Beverly Brown Ruggia - NJCA
@bbrnjca.bsky.social
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
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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.
Border Patrol Reportedly Shoots Person in Arizona, in Fifth Shooting in 3 Weeks
The shooting comes just days after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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.
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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
Trump called for a 10% cap on card rates by Jan. 20. What happened?
If you were waiting for your credit card interest rate to plummet to 10% on Jan. 20, don't hold your breath.
www.usatoday.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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!
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that world order is at a “rupture” point due to the U.S.’s longstanding vise-grip on the world and its swiftly expanding authoritarian nature under President Donald Trump.
Mark Carney Warns “American Hegemony” Is Destroying World Order in Candid Speech
States like Canada have long known the current system of international rules-based order is a “fiction,” Carney said.
truthout.org
January 24, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I grew up across the Detroit River from Canada. When the Canadians go salty and show their metal, it’s a beautiful thing!
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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.
Trump Has Made ICE the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the Country
With Congress-approved funding, ICE detention is expected to triple in size, mirroring the scale of Japanese internment.
truthout.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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!
Trump said that Gaza, home to millions of Palestinians, is “a great location” that should be viewed as a “big real estate site,” and expressed his interest in the region as a “real estate person at heart.”
Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers, Vacation Resort on Ruins of Gaza Genocide
The plan appears to be to finish Israel’s bulldozing of Gaza to make real estate opportunities for investors.
truthout.org
January 24, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“The plan!” There it is. Trumps reward for loyalty to Bibi!
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This is just evil
The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
February 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is just evil
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...
Trump’s pardoned enforcer, Enrique Tarrio video taped himself accusing Michael Fanone of being a “coward.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Enrique Tarrio follows and insults officers who defended US Capitol on January 6
Ex-leader of far-right Proud Boys trails group through lobby of Washington hotel, engaging officer Michael Fanone
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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...
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...
“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...
How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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...
“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...
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBa6...
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February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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...
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...
SHUT ELON DOWN!!
Save the CFPB - the protector of the people!
#FightBackFightForward
#StopTheGrift
#StopTheOligarchy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBa6...
Stop Elon's Billionaire Grift: Hands off the CFPB
YouTube video by U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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...
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...
@njcitizenaction.bsky.social > #RestoreDefendCFPB
www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...
Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB as Musk's DOGE accesses key systems
Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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...
@njcitizenaction.bsky.social > #RestoreDefendCFPB
www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...
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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...
CFPB Union NTEU 335 spies dodgy DOGE bros - CFPB Union
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Washington, DC, February 7, 2025 — On the evening of February 6, three minions of professional Twitter poster and Jeffrey Epstein confidant Elon Musk appeared in the Consum...
nteu335.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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...
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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.
Who is part of Elon Musk's DOGE and what are they doing?
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.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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.
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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.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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.
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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...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
19 states sue Trump, Treasury to halt DOGE access
New York leads the suit in Manhattan federal court alleging highly sensitive data is at risk.
www.politico.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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...
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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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.
Standing for the Constitution: Defending Our Rights with Hunterdon County & NAACP
Proud to stand with Hunterdon County, with the NAACP and with activists across the state to demand the defense of the Constitution. We can debate about polic...
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February 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org gets it:
DOGE Muskrats are a mutant form of Silicon Valley sociopathy unleashed on our democratic institutions.
DOGE Muskrats are a mutant form of Silicon Valley sociopathy unleashed on our democratic institutions.
February 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org gets it:
DOGE Muskrats are a mutant form of Silicon Valley sociopathy unleashed on our democratic institutions.
DOGE Muskrats are a mutant form of Silicon Valley sociopathy unleashed on our democratic institutions.
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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!
February 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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!
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ELON IS ALLOWED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NOT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR STUDENTS & PARENTS. I WILL BE BACK.
February 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ELON IS ALLOWED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NOT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR STUDENTS & PARENTS. I WILL BE BACK.