Been trying to figure out what to do too. There are so many potential disastrous outcomes. Will the US $ still be a currency? Will is be devalued? If FDIC is killed, the run on banks would be a total monetary collapse. The repercussions would be global. 😔
hey folks--what a shocker, NYT reporter shows contempt for one of its customers, after a legit question was raised.
the story makes one brief reference (4th graf) to legality of what Vought is doing-but otherwise, makes this illegal act sound totally normal.
Is being a insufferable pedantic twatwaffle something the NYT looks for when hiring or is that just a trait they encourage starting with the onboarding process?
Though he apparently can do that.
In the article, “but its director can freeze most of its actions by halting enforcement, weakening or repealing regulations and softening its supervision of banks and other lenders”
Kate, how could they possibly pass this off to the American public as “good for them”???
Despair is definitely settling in. I knew the only way to stop the cult-like obsession for this guy would be for him to break every last fucking thing until max pain is felt but it’s super hard to live through.
MAGAts won't be informed. they'll be told a program created by "radical leftist Elizabeth Warren" has been shut down & they will applaud.
When fees creep up again propaganda will convince them the Dems did it. Despite having no power, they're costing people money. MAGAts are ignorant & will believe
So many old MAGA people are gonna find out they’ll have absolutely no protections for the increased scams they fall for and will be completely wiped out financially. They’re MAGA children will have no inheritance to pay for those $20 eggs. But I guess poverty is worth it to own the libs
Somehow I doubt mommy and daddy MAGA are planning to leave anything to their offspring. They're selfish people who don't mind screwing themselves -- even if they're cancer patients receiving experimental treatments that was just shutdown -- to own the libs. Selfish and not smart lol
... let's not forget they've been ignoring court orders they don't like, and we don't have any means -- besides the Constitution and the legal system, both of which are out of order -- to protect ourselves from financial crimes against us
let's spend beneath our means. no credit. no loans.
just because truth hurts doesn't mean we abandon it
we'll have to figure out extra-legal alternatives. rejecting reality is the top of a very slippery slope, one these oligokleptocrats have an interest in you doing early and often
Dems in leadership should be chaining themselves to doors. Be a pain in the ass for once! Get in their way! Mess with them. BULLY THEM. Don't justst them do whatever they want.
I want Schumer to pull a Loomer on a federal building. Come on, Chuck. Give us a show!
Greatest Recession coming your way because the one in 2008/9 didn’t do enough damage when millions of people were underwater due to subprime mortgage shenanigans.
I think, at this point, all pretense can be dropped.
Anyone still holding onto some vestige of thought that 34 is Christian, a genius, a wise businessman, or even the most fervent *have* to see by now the evil, self-serving, traitorous charlatan he is.
The same propaganda they've been happily consuming will tell them trumusk finally got rid of all the red tape and job-killing regulations and "radical leftist E Warren's" attempt to make doing business even harder for the job creators. They'll believe it.
when you present the loss of protections as a win for consumers, bc now businesses will be more profitable. and MAGA doesn't grasp that "good for biz" means "at your expense"
Arresting and imprisoning Jews without cause was legal in Germany a while back.
At some point, people have to decide whether we’ll allow legal arguments to kill off our nation, like our legal elections handed our institutions over to a literal and metaphorical rapist who can never be satiated.
Not trying to sound flippant. It’s simply a fact: Trump is moot and therefore powerless.
Elon owns him. Elon runs the show. And he wants to run the planet, but he’ll settle for carved up parts of the world before eventually launching to Mars or whatev.
Once again, Trump has violated the law. The CFPB was created by Congress, and Russell Vought has no legal authority to shut it down. This is an authoritarian overreach that must be challenged.
Have we ever had a situation like this before, where a sitting president attempted to dismantle an agency created by Congress, by appointing someone like this. Obviously Trump made drastic changes within the EPA and such his first term, but has this more blatant scenario been tested?
They way they talk shit with big crosses on their bosoms to show they are “Christians” is pretty disgusting to me along with the What Would Jesus Do Braclets. If they really followed Christ, they wouldn’t need to ask that question.
Vought is a Nazi just like Trump and all his cronies. It feels like Germany 1933. We need to fight back against them or else we will become Nazi Germany.
CashApp was headed by the cokehead womanizer who was murdered in SF. musk & others used the opportunity to demonize people without homes, liberal SF law
Meanwhile it was the brother of a woman he was sleeping with who knew he was bad news.
Payment apps created & run by greedy fuckheads, like musk
Of course he did. Protection is just for lower and middle class folks. Better to let all the wealthy CEO’s and corporations get away with murder. Litigation is such a waste of their money.
How can the head of OMB also do the full-time job of directing the CFPB? How is standing down fulfilling its purpose and obligations, taking care that the law is faithfully executed? This is un-American.
denying unsavory realities feels nice, until they come back to bite you. many of us knew this would happen; many never gave proper thanks for the money it saved them, or the refunds they received.
good government doesn't just happen. it takes a Dem
Expected and shameful! D's didn't sue to investigate standard Jim Crow voter suppression, upgraded with AI, which created massive illegal voter challenges. Here's the story introduced by Martin Sheen and exec produced by George Dicaprio, Leonardo's father. https://youtu.be/P_XdtAQXnGE?si=Q3XnW4DWS8OWqeME
Vought lacks authority to shut down CFBP by fiat. He knows this. He doesn't care about the law. Hopefully, a court challenge to his unlawful action will be promptly filed, and a court will put the brakes on this lawless action.
This administration is following Hitler’s playbook of how to deconstruct a democratic system in 53 days. Does anyone know and understand this history? They are following it step by step. Wake up America!
The Republicans have been using Nazi tactics for decades. Rightwing media is nothing but a steady steam of lies. They know exactly what to say to get the reaction they want. They want half the citizens angry as Hell at the other half. It’s divide and conquer. It took decades to get to this point.
Trump’s stunning power grab is dismantling the government in real time—with Elon at the center. Meanwhile, Democrats are still playing by rules that no longer exist. This article I wrote lays out exactly how to fight back before it’s too late.
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Do not comply!
Don’t Give Up the Ship!
Fight!
the story makes one brief reference (4th graf) to legality of what Vought is doing-but otherwise, makes this illegal act sound totally normal.
In the article, “but its director can freeze most of its actions by halting enforcement, weakening or repealing regulations and softening its supervision of banks and other lenders”
That response is either going to be the govt getting it's shit together, or us getting our shit together.
now what?
$20 billion she got back from the criminals overcharging, adding secret fees, shifting around credit card bill dates.
I salute her, she's a real one
Despair is definitely settling in. I knew the only way to stop the cult-like obsession for this guy would be for him to break every last fucking thing until max pain is felt but it’s super hard to live through.
When fees creep up again propaganda will convince them the Dems did it. Despite having no power, they're costing people money. MAGAts are ignorant & will believe
let's spend beneath our means. no credit. no loans.
we'll have to figure out extra-legal alternatives. rejecting reality is the top of a very slippery slope, one these oligokleptocrats have an interest in you doing early and often
I understand the stakes. We need to be clear-eyed and not defeatist.
Don’t Give Up the Fight.
this is how propaganda enables fascist autocracy
"The CFPB returned $20 bn to consumers that was produced for finance bros by ripping us off & lying about it. Bad stuff.
"Now they can do all that & more? Was I wrong to trust trumusk w my financial well-being?
"Signed,
Broke MAGAt who lives on credit"
I want Schumer to pull a Loomer on a federal building. Come on, Chuck. Give us a show!
Fleece the working class!🎉
Fleece the poor!🎉
It’s a joyous day on yachts everywhere 🛥️
Anyone still holding onto some vestige of thought that 34 is Christian, a genius, a wise businessman, or
…right?
The same propaganda they've been happily consuming will tell them trumusk finally got rid of all the red tape and job-killing regulations and "radical leftist E Warren's" attempt to make doing business even harder for the job creators. They'll believe it.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/opinion/consumer-watchdog-hounded-us-businesses-lets-shut-it-down/?
Sighhhhhhhhhh
Quite seriously, isn't that the proper course of action for an appointed official who immediately violates his oath of office?
At some point, people have to decide whether we’ll allow legal arguments to kill off our nation, like our legal elections handed our institutions over to a literal and metaphorical rapist who can never be satiated.
So many career ending possibilities.
Not trying to sound flippant. It’s simply a fact: Trump is moot and therefore powerless.
Elon owns him. Elon runs the show. And he wants to run the planet, but he’ll settle for carved up parts of the world before eventually launching to Mars or whatev.
See you in court!
https://web.archive.org/web/20250203200123/https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-orders-operator-of-cash-app-to-pay-175-million-and-fix-its-failures-on-fraud/
Meanwhile it was the brother of a woman he was sleeping with who knew he was bad news.
Payment apps created & run by greedy fuckheads, like musk
denying unsavory realities feels nice, until they come back to bite you. many of us knew this would happen; many never gave proper thanks for the money it saved them, or the refunds they received.
good government doesn't just happen. it takes a Dem
Love,
Project 2025
https://open.substack.com/pub/jasonegenberg/p/the-rules-are-dead-the-game-has-changed?r=3nm35j&utm_medium=ios