Bailing out the FAIR plan, broligarchs beef, and CFPB RIP?

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

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Summary

What's going on with the FAIR plan in a post-Eaton and Palisades fires California? What's the backstory to the frozen Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? And why are the two tech bros very publicly going at it?

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0:45.5	On today's show, we have bailing out the California Fair Plan.
0:49.4	We also have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deep freeze.
0:53.0	And of course, the biggest beef with the hottest disc tracks of this year.
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