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Trump's Billionaire Appointee Targets Consumer Protections by Halting All CFPB Operations (www.commondreams.org)
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Appointment of billionaire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to lead key agency, warned one advocate, "opens the floodgates for corporate abuse and financial scams."

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[–] Whopraysforthedevil@midwest.social 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So we're just closing everything, huh?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

No, just everything that actually helps normal people.

Military and law enforcement will not only stay open, they will be augmented with paramilitary jackbooted thugs to be deployed against the aforementioned normal people.