"The Trump administration's CFPB, at the behest of the credit reporting companies, is deliberately creating barriers for people to report illegal and abusive actions by large financial companies," Diane Thompson at NCLC #ProtectConsumers #CFPB www.nerdwallet.com/finance/news...

Welp, Republicans on House Fin Services passed these anti-consumer bills that benefit credit bureaus and payday loan apps. They did so in the quiet week before July 4th, probably hoping no one notices. Well we noticed, we see they are doing the bidding of big corporations and predatory lenders!!🤬

Instead of helping consumers and with affordability, Republicans of HFSC are pushing gimmies for credit bureaus and payday loan apps, making life harder for Americans

“Incorrect information on a credit report, whether caused by errors or identity theft, can be devastating,” said @chichiwu.bsky.social. “Congress should be helping to address credit reporting problems, not caving to the industry’s wish list.” 2/3 www.nclc.org/congress-ign...

The ICE agent who killed Renee Good is named Jonathan Ross, and he should be indicted. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

If the Federal Reserve approves Enova and OppFi’s acquisitions of Grasshopper Bank and BNC Bank, the lenders will be able to bypass state interest limits, offering APRs between 100% and 160% nationwide. #StopTheDebtTrap #RentaBank #ProtectConsumers @forbes.com www.forbes.com/advisor/pers...

“The CFPB should be doing its job to make it easier for people to get help, not throwing new obstacles in their path,” said @chichiwu.bsky.social. “It should be focusing on the abuses of the credit reporting oligopoly, not acting in cahoots with it.” #ProtectConsumers www.nclc.org/cfpb-takes-f...

Pinch me. Something good passed out of Congress on housing!

💢🇺🇳NEW: A UN Commission of Inquiry has concluded that “Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children,” finding Israeli authorities & security forces have committed genocide, crimes against humanity, & war crimes in Gaza, as well as war...

Today was an absolute blood bath at SCOTUS for the less powerful to enforce civil rights in the federal courts. TL;dr - SCOTUS rules 6-3 that only corporations have rights that are enforceable in federal court??

“Before the Board considers these unprecedented applications and makes a decision that could devastate consumers nationwide, it is incumbent on the Board to hear from the communities that will be impacted.” #RentABank #StopTheDebtTrap #ProtectConsumers www.nclc.org/before-appro...

For my newsletter I wrote about how Kier Starmer should serve as a warning for centrist Democrats in the US. It's a real crystal ball moment. www.burnsnotice.com/its-the-cent...

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Registration is open for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 - the largest and most comprehensive gathering of consumer attorneys and advocates. Learn more and register today! #ConsumerLaw #ProtectConsumers www.nclc.org/event/2026-c...

Renters pay hundreds of millions of dollars per year in #JunkFees, according to a 2025 NCLC report. “Junk fees are fees not for landlords’ actual costs. They are fees for the sole purpose of making the tenant pay more money for nothing." @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/11/i...

“The Trump Administration is trying to use the banking system to throttle employment opportunities for immigrant workers and curtail wealth building for people of all different immigration statuses,” said Carla Sanchez-Adams at NCLC. #ProtectConsumers www.nclc.org/trump-admini...

Security deposit alternatives may offer fewer tenant protections and cost renters more. “Essentially, they are designed to provide landlords the benefits of the security deposit” while avoiding the costs of complying with tenant protection laws. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/y...

“Limited-proficiency English speakers do get exploited & sometimes they do get exploited based on their limited English ability,” said @chichiwu.bsky.social. This comes as the volume of consumer complaints has reached the highest levels in history. 2/2 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...

One of the CFPB's achievements was getting the credit bureaus -- who have treated consumers with errors on their reports terribly for decades - to do somewhat better. Another awful consequence of Russell Vought's sidelining of the CFPB has been the reversal of this progress

So thrilled for Brian Goldstone and this book. I hope it brings millions of new readers to it, especially policymakers. If you haven't yet, please read it

What's the difference between the Republican Party and the Klan? Not actually joke. It's just a question. I don't see any. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I aspire to this energy, all the time

Giving Congress (well, a Subcommittee of a Committee at least) a piece of my mind

One of the items in the Ruth Asawa show at MoMA was Buckminster Fuller's patronizing, Orientalist reference for Asawa's Guggenheim application

Adding to the reposts saying “not The Onion”

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

What a racist sexist doofus

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

"This latest attempt to eliminate essential staff at the CFPB would reduce the bureau to an empty shell, unable to fulfill the functions the CFPB is statutorily required to engage in." @chichiwu.bsky.social via @law360.bsky.social #ProtectConsumers www.law360.com/articles/246...

NEW: Thomson Reuters, the media company which is also a data broker, has long provided personal data for ICE tools, according to documents obtained by 404 Media and sources. There are also indications its data is now part of the Palantir system ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target.

Will they still not care when they can't afford all their bills? That just might be the question that will determine whether the American experiment survives or not

TFW when your favorite restaurant/thrift shop/coffee place is featured by a social media influencer 🫠

Looking forward to ICE ending these long lines at TSA checkpoints the only way they know how -- dispersing tear gas and savagely assaulting anyone who's left

“The market the President’s order would return us to is one of rampant discrimination, high and anti-competitive rates, and frequent calamitous market failures,” said Diane Thompson @nclc4consumers.bsky.social. “We must reject this dangerous rollback.” www.housingwire.com/articles/tru...

Oh great, Trump wants to roll back the safeguards instituted to prevent another mortgage meltdown. Yup, that’ll help affordability 🙄

When Republicans say the US is a “Christian country” and specifically call out Muslims as not belonging, they’re also silently saying that Jews, Buddhists, and every other faith are not welcome in their world (nor are atheists) They just think they can get away with saying the Muslim part out loud

TransUnion and Experian, have sharply reduced the share of consumer complaints they resolved in customers’ favor, according to a @propublica.org analysis. The credit bureaus “want to do as little as possible,” said @chichiwu.bsky.social. #ProtectConsumers www.propublica.org/article/cred...

Ever had an error on your credit report? Frustrated by problems with Equifax, Experian or TransUnion? Welp, unfortunately the federal agency helps consumers with these problems was gutted by the Trump Administration. ProPublica has the receipts showing how that's harmed ordinary Americans. #CFPB

Disgusting. Both the overt anti-Muslim racism and the acceptance of this hatred by Republicans generally

Guess I’m not going to any Thomas Keller restaurants any time soon

Today the paperback of THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out. It's arriving in a country once again waging war—a country that can spend tens of billions on bombs without blinking, while millions of Americans are one missed paycheck, one rent hike away from homelessness. Let's take stock of where we are.

I mean, kinda self-evident. But good to have the polling to back it Voters like fighters and people who stand for their values. Doh!

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Two if my favorite policy folks have intersected on Bluesky, and I am here for it Also, please read this book. It’s devastating. Well researched, well written and a devastating indictment on our society

NEWS Top Democratic officials who worked on the party's still-secret autopsy of the 2024 election concluded that Kamala Harris lost significant support because of the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza.

TFW you don't want to sign up for a streaming services but then a hot show has an episode on a wonky issue you work on ... 😭 I guess it's for the better cuz I just be screaming at the TV "you need to screen him for financial assistance goddamit!"

This dog, sigh, demands to go out in a blizzard

In its latest attack on the CFPB, the White House is claiming that consumer protections cost people too much money. “In the midst of an affordability crisis...it’s baffling that the administration is working against working families," said Diane Thompson www.nclc.org/white-house-...

I remember @sarahkendzior.bsky.social saying, and i very much poorly paraphrase from memory, that covid and then genocide were about getting people used to death at scale so people just shrug when it comes to American streets. This bringing foreign wars home, fits www.972mag.com/ice-immigrat...