Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 28/09/2026Is the extraordinary run-up in AI-related valuations sustainable, or is it the latest chapter in a familiar boom-bust pattern? Join AFREF and the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College for an in person discussion on Oct 14th. RSVP: buff.ly/CP1cVQo 121
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 24/09/2026The Stop Wall Street Looting Act of 2026 (#SWSLA) would curb Wall Street's predatory practices and help build an economy that works for everyone. 120
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 23/09/2026The watered down greenhouse gas emissions standard the California Air Resources Board is considering proposing would fail to require major polluting industries, like oil and gas firms and financial companies, to disclose most emissions. More in our report: buff.ly/xFjQoA6 000
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 17/09/202615 years ago #OccupyWallStreet changed the conversation about wealth and power and class not just in the United States, but around the world. Since then, the gap between the world's richest 1% and the rest of us has only grown wider. buff.ly/BZKzzl7buff.lyFifteen Years Later, Revisiting the Promise and Limits of Occupy Wall Street | WNYCFifteen years after Occupy Wall Street began in Zuccotti Park, NYC Now returns to WNYC’s archives to ask what the movement changed, where it fell short and what remains today. 022
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 16/09/2026House republicans are using the few legislative days before the midterms focused not on pressing affordability issues, but on yet again attacking the #CFPB.🙄 🎬 @sylviagarcia.house.gov enters our opposition letter with allies into the record 🙏 More on Substack ⬇️ buff.ly/gP9U5by 110
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 15/09/2026"The filibuster of the CLARITY Act marks a victory for people across the country and a defeat for crypto oligarchs." - Mark Hays, AFR and Demand Progress Action’s Associate Director of Cryptocurrency and Financial Technology ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/stateme...ourfinancialsecurity.orgStatement: AFR Commends Senators’ Rejection of CLARITY, the Billionaire-Backed Giveaway to the Crypto Industry - Americans for Financial ReformToday all voting Democrats and several Republicans stood up for the public interest and rejected the deeply flawed crypto bill that would have exposed our entire financial system, and all of us, to th... 010
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 15/09/2026The crypto industry’s so-called CLARITY Act was just voted down in the Senate! 🎉 This is a big win. 120
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 15/09/2026Enmeshing crypto in traditional finance while exempting it from adequate protections will lead to disaster. Between CLARITY, AI, private markets, consumer protection rollbacks and banking deregulation, it's like they are brainstorming ways to cause another financial crash. 100
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 14/09/2026CLARITY’s final text is out ahead of Tuesday’s Senate vote. As written, the bill will still allow crypto corruption and the so-called ethics provision amounts to little more than a loose agreement of honor among thieves. buff.ly/Wsc4uOgbuff.lyBrand new window dressing doesn’t cover crypto bills glaring flawsBy Mark Hays, Associate Director of Crypto and Fintech Policy 134
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 10/09/2026Starting shortly! This is going to be a great discussion on the influence of crypto money on our political system and what can be done about it. Tune in at 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT Zoom link: buff.ly/uKRf6qf 021
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 09/09/2026Tomorrow! September 10 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT, AFR’s Patrick Woodall joins MediaJustice for "The Crypto Money Corrupting Your Politicians," a conversation about the industry’s political influence and holding people in power accountable. Zoom link to join: buff.ly/uKRf6qf 031
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 08/09/2026As the Senate rushes toward a vote on the CLARITY Act, please join tomorrow's briefing to find out how this push from the crypto industry to write its own rules will embolden self-dealing at the highest levels of power and pose harm everyday people. Zoom rsvp link: buff.ly/klQbmMh 001
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 04/09/2026A new poll shows that voters are extremely concerned about the impact of PE taking over companies in key sectors like health care and housing. 83% of voters are concerned about PE takeovers in healthcare. Read more here: buff.ly/y7llGCg 021
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 03/09/2026Crypto & AI have spent at least $100 million to influence political races since January 2025. They're making sure industry-backed politicians have a vested interest in passing their deregulatory agenda. Full analysis with interactive graphics here ⬇️ ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/bi...buff.lyBig Tech, Crypto, and Wall Street Money is Flooding the Midterm Elections - Americans for Financial ReformBoth the finance and tech sectors have spent heavily on Congressional primary and runoff races across the country in this election year. Two intertwined political action committees (PACs) —… 020
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 02/09/2026Private equity is behind LA’s recent warehouse fire that burned for more than a week. The same forces behind this tragic fire may also have made it harder to fight due to PE consolidating firetruck manufacturers. Everywhere you turn, there’s PE involved buff.ly/peZbhqnbuff.lyPrivate Equity is Behind LA’s Raging Warehouse Fire - Americans for Financial ReformFirefighters battled a weeklong warehouse fire at a 500,000 square foot food storage facility in Boyle Heights, CA, a historically Chicano neighborhood in Los Angeles. 032
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 01/09/2026Investor backed childcare puts profits over children. Things got so bad at NYC Bright Horizons centers parents call it “baby prison.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/o... 000
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 31/08/2026Stock buybacks surpassed $trillion in 2025. That's $1 trillion not going to pay workers or improve products and services. 🔍️ We have a new fact sheet out that breaks down how curbing buybacks would actually strengthen the economy ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/fa...buff.lyFact Sheet: Curbing Stock Buybacks Would Strengthen the Economy - Americans for Financial ReformCurbing stock buybacks would push companies to invest in their workers, productive capacity, and innovation. Stock buybacks are when a company purchases its own shares, resulting in fewer outstanding… 021
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 28/08/2026Private equity and venture capital executives are opening their checkbooks to unseat a senator who dared threaten the carried-interest tax loophole. readsludge.com/2026/08/27/p... 131
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 28/08/2026A sobering new report from @ips-dc.org lays bare the scale of excessive CEO compensation at America's largest low-wage employers. The data is alarming: CEO pay has skyrocketed 41.4% since 2019 while worker wages have barely kept up with inflation. Read the full report ⬇️ ips-dc.org/report-execu... 042
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 27/08/2026Every year the gap between CEO and worker pay gets worse— fueling anger, instability, and an economy that leaves millions of working people behind while rewarding executives who fail upwards. This is not inevitable. It's the result of policy, priorities, and choices that can changed. 074
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 26/08/2026It should go without saying that allowing the megarich to use insurance companies like their personal piggy banks is a very bad idea. (Video: @MelodyGutierrez via @FoulTerritoryTV ) 120
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 21/08/2026Today, AFR joined dozens of consumer, community, and civil rights organizations in urging the House Financial Services Committee to reject the CFPB Reform Act of 2026, a new proposal that, if passed, would severely limit the CFPB's ability to do its job. ourfinancialsecurity.org/releases/ 133
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 17/08/2026#ICYMI, on Friday, the CFPB announced a move to shield large corporations from public scrutiny by ceasing publication of complaints submitted to the CFPB as well as data that has been critical to holding corporations accountable. 111
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 11/08/2026Today, OR Attorney General Dan Rayfield & NY Attorney General Letitia James, joined by the AGs of CA, CT, ME, MD, MA, MN, RI, and VT filed a lawsuit to block a Trump banking regulator’s expansive override of state consumer protection laws. ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/press-r... 131
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 05/08/2026Reminder! Thursday 2pm ET, join AFREF's Caroline Nagy and housing experts from LA, Houston, and NYC to discuss what affordable housing providers and cities can do to push back against rising costs and fight for affordable housing security for all. RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 020
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 04/08/2026Did you know Congress is considering exempting banks who experiment with AI from established financial laws that protect civil rights and financial stability? What could go wrong? Find out in our new report⬇️ buff.ly/wb6Oyc6buff.lySandbox or Quicksand: The Perils of AI Exemptions from Federal Financial LawsCongress is considering dangerous legislation to create broad exemptions from federal laws and regulations for the use of AI by regulated financial firms. 012
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 31/07/2026Yesterday's private bailout of a former FTX employee's hedge fund is not an isolated incident. Margin debt is at an all time high, and investors across the board are borrowing money to bet big on AI. 141
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 30/07/2026The top 5 tech companies' debt is already greater than the subprime mortgage market at its peak before the 2008 crash. As the AI bubble burst looms, AFREF's Maya Jenkins & @openmarkets.bsky.social Matt Scherer explore consequences in today's @BostonGlobe op-ed: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/30/o... 035
Reposted by Americans for Financial ReformHilary J. Allen @profhilaryallen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This profile by @ourfinancialsecurity.org of Marc Andreessen and Brian Armstrong is really important, because it makes explicit that you can't be anti-oligarch AND pro-crypto. Dems need to pick a lane. ourfinancialsecurity.org/resources/cr...ourfinancialsecurity.orgThe Crypto Oligarchs - Americans for Financial ReformA handful of crypto billionaires with extreme anti-democratic views stand to profit immensely from passage of the CLARITY Act – the massive deregulatory crypto bill poised for a Senate floor vote this... 0139
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 29/07/2026While comment letters can feel wonky, we write them to have real impact. Thank you, @annmlipton.bsky.social, for your shoutout & for calling out trends towards corporate governance authoritarianism. Corporate insiders shouldn't get free rein to do what they want w/o transparency or accountability. 050
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 27/07/2026The pending Senate vote on the crypto industry's pet project, the CLARITY Act, is on a knife's edge! The next week could determine whether CLARITY is brought to a vote and passes, or is delayed and possibly defeated. ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/senate-...buff.lySenate Must Stand Up to Crypto Billionaires and Trump Crypto Corruption - Americans for Financial ReformSoon, Senators will face a stark choice when the crypto industry’s top priority, the CLARITY Act, comes up for a vote. 110
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 23/07/2026ICYMI yesterday the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee voted to advance Jeffrey Brodsky & William Gallo to the full Senate for a confirmation vote to serve on the Board of Governors to the United States Postal Service. Why is this such a big deal? 100
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 23/07/2026The updated CLARITY text is out, and unsurprisingly it's still bad. It: ⛔️ fails to cover any existing Trump family’s crypto enterprises, ⛔️ excludes his sons who operate the family crypto firms, and ⛔️ allows carve outs so Trump-branded crypto can continue to make him richer buff.ly/0s9DNcDourfinancialsecurity.orgSo-called Ethics Provision in the CLARITY Act Fails to Prohibit Corruption - Americans for Financial ReformThe long-promised ethics provisions in the CLARITY Act crypto legislation are a fig leaf that don’t cover Trump’s unprecedented crypto corruption or the rampant efforts by crypto billionaires to… 011
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 22/07/2026New piece from our very own Natalia Renta, AFR's associate director for corporate governance & power! 011
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 21/07/2026Today marks 15 years since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened its doors and gave people a powerful watchdog against Wall Street abuse. 111
Reposted by Americans for Financial ReformNational Association of Consumer Advocates @consumeradvocates.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought was back in front of Congress today to face questions from Senators over the Bureau's actions under his watch. Some highlights and lowlights from today's proceedings 1/13 255
Reposted by Americans for Financial ReformNational Association of Consumer Advocates @consumeradvocates.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Highlights and lowlights from acting CFPB Director Russell Vought's first (and likely last) appearance before the House Financial Services Committee today: 1/16 157
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 15/07/2026Today, for the first time since the Trump administration took office, CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought had to answer before the House Financial Services Committee for his attacks on the CFPB—and the people who depend on it. ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/press-r...ourfinancialsecurity.orgPress Release: Trump Dismantling CFPB but Voters Support the Agency - Americans for Financial ReformSince the first weeks of the Trump administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Russell Vought has worked to carry out the Project 2025 goal of dismantling the Bureau,… 155
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 14/07/2026We're joining @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, @indivisible.org & @benmckenzie.bsky.social on Capitol Hill today to discuss the CLARITY Act's dangers, its failure to rein in Trump’s crypto schemes, & concerns over political corruption & the crypto industry's influence in DCbuff.lyLIVE: Murphy, Van Hollen, Merkley, Indivisible, AFR Address CLARITY Act, Trump Crypto CorruptionEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. 07421
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 14/07/2026Our new poll with Center for Responsible Lending shows 80% of midterm voters support the CFPB. “There is a massive disconnect between Congressional Republicans’ push to loosen Wall Street regulations, and what midterm voters actually want.” -Tom Feltner, AFR ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/press-r... 033
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 02/07/2026Earned wage access products are nothing more than high interest payday loans in disguise that prey on struggling workers. Thank you, @pressley.house.gov for taking action against the deceptive lending practices and astronomically high interest rates utilized by these fintech companies. 010
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 01/07/2026A new poll shows that voters across party lines are concerned about the crypto industry’s influence in Washington, and worried that legislation shaped by crypto donations will enrich the industry at the public’s expense. ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/press-r...ourfinancialsecurity.orgPress Release: New Poll Reveals Republicans, Democrats, and Independents Agree that Crypto Needs Strong Regulations - Americans for Financial ReformA new poll shows that voters across party lines are concerned about the crypto industry’s influence in Washington, and worried that legislation shaped by crypto donations will enrich the industry at… 131
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 26/06/2026Today Rep. Maxine Waters & Natalia Renta, AFR's associate director of corporate governance & power, sounded the alarm on how new changes to the rules governing passive investments will harm workers, retirees and families. Full testimony on AFR's website: buff.ly/F3KuPTX 131
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 25/06/2026Today Natalia Renta, AFR's associate director of corporate governance and power, is testifying on how new changes to the rules governing passive investments could harm workers, retirees & families. Hearing starts at 10am ET! buff.ly/7WgIndzbuff.lyHearing Entitled: From Wall Street to Main Street: The Future of How America Invests 010
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 16/06/2026📰 🚨 New commentary from Patrick Woodall of AFR Education Fund and John Foti of @4taxfairness.bsky.social explores how this "administration’s sprawling crypto ethical lapses fundamentally degrade U.S. democracy." ourfinancialsecurity.org/news/the-lat...ourfinancialsecurity.orgThe Latest Tax Code Cheat: Audit Immunity, Conflicts of Interest, and Crypto Grift - Americans for Financial ReformPresident Trump is attempting to give himself a get out of tax jail free card: the Trump Justice Department recently settled an IRS case brought by Trump that gives him, his businesses, and his… 042
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 15/06/2026Just a reminder it's Monday and we have both an affordability crisis and the world's first trillionaire while the White House hosts literal cage matches on the front lawn. 040
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 12/06/2026SpaceX went public today at $135 a share and $1.77 trillion valuation — an almost 100 price to sales ratio — with a governance structure that consolidates power with Elon Musk and attempts to dramatically restrict shareholder lawsuits. buff.ly/XSmJfB7 120
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 11/06/2026Stock buybacks have hit a record high. In the past 8 years, 100 of the biggest US corporations have used the Trump-GOP tax cuts to help repurchase $4.8 trillion of their own stock, according to a new analysis by @4taxfairness.bsky.social Report: americansfortaxfairness.org/new-analysis... 241
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 11/06/2026"Congress has an obligation to intervene before an economic crisis occurs, starting by alleviating the burden already felt on people’s pocketbooks, exercising Congressional oversight over AI firms & stopping a bailout of the industry"-Dr. Sarah Myers West buff.ly/MOd1bz0forbes.comWarren’s Warning: Is The AI Boom America’s Next Financial Crisis?The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will be hearing from four witnesses who will discuss a broad range of issues related to AI. 031
Americans for Financial Reform @ourfinancialsecurity.org · 10/06/2026Voting by mail is safe, secure, convenient, and for many people, it is the only accessible way to cast a ballot. The USPS delivers the mail. It does not run elections. Sign if you agree: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...actionnetwork.orgDemand USPS Reject Trump's Illegal OrderDonald Trump is trying to turn the United States Postal Service into a federal checkpoint for mail in ballots – and the USPS is getting ready to implement the illegal order in less than 30 days. I... 022