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Jesse Van Tol

@jessevantol.bsky.social
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CEO @NCRC. Advocate & organizer for race & class equity in banking, housing, business. Memphis to Madison to DC. Minority owner of the Green Bay Packers

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Zach Rapport @zachrapport.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Ah yes, stupid ass programs like *checks notes* food for starving people, medicine for sick people, and severe weather alert infrastructure. I guess I can forgive home though — poverty, illness, and climate disaster doesn’t really impact him in his home state of *checks notes* California.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
In an email to The Post, his father, Errol, said Musk and his brother were “not into political nonsense, & we lived in a very well-run, law-abiding country with virtually no crime at all. Actually no crime. We had several black servants who were their friends” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Elon Musk, once a tacit backer of DEI, now focuses on anti-White bias
Elon Musk, who was raised during South African apartheid, used to steer clear of debate about race. Now, he frequently advocates for White people.
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Judge puts EPA’s attempted de-banking of IRA grant recipients on pause for the time being because there was no proof of “waste, fraud, or abuse” as EPA had alleged.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"Elon Musk’s Tesla has been forced to halt sales of its electric Cybertruck pickup amid mounting concern about metal panels falling off the supposedly indestructible vehicles..." lmaoo
telegraph.co.uk
Musk forced to halt Cybertruck deliveries as parts fall off
Latest development adds to a litany of build-quality issues with the electric pickup
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
1. The DOGE website is garbage. The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided. And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract. So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.
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Introducing: The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker
New tool reveals Musk has overstated verified DOGE savings by at least 92%
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Jeremy Kress @jeremykress.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Pretty remarkable that the Fed’s General Counsel made these comments in the absence of a Vice Chair for Supervision, during a pause in rulemaking, and while the Board is still (ostensibly) majority Democrat. Via Capitol Account:
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
It remains INSANE to me that Musk is not the subject of shareholder litigation for how he is cratering a company he ostensibly runs while in reality running DOGE
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Far be it from me to defend the CapOne-Discover merger, but this reads like a shakedown of a company with a merger pending before this administration. Also, banks aren't obligated to do business with entities that have attempted to overturn a free and fair election. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Organization Sues Capital One for Closing Its Accounts
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The OCC, the regulator for national banks, rescinded its requirement that banks get the agency's approval before doing business with cryptocurrencies & crypto companies. Not surprising, but this'll bring a lot more risk into the banking system which is backed by the public. occ.gov/news-issuanc...
occ.gov
OCC Clarifies Bank Authority to Engage in Certain Cryptocurrency Activities
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today took action to reaffirm that a range of cryptocurrency activities are permissible in the federal banking system.
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
No one wants a paper trail because spending funds Congress has not appropriated is colloquially known as “stealing from the US Treasury.”
However, on Friday, FAA officials ordered staff to begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, according to a source with knowledge of the FAA and two people briefed on the situation. 
The sources note that these internal directives have mostly, if not entirely, been delivered verbally — which they say is unusual for a matter like this. The source with knowledge of the FAA tells Rolling Stone that it appears as though “someone does not want a paper trail.”
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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
CapOne has a pending merger application before the banking agencies to acquire Discover and further consolidate the credit card/payments market. Dropping this enforcement action for cheating consumers out of interest payments eliminates a potential obstacle to that deal.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/02/2025
If you have a: - Credit card - Checking account - Savings account - Mortgage - Car loan - Student loan - Venmo account The fight to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is your fight.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
As @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social said: Mike Johnson leads an NPC — Non Player Congress
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Where is AARP?????? Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
UPDATE: We’re t-minus 30 minutes to midnight and the DOGE team has yet to bring the receipts.
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Tracy Jan @tracyjan.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The erosion of civil rights never stops at one group. In coming weeks, Trump’s DOGE plans to cut staff who investigate complaints of employment discrimination in the federal workplace as well as a VA office that works to ensure all veterans receive equal access to care.
washingtonpost.com
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Pope Francis' remarkable rebuke of JD Vance and Trumpism lays bare an essential truth: Trump is overseeing a massive and systematic abandonment of obligation to the global poor, and Vance's theological obfuscation can't make that disappear. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1914...
newrepublic.com
Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul
The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
When Musk's minions forced their way into USAID's servers, they made themselves "super administrators" meaning they had access to workers' Social Security numbers, credit histories, and home addresses. They may have well broken the law. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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Jesse Van Tol @jessevantol.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Actual corruption
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
People are already dying because of what Musk and Trump have done in the last two weeks.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Elon Musk is very unpopular www.politico.com/live-updates...
politico.com
Democratic polling finds Elon Musk is unpopular
The billionaire aimed for the stars and wound up under water.
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Jordan Weissmann @jhweissmann.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Important to note: The CFPB would be X’s regulator as it rolls out its new payment service www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/01/...
cnbc.com
Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
Visa will enable X users to move funds between traditional bank accounts and their digital wallet and make instant peer-to-peer payments, like Zelle or Venmo.
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Jesse Van Tol @jessevantol.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
True story: I worked on the law that help set up the CFPB. I’ve also needed their help. A few years ago my servicer didn’t return an escrow from when I refi’d. $3000. For over a yr would say they sent it but didn’t. 1 complaint to the CFPB & it was fixed. The CFPB fights for you!
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Jesse Van Tol @jessevantol.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Where’s Musk expressing concern about this doxxing?
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Jesse Van Tol @jessevantol.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Yep. And some of those actions have the potential for incurring serious liability.
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/02/2025
EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.
wired.com
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
If the 60 Minutes team doesn't all quit, their next piece should be on how Paramount bribed Trump to get favorable treatment on a merger.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 03/02/2025
Elon Musk is a terrible president.
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NCRC @justeconomy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
“Stopping the work of the CFPB means inviting scammers and swindlers into working families’ bank accounts,” said @jessevantol.bsky.social , President and CEO of NCRC. ncrc.org/ncrc-stateme...
ncrc.org
NCRC Statement On Sec. Bessent's Freeze Of CFPB » NCRC
In reaction to reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has frozen all activity at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the National Community
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Robin Craig @robincraig1.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
HUD secretaries from both parties have agreed for decades: housing ends homelessness. But Scott Turner rejects the evidence, supports criminalization, and [checks notes] won't say whether he'd support sending people who can’t afford housing to detention camps. ⬇️
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Jenn Liu @jennkliu.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Make no mistake, the federal funding ‘temporary pause’ debacle was a trial balloon. Trump is testing the limits of what he can get away with and identifying where he needs to apply more pressure to break the remaining safeguards in our democratic institutions. Thankfully, we still have some.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
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Diane Yentel @dianeyentel.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🚨OMB sent a memo to federal agencies this evening, requiring all federal loans and grants be paused by 5pm tomorrow. 🚨 Financial assistance is defined here to include all federal grants/loans except those that provide direct assistance to individuals.
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Jesse Van Tol @jessevantol.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
It has come to my attention that I have an impersonator on here. Please report and don’t follow! Here’s the fake profile with an extra L @jessevantoll.bsky.social
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Gee what should we all call it when a president gets rid of an Executive Order that *de*segregated federal contracting?
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Donald Trump has revoked EO11246 signed by LBJ in 1965, mandating equal opportunities by federal contractors.
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Carter Dougherty @carterd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Horrifying. For him and democracy.
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Jesse Van Tol @jessevantol.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Delete DOGE
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NCRC @justeconomy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Despite Trump’s Tough Talk On PBMs, GOP House Lets Them Off The Hook www.forbes.com/sites/brucej...
forbes.com
Despite Trump’s Tough Talk On PBMs, GOP House Lets Them Off The Hook
The Republican-led House of Representatives stripped reforms to pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs in legislation also designed to fund the government.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Yes, absolutely contemptible. And these outlets are choosing to do this. There is no requirement to cover it this way.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Trump is already undermining the strong economy he inherited.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It’s not inconceivable to me that the House ends up being so ungovernable that they can’t pass a tax cut extension or even a border bill. Never a good sign when you are threatening to primary people 2 years before the next election when you will literally need their votes many times.
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Binyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The largest tract of unused land in DC is the 174 acre parcel at the edge of Capitol Hill that includes the old RFK Stadium. Things DC needs: Housing, green space. Things DC does not need: A giant concrete bowl surrounded by parking that is used 13 days a year.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Once again, the absolutely stupidest possible way to run the most important economy on the planet.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Government shutdowns (and then, reopenings) are expensive for taxpayers. You'd think the head of the new govt efficiency commission would know this
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
He did promise some pain for regular folks under Trump.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Trump has promised policies every halfway sane economist assures us will be inflationary - today the Fed announced that it will proceed with caution in cutting rates as it waits to see how it goes with inflation and today the stock market got real about the death of Bidenomics
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