It's almost as though fraudsters and scammers heard the CFPB and FTC have been kneecapped.

Terry's experience should be an anomalous horror story, not business as normal: bsky.app/profile/warr... Save the CFPB to protect consumers against rampant fraud!

Americans lost $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024 and the Trump admin is (checks notes) ah yes, trying to kneecap the two federal watchdogs best positioned to stop it.

Washington Post Ed Board: “[The Trump administration is] disappearing an agency that plays a crucial role in protecting the economy.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

During Trump's CFPB Director nomination hearing, it broke that the agency is dropping lawsuits against companies accused of cheating American families out of their money. This wasn't a coincidence. It shows exactly who is in charge right now: Elon Musk.

New report on how Trump and Musk's illegal attacks on the CFPB are harming servicemembers: "For the military community, crippling the CFPB is a callous withdrawal of key safeguards for servicemembers’ finances." consumerfed.org/reports/trum...

Today at noon!

🚨Trump is surrendering military servicemembers to financial abuse. Every day the #CFPB is closed is another day that shady companies can cheat military families without consequences. The CFPB was created to help servicemembers - not abandon them. t.co/3kLkPEXeFt @savecfpb.bsky.social

Russell Vought "endorsed a lending platform that has faced a litany of lawsuits that claimed the company preyed on and lied to people seeking short-term, interest-free loans." Super coincidentally, Vought is also dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. us.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...

“The Trump administration’s apparent vision for economic populism is coming into focus:… a dissolution of consumer safeguards reviled by many wealthy Republican donors and politicians.”

“Our job is pretty simple: We’re here to help everyday people when they’ve been cheated, defrauded, or stolen from by big banks and corporations.” - Illegally fired CFPB tech expert, Nick Hand thephiladelphiacitizen-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thephila...

🤔

“The companies that the CFPB oversees are actually some of the biggest and most powerful,” says Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “They would want ... a lapdog rather than a watchdog.” https://cbsn.ws/4kahkjc

“‘Move fast and break things’ may be acceptable to someone who owns a business and owns the risk. If things don’t go well, the damage is compartmentalized. But when you break things in government, you’re breaking things that belong to people who didn’t sign up for that.” apnews.com/article/doge...

The billionaires want the watchdogs protecting your money out of the way so they can further enrich their friends. We won't stand for it.

Please join us at CFPB HQ for... drumroll please... ROCK OUT WITH YOUR LOCKOUT on Thursday 2/27 at 12pm! We are still (STILL!) locked out of our offices and would like to get our stuff back (not to mention serve the American people), so we will be making some noise until we do!

Trump hasn't done anything to stop prices from surging. Meanwhile, he wants to let his rich friends hike your bank fees by $5 billion.

Their attack on the CFPB is an attack on you. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

A small thing that reveals a big thing: @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on why Republicans and Project 2025 are going after the CFPB (and hiking up your bank fees).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned $21 billion (with a b!) to consumers from corporate fraud and abuse. Do the math on why the oligarchs want to kill it.

BREAKING: Trump just fired an entire team of CFPB public servants who helped uncover financial wrongdoing, out-of-control AI, and consumer harm. This is a win for Big Tech & Wall Street, and a loss for everyday people.

Elon Musk is developing a new payment platform called “X Money.” Guess which agency would be making sure that Elon’s new project couldn’t scam you or steal your sensitive personal data? The CFPB.

Tell me your hometown, and I’ll share a real story of someone there who turned to the CFPB for help.