Dan Dan noodles from the new Little Tiger Dumplings in Farragut square DC

1/ I like this new @banking.senate.gov report on the cost of Trump’s unlawful near-shutdown of the CFPB. I will say that their headline number—“at least” $19 billion—is wildly conservative. Short 🧵 apnews.com/article/cfpb...

Imagine if I were in a city and arguably the best restaurant was named The Roosevelt and it was rec'd by @lukenorris.bsky.social and I didn't go. Luckily, we don't need to find out.

1/ Remarkably, the CFPB appeared in the Epstein files last week. (I don’t think this has been covered anywhere—h/t @kirenitynow.bsky.social.) It’s about financial education! And it’s… not flattering. Short thread on financial education, corporate power, and, yes, Epstein/CFPB 🧵

1/ For all the pundits who are saying that a cap on credit card interest rates will never pass Congress, can you please just take a look at what just happened IN CONGRESS on the government shutdown? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

Cold day pot roast

Plenty of CFPB news in the past year. I get it if people have lost the plot. But @reporterev.bsky.social's scoop today about the “slashing” of CFPB bank exams, which is *arguably the biggest thing the agency does,* is worth paying attention to 🧵 bit.ly/4k7X3uN1/8

Snowy day cheeseburger from I Egg You in DC

Snow day pasta with ricotta and spinach (recipe ATK). What is happening in MN is shameful and disgusting.

Brian Shearer and Adam Levitin—two of the biggest brains in consumer finance land—have been going back and forth on the proposed 10% credit card interest rate cap. It’s a policy debate that’s both wonky and worth your time. Here’s a little thread. 1/9

“Crypto needs clear rules!” Industry sees rules it doesn’t like “Not like that.” And the bill’s gone. www.foxbusiness.com/politics/sen...

See also: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/b...

In the endless stream of "this one is really up to courts and financial institutions follow the Trump admin's fan fic' at their own peril," here is a new entry. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

1/ Just to zoom out to the bigger picture here – President Trump’s floated ban on investors purchasing single-family homes is part of a broader pattern of faux-affordability rhetoric 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/b...

Thanks to a major investigation from @groundwork.bsky.social, @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, and @consumerreports.org, the FTC is reportedly probing Instacart’s AI pricing tool, which charged shoppers up to 23% more for the same items, in the same store, at the same time.

This piece by @ronmknox.bsky.social is terrific. I would add that where we are today on these issues is 100% a result of policy choices.

Corporate Power Director @bradlipton.bsky.social: the real con is using every trick in the book to let scammers and Wall Street take people’s hard-earned money, making families’ household balance sheets, retirement, and just about everything else harder. For instance: www.npr.org/2025/02/10/n...

Are people are hitting their limit on what they’ll tolerate in the name of corporate profits? When companies can adjust prices based on your data, it breaks the basic expectation that markets let people shop and choose freely. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

This story is honestly insane. Faraway investors buying up Detroit homes and turning them into crypto tokens; letting housing fall into disrepair, and evicting residents. This is what happens in an extraction economy.

Companies are working overtime to stratify consumers, separating the haves from both the have nots and the have yachts on.ft.com/4p6brF8 How the American dream turned out to be pay to play

A lot is being said about #crypto in Washington right now. The Senate has markup planned soon on the second bill in a planned trilogy. What’s it about and why should you care? I’ve broken down why we all need to be paying attention via @rooseveltinstitute.org's blog. Let me dive in. 🧵

Congress is rewriting the rules of crypto. The next “market structure” bill could shift oversight from the SEC to the CFTC—gutting investor protections and risking another financial crisis. Brad Lipton with the explainer you need 👇: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...

When billionaires like Elon Musk stroll the Oval Office, it’s a reminder: corporations will bend government to their own interests. In #FiresideStacks🔥, Brad Lipton explores why leaders must act boldly so government truly works for the people. www.firesidestacks.com/p/corporatio...

Pasta with uni, Calabrian chili, and tobiko. Inspired by @kenjilopezalt.bsky.social with a few adjustments (fish sauce, the tobiko).

Bumping research by my former colleague Brian Shearer showing that a credit card rate cap of 15% would save Americans $48 billion a year *without making any FICO tier unprofitable*. (Brian now works for @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social.) apnews.com/article/cred...

"People are experts on what’s not working in their lives. And when so many say they don’t have the time to both care for their loved ones and make a living, policymakers need to take that cue." - @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social is essential reading. democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...