenzie Bishop, Mortgage Market, Mortgage Rates, Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), Patrick M. Brenner, Property Taxes, Real Estate Market, Red Tape, Skilled Trades, Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI), Sticky Inflation, Tariffs, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Zoning Reform

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Rewarding Failure: How Rohit Chopra’s Legacy at the CFPB is Crumbling

Post author By Lucas J. Parker
Post date October 20, 2025
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A so-called “consumer protection” agency became a case study in regulatory excess and misplaced praise.

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Vought Charts New Path for the CFPB

Post author By Lucas J. Parker
Post date October 4, 2025
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C. — once the central regulator of financial services, now overshadowed by a growing patchwork of state attorneys general enforcement.

Russell Vought signals a shift toward proportional, efficient regulation after years of CFPB overreach under Rohit Chopra.

Tags Apple, Banking Regulation, Bureaucratic Reform, CFPB, Consent Orders, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Protection, Economic Policy, Financial Innovation, financial regulation, Fiscal Responsibility, Government Oversight, Regulatory Overreach, Rohit Chopra, Russell Vought, Trump Administration, US Bank, Washington Federal

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The Hill: Why senators’ efforts to kill overdraft fees is overkill

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date September 11, 2025
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Capping overdraft fees won’t help struggling families, it will cut off their last line of credit.

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RealClearMarkets: The Real World Intrudes On Sanders and Hawley’s Rate Cap

Post author By Patrick M. Brenner
Post date February 12, 2025
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A national credit card rate cap may seem consumer-friendly, but history and state-level experiments shows it shrinks credit access and pushes borrowers toward costlier alternatives.

Tags Bernie Sanders, Borrowing, Credit Cards, Donald J. Trump, Lending, Rate Cap