“I did not come to this decision lightly for our family.”

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Trump Didn’t Clear a Path for Stefanik in the N.Y. Governor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

Nursing Home Owners Pocketed Millions as Patients Suffered, Report Says www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

Andy Kim just made crystal clear that he is still willing to take on the same Democratic Party politicians who tried to block him from running for U.S. Senate. He released a video announcing he will try to oust Camden County's Democratic chairman, Senator James Beach.

‘Zelenskyy’s visit to Dublin went off without any major hitches. However, his aircraft did use a specialist take off as it left Dublin Airport to limit exposure to any drone incidents.’

Here’s how a homeless man, in an affluent part of NJ with few shelter options, has moved from one wooded area to the next this year. By @jeanmikle.bsky.social

When President Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras, he also unspooled years of work on a complicated drug trafficking case led by one of his most loyal allies, Emil Bove. Must-read reporting by @jonesieman.bsky.social

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An important history lesson on a man who flooded US with cocaine and may have rigged elections, who has been promised a pardon from President Trump: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

RFK Jr. tells @sherylnyt.bsky.social that he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism — a move that underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy and bend the health department to his will. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

The DNC borrowed $15 million last month to replenish its shrunken coffers before pivotal elections in NJ and Va. From @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social and Reid Epstein.

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Hi Philly & New Jersey Bluesky! If you're interested in the NJ governor's race results, come hear me chat about it with the amazing Tracey Tully (NYT), Madison Fernandez (POLITICO), and Sophie Nieto-Muñoz (NJ Monitor). *THIS WEDNESDAY IN PHILLY* @snietomunoz.bsky.social @traceytully.bsky.social

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Polls in New Jersey have closed. Follow along here as the results are tallied: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tracking the Early Vote in New York, New Jersey and Virginia www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

Ouch … (Metropolitan routine)

“A Newark girl voting for a Republican?” Yep. A big part of Jack Ciattarelli’s strategy is capitalizing on gains President Trump made in predominantly Latino and Black communities in NJ. w/ @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

… a routine practice for Black women. “We pull up and we’re like, ‘Sister, we’re going to help you for six months until you get yourself together.’ “And then we make space for the next person.”

Early, in-person voting starts today in NJ. Still don’t know who you’re voting for? Here’s an interactive policy primer from @newjerseymonitor.com

"I don’t think there’s anything that’s a little more telling about the kind of power Jack Ciattarelli would have with the president than the fact that 19 days until his election, the president’s punched him in the face like this." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/n...

One Dem state senator’s take on the McIver federal assault charges, with a basketball analogy I think will resonate with many:

Body-worn camera vids already released show a federal agent explaining he’s arresting Newark’s mayor (who left the property voluntarily) on the say-so of the US deputy attorney general (see the video in the story). >> A judge today ordered DOJ to release even more vids in Rep. McIver assault case:

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...

In a rare move, a Dem congressman lit into NJ's Dem governor for selling out poor and minority residents by shutting down a hospital in Long Branch. The lobbyist for the hospital chain that benefits? The governor's former chief of staff. newjerseyglobe.com/health/the-g...

Who Should Be Governor of New Jersey? 11 Leaders Rated the Candidates. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A town-level snapshot of huge political change in NJ. Well done and worth the time. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

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After a series of investigative articles by Emily Steel showing sexual assault complaints by Uber riders are far higher than disclosed, NJ’s attorney general has begun an investigation.

As electricity costs become a hot issue in the NJ governor's race, here's a look at what's happening in a state that has focused on a non-renewable energy source - coal. By Ivan Penn. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...

truly amazing www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

I hope you'll read this, all the way thru. A gift article on a really important thing that happened today in Newark. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...

Sean Duffy, President Trump’s Jersey-based transportation secretary, announces a $18B hit on funding for Gateway and 2nd Ave subway, ostensibly over DEI. We’ve seen this b4, and it set a vital project back years. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/n...

Like Alina Habba in NJ, Sigal Chattah, the acting U.S. attorney for Nevada who was appointed by the Trump administration, has been disqualified by a federal judge. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

U.S. Sues Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Who Protested Outside Synagogue www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/n...

It’s unclear to me how the Republican candidate for NJ governor might handle vaccines, given his public statements. But whoever is elected is inheriting a concerning trend in childhood vax rates in NJ. In 5 NJ counties, fewer than 90% of students are fully vaccinated + we’ve lost herd immunity.

The Republican candidate for governor of NJ, who has said in the past that cops were well-paid and that there were more dangerous professions, has, as a result, been vulnerable with a reliable GOP base. He got a boost today:

The Department of Justice acknowledged to the @njglobe.bsky.social that it had removed social media posts about its inaccurate claims that Rep. McIver had “broken in” to Delaney Hall in Newark. McIver was later charged with assault.

The 1st debate between the 2 candidates for governor of NJ just started. Watch it live in a variety of places. (It began a few minutes late b/c of a huge traffic jam. In a line that will be hard to beat tonight, the host assured people that David Wildstein was not responsible for the traffic.)

So a Bear Walks Into a Dollar Store … www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...

Records tied to the escape of 4 men at a migrant detention facility in Newark were published Wednesday in ICE's online library, thanks to a FOIA request by @zachblackburn.bsky.social and @njglobe.bsky.social www.ice.gov/doclib/foia/...

Some Philly neighborhoods, like Hunting Park, can reach 20+ degrees hotter than in greener areas. A new "cool pavement" pilot program aims to combat summer heat. via @sophia-schmidt.bsky.social

I’ve paid attention to every twist and turn of this story since ex-Sen. Menendez was indicted in 2023. Nothing prepared me for his wife’s tearful statement today in court.

BREAKING: Despite public denials earlier today, NYC Mayor Eric Adams has told a small group of friends and advisers that he is seriously considering job opportunities that could prompt him to suspend his re-election campaign, according to people familiar with the conversations.

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A rare frog that mates after “lekking,” Amazon and a discovery by Rutgers scientists - a great read. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/n...