Stacy Cowley
@stacycowley.bsky.social
NYT biz reporter. Frequent union noisemaker.
The White House nominated a science official with no experience in financial regulation to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - but they're not even pretending it's a real nomination.
Agency folks openly said it's a procedural move to keep Vought in place www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Agency folks openly said it's a procedural move to keep Vought in place www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
White House Nominates Consumer Bureau Director Amid Efforts to Shut Agency
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November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The White House nominated a science official with no experience in financial regulation to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - but they're not even pretending it's a real nomination.
Agency folks openly said it's a procedural move to keep Vought in place www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Agency folks openly said it's a procedural move to keep Vought in place www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
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Long live the Daily News!
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Long live the Daily News!
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As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
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November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
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More important to me than my identity, I am also the Vice President of the NewsGuild of New York, and targeting me with a blatantly retaliatory termination like this feels like an egregious shot against our union and against media workers as a whole.
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
More important to me than my identity, I am also the Vice President of the NewsGuild of New York, and targeting me with a blatantly retaliatory termination like this feels like an egregious shot against our union and against media workers as a whole.
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
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The Fed is making its stress tests more transparent following a lawsuit from the country's biggest banks. The proposal has broad support, but Barr (fmr VC for supervision) says it will make the financial system less safe
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/b... @stacycowley.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/b... @stacycowley.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Fed Prepares Bank-Friendly Changes to Annual Stress Tests
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October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Fed is making its stress tests more transparent following a lawsuit from the country's biggest banks. The proposal has broad support, but Barr (fmr VC for supervision) says it will make the financial system less safe
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/b... @stacycowley.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/b... @stacycowley.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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Under President Biden, the Federal Reserve and FDIC began pushing big banks to account for climate risks. The rules have now been eliminated. Reported w/ @stacycowley.bsky.social:
Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks
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October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Under President Biden, the Federal Reserve and FDIC began pushing big banks to account for climate risks. The rules have now been eliminated. Reported w/ @stacycowley.bsky.social:
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Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. It’s clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. It’s clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
Do not miss all of today's epic tale
We finally landed and Dan and I caught a cab to Manhattan together. Making social media social again!
October 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Do not miss all of today's epic tale
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Photojournalist hospitalized after chaotic incident with ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
Photojournalist hospitalized after chaotic incident with ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
A photojournalist on assignment at 26 Federal Plaza was hospitalized Tuesday following a chaotic incident with federal immigration enforcement agents, according to video footage and witnesses who s…
buff.ly
September 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Photojournalist hospitalized after chaotic incident with ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
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Five-ish years ago, @lizthegrey.com told me tech workers needed to organize because the tech giants would automate their jobs, the market would flood with talent and they would lose bargaining power. I thought it was unlikely. Here’s a story about me being wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
So Long to Tech’s Dream Job
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August 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Five-ish years ago, @lizthegrey.com told me tech workers needed to organize because the tech giants would automate their jobs, the market would flood with talent and they would lose bargaining power. I thought it was unlikely. Here’s a story about me being wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...
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an a accessibility anecdote from broadcast of GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK: my hard of hearing disabled dad hasnt been physically able to go to theatre in years but loves it. he was overjoyed to experience an art form he loves today with captions enabled on TV. @cnn.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
an a accessibility anecdote from broadcast of GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK: my hard of hearing disabled dad hasnt been physically able to go to theatre in years but loves it. he was overjoyed to experience an art form he loves today with captions enabled on TV. @cnn.com
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It's official: the ballots have been counted and we have officially been recognized as the Washington Post Tech Guild by the NLRB! In a 171-38 BLOWOUT vote, we voiced loudly that our union is important to us. That's 81%!
May 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It's official: the ballots have been counted and we have officially been recognized as the Washington Post Tech Guild by the NLRB! In a 171-38 BLOWOUT vote, we voiced loudly that our union is important to us. That's 81%!
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Here's the key part of the complex order, which, in short, puts paragraph three of the district court injunction back in full effect: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
And, second, paragraph 3 from this injunction from Judge Amy Berman Jackson: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
And, second, paragraph 3 from this injunction from Judge Amy Berman Jackson: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Here's the key part of the complex order, which, in short, puts paragraph three of the district court injunction back in full effect: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
And, second, paragraph 3 from this injunction from Judge Amy Berman Jackson: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
And, second, paragraph 3 from this injunction from Judge Amy Berman Jackson: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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BREAKING: The D.C. Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, bars the CFPB from terminations pending appellate review of a district court injunction. Judge Pillard (Obama) and Katsas (Trump) take the action over the disset of Judge Rao (Trump).
UPDATE: In the CFPB litigation, as discovery was produced, DOJ claimed several documents as privileged. Given that most relate to Paoletta, whose declaration was the key justification of the RIF, plaintiffs said, basically: "Hold up, you can't say he authorized this *and* we can't tell you why."
![IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NATIONAL TREASURY
EMPLOYEES UNION, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
RUSSELL VOUGHT, in his official capacity
as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, et al.,
Defendants.
Case No. !"-cv-&'(-ABJ
MOTION TO COMPEL
The defendants claim that they did not violate the preliminary injunction because they
“determined, after a particularized assessment,” that the employees they RIFed were “unnecessary
to the performance of [CFPB’s] statutory duties.” To support this assertion, they submitted a
declaration from Mark Paoletta, the Chief Legal Officer of the CFPB, claiming to have conducted
the required assessment—along with Victoria Dorfman and Daniel Shapiro. Paoletta Decl. ¶ Y.
Yet now, the defendants seek to withhold information related to how they conducted that supposed
assessment under the guise of privilege. They cannot have it both ways. The defendants cannot
rely on Paoletta’s testimony and then shield the documents that would enable the plaintiffs and the
Court to assess that testimony. Given the centrality of Paoletta’s purported assessment to the showcause hearing, this Court should reject (or at least investigate in camera) the defendants’ attempts
to hide the discussions regarding this very assessment.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihpfyr5ynhjg73dbl26r4d6atpcfksmv6ycmfwaxz2n2ufhtlbllm@jpeg)
April 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING: The D.C. Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, bars the CFPB from terminations pending appellate review of a district court injunction. Judge Pillard (Obama) and Katsas (Trump) take the action over the disset of Judge Rao (Trump).
The House floor fight over the discharge petition (used to block the GOP's move to kill proxy voting for lawmakers who are new parents) nuked these planned votes as well. So the CFPB overdraft and payments rules survive ... for now ...
The House was supposed to vote on a rule that would allow them to vote on a series of bills today, including the repeals of the CFPB's overdraft and digital payments larger participant rules.
But there were a series of disputes tanking the rule vote, apparently. So the other votes are delayed.
But there were a series of disputes tanking the rule vote, apparently. So the other votes are delayed.
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The House floor fight over the discharge petition (used to block the GOP's move to kill proxy voting for lawmakers who are new parents) nuked these planned votes as well. So the CFPB overdraft and payments rules survive ... for now ...
I love it when judicial opinions open with epigraphs. Usually a solid signal of 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ ahead
Judge Berman's 112-page ruling granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being "dissolved and dismantled" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Berman's 112-page ruling granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being "dissolved and dismantled" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I love it when judicial opinions open with epigraphs. Usually a solid signal of 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ ahead
Judge Berman's 112-page ruling granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being "dissolved and dismantled" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Berman's 112-page ruling granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being "dissolved and dismantled" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawsuit blocking attempts to shut down the CFPB included as a plaintiff a terminally ill Lutheran pastor.
In legal filings, she said her dying wish was to resolve her student loan debt (which the bureau was helping with) so her family would not be burdened by it.
She died this month.
In legal filings, she said her dying wish was to resolve her student loan debt (which the bureau was helping with) so her family would not be burdened by it.
She died this month.
March 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The lawsuit blocking attempts to shut down the CFPB included as a plaintiff a terminally ill Lutheran pastor.
In legal filings, she said her dying wish was to resolve her student loan debt (which the bureau was helping with) so her family would not be burdened by it.
She died this month.
In legal filings, she said her dying wish was to resolve her student loan debt (which the bureau was helping with) so her family would not be burdened by it.
She died this month.
Also, this is my peak professional achievement! All hail @christinezimmer.bsky.social 🙌
bananacakes
March 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Also, this is my peak professional achievement! All hail @christinezimmer.bsky.social 🙌
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned $21 billion to defrauded consumers over the past 13 years.
Now it's seeking to give money ($105,000) back to mortgage lenders instead.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/b...
Now it's seeking to give money ($105,000) back to mortgage lenders instead.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/b...
Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to return a $105,000 penalty it collected last fall when it resolved a discrimination lawsuit.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned $21 billion to defrauded consumers over the past 13 years.
Now it's seeking to give money ($105,000) back to mortgage lenders instead.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/b...
Now it's seeking to give money ($105,000) back to mortgage lenders instead.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/b...
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Folks from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff union @nteu335.bsky.social are rallying this morning outside the Washington courthouse where a judge will in an hour have a hearing on the injunction being sought to halt the agency’s dismantling
March 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Folks from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s staff union @nteu335.bsky.social are rallying this morning outside the Washington courthouse where a judge will in an hour have a hearing on the injunction being sought to halt the agency’s dismantling