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Russell Vought

What's on Russell Vought's mind?

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27%21%16%12%24%
Hollowing out the CFPB 27% Mass firings on pause 21% · newPoliticizing federal grants 16% The union's paused lawsuit 12% · neweverything else 24%
#1
Vought's Campaign to Kill the CFPB Grinds On

A new interview lays out how the OMB chief has spent the year trying to abolish the consumer bureau outright.

Diane Thompson on Russell Vought’s Campaign to Abolish the CFPB

Corporate Crime Reporter · 2026-07-12
our translation

he doesn't want to reform the agency, he wants it gone — the slow strangulation is the strategy, and every paused firing is just a tactical breath before the next cut

abolition campaign back in the pressvery sure · 1 source
#2
CFPB Freezes Its Mass Firing Plan
new — RIF plan paused this weekvery sure · 1 source
#3
Alaska's Earmarks Survive the Grant Purge
reassuring Murkowski on earmarkspretty sure · 1 source
#4
Court Freezes Union Suit Over CFPB Layoffs
new — court stayed the layoff casepretty sure · 2 sources
sunday, july 12
Keep the CFPB mass firings frozen until the new director lands(reported)
Make sure the union's paused lawsuit stays paused in court(reported)
Reassure another red-state senator their earmarks survive the purge(reported)
Find one more agency to trim before lunch(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

CFPB pauses mass firing plan with new director nomination pending

news.google.com · 2026-07-12

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