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Kim Perales<p>The CFPB's ~1,500 staffers: locked out of their offices &amp; agency computers, while ATTYs &amp; judges deliberate over the degree to which Trump’s wrecking crew is legally allowed to kill it.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> employees highlighted the dire situation -which has helped secure $21B in relief for Ms of wronged consumers since its 2011 inception.</p><p>Practically the only ppl at the CFPB doing anything are the ones working to🚨drop prior enforcement actions &amp; CXL proposed rules.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-11-hardly-workin-cfpb-doge-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/economy/2025-07-1</span><span class="invisible">1-hardly-workin-cfpb-doge-trump/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Trump promised to lower costs. Instead,🚨he gutted the consumer watchdog agency &amp; helped big banks rip off Americans by an added $18B in fees &amp; unchecked rip-offs.</p><p>Trump’s Gangster St serves anyone who can line his pockets &amp; sticks it to the people."<br>-HJC Dems</p><p>R <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>: Senate PARLM ruled in favor of Banking CMTE's revised <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> &amp; Fed provisions. "The CMTE’s lang decreases the CFBP’s funding cap (at 6.5% of Fed's op budget, down from current limit of 12%)...<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trumps-cfpb-rollback-has-cost-americans-18-billion-consumer-groups-say-2025-06-24/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/litigation/t</span><span class="invisible">rumps-cfpb-rollback-has-cost-americans-18-billion-consumer-groups-say-2025-06-24/</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Fuck Republicans before they fuck you!</p><p>Republicans float revamped proposal for CFPB cuts<br><a href="https://thehill.com/business/budget/5371714-republicans-float-revamped-proposal-for-cfpb-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/business/budget/53</span><span class="invisible">71714-republicans-float-revamped-proposal-for-cfpb-cuts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansDidThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansDidThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> interestingly despite the more or less wholesale dismantling of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>, they did finally see fit to intervene in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Synapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Synapse</span></a> bankruptcy where ~$90 million of customer money went missing because of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EvolveBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EvolveBank</span></a>'s shenanigans (also famous as the bank of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeorgeSantos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeSantos</span></a>'s campaign)</p><p><a href="https://x.com/mikulaja/status/1936785008754073982" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/mikulaja/status/19367850</span><span class="invisible">08754073982</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The increased consumer costs from the CFPB's rollback of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BankFees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BankFees</span></a>, wholesale dismissal of cases against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lenders</span></a> &amp; the failure to disburse funds for harmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/borrowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borrowers</span></a> run counter to Trump's pledges to ease the cost of living, acc/to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Student</span></a> Borrower Protection Center &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consumer</span></a> Federation of America.</p><p>Since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took control of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> in Feb, calling for its elimination, admin ofcls have sought to reduce the workforce by about 90% &amp; curtail its oversight.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> rollback has cost Americans $18 billion, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> groups say</p><p>Trump's rapid pullback of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans at least $18 billion in higher <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fees</span></a> &amp; lost <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/compensation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compensation</span></a> for consumers allegedly cheated by major companies, according to an analysis released Tuesday by two organizations.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trumps-cfpb-rollback-has-cost-americans-18-billion-consumer-groups-say-2025-06-24/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/litigation/t</span><span class="invisible">rumps-cfpb-rollback-has-cost-americans-18-billion-consumer-groups-say-2025-06-24/</span></a></p>
Jonathan Joshua<p>The CFPB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to withdraw its recently enacted regulations establishing a "repeat offenders registry." The comment period ends on June 13, 2025. Only two comments have been filed. <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/document/CFPB-2025-0011-0001/comment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">regulations.gov/document/CFPB-</span><span class="invisible">2025-0011-0001/comment</span></a><br><a href="https://esq.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>This article should have been titled Deregulation - Trump’s financial watchdogs promise a revolution. The regulatory pendulum swings violently <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/federalreserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federalreserve</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OCC</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CFTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFTC</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gao</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/audits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audits</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> Eeconomy <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financialsystem</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialstability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financialstability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pensions</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fiduciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiduciary</span></a> <br>The Economist no paywall <a href="https://archive.is/fZuMl#selection-1127.0-1131.40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/fZuMl#selection-112</span><span class="invisible">7.0-1131.40</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Via <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LLRX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLRX</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@psuPete" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>psuPete</span></a></span> Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, 5/24/25. 5 highlights: Judge Just Cracked Open Can of Worms <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> Firms Were Hoping to Avoid; How to Shield Yourself From <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> Abuse; AI <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hallucinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hallucinations</span></a> &amp; their risk to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> ops; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> is withdrawing its Notice of Proposed Rule: Protecting Americans from Harmful <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> Broker Practices; Philadelphia woman spends months fixing <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> error that declared her dead. <a href="https://www.llrx.com/2025/05/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-may-24-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">llrx.com/2025/05/pete-recommen</span><span class="invisible">ds-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-may-24-2025/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Jonathan Joshua<p>CFPB now taking comments about the consumer complaint database, about: "(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary . . ." and "(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected . . ." Comments are due 07/21/2025 at 11:59 pm EST</p><p><a href="https://esq.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/ConsumerProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerProtection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/22/2025-09226/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request#open-comment" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2025/05/22/2025-09226/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request#open-comment</span></a></p>
`Da Elf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>molly0xfff</span></a></span> Pro Tip: Assume a &gt;90% chance that every <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flunky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flunky</span></a> calling for the end of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> is a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/shady" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shady</span></a> fuck doing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a>.</p>
Frankie ✅<p>CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers</p><p>Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-kills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/cfpb-quietly-k</span><span class="invisible">ills-rule-to-shield-americans-from-data-brokers/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cfpb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cfpb</span></a></p>
gtbarry<p>White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive data</p><p>A senior Trump administration official has scrapped a plan that would have blocked data brokers from selling Americans’ personal and financial information, including Social Security numbers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigdata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/white-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/whit</span><span class="invisible">e-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"The agency that Congress created after the last FIN crisis to help prevent another FIN crisis is🚨currently completely handcuffed from working *at verge of another major FIN crisis -it’s terrifying.</p><p>The one thing we were created to do we can’t do -at a time when we’re most needed -I think the goal is to try &amp; close the agency before Vought’s time is up as acting dir-."</p><p>Trump officials tried to axe ~1,500 of the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>’s 1,700 WKRs last mo *blocked by a fed judge.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/trump-consumer-financial-protection-bureau" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/19/trump-consumer-financial-protection-bureau</span></a></p>
Flipboard Tech Desk<p>The federal plan to prevent data brokers from selling personal and financial information generated from American citizens has been scrapped. Read more at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TechRadar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TechRadar</span></a></span>. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafety</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flip.it/JsrXGC" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/JsrXGC</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coinbase</span></a> saved on payroll by underpaying for work outsourced to India so that its customers could get defrauded of at least a few hundred million dollars *already*. They (the customers) will no doubt now be stalked for years by cybercriminals who have their passport, home address, and bank information.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThatsSoCrypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThatsSoCrypto</span></a>, but also this is why Coinbase donated so much money to get Donald Trump elected so <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> could, in Elon's immortal turn of phrase, "delete <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>" (meaning destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who were helping customers deal with their complaints about Coinbase).</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>From Reuters:</p><p>Appeals judges prod <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> wind-down</p><p>Federal appeals court judges in Washington wrestled Friday with the extent to which they could instruct the Trump admin to operate the government's consumer finance watchdog agency, which the White House this year has sought to decimate if not shut down entirely.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/appeals-judges-prod-trump-admin-union-over-cfpb-wind-down-2025-05-16/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sustainability/boa</span><span class="invisible">rds-policy-regulation/appeals-judges-prod-trump-admin-union-over-cfpb-wind-down-2025-05-16/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“The DC Circuit should block the administration’s actions to shutter the agency &amp; uphold <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>’s plenary power over the existence &amp; structure of federal agencies.”</p><p>…</p><p>“If President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> wants to shut down the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> requires that he go to Congress &amp; get it to give him the authority to do that. Notably, he has not done so.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“As the govt conceded at oral argument…, the President cannot unilaterally shut down the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> w/o violating the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>. Citing CAC’s brief on behalf on current &amp; fmr Members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, counsel for plaintiffs underscored that the power to create, restructure, &amp; eliminate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> is Congress’s power alone, &amp; the President’s efforts to shutter the CFPB unlawfully intrude on Congress’s Article I powers &amp; violate the Constitution’s bedrock principle of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Following oral argument at the US Court of Appeals for DC this afternoon in National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Employees <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Union</span></a> v. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>, a case in which the court is considering whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s efforts to unilaterally shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>) are constitutional, Constitutional Accountability Center Equal Justice Works Fellow Anna Jessurun issued this:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/cac-release-at-the-d-c-circuit-everyone-agrees-that-the-constitution-does-not-permit-the-president-to-unilaterally-shutter-the-cfpb/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theusconstitution.org/news/cac</span><span class="invisible">-release-at-the-d-c-circuit-everyone-agrees-that-the-constitution-does-not-permit-the-president-to-unilaterally-shutter-the-cfpb/</span></a></p>