@bbrnjca
Financial Justice Program Director at New Jersey Citizen Action: advocating for fair & safe banking services and lending products, safe & affordable housing, and strong community reinvestment. FIGHTING predatory lending, unfair debt collection & redlining
Border Patrol agent shot a person in Arizona and left them in critical condition on Tuesday morning, local officials say, marking at least the sixth person shot by federal immigration agents in just three weeks.
Trump’s promise to cap credit card rates “by January 20” was… not real. Broken promises on affordability! www.usatoday.com/story/money/... 2/9
I grew up across the Detroit River from Canada. When the Canadians go salty and show their metal, it’s a beautiful thing!
After Congress allocated an additional $170 billion for immigration enforcement in July, ICE became the largest law enforcement agency in the country, with a bigger budget than the Bureau of Prisons, FBI, and most militaries in the world.
“The plan!” There it is. Trumps reward for loyalty to Bibi!
Cold heartless monsters!
This is just evil
Shame!
Shame!
US Blackshirt-Brownshirt Proud Boys stalk & taunt former Capital Police officers they attacked on January 6!
Trump’s pardoned enforcer, Enrique Tarrio video taped himself accusing Michael Fanone of being a “coward.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Courageous federal employees are fighting back!!
“The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up,” Ms. Ortiz said in an interview with The Times. “I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
"A rally a day keeps the fascists away"
Rep. Jamie Raskin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBa6...
We love the staff of the CFPB and all they do! Let Them Work!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBa6...
Bravo @frankpallone.bsky.social! @njcitizenaction.bsky.social Thanks you for standing up for the CFPB on behalf of the people of New Jersey who cannot afford to lose the CFPB that protects all of us from the grift and abuse of billionaires like Elon Musk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBa6...
Join us at @njcitizenaction.bsky.social in this FIGHT to
SHUT ELON DOWN!!
Save the CFPB - the protector of the people!
#FightBackFightForward
#StopTheGrift
#StopTheOligarchy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBa6...
Priority of billionaire led DOGE is to destroy 1 of most effective govt entities in history, w/sole mission to protect Americans from financial harm! CFPB returned $21billion + to people from bad actor banks & lenders!
@njcitizenaction.bsky.social > #RestoreDefendCFPB
www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...
So DOGE showed up at the CFPB last night. This truly epic press release identifies the workers by name (and biographical low-points) and goes on to say "we welcome our newest colleagues and look forward to the smell of Axe Body Spray in our elevators." nteu335.org/2025/02/07/c...
The scope of DOGE's work and the identities of the people carrying it out isn't fully clear — leaving agencies and government workers in chaos.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
JUST IN: DOGE legal fight sprawls as NY, Calif. & 17 other AGs sue Treasury over DOGE team's access to payment system. w/@emilyngo
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Proud to stand with Hunterdon County, the NAACP and with activists across the state to demand the defense of the Constitution. We can debate about policy but we can't have a debate about is the 4th Amendment or the 14th Amendment - every American should be able to agree on that.
Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org gets it:
DOGE Muskrats are a mutant form of Silicon Valley sociopathy unleashed on our democratic institutions.
True story: I worked on the law that help set up the CFPB. I’ve also needed their help. A few years ago my servicer didn’t return an escrow from when I refi’d. $3000. For over a yr would say they sent it but didn’t. 1 complaint to the CFPB & it was fixed. The CFPB fights for you!
ELON IS ALLOWED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NOT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR STUDENTS & PARENTS. I WILL BE BACK.
We consumer advocates have a fight ahead. And ordinary Americans will get hurt under a Trump Admin with high junk fees & more
During his campaign, Trump proposed a 10% usury cap. I couldn't comment working for a nonpartisan org. But my response would've been simply "he's full of it"
wapo.st/3Z3nQyo
The Knitty Gritty JC’s very own Courtney Walker dives Hudson County NJ’s low voter turnout on Nov 5, the lackluster work of the Dem party there & what is needed to change the poor voting turnout going forward!
#WorkingToMakeDemocracyWork
#KnittyGrottyJC
hudsoncountyview.com/op-ed-jersey...
Trying out Bluesky!
