Jesse Van Tol
@jessevantol.bsky.social
CEO @NCRC. Advocate & organizer for race & class equity in banking, housing, business. Memphis to Madison to DC. Minority owner of the Green Bay Packers
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Ah yes, stupid ass programs like *checks notes* food for starving people, medicine for sick people, and severe weather alert infrastructure. I guess I can forgive home though — poverty, illness, and climate disaster doesn’t really impact him in his home state of *checks notes* California.
Here’s Aaron Rodgers saying Elon Musk used DOGE to get rid of “stupid ass programs” and wonders why Trump hasn’t imprisoned more government officials.
Good luck to the Steelers!
Good luck to the Steelers!
May 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Ah yes, stupid ass programs like *checks notes* food for starving people, medicine for sick people, and severe weather alert infrastructure. I guess I can forgive home though — poverty, illness, and climate disaster doesn’t really impact him in his home state of *checks notes* California.
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In an email to The Post, his father, Errol, said Musk and his brother were “not into political nonsense, & we lived in a very well-run, law-abiding country with virtually no crime at all. Actually no crime. We had several black servants who were their friends”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, once a tacit backer of DEI, now focuses on anti-White bias
Elon Musk, who was raised during South African apartheid, used to steer clear of debate about race. Now, he frequently advocates for White people.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In an email to The Post, his father, Errol, said Musk and his brother were “not into political nonsense, & we lived in a very well-run, law-abiding country with virtually no crime at all. Actually no crime. We had several black servants who were their friends”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Judge puts EPA’s attempted de-banking of IRA grant recipients on pause for the time being because there was no proof of “waste, fraud, or abuse” as EPA had alleged.
NEW: Judge Chutkan has blocked the EPA from terminating grants for climate programs held by Citibank, saying the Trump administration failed to abide by legal procedures and provided no evidence of impropriety.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
March 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Judge puts EPA’s attempted de-banking of IRA grant recipients on pause for the time being because there was no proof of “waste, fraud, or abuse” as EPA had alleged.
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"Elon Musk’s Tesla has been forced to halt sales of its electric Cybertruck pickup amid mounting concern about metal panels falling off the supposedly indestructible vehicles..."
lmaoo
lmaoo
Musk forced to halt Cybertruck deliveries as parts fall off
Latest development adds to a litany of build-quality issues with the electric pickup
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Elon Musk’s Tesla has been forced to halt sales of its electric Cybertruck pickup amid mounting concern about metal panels falling off the supposedly indestructible vehicles..."
lmaoo
lmaoo
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1. The DOGE website is garbage.
The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.
And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.
So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.
And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.
So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
Introducing: The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker
New tool reveals Musk has overstated verified DOGE savings by at least 92%
www.muskwatch.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
1. The DOGE website is garbage.
The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.
And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.
So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.
And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.
So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
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Pretty remarkable that the Fed’s General Counsel made these comments in the absence of a Vice Chair for Supervision, during a pause in rulemaking, and while the Board is still (ostensibly) majority Democrat.
Via Capitol Account:
Via Capitol Account:
March 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pretty remarkable that the Fed’s General Counsel made these comments in the absence of a Vice Chair for Supervision, during a pause in rulemaking, and while the Board is still (ostensibly) majority Democrat.
Via Capitol Account:
Via Capitol Account:
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I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
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It remains INSANE to me that Musk is not the subject of shareholder litigation for how he is cratering a company he ostensibly runs while in reality running DOGE
March 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It remains INSANE to me that Musk is not the subject of shareholder litigation for how he is cratering a company he ostensibly runs while in reality running DOGE
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Far be it from me to defend the CapOne-Discover merger, but this reads like a shakedown of a company with a merger pending before this administration.
Also, banks aren't obligated to do business with entities that have attempted to overturn a free and fair election.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Also, banks aren't obligated to do business with entities that have attempted to overturn a free and fair election.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Trump Organization Sues Capital One for Closing Its Accounts
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Far be it from me to defend the CapOne-Discover merger, but this reads like a shakedown of a company with a merger pending before this administration.
Also, banks aren't obligated to do business with entities that have attempted to overturn a free and fair election.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
Also, banks aren't obligated to do business with entities that have attempted to overturn a free and fair election.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
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The OCC, the regulator for national banks, rescinded its requirement that banks get the agency's approval before doing business with cryptocurrencies & crypto companies.
Not surprising, but this'll bring a lot more risk into the banking system which is backed by the public.
occ.gov/news-issuanc...
Not surprising, but this'll bring a lot more risk into the banking system which is backed by the public.
occ.gov/news-issuanc...
OCC Clarifies Bank Authority to Engage in Certain Cryptocurrency Activities
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today took action to reaffirm that a range of cryptocurrency activities are permissible in the federal banking system.
occ.gov
March 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The OCC, the regulator for national banks, rescinded its requirement that banks get the agency's approval before doing business with cryptocurrencies & crypto companies.
Not surprising, but this'll bring a lot more risk into the banking system which is backed by the public.
occ.gov/news-issuanc...
Not surprising, but this'll bring a lot more risk into the banking system which is backed by the public.
occ.gov/news-issuanc...
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No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
March 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
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CapOne has a pending merger application before the banking agencies to acquire Discover and further consolidate the credit card/payments market.
Dropping this enforcement action for cheating consumers out of interest payments eliminates a potential obstacle to that deal.
Dropping this enforcement action for cheating consumers out of interest payments eliminates a potential obstacle to that deal.
(Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday dropped a legal action against Capital One, which the agency had accused last month of cheating consumers out of more than $2 billion in interest payments on savings accounts.
$COF
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February 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
CapOne has a pending merger application before the banking agencies to acquire Discover and further consolidate the credit card/payments market.
Dropping this enforcement action for cheating consumers out of interest payments eliminates a potential obstacle to that deal.
Dropping this enforcement action for cheating consumers out of interest payments eliminates a potential obstacle to that deal.
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If you have a:
- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account
The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account
The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
February 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you have a:
- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account
The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
- Credit card
- Checking account
- Savings account
- Mortgage
- Car loan
- Student loan
- Venmo account
The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
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As @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social said: Mike Johnson leads an NPC — Non Player Congress
February 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
As @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social said: Mike Johnson leads an NPC — Non Player Congress
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Where is AARP?????? Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Where is AARP?????? Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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UPDATE: We’re t-minus 30 minutes to midnight and the DOGE team has yet to bring the receipts.
February 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
UPDATE: We’re t-minus 30 minutes to midnight and the DOGE team has yet to bring the receipts.
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The erosion of civil rights never stops at one group.
In coming weeks, Trump’s DOGE plans to cut staff who investigate complaints of employment discrimination in the federal workplace as well as a VA office that works to ensure all veterans receive equal access to care.
In coming weeks, Trump’s DOGE plans to cut staff who investigate complaints of employment discrimination in the federal workplace as well as a VA office that works to ensure all veterans receive equal access to care.
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The erosion of civil rights never stops at one group.
In coming weeks, Trump’s DOGE plans to cut staff who investigate complaints of employment discrimination in the federal workplace as well as a VA office that works to ensure all veterans receive equal access to care.
In coming weeks, Trump’s DOGE plans to cut staff who investigate complaints of employment discrimination in the federal workplace as well as a VA office that works to ensure all veterans receive equal access to care.
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NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
February 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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Pope Francis' remarkable rebuke of JD Vance and Trumpism lays bare an essential truth: Trump is overseeing a massive and systematic abandonment of obligation to the global poor, and Vance's theological obfuscation can't make that disappear.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul
The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.
newrepublic.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Pope Francis' remarkable rebuke of JD Vance and Trumpism lays bare an essential truth: Trump is overseeing a massive and systematic abandonment of obligation to the global poor, and Vance's theological obfuscation can't make that disappear.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
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When Musk's minions forced their way into USAID's servers, they made themselves "super administrators" meaning they had access to workers' Social Security numbers, credit histories, and home addresses.
They may have well broken the law.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
They may have well broken the law.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
February 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When Musk's minions forced their way into USAID's servers, they made themselves "super administrators" meaning they had access to workers' Social Security numbers, credit histories, and home addresses.
They may have well broken the law.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
They may have well broken the law.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Actual corruption
Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt
Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say
President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.
reut.rs
February 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Actual corruption
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People are already dying because of what Musk and Trump have done in the last two weeks.
Another example of Trump/Musk policy killing people around the world.
In the Thai-Myanmar border migrant camp Umpiem Mai, home to more than 10,000 displaced people, staff departure triggered by USAID cuts, forced sick patients to return home and multiple patients, relying on oxygen support, died.
In the Thai-Myanmar border migrant camp Umpiem Mai, home to more than 10,000 displaced people, staff departure triggered by USAID cuts, forced sick patients to return home and multiple patients, relying on oxygen support, died.
World's richest man wants poorest people cut off from crucial US aid
The US used to spend more on international development than any other nation, but with Donald Trump and Elon Musk freezing USAID funding, people on the other side of the world are already dealing with...
www.abc.net.au
February 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
People are already dying because of what Musk and Trump have done in the last two weeks.
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Elon Musk is very unpopular www.politico.com/live-updates...
Democratic polling finds Elon Musk is unpopular
The billionaire aimed for the stars and wound up under water.
www.politico.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Elon Musk is very unpopular www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Important to note: The CFPB would be X’s regulator as it rolls out its new payment service
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/01/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/01/...
Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
Visa will enable X users to move funds between traditional bank accounts and their digital wallet and make instant peer-to-peer payments, like Zelle or Venmo.
www.cnbc.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Important to note: The CFPB would be X’s regulator as it rolls out its new payment service
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/01/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/01/...
True story: I worked on the law that help set up the CFPB. I’ve also needed their help. A few years ago my servicer didn’t return an escrow from when I refi’d. $3000. For over a yr would say they sent it but didn’t. 1 complaint to the CFPB & it was fixed. The CFPB fights for you!
February 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
True story: I worked on the law that help set up the CFPB. I’ve also needed their help. A few years ago my servicer didn’t return an escrow from when I refi’d. $3000. For over a yr would say they sent it but didn’t. 1 complaint to the CFPB & it was fixed. The CFPB fights for you!