CFPB Union
@nteu335.bsky.social
Representing over 1,100 workers nationwide at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. CFPB workers have returned over $21 billion to millions of Americans since 2012
www.nteu335.org
www.nteu335.org
“We told you we were performing our statutory duties. Why does this surprise you?” Maybe because you told everyone to stop working and are fighting in court for the right to fire nearly the entire staff? The petulance, audacity and cowardice is beyond. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
CFPB to Slash Examinations, Switch to All-Virtual Reviews (1)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau examiners sidelined by the Trump administration will be back on the job as early as April, but the number of exams they conduct and the scope of their supervision ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
“We told you we were performing our statutory duties. Why does this surprise you?” Maybe because you told everyone to stop working and are fighting in court for the right to fire nearly the entire staff? The petulance, audacity and cowardice is beyond. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Love how bumbling Russ Vought has to waste time waffling about whether he is going to pretend to care about public comments when he was the one starving the CFPB of funding to begin with. #stopvought #savecfpb news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
CFPB Returns to Full Open-Banking Rewrite After Cash Infusion
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fresh off a $145 million cash boost, plans to move back to a traditional process for rewriting a Biden-era open banking rule, leaving the fintech data access ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Love how bumbling Russ Vought has to waste time waffling about whether he is going to pretend to care about public comments when he was the one starving the CFPB of funding to begin with. #stopvought #savecfpb news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
These people have no plan to make your life more affordable. You can't let fruadsters and big banks rip people off and pretend you GAF about Americans' wallets. #stopvought #savecfpb
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Trump is struggling to find a winning message for a bipolar economy
The president keeps getting distracted by foreign policy as voters worry about their cost of living.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM
These people have no plan to make your life more affordable. You can't let fruadsters and big banks rip people off and pretend you GAF about Americans' wallets. #stopvought #savecfpb
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Don't be fooled! Fund consumer protection, not murders, invasions, and rights violations! #savecfpb #stopvought
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White House is planning to reduce immigration agents’ presence in Minnesota
Sen. Susan Collins also said large-scale immigration enforcement operations in Maine have ended, as the White House seeks to quell growing backlash in the wake of citizen deaths.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Don't be fooled! Fund consumer protection, not murders, invasions, and rights violations! #savecfpb #stopvought
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Damn, our members look good on @usatoday.com's front page! www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Damn, our members look good on @usatoday.com's front page! www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
"Losing America’s Wall Street watchdog – and in particular the ability for consumers to file a complaint when things go wrong – would be catastrophic." Agreed!
Consumer guardrail facing cuts waits on court decision
An appeals court will decide if further cuts can be made to the CFPB, a key agency tasked with protecting consumers
www.usatoday.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:21 AM
"Losing America’s Wall Street watchdog – and in particular the ability for consumers to file a complaint when things go wrong – would be catastrophic." Agreed!
The consequences of Russ Vought running the CFPB are real: "With no one in the consumers' corner, complaints are ignored, and every day people pay the price."
Consumer guardrail facing cuts waits on court decision
An appeals court will decide if further cuts can be made to the CFPB, a key agency tasked with protecting consumers
www.usatoday.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The consequences of Russ Vought running the CFPB are real: "With no one in the consumers' corner, complaints are ignored, and every day people pay the price."
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January 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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As we near 1 year of Trump and Vought "running" the CFPB, one CFPB attorney told @usatoday.com's @blinfisher.bsky.social, “Amid this affordability crisis, the CFPB’s mission is more important than ever, and we just want to get back to work protecting consumers.”
Consumer guardrail facing cuts waits on court decision
An appeals court will decide if further cuts can be made to the CFPB, a key agency tasked with protecting consumers
www.usatoday.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
As we near 1 year of Trump and Vought "running" the CFPB, one CFPB attorney told @usatoday.com's @blinfisher.bsky.social, “Amid this affordability crisis, the CFPB’s mission is more important than ever, and we just want to get back to work protecting consumers.”
"Julia Barnard is sadly not the first, or likely the last, public servant to face cruel and unjustified personal attacks from Vought’s CFPB. ... Julia and the hundreds of other workers who have left the CFPB under Vought are a huge loss for the public we serve."
CFPB Workers Praise Tenure of Former Student Loan Ombudsman Following Trump Administration Smear
In response to the anonymous personal attacks on former CFPB union member Julia Barnard, her former colleagues and union members made the following statements.
nteu335.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"Julia Barnard is sadly not the first, or likely the last, public servant to face cruel and unjustified personal attacks from Vought’s CFPB. ... Julia and the hundreds of other workers who have left the CFPB under Vought are a huge loss for the public we serve."
Makes us wonder what current DOGE Commander Vought is doing with the sensitive consumer and company data managed by the CFPB. 🤔#stopvought #savecfpb www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Makes us wonder what current DOGE Commander Vought is doing with the sensitive consumer and company data managed by the CFPB. 🤔#stopvought #savecfpb www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump could have continued policies to rein in credit card companies. Instead he sidelined the CFPB, rolled back regulations and had his dog Vought try to fire us all. Typical chaos. But we are still fighting.
The first year of President Trump's second term — “It's been pretty devastating. You know, there's been significant rollback of rules that were put in place to protect consumers,” said @susanweinstock.bsky.social, CEO of CFA
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January 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Trump could have continued policies to rein in credit card companies. Instead he sidelined the CFPB, rolled back regulations and had his dog Vought try to fire us all. Typical chaos. But we are still fighting.
When you come for one of us, you come for all of us! Solidarity forever!
CFPB Workers Praise Tenure of Former Student Loan Ombudsman Following Trump Administration Smear
In response to the anonymous personal attacks on former CFPB union member Julia Barnard, her former colleagues and union members made the following statements.
nteu335.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
When you come for one of us, you come for all of us! Solidarity forever!
Our union members' responses to Vought's CFPB anonymously smearing a former member are simultaneously 🔥 and ❤️
#Solidarity
#Solidarity
CFPB Workers Praise Tenure of Former Student Loan Ombudsman Following Trump Administration Smear
In response to the anonymous personal attacks on former CFPB union member Julia Barnard, her former colleagues and union members made the following statements.
nteu335.org
January 21, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Our union members' responses to Vought's CFPB anonymously smearing a former member are simultaneously 🔥 and ❤️
#Solidarity
#Solidarity
Gratifying to see colleagues step up for consumers. Painful to be sidelined from the job Congress assigned us. Call Congress- demand they impeach Vought and restore CFPB funding. #stopvought #savecfpb
As CFPB retreats, state AGs and bank regulators step up www.americanbanker.com/news/as-cfpb...
As CFPB retreats, state AGs and bank regulators step up www.americanbanker.com/news/as-cfpb...
As CFPB retreats, state AGs and bank regulators step up
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has backed off enforcement and supervision of consumer protection laws, leaving states to fill the void — and potentially creating a "patchwork" of state laws…
www.americanbanker.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Gratifying to see colleagues step up for consumers. Painful to be sidelined from the job Congress assigned us. Call Congress- demand they impeach Vought and restore CFPB funding. #stopvought #savecfpb
As CFPB retreats, state AGs and bank regulators step up www.americanbanker.com/news/as-cfpb...
As CFPB retreats, state AGs and bank regulators step up www.americanbanker.com/news/as-cfpb...
"We're the agency to help consumers with the affordability crisis. It's confusing, right? - because they're stating that they'll pursue ways to alleviate the affordability crisis for families, yet we're not fully functional right now," CFPB worker Helen Shaw.
The CFPB experienced an exceptionally turbulent year. Here's why
It's been a challenging year for the consumer watchdog agency, as the Trump administration has tried to deny it funding and lay off most of its staff.
www.npr.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:53 PM
"We're the agency to help consumers with the affordability crisis. It's confusing, right? - because they're stating that they'll pursue ways to alleviate the affordability crisis for families, yet we're not fully functional right now," CFPB worker Helen Shaw.
But now that the results of reduced consumer law enforcement are kicking in, he is rushing about like the Queen of Hearts, her face purple with rage, shouting “Off with their heads” to undo the damage he has done. As Lewis Carroll told us next, “Nobody moved
Donald Trump’s Wrong Turn on Affordability
Picking the CFPB as one of DOGE’s first targets reflected a lack of recognition of the likely consequences.
contrarian.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
But now that the results of reduced consumer law enforcement are kicking in, he is rushing about like the Queen of Hearts, her face purple with rage, shouting “Off with their heads” to undo the damage he has done. As Lewis Carroll told us next, “Nobody moved
Make sense of this for us: Trump and Vought have spent a year trying to destroy the CFPB even though "we're THE agency to help consumers with the affordability crisis."
The CFPB experienced an exceptionally turbulent year. Here's why
It's been a challenging year for the consumer watchdog agency, as the Trump administration has tried to deny it funding and lay off most of its staff.
www.npr.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Make sense of this for us: Trump and Vought have spent a year trying to destroy the CFPB even though "we're THE agency to help consumers with the affordability crisis."
"One way to address the problem of affordability is simply to let the CFPB do its important work," former CFPB Director Rich Cordray. #stopvought #savecfpb
Donald Trump’s Wrong Turn on Affordability
Picking the CFPB as one of DOGE’s first targets reflected a lack of recognition of the likely consequences.
contrarian.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"One way to address the problem of affordability is simply to let the CFPB do its important work," former CFPB Director Rich Cordray. #stopvought #savecfpb
The attack on the Federal Reserve by the Trump administration started last year, as it attempted to illegally shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the newest member of the Federal Reserve System.
We invite you to our next picket, Chair Powell!
@stopvought @savecfpb
We invite you to our next picket, Chair Powell!
@stopvought @savecfpb
Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell
The investigation, which centers on renovations of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington, signals an escalation in the long-running clash between President Trump and the chair.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The attack on the Federal Reserve by the Trump administration started last year, as it attempted to illegally shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the newest member of the Federal Reserve System.
We invite you to our next picket, Chair Powell!
@stopvought @savecfpb
We invite you to our next picket, Chair Powell!
@stopvought @savecfpb
Reposted by CFPB Union
Trump's "mastermind" Vought is stymied once again in his yearlong crusade to protect corporations and screw over consumers by shutting down the CFPB. Despite his best efforts to bankrupt the CFPB, today he officially complied w/ a court order to keep it funded. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624...
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Trump's "mastermind" Vought is stymied once again in his yearlong crusade to protect corporations and screw over consumers by shutting down the CFPB. Despite his best efforts to bankrupt the CFPB, today he officially complied w/ a court order to keep it funded. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624...
These guys are all losers...
11 months after Elon tweeted “CFPB RIP.” Aging about as well as his promises of Tesla robotaxis and colonizing Mars.
Through gritted teeth, acting CFPB Director Russell Vought asked the Fed to send over $145 million for the CFPB to operate after a federal judge said he had to.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
These guys are all losers...
For this man and his rich friends, Trump and Vought Vought have let companies keep $18 Billion owed to consumers, including an $80 million refund for service members and refused another $1 Billion in financial relief for consumers. #stopvought #savecfpb
Jamie Dimon’s $770 Million Haul Shows How Bankers Are on Top Again
The Trump administration is lifting regulations, and deal making is heating up. For Jamie Dimon, being JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive was more lucrative in 2025 than ever.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
For this man and his rich friends, Trump and Vought Vought have let companies keep $18 Billion owed to consumers, including an $80 million refund for service members and refused another $1 Billion in financial relief for consumers. #stopvought #savecfpb
This is why Congress needs to impeach Vought and restore CFPB's funding. Remember we're talking about a man who took $5 million from operating funds for his personal body gaurds, then tried to shut the Bureau down citing a lack of funds. #stopvought #savecfpb
“The declining rates of relief show how dramatically the new leadership at the #CFPB has walked away from its obligations." @adamrust.bsky.social
CFPB under pressure as consumer complaints pile up
Regulatory retreat leaves banks exposed
www.thebanker.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This is why Congress needs to impeach Vought and restore CFPB's funding. Remember we're talking about a man who took $5 million from operating funds for his personal body gaurds, then tried to shut the Bureau down citing a lack of funds. #stopvought #savecfpb
Makes one wonder why Congress is getting ready to move a budget that doesn't restore funding for the CFPB. #stopvought #savecfpb
“Unfortunately, this administration has gutted the agencies responsible for policing #fraud and #scams, and it appears that even the banks are realizing the systemic abandonment of #financial protection infrastructure compromises their interests,” @adamrust.bsky.social
Digital Robbery Scams Are on the Rise
Financial fraud has exploded in the past few years, with consumers reporting more than $12.5 billion in losses in 2024. President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping.
jacobin.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Makes one wonder why Congress is getting ready to move a budget that doesn't restore funding for the CFPB. #stopvought #savecfpb