Pretty sure I've seen that Law & Order episode, when the criminals call up the DA and get him to drop their cases.

CFPB Union@nteu335.bsky.social · 7h ago

"It reinforces the fact that the companies the CFPB oversees have a direct line of communication to the political leadership and that they will not hesitate to circumvent the supervisory process." Corruption plain and simple.

I think i might live long enough to see the end of professional football.

🎃 Seasonal Creep 👻@windingdot.bsky.social · 18h ago

Lockland HS outside of Cincinnati canceled their football season because they didn’t have enough kids who wanted to play and commenters are being extremely normal about it on Facebook

Congressman Davy - a musical I wrote with @deanowaco.bsky.social -is out now! FREE radio play version (96 min): tinyurl.com/3933pkf5 / Get the soundtrack (featuring Robbie Fulks, Kelly Hogan, Jon Langford, Sally Timms, Nora O'Connor): tinyurl.com/2s4djva3

Oh! It really is today! Make sure you have a kleenex.

Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2d ago

Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...

My dad liked robot wind-up toys.

Check out Congressman Davy, friends!

Stage Write@stagewrite.bsky.social · 6d ago

Find out why Davy Crockett chose Texas in the new musical I have written with @deanowaco.bsky.social ... and hear @Robbie Fulks sing "Hell or Texas" from CONGRESSMAN DAVY. plentytuff.bandcamp.com/track/hell-o... congressmandavy.bandzoogle.com

Thunderbird riding the Metro this morning evidently

Under Trump's CFPB, two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor. In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%: https://propub.li/3S3sflq (Published March)

I will never not giggle when I see Space Force servicemembers wearing camo.

My sense is that more commuters are reading books and magazines than their devices. Maybe that's just the early ones like me, but it seems like more than before.

LENFANT PLAZA: 470 LENFANT PLZ SW STE 604, WASHINGTON DC 20024-9995

I'll be eating saag paneer for the foreseeable future because going this long without green vegetables is hazardous to my health.

What's exciting is that if you are in NYC, you can see Red Flag of the Future in the International Puppet Fringe Festival in August! puppetfringenyc.com/films/#films

News from...actually I can't imagine anywhere else this could happen: Hundreds of Russian children have been sent on vacation to North Korea.

The Moscow Times (RU)@moscowtimes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Сотни российских детей отправили на отдых в Северную Корею

Q of the day: Will Brian Johnson continue Vought’s dismantling of the CFPB via illegal layoffs, forced relocations, denying compensation, violating union contracts, etc? Or will he stop attacking our workers and let us get back to protecting Americans?

Nomination Hearing | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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

banking.senate.gov

It's the retinal scans at my local pizza place that make getting extra cheese so difficult.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Scalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"

Things can be laughable but not cryable.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

wick@litwick.net · 3w ago

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Sassafrass is one of my favorite words. Does it really have only one final S?

every usps@everylot-usps.bsky.social · 3w ago

SASSAFRAS: 315 MAIN ST, SASSAFRAS KY 41759-9998

“We’re the agency that polices [financial companies] and makes sure they follow the law and don’t rip consumers off, so they don’t like us around." www.ms.now/news/cfpb-vo...

‘Fire people without firing them’: CFPB workers get an ultimatum

Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau returned to the office this week. Hundreds more, spread across the country, must relocate to Washington by November or leave.

ms.now

Has anyone checked the air’s testosterone levels?

He is us

Tyler Creighton@creightt.bsky.social · 3w ago

The CFPB Union mean mug. Love to see it! @nteu335.bsky.social

News from our future in the original Russian: Because of fuel shortages, trash collection has stopped.

The Moscow Times (RU)@moscowtimes.bsky.social · 3w ago

В Омской области, где был остановлен крупнейший НПЗ, власти Калачинского района сообщили о сбоях в вывозе отходов. Из-за нехватки ГСМ мусоровозы не могут выходить на маршруты, грозя переполнением контейнеров. Аналогичные проблемы зафиксированы в Красноярском крае, Томской области и Забайкалье.

Jos. B. Dinner

Redrua@redrua.bsky.social · 3w ago

Elvin Chai Latte With Oat Milk and an Extra Shot of Espresso

Tiny!

Andrew Bellware@drewsky.app · 3w ago

Baby bunny.

Looking at @mrunfocused.bsky.social (have a happy!!)

Missing The Point@missingthept.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy Bastille Day, especially to those who plan to storm something.

huh

Chuck@mistergone.bsky.social · 3w ago

"His handling of the CFPB’s enforcement work is likely to draw particular scrutiny amid evidence that, in some cases, the agency interceded in ways that appeared to benefit big businesses at the expense of consumers." 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

I have a pencil sharpener designed like a fish and I brought it to work for company today.

Vought's forced relocation of CFPB workers to a DC office is illegal but it's not going to keep us down. Appreciate the solidarity and love from our fellow federal workers and union members with @fedworkersunited.bsky.social! The fight continues! ✊️

CFPB Employees Report to New Office as Potential Layoffs Loom

Workers filed into the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new headquarters Monday morning, marking their first day back in office after the Trump administration froze most of their work last year…

news.bloomberglaw.com