If everything had gone according to plan, Russ Vought would have fired every CFPB worker within his first week. Fortunately for the rule of law and every American cheated by the financial sector, very little went according to plan because of union power. ✊️
Truly the hero we need.
H.B. Reese is waging a one-man war on Hershey’s for ruining his grandfather’s legacy (and his Peanut Butter Eggs) 🍫
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I was checking around the CFPB a few weeks ago to see if the agency was still funding Vought's security. The folks I spoke with said it appeared that was no longer the case.
And there you go.
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A crowded audience in the Vermont House Chamber in Montpelier
A full House chamber for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra at Farmers’ Night in Montpelier!
"Losing America’s Wall Street watchdog – and in particular the ability for consumers to file a complaint when things go wrong – would be catastrophic." Agreed!
This is a story that needs to keep being told…
And not just because I was fired twice, and reinstated twice by a federal judge, before taking a state-level position.
The CFPB was the best of America standing up to protect regular people.
By redefining the word “earnings,” and ignoring the Supreme Court, Russ Vought gave himself the power to shutter the CFPB—just as consumer debt delinquencies reach record highs. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/DRppSXl
Everyone has enough money to order a private taxi for their burrito according to a report released by a company that arranges burrito taxis.
New post: CFPB Funding Sophistry from the Office of Legal Counsel https://creditslips.org/2025/11/10/cfpb-funding-sophistry-from-the-office-of-legal-counsel/
IRS officially saying Direct File is dead. This was clear from back in April when they told engineers to stop working on the project (and the leaders of that team have since left government). Here is what I wrote then.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Funny how this (Hatch Act violation) nonsense is “essential,” but back in February, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees were locked out of the office and told to “perform no work task.”
Vermonters from Bennington to Derby Line and from Brattleboro to Swanton are shocked by the news of skyrocketing health care premiums.
This is not how you grow the economy and reach places hard-hit by poverty and unemployment.
And no longer having any personnel as a declaration of policy takes the old adage that “personnel is policy” to the extreme.
Rep. Waters’ statement: democrats-financialservices.house.gov/news/documen...
Thinking of former Treasury CDFI Fund colleagues after the administration’s attempt to eliminate the entire staff last night.
The Fund was my first federal job, supporting business and housing in distressed areas from Appalachia to the Bronx to Native American communities and everywhere inbetween.
Autumn leaves and a railroad bridge crossing the Winooski River in Duxbury, VT
Horse and farmhouse in Duxbury, VT
Country road passing through autumn leaves in Duxbury, VT
The drought is real, but still a beautiful day for the Leaf Peepers Half Marathon in Waterbury and Duxbury, Vermont!
And, still a flatlander in need of more hill workouts…
As of April the Georgia Medicaid work-requirement program had spent $54.2 million on administrative costs since 2021, compared to $26.1 million spent on health care costs, GAO says. Nearly 90% of administrative expenditures came from the federal budget. www.propublica.org/article/geor...
First time for me @highergroundmusic.bsky.social tonight!
@stevehofstetter.bsky.social and friends gave a fantastic comedy show…. A strong reminder to tip your bartenders, recognize the ridiculousness all around us, and find joy where you can.
Shout out to all those people — mostly on the other site— who assured me that Trump would leave the Fed alone even as he destroyed the CFPB.
I remember when Columbia proudly called itself the first independent university in America, cutting all ties to church and state after the Revolutionary War.
As an alum, it’s beyond embarrassing to see it sacrifice a legacy for a small temporary gain. Have to imagine Hamilton and Jay would agree.
Russ Vought is simultaneously stopping CFPB from protecting American consumers from scams, while also charging it $5 million for his security team
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"They falsely stated that I, a U.S. citizen, have no Constitutional rights at a point of entry, and officers became increasingly agitated as I continued to assert my rights regardless."
Happy Birthday CFPB! CFPB began operations on July 21, 2011. We're celebrating the bureau's achievements this week.
CFPB Union NTEU 335 is celebrating union wins this week, in honor of CFPB’s 14th birthday!
Today we celebrate the CFPB's 14th birthday! 🎉
That's 1️⃣ 4️⃣ years of service to the public and 💲21B returned to everyday Americans - all brought to you by CFPB workers who CONTINUE the fight to #saveCFPB and #SaveOurServices.
Robert Duvall and I got coffee at the same bakery in Virginia.
ICYMI: Here's video of Fed Gov Michael Barr drawing from history to caution his colleagues about loosening financial regulation too much -- and my interview with him after his remarks. Hutchins Center @brookings.edu www.youtube.com/live/ockfgPe...
This does nothing to help our Veterans, servicemembers, and their families.
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Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Rep. Maxine Waters: “I’m sounding the alarm about the risks of pending crypto legislation, which will open the floodgates to massive fraud and financial ruin for millions of American families.” www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
"The issue of government has always been whether individual men and women will have to serve some system of government and economics, or whether a system of government and economics exists to serve individual men and women."
—FDR, 1932
cc: Every single university president
