Reposted by Save CFPBNational 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
Reposted by Save CFPBNational 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 Save CFPBCFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 09/02/2026“Everything the administration has been doing with regard to the CFPB is illegal. From trying to shut down an agency that Congress created, down to my situation where they’re now coming for CFPB employees’ paychecks and health care and benefits.”huffpost.comA Federal Worker Developed A Brain Tumor. The Trump Admin's Next Move Was Unspeakably Cruel.Russell Vought is seizing every opportunity he can to dismantle a crucial watchdog agency. 0116
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026What are CFPB workers to do when given blatantly illegal workers? And how can they effectively protect people's pocketbooks when their office is three sizes too small to fit all of them? 010
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Americans deserve a strong watchdog protecting their pocketbook. Instead, they have Acting Director Russell Vought deleting the website, re-writing history, and demanding 900+ employees return to a new DC office that seats 400. 000
Reposted by Save CFPBCFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"At least two-thirds of the canceled settlements or lawsuits were against firms that...had more than $500 million in annual revenue. About a third implicated businesses in the S&P 500..."https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-trump-cfpb-enforcement/?embedded-checkout=truebloomberg.comTrump’s Consumer Watchdog Lets Big Business Out of Millions OwedRussell Vought has gutted the CFPB, and in dozens of cases refused to enforce settlements and pursue lawsuits to the benefit of companies like Walmart, Toyota and others. 134
Reposted by Save CFPBJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Please add your name to this petition to impeach Russell Vought. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-... Why? Here are 10 reasons:actionnetwork.orgCivil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell VoughtThe Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ... 2189
Reposted by Save CFPBJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Today is Russell Vought’s birthday. He is a Christian Nationalist who wants to exclude people of other faiths & put civil servants like me in trauma. On his birthday, I hope he gets what he’s given and reaps what he has sown. Let’s urge Congress to impeach Vought! actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-... 25621
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Vought's doing more than just illegally dismantling the CFPB from within: he's attacking funding for cancer research, illegally hiding the ways in which he's withholding funds, destabilizing the country's scientific research infrastructure, and eliminating aid to children domestically and worldwide. 0114
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Amazing piece from E. Tammy Kim @newyorker.com Love to see Supervision getting a shout out for its "prophylactic audits" and Kim noting the CFPB "is the only federal entity with the power to supervise these “non-banks.”" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comTrump’s Reckless Gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection BureauAs the cost of living continues to spiral upward, the White House is dismantling the government agency built to protect Americans from financial ruin. 000
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 11/03/2026This is unacceptable. Also, enraging that the CFPB is now warning consumers AGAINST filing a complaint with them until they've tried (and failed) with the credit bureaus. Difficult to see the CFPB have become so anti-consumer. 000
Reposted by Save CFPBCenter for Responsible Lending @crlonline.bsky.social · 11/02/2026There are $21 billion reasons to love the CFPB. That’s the amount of relief it has delivered to people cheated by predatory lenders. Congress – it is time to show working people some love and restore CFPB funding. bit.ly/lovecfpb #CFPBMyValentine 133
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The CFPB still stands a year after the Trump admin tried to delete it, thanks to its staff and advocates. But, its ability to protect workers is hanging by a thread. Demand Congress show consumer protection some love this Valentine’s Day. bit.ly/lovecfpb #CFPBMyValentine 020
Reposted by Save CFPBCommon Dreams @commondreams.org · 10/02/2026"Trump’s attempt to sideline the CFPB has cost families billions of dollars over the last year alone."commondreams.org'This Is Your Money': Trump Assault on CFPB Has Cost US Consumers $19 Billion"When you're counting the way that costs have gone up for American families over the last year, be sure to include the cost of getting cheated, because Donald Trump has driven that cost through the roof," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. 0117
Reposted by Save CFPBNational Association of Consumer Advocates @consumeradvocates.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Love looks like protecting veterans and hardworking families from predatory scams. Love looks like stopping discriminatory lending. This Valentine’s Day, let’s demand lawmakers stand with everyday people. Demand Congress restore CFPB funding bit.ly/lovecfpb #CFPBMyValentine 163
Reposted by Save CFPBCFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 11/02/2026CFPB workers are still here fighting for consumer protections. But we need your help to restore funding to your CFPB. Help us protect veterans, families and working people everywhere by telling Congress to restore CFPB funding! #CFPBMyValentine 12610
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 11/02/2026One year ago, the Trump Administration and DOGE attempted to dismantle the CFPB in the quiet of the night, firing mass amounts of dedicated consumer protection experts and halting critical work that protects everyday people. #CFPBmyValentine 051
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Despite the skyrocketing cost of our energy bills, groceries, and housing, the federal agency that protects people's money has been gagged from within. The Acting Director, Russell Vought, has given money back to big banks and law breakers, stopped supervising for harm, & stopped protecting consumer 120
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Yesterday, members of Congress, nonprofits, and the CFPB Union came together to host a press conference on the one year anniversary of DOGE entering CFPB HQ: www.youtube.com/live/JUnEBdo...youtube.comWarren Joins Protect Borrowers, CFPB Union, Advocates on 1-Yr Anniversary of Trump's Attack on CFPBYouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren 170
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Congress asked the Gov't Accountability Office to review the effect of recent stop-work orders, workforce reductions, contract terminations, and other related actions on CFPB’s ability to fulfill its statutorily mandated functions. GAO released their report on the reorg efforts as of August 2025 010
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The CFPB is still here and Acting Director Vought is still not allowing its employees to protect consumers. 040
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Wonder what data brokering powers price gouging, dynamic pricing, and seller's inflation? Without the CFPB modernizing the implementation of FCRA, we may never know! 010
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026As always, if consumers want to tell the story of how they were helped, make sure you're reaching out to legitimate journalists. @propublica.org (bsky.app/profile/prop...) has been doing great work covering this admin's attempts to throw the CFPB into the woodchipperbsky.app 010
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social has been working hard to get the agency's funding restored, and to get Congress to rein in Vought's unlawful attempt to shut the agency down. 001
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Leading up to the one year anniversary of Trump and Vought's attempt to shut the agency down (which has been thwarted *so far*!)- we want to highlight consumers who were actually (!) helped (!) by a fed gov't agency. 👇 1105
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 28/01/2026It's almost like Russell Vought, the Acting Director of the CFPB, doesn't know anything about the laws the CFPB enforces. Even industry most critical of fair lending laws and enforcement know this opinion piece is riddled with statements that are factually inaccurate: www.wsj.com/opinion/dei-...wsj.comOpinion | DEI Turns Fair-Lending Laws on Their HeadThe CFPB is ending Biden-era racial discrimination. 132
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 28/01/2026These failures happened concurrently with Elon Musk's fork email and purges of probationary employees. 010
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 28/01/2026We've been inundated with myriad horrors and violence for almost a year from this admin, but we still remember where it started: with Elon Musk sending DOGE into USAID to shut it down. Then they stole SSA data en route to the CFPB where they planned to let corporations rip people ppl off unchecked 100
Reposted by Save CFPBSave CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Coming up on the one year anniversary of CFPB workers being locked out of their headquarters, literally blocked from protecting consumers by Trump's Acting Director, Russell Vought. 031
Reposted by Save CFPBAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen" 5363207546464
Reposted by Save CFPBCFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 23/01/2026"Julia Barnard is sadly not the first, or likely the last, public servant to face cruel and unjustified personal attacks from Vought’s CFPB. ... Julia and the hundreds of other workers who have left the CFPB under Vought are a huge loss for the public we serve."nteu335.orgCFPB Workers Praise Tenure of Former Student Loan Ombudsman Following Trump Administration SmearIn response to the anonymous personal attacks on former CFPB union member Julia Barnard, her former colleagues and union members made the following statements. 0176
Reposted by Save CFPBDebt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 14/01/2026NEW: An original student debt report at the CFPB exposed loan servicers declining to answer consumer complaints + two private equity firms doing college tuition price-fixing + a giant default crisis. Trump-CFPB didn't like the report. So they tried to erase it. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...politico.comWatchdog agency scales back student loan reportThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the initial report was not in the scope of what is required by federal law and called the author “disgruntled” and “incompetent.” 02922
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026It's almost as though the CFPB is entirely staffed by people who desperately want to protect consumers from financial harm, and it looks a lot like Trump and Vought are trying really hard to allow corporations to steal from consumers. 🤔 020
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Trump is going to start garnishing borrower’s paychecks next month so Trump’s CFPB (Russell Vought) deleted information on pathways out of default and options for loan cancellation. 111
Reposted by Save CFPBDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Watchdog agency blindfolded, neutered 011627
Reposted by Save CFPBNational Consumer Law Center @nclc4consumers.bsky.social · 14/01/2026A CFPB report found that student loan companies have become less responsive to complaints from borrowers. But key sections of the report, including those covering pathways out of default, were missing! #DialBeforeYouFile #ProtectConsumers @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2026/01...politico.comWatchdog agency scales back student loan reportThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the initial report was not in the scope of what is required by federal law and called the author “disgruntled” and “incompetent.” 154
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Let's break down some numbers here 👇 5 million: Borrowers currently in default on federal student loans 10-15 million: Projected number of borrowers who could fall into default $1.7 trillion: Total federal student loan debt 110
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Russell Vought was appointed Acting Director and immediately ordered all CFPB employees to cease ALL WORK. He also illegally fired ppl, cut benefits, and forgave corporate penalties. All that work and CFPB workers continue to demand the right to return to their jobs and protect people's money! 010
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Coming up on the one year anniversary of CFPB workers being locked out of their headquarters, literally blocked from protecting consumers by Trump's Acting Director, Russell Vought. 031
Reposted by Save CFPBChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Opinion and order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 312729
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 31/12/2025“It appears that defendants’ new understanding of “combined earnings” is an unsupported and transparent attempt to starve the CPFB of funding and yet another attempt to achieve the very end the Court’s injunction was put in place to prevent." 120
Reposted by Save CFPBCFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 30/12/2025When Bianca Jones, a 33-year-old special education teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, decided a couple of years ago that she wanted to buy a house, she started digging into her Experian credit report. She was shocked by what she found. #stopvought #savecfpb www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...reuters.comTrump’s funding cuts put America’s consumer watchdog on the brink of collapseWhen Bianca Jones, a 33-year-old special education teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, decided a couple of years ago that she wanted to buy a house, she started digging into her Experian credit report. She... 052
Reposted by Save CFPBDoodly boop doo @ameliadoubleo.bsky.social · 19/12/2025In an age when it's so hard to get customer service AND the government seems so disconnected from what people want and need- WHY would the CFPB try to cut down on of the federal government's most impactful consumer features?! bsky.app/profile/alex... 032
Reposted by Save CFPBSave CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The CFPB's complaint portal got $93 million back to consumers *just by filing complaints.* File a comment telling the CFPB how great the complaint portal and database are. And tell them the only changes should be further improvements and MORE staffing. 023
Reposted by Save CFPBSafe Muffins @safemuffins.vip · 19/12/2025CFPB complaints light fires under companies trying to slow roll you. We lost our Toyota in a flash flood. Insurance covered it, sent the payoff to Toyota's Finance Bank. Toyota screwed around, said it wasn't received, messed with our credit. We filed w/CFPB and POOF, things sorted in a day or so. 141
Reposted by Save CFPBCFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Trump and Vought turn their backs on military families again. No surprise, but it just hurts every time the CFPB lets companies illegally bilk people who serve our country. Read more in this great blog by @consumerfed.bsky.social's Erin Witte #stopvought #savecfpb consumerfed.org/trumps-cfpb-...consumerfed.orgTrump’s CFPB Waves the White Flag on the Military Lending Act to Give MoneyLion a Sweetheart Deal. Why? · Consumer Federation of AmericaTrump’s CFPB’s recent settlement with a fintech lender MoneyLion, openly disregards the federal Military Lending Act’s protections for servicemembers 0114
Save CFPB @savecfpb.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The CFPB's complaint portal got $93 million back to consumers *just by filing complaints.* File a comment telling the CFPB how great the complaint portal and database are. And tell them the only changes should be further improvements and MORE staffing. 023