“Insurers should not charge consumers higher premiums simply because of their personal credit history... rather than the actual risk associated with a home.” www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...

Warren, Pressley, Members of Congress Probe Insurance Companies on Usage of Credit-Based Insurance Scores As Costs Rise | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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Legal immigrants are now ineligible for healthcare subsidies for marketplace coverage. This is horrible for lawfully present immigrants and @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social  explains why. #ACA #healthcare #privateequity #mostly economics #health #econsky

Meanwhile, Waymo is lobbying Congress to allow them to deploy unlimited numbers of robotaxis with NO safeguards. #autonomous #robotaxi #scam @nationalconsumers.bsky.social @chuckbell.bsky.social @autosafety.org @seiu1021.bsky.social

TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2mo ago

The company has identified at least 13 instances where its robotaxis drove into highway sections closed for construction.

Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling in the U.S. and other countries. Two new studies say that is not a coincidence.

Two New Studies Ask: Did the iPhone Cause Birthrates to Decline?

Modern smartphones rolled out in 2007, the year that fertility rates began falling. Two studies say that is not a coincidence.

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🚨 NEW: Private equity found a new thing to squeeze: firetrucks. Cities are suing manufacturers they say cornered 70% of the market, shut down factories, created backlogs, and helped push vital emergency vehicles toward $1 million.

The average undocumented immigrant paid nearly $9,000 in taxes in 2022. (Source: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy) ⬇️

#NewYork: Join CR in supporting the Beauty Justice Act—a bill that would ban the most toxic chemicals from personal care products. Click here to make a call to your Assemblymember now: speak4.app/lp/uu01rsil

NY: Make a Call for Safer Personal Care Products!

Personal care and beauty products ranging from cosmetics to lotion to shampoo shockingly have very few national health or safety...

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More than 1 million baby monitors worldwide may be vulnerable to a security breach. Here's what parents should know.

Report Sparks Security Concerns About Meari Technology Baby Monitors - Consumer Reports

More than 1.1 million baby monitors made by Meari Technology may have been susceptible to security issues. Here’s what to know to protect your family.

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We can confidently say that every text claiming to be from a toll agency and requesting payment is fake. We know because we asked them. https://www.consumerreports.org/money/scams-fraud/texts-about-tolls-are-almost-always-scams-how-to-tell-a2954184895/?EXTKEY=YSOCIAL_BS

OTI is excited to support the Digital Opportunity Foundation Act. To see returns on our investments in digital infrastructure & #AI, we need to support a hub for funding, resource sharing & developing best practices around adoption & digital upskilling. www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Establishing the Foundation for Digital Opportunity is critical to closing the #digitaldivide! We need Congress to enable sustainable investments in digital literacy & adoption if we want all Americans to use & benefit from fast broadband www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

ICE Abducts Disney Cruise Staff Right Off of Ship in Horrific Raid At least 10 staffers were detained, some of whom were zip-tied in front of cruise passengers as they were led off the boat.

ICE Abducts Disney Cruise Staff Right Off of Ship in Horrific Raid

At least 10 staffers were detained, some of whom were zip-tied as they were led off the boat.

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Legend. At 91, Bread and Puppet Theater founder Peter Schumann keeps fighting for peace @vtdigger.bsky.social “He’s doing some of his best work now,” says Vermont filmmaker Robbie Leppzer, creator of the new documentary “An Artist Responds to War.” vtdigger.org/2026/04/28/a...

At 91, Bread and Puppet Theater founder Peter Schumann keeps fighting for peace - VTDigger

“He’s doing some of his best work now,” says Vermont filmmaker Robbie Leppzer, creator of the new documentary “An Artist Responds to War.”

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Because of wage theft nearly $2 million is being returned to over 750 workers at Taco Bell, Dunkin', and Theory franchises. Affected workers are receiving an average of $2,400 each in restitution. The announcement was made by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and DCWP Commissioner Sam Levine.

Extreme heat, unsafe working conditions, wage theft: these violations of ground handlers' worker rights have made AGI one of the most unsafe employers in the US. This seems like a very worthy, potentially high-profile case for DCWP Commissioner Sam Levine and @hellodcwp.bsky.social to take up.

Amir Khafagy@amirkhafagy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Exclusive 🚨 Airport Contractor Alliance Ground International (AGI) Named One of America’s Worst Bosses AGI was listed in @nationalcosh.bsky.social annual Dirty Dozen Report of companies with poor safety records New for @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2026/04/22/a...

"They’re not reforming the CFPB, they’re killing it," @warren.senate.gov. Call your members of Congress and demand they restore CFPB funds. Lookup your members at www.house.gov & www.senate.gov or call the switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

The Gutting of the CFPB: Inside the Trump Administration’s Plan to Reduce America’s Consumer Watchdog to a Skeleton Crew

The Trump administration has unveiled a plan to cut two-thirds of the CFPB's workforce, reducing the consumer financial watchdog to roughly 600 employees. The proposal effectively guts enforcement,…

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Thank you A1556G bill sponsors Assembly Member Anna Kelles and Senator Brian Kavanagh, food safety heroes in New York. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CR Memo of Support for NY A1556G.docx

Memorandum of SUPPORT A.1556G/S.1239F (Kelles/Kavanaugh) – The Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act Consumer Reports strongly supports the New York Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act (FSDCA) ...

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Companies already have to collect this information, so what’s the big deal about disclosing it. Makes you wonder what they’ve got to hide.

Why is the food industry suddenly pouring significant resources into pressuring the NY Assembly to oppose A1556G? This is a straightforward transparency bill that would require the food industry to disclose important food chemical safety information. Vote YES docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CR Memo of Support for NY A1556G.docx

Memorandum of SUPPORT A.1556G/S.1239F (Kelles/Kavanaugh) – The Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act Consumer Reports strongly supports the New York Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act (FSDCA) ...

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Why is the food industry suddenly pouring significant resources into pressuring the NY Assembly to oppose A1556G? This is a straightforward transparency bill that would require the food industry to disclose important food chemical safety information. Vote YES docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CR Memo of Support for NY A1556G.docx

Memorandum of SUPPORT A.1556G/S.1239F (Kelles/Kavanaugh) – The Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act Consumer Reports strongly supports the New York Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act (FSDCA) ...

docs.google.com

The US has a healthcare affordability crisis. What can we learn from Canada, the Netherlands & the UK? Tune in Apr. 21 with @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social & CEPR. This is free & open to all. https://bit.ly/3Qbrndg

🔥"Why are you protecting big corporations instead of consumers, Mr. Vought?" -@jayapal.house.gov As Trump’s Project 2025 henchman, Vought has consistently turned a blind eye to the needs of everyday people in order to cater to a handful of corporate elites.

Auto #safety advocates urge Congress to pass lifesaving bill to require automatic emergency braking to detect & protect bicyclists & motorcyclists. #bicycles #motorcycles @autosafety.org @nationalconsumers.bsky.social @consumerfed.bsky.social @chuckbell.bsky.social

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates)@saferoadsnow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Advocates & 85 organizations endorse The Magnus White & Safe Streets for All Act sponsored by @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social & @neguse.house.gov It would require automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems to detect & respond to bicyclists & motorcyclists. Read the release: saferoads.org/2026-magnus-...

The Majority Agenda is a collection of policy briefs on important issues where Americans generally have broad agreement... The project organizes these reports into three main areas: Good Jobs, Strong Infrastructure, & Fair Play. @ceprdc.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

The Majority Agenda: Good Jobs, Strong Infrastructure, Fair Play

While the country is politically polarized in many ways, this collection highlights a range of public policies with broad public support that would advance worker power and enhance democracy in the Un...

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"A targeted, large-scale subsidized employment program or a universal federal jobs guarantee would significantly increase the number of people working. The Workforce Promotion & Access Act & the Federal Jobs Guarantee Act are good starting points." @a-austin.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

Provide Jobs for Those Who Need Them

Despite record low national unemployment, millions remain jobless or underemployed, exposing stark regional and demographic gaps.

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“This latest attempt to eliminate essential staff at the CFPB would reduce the bureau to an empty shell, unable to fulfill the functions the CFPB is statutorily required to engage in,” - NCLC's Chi Chi Wu.

Trump Administration Concocts New Plan to Disable CFPB

Proposal to Dramatically Reduce CFPB Staff Would Cripple Supervision of Banks and Fintech Lending Apps; Cut Enforcement Staff by 80%

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The American people need 2/3 MORE consumer financial protection, not 2/3 less. Please withdraw this unwise & unfair plan to slash CFPB oversight and supervision. Consumers are losing billions as regulators abandon their responsibilities. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Trump admin presents new plan to slash two thirds of consumer watchdog workforce

President Donald Trump's administration has developed a fresh plan to slash the workforce at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by about two ​thirds, stepping back from earlier efforts to g...

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"...Article 54 of the Geneva Convention states: “It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as drinking water installations & supplies & irrigation works... thebulletin.org/2026/03/desa...

Desalination, water, and war

Attacks on civilian systems, including water systems, must be condemned and punished under the laws of war.

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Read CFA's Full Report Here: @benwinters.bsky.social consumerfed.org/reports/true...

The Scam Economy · Consumer Federation of America

A new report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) projects that Americans are losing an estimated $119 billion every year to online scams. This “true” cost of scams is estimated to be over se...

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Americans are losing at least $119 billion every year to #Scams, according to a new estimate from the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America, a consumer advocacy group. @nbcnews.com @kevincollier.bsky.social