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Elizabeth Warren’s Hubris Allowed Trump To Defund the CFPB

Since at least the days of the ancient Greeks, humans have known that one way to write a compelling story is by including a bit of hamartia—a tragic flaw.

Sometimes that is a physical shortcoming—Achilles had that famously vulnerable heel—but it is often more interesting if the flaw is a more innate thing tied to a character’s understanding of themselves. Hubris, or excessive pride, is the famous one. After all, it wasn’t really Achilles’ unprotected heel that took him down, but his false belief that his mother had made him invulnerable.

You might say the exact same thing about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). It could be headed into a sort of coma later this year because of a fatal flaw embedded by its own parents: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and former President Barack Obama.

Unlike every other department and agency within the federal government, the CFPB is not funded via congressional appropriations. Instead, its funding flows directly from the Federal Reserve. Each year, the White House submits a budget to the Federal Reserve, and the central bank hands over the necessary amount—$729.4 million last year, in case you were wondering.

For a long time after the CFPB was created in 2010, there were serious questions about the constitutionality of that structure. That finally got resolved last year, when the Supreme Court ruled that Congress was within its powers to hand off the purse strings. So, funding the CFPB via the Federal Reserve is not unconstitutional—it’s just unorthodox and foolish.

Here’s where the hubris enters the story. When Warren and Obama created the CFPB, they designed that unorthodox funding structure specifically to prevent a future Republican-led Congress from trying to defund the bureau. Remember, this was in the age when Republicans were running around the country telling voters they intended to repeal Obamacare too. By isolating the CFPB from Congress’ budgetary powers, Warren was trying to make it invulnerable to attack.

Instead, she simply gave it a fatal flaw.

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Watch Elizabeth Warren Contradict Elizabeth Warren About the Importance of Court Rulings Depending on What’s at Stake

There is an old saying that if it weren’t for double standards, liberals wouldn’t have any standards at all. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is the living embodiment of that statement.

In recent years, Warren and many other Democrats have waged an almost daily war on the legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court. Now that they want to stop everything that Trump is trying to do, they are relying on courts to do it and saying that anyone who would undermine the legitimacy of those courts is a threat to democracy.

Watch the side-by-side video of Elizabeth Warren below. The first half is from last year, the second half is from this month.

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Elizabeth Warren DESTROYED by X Community Notes Over Pharma Corruption

If ever you needed proof that X Community Notes is vastly superior to corporate “fact checks” as a way for real journalists to do real work countering “misinformation” rather than as a bludgeon to suppress dissident narratives, this is it.

Lying about being a Native American for DEI leg-ups, it turns out, isn’t the only dishonesty Elizabeth Warren peddles.

This lie, however, is much more consequential in terms of policy impact:  “I don’t take contributions from Big Pharma executives. I don’t take any corporate PAC money,” Elizabeth Warren says in the Senate hallway when confronted over her smears of RFK Jr.

But the contradictory proof is all right there in the X Community Notes window, just under the lying pharma tool, with links and links and links, rendering my job as a journalist exposing her blatant lies far easier: “Elizabeth Warren has in fact received donations from both Pharmaceutical companies and PAC organizations in the combined tune of millions of dollars.”

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Elizabeth Warren’s False Accusation Against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Senate Hearing Sparks Controversy

Today, the Senate confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swiftly devolved into a political battleground, with partisan tensions overshadowing any serious examination of Kennedy’s qualifications.

Intended to assess his suitability, the hearing became a spectacle of accusation and counter-accusation, leaving little room for meaningful dialogue.

Kennedy, who has long advocated for drug safety and transparency in medical practices, has faced harsh criticism for his outspoken views on vaccines.

Lawmakers seized on his stance, accusing him of hiding his anti-vaccine beliefs and embracing conspiracy theories to dissuade the public from using life-saving vaccines.

Tensions escalated when Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren clashed with Kennedy in a heated exchange. She demanded that he promise not to financially benefit from any lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies if confirmed.

“I’m asking you right now that you will not take a financial stake in every one of the lawsuits [against pharmaceutical companies] so that what you do as secretary will also benefit you financially down the line,” Warren demanded.

Kennedy, visibly frustrated, responded, “Senator, you’re asking me not to sue pharmaceutical companies.” Warren retorted sharply, “No, I am not!”

Amid this verbal sparring, Warren also made a false accusation, claiming that Kennedy had pocketed $2.5 million from law firm Wisner Baum for recruiting plaintiffs in vaccine-related lawsuits.

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Dem Sen. Elizabeth Warren Freaks Out Over Prospect Of RFK Jr. Suing Big Pharma Companies

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) lost her cool while questioning Donald Trump Health and Human Services appointee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during his Wednesday confirmation hearing.

At one point, the senator questioned whether Kennedy will use his position to benefit himself financially “down the line.”

“I’ll comply with all the ethical guidelines,” RFK tried answering before Warren interrupted, “That’s not the question!”

Kennedy told Warren, “Senator, you’re asking me to not sue vaccine, pharmaceutical companies,” causing her to shout, “No, I am not! My question is stop enriching yourself! No one should be fooled here.”

The Democrat politician continued berating RFK, claiming he will prevent parents from vaccinating their children, that “kids might die” while “Robert Kennedy can keep cashing in.”

Warren also asked Kennedy to promise he won’t take a job at a major pharmaceutical company after leaving his position as head of HHS.

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Elizabeth Warren Pushes Elon Musk To Cut Federal Marijuana Enforcement Through New DOGE Agency

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is urging Elon Musk, chair of the Trump administration’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to target “unnecessary” federal enforcement against marijuana consumers and businesses as a key way to reduce spending by the federal government.

In a letter sent to Musk on Thursday, Warren laid out a series of recommendations for DOGE that she said would translate into upwards of $2 trillion in savings over the next decade. One of those recommendations concerned the federal government’s spending on cannabis enforcement.

“The United States could save hundreds of millions of dollars each year by reducing wasteful spending on unnecessary federal enforcement actions and detention,” Warren wrote. “For example, almost half of states have legalized recreational marijuana, yet federal arrests for marijuana possession account for roughly a quarter of all drug possession arrests, even though federal sentences for marijuana possession are rare.”

The senator also pointed out that “the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA] and Customs and Border Patrol [CBP] continue to raid marijuana businesses and seize marijuana plants, including in states where marijuana is legal.”

“These arrests and seizures unnecessarily drain federal resources,” Warren said.

Warren cited reporting from Marijuana Moment and other outlets on DEA’s ongoing cannabis seizures, with the agency reporting that it eradicated more than 5.7 million marijuana plants in 2022, for example.

However, DEA has faced more recent criticism after failing to release updated annual data on marijuana-related arrests and seizures in 2024 as it has done in prior years.

With respect to CBP, the agency recently implored a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from licensed New Mexico marijuana businesses that claimed the agencies have been unconstitutionally seizing state-regulated marijuana products and detaining industry workers at interior checkpoints.

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Guess Who Elizabeth Warren Blamed for Biden’s Family Pardons?

Elizabeth Warren, everyone’s favorite senator from Massachusetts, appeared on CNN on Monday night to talk about, I don’t know, maybe hunting and gathering? The first Thanksgiving? How the white man drove her from her land?  

But at some point, Anderson Cooper asked her about the familial pardons Joe Biden issued about 15 minutes before leaving the White House and heading off to Shady Pines or wherever they sent him. 

“The last-minute pardons by then President Biden to his family members, you know there were pardons earlier this morning which were reported on, but these last-minute pardons, he chose to, I mean, make it last minute when there wouldn’t be as much attention, obviously, and they wouldn’t kind of overshadow the ride to the capitol — was that a mistake?” Cooper asked. 

Initially, Warren replied with a simple statement: “The president — President Biden — should answer for himself.”  

Fair enough. But she couldn’t leave it at that. Not only did she not leave it for Biden to “answer for himself,” but she also went on to blame someone else for these sneaky, last-minute pardons: Donald Trump. 

Warren explained that poor Biden is just a kind-hearted old family man who had no choice but to make these pardons out of fear that Trump might try to use his sweet little family against him just because Trump doesn’t like him. 

But it’s a sad day in America when someone leaving office has to look around and say, ‘Am I facing a new president and a new administration who is going to come after my family just because they’re my family, that’s gonna come after the people I love just because I love them? Not because they’re accused of any crimes. Not because they’ve done anything wrong. But just because they’re the people I care about.’ And ever since Donald Trump has said a big part of his argument for being president is that it would be about retribution, it would be about vengeance — and he used it today. There he is, making his speech after he’s been inaugurated as president, and it’s still full of how he was wronged and he was the one who was mistreated. Dang, guy, you were just elected president of the United States and just sworn in. Come on, enjoy the moment. But no, it’s about how he has been mistreated and he will get even. That’s not how we run a government and make it work. This is not about personal vengeance. We run a government ot make it work for people. That’s how it’s supposed to be in a democracy.

Oh, come on, Pocahontas. I’m not even sure Cooper was buying your gaslighting. And if that’s the real reason why Biden pardoned his family members, he would have done it loudly and proudly in front of the whole nation to continue his efforts to make Trump look bad, not in some kind of hush-hush last-minute backroom kind of deal. 

Even Hunter Biden was pardoned out in the open, much to the dismay of both Democrats and Republicans. Given that most of us had never even heard some of the rest of these Biden family names, the whole situation left the portion of the country with any brain cells wondering what else this corrupt family was hiding. 

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Elizabeth Warren and Other Democrats Sent Threatening Letters to People Who Donated to Trump’s Inauguration

Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats are now sending threatening letters to people and companies that donated to Trump’s inauguration.

This is from the same party that has spent the last eight years calling Trump a fascist.

You may also recall that they have no problem with contributions like this when they are made to to Democrats, just Trump.

Hot Air reported:

Democrats Now Threatening People Who Donated to Trump’s Inauguration

Democrats are the political equivalent of mafia bosses who basically run protection rackets.

“Nice company you have there. Shame if something happened to it.”

We saw a lot of this behavior over the past few years. One of the techniques used to bully social media companies into censorship was the use of open (and private) threats to use antitrust laws to break up Meta, Twitter, Google and all the tech companies if they did not comply with demands to suppress the speech of conservatives and, frankly, anybody including dissenting Democrats.

Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bennett are trying the same thing by going after people and companies that contributed to the Trump inaugural.

These contributions are standard practice. Obama took millions of dollars from donors, including the companies Warren and Bennet are targeting. So did Joe Biden, even though all the inaugural hoopla was very muted due to insane COVID policies.

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Pete Hegseth Humiliates Sen. Warren With Epic Mic Drop Moment

In a heated exchange on Capitol Hill during his confirmation hearings, Pete Hegseth served up an epic mic-drop moment that left Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) visibly shaken. The back-and-forth centered on a pointed question Warren posed to Hegseth, suggesting that he make a public pledge to stay out of the defense industry for 10 years after leaving his job should he be confirmed. Hegseth wasn’t about to let her corner him, and his response exposed the glaring flaws in Warren’s line of questioning.

The tension kicked off when Warren bluntly asked, “Mr. Hegseth, you have written that after they retire, generals should be banned from working for the defense industry for ten years. You and I agree on the corrosive effects of the revolving door between the Pentagon and defense contractors. It’s something I would have liked to talk with you about if you’d come and been willing to visit with me. But the question I have for you on this is: will you put your money where your mouth is and agree that when you leave this job, you will not work for the defense industry for ten years?”

Without hesitation, Hegseth responded, “Senator, it’s not even a question I’ve thought about. Because it’s not one that—”

Warren, not accepting that answer, quickly cut him off: “You can think about it right now.”

Undeterred, Hegseth calmly replied, “My motivation for this job—”

Once again, Warren rudely cut him off and pushed further, clearly frustrated, demanding a simple answer: “I just need a yes or no here, time is short. I just need a yes or no.”

In a rare moment of clarity and unflinching honesty, Hegseth shot back, “I would consult with the president about what the policy should be.”

Warren, evidently agitated by the answer, tried to corner Hegseth with a comparison to military generals. “In other words. You’re quite sure that every general who serves should not go directly into the defense industry for 10 years. You’re not willing to make that same pledge?”

This was the moment Hegseth turned the tables. Without flinching, he responded with the kind of confidence that instantly shut down Warren’s line of questioning: “I’m not a general, Senator.”

The gallery burst out in laughter. Hegseth had delivered the kill shot. Not only did he successfully dodge Warren’s trap, but he also highlighted the flaws in her argument — namely, that she was asking a stupid question in the hopes of cornering him.

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Senate Banking Committee Member Elizabeth Warren Does Not Understand How Social Security Works

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) continues to display her ignorance.  In a failed effort to criticize Elon Musk, Warren reveals she apparently does not understand how Social Security works.

Warren wrote on X, “When Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, is set to pay the same amount in taxes for Social Security as your neighborhood dentist, we’ve got a problem.”

“I’m fighting to get the wealthy to pay their fair share into Social Security so we can increase benefits.”

Warren, a ranking member of the Senate Baking Committee, seems unaware that Social Security earnings and payouts are both capped.

In 2025, the cap on income subject to SS taxes is $176,100.

The max payout is between $2,831 and $5,108, depending on the age you retire.

As one X user notes, if Musk was taxed without a cap, his payout without a cap would be staggering.

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