“We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done,” journalist Garrett Graff wrote: “A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.”
Welp. @govmurphy.bsky.social did great work in remaking NJ’s clemency program. But then left a stain on the whole thing by pardoning a donor who killed a man in a hit and run. Disgraceful. url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/4kJGCqxrKV...
Fantastic farewell to Brenda Flanagan and a great trip through some of the top news stories in NJ over her storied career.
from @mattfriedmannj.bsky.social on twitter: Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones says the gutting of NJ Comptroller is "overreach" and that he thinks it should be shelved." And I heard from one advocate who lobbies at the statehouse that she heard the bill is dead.
If @mikiesherrill.bsky.social can govern NJ with this same vibe, then life here is going to be looking up.
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have never seen anything like this! Sen. Jim beach is making a cabinet member, the attorney general and a sitting U.S. senator wait five hours and still hasn’t called them to a hearing on gutting a state corruption watchdog. Three people tried to yield to @AndyKimNJ and Beach refused.
"State Comptroller" is a weird name & most folks don't know what Walsh does. Take it from me, I've focused on NJ corruption for the last 6 yrs: He investigates waste (of our taxpayer $), fraud (corruption that also wastes our taxpayer $) and abuse (i.e., corporate nursing homes). The AG agrees.
And now, late at night before the holiday, the bill to gut the comptroller has dropped. Sponsored by Sen. Nick Scutari, whose buddies who run Union County were investigated by the comptroller. jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/17/n...
The long-planned, slow death of open government in New Jersey jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/19/t...
Assata Shakur has died. There is a story that was never fully told about racial profiling on the New Jersey Turnpike and what happened the night she was shot and an activist and a state trooper died. May she rest in peace. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anx...
Mikie Sherrill:
“That Jack Ciattarelli and the Trump administration are illegally weaponizing my records for political gain is a violation of anyone who has ever served our country. No veteran's record is safe."
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My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
New Jersey politicians silent on watchdog report detailing covert takeover of public insurance jerseyvindicator.org/2025/09/15/n...
This is how political power and money works in Camden. www.inquirer.com/politics/new...
When asked about the “coalition,” Ciattarelli’s Deputy Campaign Manager Nick Poche did not have specific details on “Blacks Back Jack,” but instead talked about the need for the campaign to “engage” minority groups.
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“Hi, it's me, calling my very handsome senator. I have a favor to ask you." The latest season of Dead End delves into the downfall of former NJ Senator Bob Menendez, gold bars, pedestrian-killing wife and all. Great work from @nancysolomon2.bsky.social www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dea...
All three episodes available now for your binge listening!
Oh hey can't recommend the latest season of @nancysolomon2.bsky.social's "Dead End" podcast, all about Bob Menendez, more highly. You can hear his voicemails! And hear him sing! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dea...
Episide 2 is now out in my 3 part series about Bob Menendez It’s a story of love and corruption that is surprising even by Jersey standards! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Curious about what exactly that Bob Menendez story was all about. Listen to my new podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Thanks, Dana. So appreciate this considering you were at the trial almost every day and your coverage was so good!
Days after Rep. Josh Gottheim announced his bid for New Jersey governor, his House office paid $180,225 on advertisements across the whole state.
The Ethics Committee should look into whether that's a violation of the law.
4/4 ...competed for a vote by the rank and file Dems -- very different from the old boss-dominated system.
3/4 ...
-- Steven Sweeney is the top lieutenant for George Norcross, now and always...
-- Ras Baraka ran in non-partisan elections where there is no machine endorsement.
-- And this year, after Kim's victory, the endorsement process is completely different and Sherrill has...
2/4 ... taking endorsements.
-- Fulop asked for and received Hudson Co endorsement in 2023.
-- Gottheimer has never taken a stand for fair ballots and helped line up a lawyer so the county clerks could fight the Andy Kim lawsuit...
1/4 I am a big fan of Politico's @danieljhan.bsky.social but I think this analysis is unfair. Mikie Sherrill is being criticized for taking support from political machines, but the link takes you to a 2018 article, long long before any of the current candidates for governor were not...
📻 This week’s show is kind of a theme: from the white South Africans who accidentally ended up becoming refugees in the US to origins of the American militia movement on *shortwave radio* LISTEN! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
