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Banking Committee Democrats Press Vought on Plans to “Close Down” CFPB As Trump Administration Argues Opposite in Court | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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Lawmakers wrote to #CFPB acting director Russell Vought demanding answers to the discrepancies between what he tells the court and what he spews on right wing media
"your brazen admission last week confirms You are working to shut down the CFPB" - unlawfully
www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...
"your brazen admission last week confirms You are working to shut down the CFPB" - unlawfully
www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...
Chatter in my #CFPB circles is that this won't stand up in court, plus they just "found" this argument this week and told the court different reasons for asking the Fed for zero for #CFPB earlier.
#StopVought #SaveCFPB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
#StopVought #SaveCFPB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Chatter in my #CFPB circles is that this won't stand up in court, plus they just "found" this argument this week and told the court different reasons for asking the Fed for zero for #CFPB earlier.
#StopVought #SaveCFPB
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
#StopVought #SaveCFPB
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"A vague promise to deal with an immediate crisis by totally revamping healthcare is especially lacking in credibility coming from a man who has been promising, and failing, to deliver a superior alternative to Obamacare for around 9 years."
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/republican...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/republican...
Republicans Are Damaged by Their Own Cruelty
They’re pathologically unwilling to help Americans in need — and Democrats should hammer this home
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"A vague promise to deal with an immediate crisis by totally revamping healthcare is especially lacking in credibility coming from a man who has been promising, and failing, to deliver a superior alternative to Obamacare for around 9 years."
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its especially humiliating for the Cave Caucus that he's not even trying to pretend that he might do this.
US HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID HE WON'T COMMIT TO A VOTE ON ACA SUBSIDIES, I'M TOLD – SEMOFAR REPORTER ON X
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
its especially humiliating for the Cave Caucus that he's not even trying to pretend that he might do this.
From a union colleague at #CFPB "Imagine how Rusty (Vought) must feel. He can't RIF anyone, he must be miserable. That makes me smile."
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
From a union colleague at #CFPB "Imagine how Rusty (Vought) must feel. He can't RIF anyone, he must be miserable. That makes me smile."
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POLITICO: “.. Among those who received the ‘full, complete and unconditional’ pardons were Rudy Giuliani .. Mark Meadows, .. John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, .. Boris Epshteyn .. and Sidney Powell ..”
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@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
POLITICO: “.. Among those who received the ‘full, complete and unconditional’ pardons were Rudy Giuliani .. Mark Meadows, .. John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, .. Boris Epshteyn .. and Sidney Powell ..”
@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
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The gang of eight ...
Prediction: A price will be paid for being on the wrong side of the shutdown vote
Prediction: A price will be paid for being on the wrong side of the shutdown vote
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The gang of eight ...
Prediction: A price will be paid for being on the wrong side of the shutdown vote
Prediction: A price will be paid for being on the wrong side of the shutdown vote
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BREAKING NEWS: Eight Idiot Democratic Senators Vote to Rescue Trump and Screw America
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Eight Idiot Democratic Senators Vote to Rescue Trump and Screw America
"We’re in a battle for at least the rest of this decade that will require a very different kind of Democratic Party – not one that is more right or left but one that is both comfortable using power and knows how to do it." 👀
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talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"We’re in a battle for at least the rest of this decade that will require a very different kind of Democratic Party – not one that is more right or left but one that is both comfortable using power and knows how to do it." 👀
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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I think ChatGPT has some advice for you
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I think ChatGPT has some advice for you
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
"Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say this; however, others say this. It’s so offhand you can think you’re gazing through a pane of glass"
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A perfect summary of journalism today sadly
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A perfect summary of journalism today sadly
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say this; however, others say this. It’s so offhand you can think you’re gazing through a pane of glass"
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A perfect summary of journalism today sadly
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A perfect summary of journalism today sadly
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Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.
Palantir CEO Karp twice slams short sellers as stock suffers worst week since April
Palantir CEO Alex Karp twice confronted short sellers this week as the company's shares suffered a double-digit drop.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
"Justice Jackson either knew or suspected at least five of the justices would grant temporary relief to the Trump administration if she didn’t, the way she structured the stay means that she was able to try to control the timing and to create pressure for" speed
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Justice Jackson either knew or suspected at least five of the justices would grant temporary relief to the Trump administration if she didn’t, the way she structured the stay means that she was able to try to control the timing and to create pressure for" speed
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
"DOJ is likely to suffer some serious brain drain — a loss some said could take decades to reverse." 😫
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Former DOJ lawyers switch sides
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"DOJ is likely to suffer some serious brain drain — a loss some said could take decades to reverse." 😫
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This year, the CFPB brought the fewest cases against big banks and giant companies for cheating consumers in the history of the CFPB.
Trump and his hatchet man Russ Vought are letting grifters and scammers off the hook – and trying to kill the agency that would hold them accountable.
Trump and his hatchet man Russ Vought are letting grifters and scammers off the hook – and trying to kill the agency that would hold them accountable.
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This year, the CFPB brought the fewest cases against big banks and giant companies for cheating consumers in the history of the CFPB.
Trump and his hatchet man Russ Vought are letting grifters and scammers off the hook – and trying to kill the agency that would hold them accountable.
Trump and his hatchet man Russ Vought are letting grifters and scammers off the hook – and trying to kill the agency that would hold them accountable.
Poem of the day:
Monet's Waterlilies
by Robert Hayden
Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
the serene, great picture that I love. (🧵 1/3)
Monet's Waterlilies
by Robert Hayden
Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
the serene, great picture that I love. (🧵 1/3)
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Poem of the day:
Monet's Waterlilies
by Robert Hayden
Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
the serene, great picture that I love. (🧵 1/3)
Monet's Waterlilies
by Robert Hayden
Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
the serene, great picture that I love. (🧵 1/3)
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Of course they did, and as someone who's been in front of many juries as an attorney I'll tell you why: jurors hate government overreach more than anything, and this case was such a blindingly obvious instance of serious government overreach that everyone associated with it should probably be fired.
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Of course they did, and as someone who's been in front of many juries as an attorney I'll tell you why: jurors hate government overreach more than anything, and this case was such a blindingly obvious instance of serious government overreach that everyone associated with it should probably be fired.
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What a sociopath does when another human being collapses in the room and so rudely interrupts his gloating:
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What a sociopath does when another human being collapses in the room and so rudely interrupts his gloating:
Impressive out of the gate website and powerful female strong leadership on this team...
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Impressive out of the gate website and powerful female strong leadership on this team...
I 💙 @altnps.bsky.social - Your socials and follower comments always lift my spirit, no more than today
"America didn't speak ... she shouted." 💙💙💙
"America didn't speak ... she shouted." 💙💙💙
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I 💙 @altnps.bsky.social - Your socials and follower comments always lift my spirit, no more than today
"America didn't speak ... she shouted." 💙💙💙
"America didn't speak ... she shouted." 💙💙💙
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Here’s a gift copy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Here’s a gift copy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Meet Rockbridge, the secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now re-writing MAGA’s future.
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
It roots its action in a “controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.”
It’s method: a venture capital approach to politics.
gift link:
wapo.st/3Jsvgrl
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Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults in several states, warns an FBI bulletin to law enforcement agencies issued last month.
The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings and sexual assaults in several states, warns an FBI bulletin to law enforcement agencies issued last month.
The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
The bulletin urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
🔥THIS!
A pardoned J6 rioter tried to assasinate Obama and guess who gave this domestic terrorist the address? Trump! When DOJ attorneys submit a sentencing memo (they caught the guy) it had these facts before the court. Until Trump FIRED the attorneys and scrubbed the court record.
So scandalous!
A pardoned J6 rioter tried to assasinate Obama and guess who gave this domestic terrorist the address? Trump! When DOJ attorneys submit a sentencing memo (they caught the guy) it had these facts before the court. Until Trump FIRED the attorneys and scrubbed the court record.
So scandalous!
And the DOJ pulled back the sentencing memo that stated Trump tweeted the address and the defendant admitted that is why he knew where to go and submitted a new one that removed all that information.
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🔥THIS!
A pardoned J6 rioter tried to assasinate Obama and guess who gave this domestic terrorist the address? Trump! When DOJ attorneys submit a sentencing memo (they caught the guy) it had these facts before the court. Until Trump FIRED the attorneys and scrubbed the court record.
So scandalous!
A pardoned J6 rioter tried to assasinate Obama and guess who gave this domestic terrorist the address? Trump! When DOJ attorneys submit a sentencing memo (they caught the guy) it had these facts before the court. Until Trump FIRED the attorneys and scrubbed the court record.
So scandalous!