There’s just nothing to be excited about. Doesn’t mean she won’t get the votes but like what’s the rallying cry? What’s the thing to get me enthused? Can’t even say we’ll protect immigrants from the Federal thugs on the record.

Democrats are the only ones with agency.

Horrific that we accept this as the cost of car dominance. www.nj.com/union/2025/0...

Pritzker/Milley 2028: It's Big Boy Regime Time.

Dems should have a shutdown and when its all over support back pay for everyone except ICE and USCBP.

Grim. I'm not one to knock schools and towns for tax increases, but another $1800 a year is rough. montclairlocal.news/2025/09/mont...

Who paid him what?

More than anything, they want to be patted on the head and told they're a good boy by the liberal elites

They don’t actually have power. It’s all a sham.

Tyrant Communist Mayor, now running unopposed for re-election, is running rampant imposing mad policies like letting kids see Annie and the ballet for free

the beating heart of MAGA: an alcoholic sex creep reality TV guy who now runs the military whining and sniveling that people don't respect mass murderers enough

white supremacists and capitalists got so mad at one 18 month stretch of increased labor power that they've agreed to reverse the most complex economy in human history to an agrarian state

great so make already expensive tariffed goods more expensive because we already don't have enough truck drivers.

Can’t get over how mid the Lt. gov candidates are in New Jersey.

anyway periodic reminder that congress can at any time they wish, and should tomorrow, end this

All of these communities in NJ would be revolutionized by a political class that cared about transit.

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

One of the upsides of the president having the emotional capacity of a toddler is that toddlers emotions are often pretty easy to manipulate!*

If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.

tired: defensive walking wired: offensive walking

As an aside, something I noticed among Sherrill’s worst polls (Emerson & Ciattarelli’s internals) that isn’t present in the public polls is that Murphy is *significantly* underwater. Most public polls have him between +0-4%, Emerson has him at -10% and Jack’s internals (National research) at -18%!

chotiner: u always order "...and fries for the table" me: sometimes people's meals do not come with fries chotiner: does your meal always come with fries me: ...yes chotiner: is there anyone else at the table me: chotiner: we can revisit this later

Thing to knock off the homeowner bingo card. A cracked sink.

Superb essay by @jamellebouie.net on how the hyped-up unitary executive theory is built on a distorted conception of the President’s superior democratic legitimacy, and why it’s extreme application would fundamentally upend our constitutional order. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Click and Clack of Car Talk fame were Car Guys who very much understood that cars were but one piece of the transportation puzzle!

in point of fact, FDR’s open line of communication with black leaders like A. Philip Randolph absolutely strained his relationships with southern lawmakers and he did it anyway under the view that he was president for the whole country

Turkey Feathers gotta be the winner here.

the number of weird medical ads is really one of the worst outgrowths of cheap internet marketing.

Jack just basically said he doesn’t care about segregation.

Man the education debate in New Jersey is happening like it’s 2009. Fucking charter schools.

‘I’ve yet to see compelling ridership data,’ Ciattarelli said. ‘I’m not one who believes, ‘If you build it, they will come.’ The River Line was beating ridership estimates by some 50% after 10 years in operations. And the River Line is not great!! www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/l...

Vaclav Havel wrote about the importance of pointing out the law in a totalitarian society - it may not help in a situation where the government makes and enacts laws willy-nilly, but calling it out keeps the insanity of it all in the open for all to see.

They should demand it both because it’s the right thing to do and because it’s going fray the MAGA coalition and hurt Trump’s numbers even more

not good that NATOs eastern flank is being probed by the russians repeatedly!!!

I really think that Dems should demand firing RFK Jr. as a condition to fund the government his negative value over replacement cabinet member is undoubtedly the highest in the administration

Hey, kinda think you shouldn’t be state party chair if you won’t get behind the largest cities Democratic candidate for Mayor, especially when that city is what gives you even an ounce of power statewide but you know… who am I.

Anytime I think New Jersey Dems are lacking I am reminded that Jay Jacob’s is the chair in New York and is somehow 1000x worse. LeRoy Jones is amorphous and mercenary on policy which is honestly preferable to Jacob’s who’s just bad.

Things are very very dark but I got a bunch of things crossed off my to do list today so there’s that.

I can't get over Obama sharing a vox article via Yahoo News.

look I never want my appliances to require an app to be useful, but I don't hate getting notifications when my wash is done or the oven is preheated.

Was the Telecommunications Act of 1996 the single worst bill of the Clinton administration?

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Man the beard is a clear sign we’ve lost Ezra.

Why was Jersey City not more of a destination during the Great Migration? It's population peaked in 1930, Newark kept growing until 1950.

It's funny because the wafer to ice cream proportion doesn't look like it could possibly be right but when you take a bite you realize they know what the fuck they're doing and you're an idiot

bring back Pavonia. such a fantastic name.

can't say I'll be upset if New York avoids being plagued with a casino.

The subway carried more people than live in 22 states. Give the subway 44 senators.

I have like 3 bits at this point, and I think the best one is that New Jersey just kinda bumbled and unintentionally made itself a really great place.