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Big news from The Century Foundation: Angela Hanks is joining The Century Foundation as our Chief of Policy Programs. We are so lucky to have such a talented, savvy expert leading our policy teams! tcf.org/content/about-…

New: Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE's Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, according to a person familiar with the situation. propub.li/3GVkhos

This is just performative art for billionaires & big banks. Illegal overdrafts aren't now legal because a document happens to be on this list. Or illegal nursing home debt collection. Or illegal worker surveillance. People are struggling & deserve better than this nonsense.

I'm David Seligman.  I’m running for CO Attorney General.  This campaign is about reclaiming our power from the billionaires who have stolen it from us, from working families. We will fight. And we will win. Because we love our country the promise it made: The law belongs to us.

“The law is still the law,” said Diane Thompson, deputy director and chief advocacy officer at NCLC. “Companies must continue to follow the law or run the risk of private litigation, with or without guidance from the #CFPB." #ProtectConsumers nclc.org/consumer-laws-…

New: Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. propub.li/44ESBy6

The Abundance Institute's wholesale embrace of industry pleas for lax regulation seems incredibly naive. You know who else argued for "a consistent national regulatory framework" that crowds out state laws, in the name of growth? Subprime lenders.

A federal consumer protection agency's withdrawal of numerous guidance documents will have little legal effect, Seth Frotman of UCB Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice and Brad Lipton of Consumer Federation of America argue in a recent essay. buff.ly/eRzKhOE

And finally, at The Regulatory Review, Seth Frotman and Brad Lipton aim to assuage our fears about the recent mass withdrawal of guidance docs at the CFPB

It's clear how the Trump Administration plans to handle what remains of modern administrative law while advancing its agenda. The plan is to break it. What's ours? w/ Brad Lipton about where we go from here bit.ly/4dzHusS

This is something. Constitutional law it is not.

In a world of AI-fueled fraud and financial traps, states need every tool to protect consumers. Seth Frotman and I join Tish James in urging New York to ban unfair and abusive practices. New Yorkers can longer count on federal enforcers.

Trump has purported to bring "independent" regulatory agencies under White House control. Dems should resist the urge to reflexively restore independence, Seth Frotman and I contend in Democracy Journal. That system was broken long before Trump shattered it. democracyjournal.org/arguments/dont…

I testified in the Senate this week about antitrust + deregulation. I urged Congress, Antitrust Division, and FTC to focus on the biggest, most intractable competition problems driving the cost-of-living crisis. Why? They’re uniquely suited to do it. And because regular people can’t

The precedent has now been set that funds from the Federal Reserve system are fair game in reconciliation, including for large expansions to our consumer protection agencies.

For months, Trump's CFPB has insisted it is focusing its efforts on protecting servicemembers & veterans The Associated Press: "Navy Federal Credit Union will no longer have to refund $80 million to servicemen and women for illegally charging them overdraft fees" after CFPB dismissal of the case

Congress is advancing a bill that will make healthcare, education, groceries, and utilities more expensive, and the Trump Administration is cutting wages for home health workers. I just can't get over how many fronts Donald Trump is opening in his war against the working class

A pair of Biden-era officials from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused the Trump administration of moving to “reboot” the practice of redlining. More from Vault co-author Brendan Pedersen: punchbowl.news/article/financ…

Maybe the destruction of the consumer finance regulator isn’t actually that great for a competitive marketplace.

It was great to join CWA 7777 on Thursday for our first town hall talking about how the AG can be a force for workers: holding corporate abuse accountable and using the law to help working people build real power and voice on the job. Big thank you to everyone who came out.