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New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
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NEW: Millions of poor Americans could see $0 in SNAP benefits because of the way the Trump administration has implemented a court order, which required it to preserve the program during the shutdown.
Others may get about $12 in partial payments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Others may get about $12 in partial payments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Some SNAP Recipients May Not Receive Food Stamps Under White House Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NEW: Millions of poor Americans could see $0 in SNAP benefits because of the way the Trump administration has implemented a court order, which required it to preserve the program during the shutdown.
Others may get about $12 in partial payments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Others may get about $12 in partial payments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
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“Repealing the CFPB’s overdraft fee limits will hurt working families who are already struggling with high prices and inflation.”
Republicans Vote to Let Banks Screw Over Working Americans
Senate Republicans voted 52-48 to advance a repeal of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule capping bank and credit union overdraft fees at $5.
www.rollingstone.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Repealing the CFPB’s overdraft fee limits will hurt working families who are already struggling with high prices and inflation.”
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This is an absolute travesty, Russ Vought today vacated the case against (and *returned money to*) Townstone Financial, which ran an openly racist radio program to get leads for its mortgage business. Vought calls it DEI-based persecution.
www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/new...
www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/new...
CFPB Seeks to Vacate Abusive, Unjust Case Against Townstone | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CFPB Seeks to Vacate Abusive, Unjust Case Against Townstone
www.consumerfinance.gov
March 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This is an absolute travesty, Russ Vought today vacated the case against (and *returned money to*) Townstone Financial, which ran an openly racist radio program to get leads for its mortgage business. Vought calls it DEI-based persecution.
www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/new...
www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/new...
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Turning dehumanizing conditions and ritual humiliation into a US government propaganda video. This makes me ill
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Turning dehumanizing conditions and ritual humiliation into a US government propaganda video. This makes me ill
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SCOOP: Before the IRS fired nearly 7,000 probationary employees, a senior lawyer raised the alarm that:
- the terminations contained "false" information
- they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system
Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
- the terminations contained "false" information
- they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system
Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts
The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had n...
www.propublica.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
SCOOP: Before the IRS fired nearly 7,000 probationary employees, a senior lawyer raised the alarm that:
- the terminations contained "false" information
- they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system
Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
- the terminations contained "false" information
- they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system
Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Closing field offices while requiring more people to go in person, cutting staff of an already-underfunded agency=recipe for worse service and more hardship for the millions of people who rely on Social Security benefits (as well as many more who have to interact with SSA).
Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social on @pbsnews.org breaks down how the Trump Administration’s #SocialSecurity changes could create challenges for millions to access the Social Security benefits they've earned. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Trump administration's Social Security changes could limit access to benefits for millions
Significant changes will be coming for Social Security recipients. Millions will no longer be able to verify their identity over the phone, creating a challenge for older Americans and those with disa...
www.pbs.org
March 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Closing field offices while requiring more people to go in person, cutting staff of an already-underfunded agency=recipe for worse service and more hardship for the millions of people who rely on Social Security benefits (as well as many more who have to interact with SSA).
Horrific.
Read this declaration. A professional soccer player has been imprisoned in El Salvador and forced into hard labor on the basis of soccer-related tattoos and a single, innocent hand gesture.
This is why the administration is withholding due process. It knows its targets could prove their innocence.
This is why the administration is withholding due process. It knows its targets could prove their innocence.
March 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Horrific.
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One thing I didn't stress in this story: The FDIC is largely funded through fees and assessments on banks. So is the OCC. The CFPB is funded through the Fed. Even if you believe the efficiency/taxpayer money argument, these agencies aren't ballooning the federal budget.
How serious is the Trump administration about attempting to combine federal banking regulators? The OCC now has email lists for transferees from the CFPB and the FDIC. New from me: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Trump Gets Ready to Move Bank Regulators After Workforce Purge
The Trump administration appears to be preparing to transfer employees from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the Office of the Comptroller of the Cur...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
One thing I didn't stress in this story: The FDIC is largely funded through fees and assessments on banks. So is the OCC. The CFPB is funded through the Fed. Even if you believe the efficiency/taxpayer money argument, these agencies aren't ballooning the federal budget.