W/out Dept. of Education:
❌ A student facing racial harassment has nowhere to turn
❌ A child with disabilities loses classroom support
❌ Schools can't recruit needed teachers
❌ Working college students lose loan services
This is about real children in real classrooms losing critical protections.
Insanity
Like I said, this stuff hasn’t been legal.
“We’re talking about the idea of whether the president has to follow the law at all,” Brendan Nyhan, a political scientist at Dartmouth College, said. “That’s a sentence I never thought I’d have to say about the United States, but here we are.”
Truly, wtf. 🤬
I’ve heard some people say, “Why isn’t anyone working to stop Trump’s illegal actions?” Guess what — they are. Don’t let their work get buried under the barrage of bad news.
Keep saying creepy! Call them Musk's bloodboys! This is better!
Not shocked this happened, but Americans should know who really helped us out - Director Chopra did his damndest.
Good to know, for the moment…
PSA for public student loan borrowers …
One answer to the question, what did the Biden Administration even do? Well, here’s what his CFPB did for consumers. @consumerfed.bsky.social Thanks @erinwitte-cfa.bsky.social!
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For those who buy period products, you might want to know about some of the toxic chemicals, exaggerations about absorbency, and misleading messages about “organic” products. @truthinads.bsky.social
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Right on, Prof. Haney Lopez. “It's the definition of a dog whistle, said Haney López, and it's been happening in various forms since at least the end of the Civil War.” @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
If you want to be mad!
@npr.org this interview on right now about medical debt is ridiculous - patients do not CHOOSE medical debts, small or large. Interview @chichiwu.bsky.social next time!
Excited to see one of the Big 3 credit reporting agencies being held accountable for the damage they cause us when they refuse to actually fix our credit reports, which can be massive barriers to so many important life moments.
Wait, Meta had a fact checking program?
MVP!
Check out our predictions for 2025 trends in deceptive advertising… 🔮
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On Wild Card this week, Michelle Buteau opens up advice she was smart to ignore and why getting married is the biggest risk she's ever taken.
Today we mourn a giant in public service, Democratic politics and American life. Jimmy Carter embodied the American dream: the son of a nurse, he grew up on a dirt road and relied on public housing before becoming a peanut farmer and being elected President of the United States.
One half of Trump’s DOGE is raging against CFPB, a government agency that protects people from #WallStreet abuses
Vivek, did you get coal in your stocking?
Loved this special.
Student loan companies are definitely on the naughty list.
In many deceptive advertising legal actions, courts have decided — and companies have argued — what “reasonable consumers” know.
Want to see how you stack up? Find out if you can claim the title of 2024’s Most Reasonable Consumer!
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What a telling and horrific example of how we treat homelessness and pregnant people in this country.
As much as I’m excited about the new rule banning junk fees for tickets and hotels, the FTC didn’t ban ALL junk fees. Rental junk fees, for example, are not specifically banned — bummer for renters like me (and my clients) who have been hit with nonsense fees from landlords.
Billionaires want to "delete" the @CFPB, but millions of want to keep it. The CFPB has already returned $21 billion to consumers by holding shady lenders and financial predators accountable. Who's really being protected here?
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This is fantastic news — how many times have we all tried to buy tickets or book a hotel and then been slammed with unexpected fees? This rule will fix that. Round of applause to the FTC. 👏👏👏👏
