Ira Rheingold
@ijrheingold.bsky.social
Executive Director of the National Association of Consumer Advocates https://www.consumeradvocates.org/
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Happy Friday! NACA is excited to introduce the first of our three 2-year Fellows. Learn how Leeandre Alexandre is launching his career in consumer law: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
NACA would like to introduce you to our three 2-year Fellows starting with Leeandre Alexandre.
Leeandre applied to be a NACA fellow because he wanted to help consumers with the challenges that make…...
NACA would like to introduce you to our three 2-year Fellows starting with Leeandre Alexandre.
Leeandre applied to be a NACA fellow because he wanted to help consumers with the challenges that make ...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy Friday! NACA is excited to introduce the first of our three 2-year Fellows. Learn how Leeandre Alexandre is launching his career in consumer law: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Thank you @hankjohnson.house.gov and @blumenthal.senate.gov for re-introducing the #FAIRAct and continuing to stand with consumers, workers, and small businesses. Ending forced arbitration and restoring everyone’s freedom to choose where to bring claims is a more important mission than ever.
September 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Thank you @hankjohnson.house.gov and @blumenthal.senate.gov for re-introducing the #FAIRAct and continuing to stand with consumers, workers, and small businesses. Ending forced arbitration and restoring everyone’s freedom to choose where to bring claims is a more important mission than ever.
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Need a quick read with some good news? Take a minute to virtually meet three more of our NACA Summer Fellows: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Welcome to the second installment of Meet the NACA Fellows! | National Association of Consumer Advocates
Welcome to the second installment of Meet the NACA Fellows! Today we’re introducing three law students spending the summer with Kelly Guzzo PLC.
Meet Elizabeth Crot, William & Mary Law School
Eli...
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July 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Need a quick read with some good news? Take a minute to virtually meet three more of our NACA Summer Fellows: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Thank you to MEPs Brando Benifei & @annacavazzini.bsky.social for hosting us in the @europarl.europa.eu for our discussion « Turning EU-U.S. tensions into action ». We exchanged with Commissioner Mc Grath, MEP @bernd-lange.bsky.social, and all our participants on potential avenues for cooperation.
June 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Thank you to MEPs Brando Benifei & @annacavazzini.bsky.social for hosting us in the @europarl.europa.eu for our discussion « Turning EU-U.S. tensions into action ». We exchanged with Commissioner Mc Grath, MEP @bernd-lange.bsky.social, and all our participants on potential avenues for cooperation.
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This summer, a dozen law students are working with NACA members to learn about practicing consumer law. We're introducing them on our LinkedIn page and would like you to meet our first two Fellows: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Welcome to the first edition of a new series: Meet the NACA Fellows. | National Association of Consumer Advocates
Welcome to the first edition of a new series: Meet the NACA Fellows. Each week, we’re going to introduce you to a couple of the students and recent graduates participating in our Fellowship program. T...
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June 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This summer, a dozen law students are working with NACA members to learn about practicing consumer law. We're introducing them on our LinkedIn page and would like you to meet our first two Fellows: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Me on the House threat against the Northwestern clinic and the absurd immigration lawyer EO for @ballsandstrikes.org. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Trump’s Law Firm Executive Orders Are Obscuring His More Dangerous Attacks On the Legal Profession
Although law firm executive orders getting the most attention, Trump's attacks on public interest lawyers could be even more dangerous.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Me on the House threat against the Northwestern clinic and the absurd immigration lawyer EO for @ballsandstrikes.org. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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READ NOW: As the CFPB faces existential threats from a hostile administration, it is also the target of a legislative assault that could also put the security of millions of consumers at risk.
This two-part blog series takes a closer look at some recent bills targeting the CFPB.
This two-part blog series takes a closer look at some recent bills targeting the CFPB.
Bills threaten to disrupt, defang consumer protection agency (Part I)
By Sophia Huang
medium.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
READ NOW: As the CFPB faces existential threats from a hostile administration, it is also the target of a legislative assault that could also put the security of millions of consumers at risk.
This two-part blog series takes a closer look at some recent bills targeting the CFPB.
This two-part blog series takes a closer look at some recent bills targeting the CFPB.
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This is not about protecting Jews, and as Jews it is our responsibility to call out this performative fascism for what it is.
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is not about protecting Jews, and as Jews it is our responsibility to call out this performative fascism for what it is.
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TACD strongly opposes the U.S. administration’s use of coercive tariffs to pressure the EU over legitimate digital, consumer protection, and sustainability policies. Trade retaliation should not undermine laws designed to safeguard people’s rights.
TACD opposes the use of coercive tariffs by the U.S. to attack EU laws protecting people
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April 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
TACD strongly opposes the U.S. administration’s use of coercive tariffs to pressure the EU over legitimate digital, consumer protection, and sustainability policies. Trade retaliation should not undermine laws designed to safeguard people’s rights.
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Judge Grants Injunction to Prevent Consumer Bureau From Being ‘Dissolved and Dismantled’
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Trump administration from carrying out mass firings or otherwise dismantling the CFPB
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Trump administration from carrying out mass firings or otherwise dismantling the CFPB
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling CFPB (Gift Article)
The bureau has been in turmoil as the Trump administration moved to fire hundreds of employees, ordered the rest to stop working and closed offices.
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March 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Judge Grants Injunction to Prevent Consumer Bureau From Being ‘Dissolved and Dismantled’
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Trump administration from carrying out mass firings or otherwise dismantling the CFPB
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Trump administration from carrying out mass firings or otherwise dismantling the CFPB
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
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NACA's statement on today's vote: "The Senate denied itself the opportunity to protect struggling military families and seniors from these unwarranted junk fees. Instead, it kept the door open for the largest financial institutions...to continue imposing outlandish costs on people."
March 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
NACA's statement on today's vote: "The Senate denied itself the opportunity to protect struggling military families and seniors from these unwarranted junk fees. Instead, it kept the door open for the largest financial institutions...to continue imposing outlandish costs on people."
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The Senate has just voted 52-48 to overturn a CFPB rule capping most overdraft fees at $5, allowing big banks to continue to gouge consumers for billions each year.
This is a betrayal to consumers everywhere, particularly servicemembers, seniors, rural Americans, and other vulnerable groups.
This is a betrayal to consumers everywhere, particularly servicemembers, seniors, rural Americans, and other vulnerable groups.
Senate Votes to Overturn CFPB's $5 Cap on Bank Overdraft Fees
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $5 cap on bank and credit union overdraft fees finalized toward the end of the Biden administration is one step closer to elimination after the US Senate vot...
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March 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Senate has just voted 52-48 to overturn a CFPB rule capping most overdraft fees at $5, allowing big banks to continue to gouge consumers for billions each year.
This is a betrayal to consumers everywhere, particularly servicemembers, seniors, rural Americans, and other vulnerable groups.
This is a betrayal to consumers everywhere, particularly servicemembers, seniors, rural Americans, and other vulnerable groups.
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New from our blog: "If the markets crash causing people to lose their homes and livelihoods, it will be with the approval and cheers of any member of Congress that votes for a bill to destabilize the CFPB or overturn its rules." #DefendCFPB #ProtectConsumers
Gutting CFPB Risks Financial-Crisis Like Harm
By: Sophia Huang
nacadvocate.medium.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New from our blog: "If the markets crash causing people to lose their homes and livelihoods, it will be with the approval and cheers of any member of Congress that votes for a bill to destabilize the CFPB or overturn its rules." #DefendCFPB #ProtectConsumers
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NACA Exec Dir. @ijrheingold.bsky.social: "“The available, immediate remedies for people who feel they've been treated unfairly will be extremely limited by the fact that the CFPB public databases and response team just aren't available"
Trump's banking deregulation affects your money
Here's what to expect from a gutted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and how to protect your wallet
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March 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NACA Exec Dir. @ijrheingold.bsky.social: "“The available, immediate remedies for people who feel they've been treated unfairly will be extremely limited by the fact that the CFPB public databases and response team just aren't available"
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Would you want to be represented by a law firm that can't even stand up for itself? a law firm that might sell you out to the federal government to save its own skin?
March 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Would you want to be represented by a law firm that can't even stand up for itself? a law firm that might sell you out to the federal government to save its own skin?
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“A weakened FTC leaves ordinary people even more exposed to increasingly savvy scammers, as well as to the misconduct of powerful big-tech companies that the FTC sought to address"
Attempted Illegal Firing of Consumer Agency’s Leaders Hurts Taxpayers, Helps Scammers and Corporate Lawbreakers - NACA
March 19, 2025 For Immediate Release: Attempted Illegal Firing of Consumer Agency’s Leaders Hurts Taxpayers, Helps Scammers and Corporate Lawbreakers WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump’s attemp...
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March 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“A weakened FTC leaves ordinary people even more exposed to increasingly savvy scammers, as well as to the misconduct of powerful big-tech companies that the FTC sought to address"
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Amazing. If anything is being weaponized, it’s basic economics. Yes, one roll of toilet paper is cheaper than the Costco size package. But not if you are buying 24 rolls. They can buy the Costco package if they want. This isn’t hard.
March 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Amazing. If anything is being weaponized, it’s basic economics. Yes, one roll of toilet paper is cheaper than the Costco size package. But not if you are buying 24 rolls. They can buy the Costco package if they want. This isn’t hard.
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Here's our reply, filed late last night, in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shutdown fight: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
And here's our reply in our challenge to the firing of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
And here's our reply in our challenge to the firing of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
www.guptawessler.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Here's our reply, filed late last night, in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shutdown fight: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
And here's our reply in our challenge to the firing of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
And here's our reply in our challenge to the firing of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board: www.guptawessler.com/wp-content/u...
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Wow.
From the just-now amended complaint in NTEU v. Vought, challenging Trump-Musk evisceration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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From the just-now amended complaint in NTEU v. Vought, challenging Trump-Musk evisceration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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February 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Wow.
From the just-now amended complaint in NTEU v. Vought, challenging Trump-Musk evisceration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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From the just-now amended complaint in NTEU v. Vought, challenging Trump-Musk evisceration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This statement is important but could have been stronger. Courts and state bars should sanction those who violate the ethics rules that reinforce the rule of law, such as the anti-discrimination rules and prohibitions on influencing others (including gov agencies and officials) to violate the law.
“No American can be proud of a govt that carries out change in this way. Neither can these actions be rationalized by discussion of past grievances or appeals to efficiency. Everything can be more efficient, but adherence to the rule of law is paramount” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
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February 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This statement is important but could have been stronger. Courts and state bars should sanction those who violate the ethics rules that reinforce the rule of law, such as the anti-discrimination rules and prohibitions on influencing others (including gov agencies and officials) to violate the law.
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lawyers: your bat signal has been activated
The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law."
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
lawyers: your bat signal has been activated
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If the administration is actually serious about clamping down on waste, fraud, and abuse it should be letting the CFPB do its job.
The CFPB returns much more money to victims of fraud and illegal practices than it costs to run and is the only agency dedicated to safeguarding consumers.
The CFPB returns much more money to victims of fraud and illegal practices than it costs to run and is the only agency dedicated to safeguarding consumers.
Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed to cease “all supervision and examination activity” and “all stakeholder engagement,” effectively stopping the agency’s operations, in an email from the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, on Saturday.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If the administration is actually serious about clamping down on waste, fraud, and abuse it should be letting the CFPB do its job.
The CFPB returns much more money to victims of fraud and illegal practices than it costs to run and is the only agency dedicated to safeguarding consumers.
The CFPB returns much more money to victims of fraud and illegal practices than it costs to run and is the only agency dedicated to safeguarding consumers.
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Today’s step: email your senators and representatives to stand up for CFPB. One letter or email means nothing. But many together have major impact. And CFPB is freaking essential to fight billionaires and corporate predators.
Do it! And spread the word.
actionnetwork.org/letters/defe...
Do it! And spread the word.
actionnetwork.org/letters/defe...
Defend the CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now under heavy attack internally and externally. Recent developments, such as the system-wide shutdown of its work are unprecedented and potentially...
actionnetwork.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today’s step: email your senators and representatives to stand up for CFPB. One letter or email means nothing. But many together have major impact. And CFPB is freaking essential to fight billionaires and corporate predators.
Do it! And spread the word.
actionnetwork.org/letters/defe...
Do it! And spread the word.
actionnetwork.org/letters/defe...
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It is notable that Big Law is completely absent from the legal fights to protect democracy. In 2017, they bragged about their pro bono work for the resistance. Now, they are silent -presumably cowering in fear of Trump and Musk.
Support the non-profit law orgs and small firms doing this hard work.
Support the non-profit law orgs and small firms doing this hard work.
February 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It is notable that Big Law is completely absent from the legal fights to protect democracy. In 2017, they bragged about their pro bono work for the resistance. Now, they are silent -presumably cowering in fear of Trump and Musk.
Support the non-profit law orgs and small firms doing this hard work.
Support the non-profit law orgs and small firms doing this hard work.
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Have your summer law clerk plans been canceled by the federal government's thoughtless decisions? NACA extended the application deadline for our summer consumer law fellowships to 2/15 for affected students. Find a host org, and application requirements: www.consumeradvocates.org/fellowship/s...
Summer Consumer Law Fellowship Program - NACA
NACA 2025 Consumer Law Summer Fellowship Program Details The National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) are seeking motivated law students to apply for our Summer Consumer Law Fellowship Progra...
www.consumeradvocates.org
February 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Have your summer law clerk plans been canceled by the federal government's thoughtless decisions? NACA extended the application deadline for our summer consumer law fellowships to 2/15 for affected students. Find a host org, and application requirements: www.consumeradvocates.org/fellowship/s...