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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Apr 2

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

Max Patten @maxpatten.bsky.social · Apr 2

“Instead of doing their job, we have watched the Trump CFPB fire its enforcement attorneys, shut down the agency, [and] take the name off the building. So of course, that’s a giant ‘open for business’ sign for every two-bit fraudster in America.”

www.theverge.com/news/640674/...

A shady, shuttered tech bootcamp may be sneaking back online

A judge said CFPB workers could finally get back to work on Friday.

www.theverge.com

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Apr 2

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!

Consumer Federation of America @consumerfed.bsky.social · Apr 1

Trump's administration is abandoning fraud victims. While scammers find more ways to steal 💵, Trump is firing fraud police at #CFPB & #FTC. He's on a rampage to undo safeguards and pardon corporate criminals for cheating Americans out of billions @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social @savecfpb.bsky.social

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Apr 2

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Mar 21

Terry was scammed out of most of his savings and was supposed to get his money back—until Donald Trump and Elon Musk gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Apr 2

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.

Consumer Federation of America @consumerfed.bsky.social · Apr 1

Trump's administration is abandoning fraud victims. While scammers find more ways to steal 💵, Trump is firing fraud police at #CFPB & #FTC. He's on a rampage to undo safeguards and pardon corporate criminals for cheating Americans out of billions @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social @savecfpb.bsky.social

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Mar 9

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...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Feb 27

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.

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 27

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."

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Trump is Surrendering Servicemembers to Financial Abuse · Consumer Federation of America

The Trump-installed Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Russ Vought has abruptly (and illegally) halted all of the Bureau’s enforcement and supervision work. The CFPB em...

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 27

Today at noon!

CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · Feb 27

📍 DC/CHI/SF/NYC

We're taking it to the streets nationwide!

Join us in showing the American people that we work for the many, not the few ✊

Be there and spread the word far and wide!

#saveCFPB

CFPB Union presents Rock Out with your Lockout
Thurs Feb 27 at 12pm
DC 1700 G St NW
Chicago 230 S Dearborn Street
SF 999 Van Ness Ave

SAVE THE CFPB! SAVE THE IRS! More illegal firings last week.
Informational Picket at 26 Federal Plaza, Broadway Entrance
12PM, Thurs Feb 27

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Erin Witte @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social · Feb 26

🚨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

https://consumerfed.org/reports/trump-is-surrendering-servicemembers-to-financial-abuse/

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 26

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...

Why the Project 2025 guy is suddenly advocating for a fintech accused of deceiving customers | CNN Business

It’s taken just a few weeks in office, but the Trump administration’s apparent vision for economic populism is coming into focus: a blueprint for mass layoffs, creeping inflation, and a dissolution of...

us.cnn.com

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Erin Witte @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social · Feb 26

“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.”

Why the Project 2025 guy is suddenly advocating for a fintech accused of deceiving customers | CNN Business

It’s taken just a few weeks in office, but the Trump administration’s apparent vision for economic populism is coming into focus: a blueprint for mass layoffs, creeping inflation, and a dissolution of...

www.cnn.com

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Erie Meyer @erie.bsky.social · Feb 25

“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

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Guest Commentary: Without the CFPB, Who Will Protect You Now?

Laying off workers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a win for scammers and price-gougers — and President Trump

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 26

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Business Insider: Elon Musk wants to 'delete' a federal agency designed to prevent another financial crisis and protect people from scams

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · Feb 24

“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

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 25

“‘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...

Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE

Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 25

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.

An exchange at a congressional hearing:
Sen. Warren: If the CFPB is not there examining these giant banks to make sure they're following the laws and not cheating customers, who is?"
Fed Chair Powell: No one.

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CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · Feb 24

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!

A flyer with the CFPB Union's pink-and-red background reading CFPB Union presents ROCK OUT WITH YOUR LOCKOUT, Thurs Feb 27 12pm, CFPB Headquarters, 1700 G Street NW, Washington DC. See you there!

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 21

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.

Reuters headline, Fed officials flag rising inflation risks, Trump policy uncertainty.

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 20

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

Trump Administration Wants to Let Banks Jack Up Overdraft Fees
The administration’s assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is turning into a direct attack on consumers

By Nikki McCann Ramirez

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 19

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).

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 18

Post: "Breaking: Elon Musk calls for the CFPB remaining account balance of $711,586,678.00 to be returned to the American taxpayers."

Quote tweet by @dieworkwear: bet this hits so hard if you can't do division

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 18

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.

Image reading: The CFPB has returned $21 billion to consumers (you).

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 14

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.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Feb 13

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.

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Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · Feb 13

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

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