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When the Trump administration took control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, they immediately began attempting to dismantle it from the inside. Enforcement actions were dropped, workers were sidelined, and oversight was frozen, turning an agency built to protect working people into one that served powerful financial interests. This campaign has always been deliberate. The CFPB has returned more than $20 billion to over 200 million people. It has cracked down on junk fees, predatory lending, discrimination, and financial scams. Wall Street has worked for years to weaken it, and the Trump administration accelerated that effort. Those attacks have been blocked because of organized resistance. Courts intervened. Allies in Congress stepped up. Americans for Financial Reform, backed up by our nationwide network of more than 300,000 supporters mobilized every tool available to stop the damage in real time. We coordinated coalitions, briefed lawmakers, supported legal challenges, and forced public accountability. You make this work possible. Please rush a donation and deliver the resources we need to support our team in this fight, counter Wall Street influence, and defend the CFPB now. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your secure donation will go through immediately: The threat continues. Trump’s allies are appealing court rulings. Efforts to cut off funding, halt enforcement, and paralyze the agency are still underway. Wall Street is counting on exhaustion and silence. We are staying in this fight. We’re fortunate to work with powerful allies like Senator Elizabeth Warren. Here’s what she said about our partnership in this fight:
That leadership is why the CFPB is still standing today. The CFPB exists because people demanded accountability after the financial crisis. It survives today because sustained pressure has blocked every attempt to dismantle it. Legal action, congressional engagement, and public organizing have made the difference. AFR continues to lead that work. We are coordinating national partners, briefing lawmakers, supporting litigation, and responding immediately to new attacks on consumer protections. If this agency falls, the consequences will be immediate. Junk fees will rise, discrimination will spread, financial fraud will accelerate, and accountability will disappear. The CFPB can still be saved, but only if we fight for it through relentless pressure, constant organizing, and a refusal to let Wall Street or its allies dismantle the protections millions of Americans rely on. Contribute $5 and support this critical work now. Let’s make sure this critical watchdog can continue to do its job. -Ericka. Ericka Taylor (she/her)
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