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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · 3d

I never wanna hear again "it's too radical to call for abolishing ICE". If US manages to survive and keep democracy, that better be the goddamn first priority in any Democratic platform

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3d

DHS is repelling from helicopters into apartment buildings to raid them and zip tie children in the middle of the night while saying "fuck them kids." They're shooting at people on the streets and lying about it.

This is a hostile occupying force that is a threat to everyone's safety.

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Paul Bland @fpbland.bsky.social · 4d

While Trump whines about how the left is the only side engaged in political violence, it appears that his folks just engaged in terrorism against a sitting judge. Imagine if FOX gave this 10% of the coverage it gave to Kirk.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 4d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · 8d

CFPB had been trying to help renters. Without it, renters are vulnerable to abuses that take advantage of our broken credit reporting system, e.g.,debt collectors parking dubious back rent & damages claims onto credit reports, preventing renters from obtaining new housing www.vox.com/policy/46235...

Tenants say it’s time for landlords to cancel back rent debt

Tenants are going on strike against their landlords.

www.vox.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14d

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · 17d

He was always terrible. His book Nudge was used to justify incrementalist changes instead of substantive regulation in the face of abusive corporate power

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Alvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 25d

1/ A woman with dementia moves into an apartment in Colorado.

A few months later she passes away unexpectedly.

The family gets a bill for $4140. By dying, she “broke her lease early”

A landlord gone rogue?

No. It was a billionaire property management company called Greystar.

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · 22d

Oh crap. Now I need to cancel my Disney Plus/Hulu subscription #Kimmel
#F—kFascism

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · 22d

We’re in full-on authoritarian times. ABC caved to FCC pressure to cancel Jimmy Kimmel for saying the truth about Charlie Kirk. But the Fox guy who said kill all the homeless people gets to stay on the air www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

www.nytimes.com

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National Consumer Law Center @nclc4consumers.bsky.social · 23d

The nationwide movement to eliminate #JunkFees for renters has reached #Massachusetts, where landlords are now forced to share the total price of what they are renting out with a future tenant before asking for any personal information. #mapoli #ProtectConsumers www.newsweek.com/map-shows-st...

Map shows states with laws limiting "junk fees" for renters

The nationwide, bipartisan movement to eliminate or limit so-called rental "junk fees" is growing, as lawmakers try to offer relief to struggling tenants.

www.newsweek.com

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · 24d

Be careful of signing up for rent reporting. It might not help your credit score, you may end up paying in substantial $$ fees, and it may cause a lot of harm if you’re late. 90% of landlords check credit and a late rent payment showing up on a report can block you from getting a new apartment

National Consumer Law Center @nclc4consumers.bsky.social · 25d

Before you enroll in a rent reporting service, consider the negative consequences or the worst-case scenario, like a job loss, said @chichiwu.bsky.social at NCLC. #ProtectConsumers via @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/09/15/u...

More consumers are using rent payments to boost their credit score. Here's what to know

More tenants are reporting their rent payment activity to build their credit history. Here's what to consider before enrolling, experts say.

www.cnbc.com

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · 25d

The amount of censorship against saying the slightest criticism against Charlie Kirk has been terrible. Yet its the right complaining about cancel culture #hypocrisy

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · 27d

This is the right wing’s solution for homelessness. Horrifying

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27d

When discussing how to handle the unhoused and mentally ill populations, Brian Kilmeade of Fox & Friends recommended to “just kill them” using “involuntary lethal injection.”

This is how the Trump regime and its propagandists can normalize and bring about the mass murder of vulnerable populations.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 27d

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 29d

This guy couldn’t be bothered to say a single word when one of his political allies assassinated the Speaker of the Minnesota House.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29d

"My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else who brings order to our country."

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · Sep 8

I can’t do much about saving Democracy but I did help get a law passed that will spare you some spam calls & texts when you re-finance your mortgage

National Consumer Law Center @nclc4consumers.bsky.social · Sep 8

Now that Senator Reed & Hagerty's bipartisan Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act was signed by the President, the personal information of prospective mortgage borrowers will 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞 to the highest bidder. 1/2 #ProtectConsumers www.reed.senate.gov/news/release...

Trump Signs Reed’s Bill to Crack Down on Abusive Mortgage “Trigger Leads” & Stop Unwanted Spam | U.S. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Trump signed into law U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s (D-RI) legislation to ban abusive “trigger leads,” a practice where...

www.reed.senate.gov

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · Sep 8

US Citizens have had their car windows smashed out and been dragged away to spend hours, sometimes days, in ICE detention. Very few have "promptly" gone free after being run down by heavily armed masked men jumping out of Penske trucks

Let's be fucking real here

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:

Moreover, as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States.

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · Aug 26

So now that Rump has gone after their sacred cow, the Fed, will the banks and Chamber of Commerce types finally take a stand? I won’t hold my breath www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump moves to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Trump moves to fire a Federal Reserve member he has accused of mortgage fraud.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · Aug 24

U of Chicago was also the home of Law & (Classical) Economics, which also screwed everyday people. The irony

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 24

University of Chicago being gutted because of insane debt loads and wasting money on crypto is incredibly ironic after what their school of economics put the global south through. Behind, the neoliberal boomerang.

Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · Aug 24

The University of Chicago has a debt of over $6 billion, against an endowment of $10 billion. They played with crypto. That's more than irresponsible.

Their board of trustees contains a surprising number of people regarded as financial geniuses.

Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · Aug 21

The CFPB Personal Financial Data Rights rule has best-in-class privacy and consumer protections. So of course the Trump-era Bureau wants to change it 🙄
Consumer groups sent a letter strongly supporting the current rule and urging Congress to do the same www.nclc.org/resources/co...

Coalition Letter to Congress Supporting the CFPB Personal Financial Data Rights Rule and Asking for Hearing

Twenty-six advocacy groups submitted a letter urging Congress to defend the data privacy and consumer protections in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s original (CFPB) Personal Financial Data ...

www.nclc.org

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Aug 20

Deportations and detentions will inflict a lot of damage on the US economy 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/iceing-the...

ICEing the U.S. Economy

Mass deportations will hurt more than people realize

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Chi Chi Wu @chichiwu.bsky.social · Aug 15

Another Friday afternoon bad news bomb

National Consumer Law Center @nclc4consumers.bsky.social · Aug 15

“Today’s decision is a deeply disturbing development in the ongoing campaign to shutter the CFPB...People need the CFPB to prevent financial companies from running roughshod over families, Veterans, and older adults.” #ProtectConsumers www.nclc.org/circuit-cour...

Circuit Court Allows Mass Firings at Consumer Agency

Split Panel Decision Allows Hundreds of Positions to be Eliminated at Already Weakened CFPB, But May be Subject to Review by Full Court

www.nclc.org

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · Aug 15

Judge Katsas, useful idiot, this morning on left.

AG Bondi this afternoon on right.

We turn next to the putative shutdown decision. The
plaintiffs point to no regulation, order, document, email, or
other statement, written or oral, purporting to shut down the
CFPB. Instead, they infer such an overarching decision from
various discrete “actions” taken by agency leadership to
downsize the Bureau, “including by issuing stop-work
instructions, cancelling contracts, declining and returning
funding, firing employees, and terminating the lease for its
headquarters.” J.A. 46–47. The district court found a “decision
to shut down the agency completely” and equated it to a
“wholesale cessation” of CFPB activities. NTEU, 774 F. Supp.
3d at 46.

Tweet from AG Pam Bondi in which she says "Another victory for President Trump! In a 2-1 ruling, the DC Circuit sided with my @TheJusticeDepartment attorneys in our effort to dismantle the CFPB and rein in crippling Obama-era regulations."

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Aug 15

Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.

A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Aug 14

It can't be emphasized enough: the tents Trump wants to sweep are only the most visible sign of an exponentially larger, hidden disaster.

A vast world of homelessness exists out of sight. Ignore the causes, try to arrest your way out, and the pressure will build until it bursts back into view.

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