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.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. 7 Republicans break rank, blocking the move to censure Rep. McIver: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/n...

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

So much power and economy of words in this weekly column that will be missed.

“The risk is in the end we don’t do as many impactful clinical trials for pediatric brain tumors,” he said.

Trump Fires Member of Board That Approves Railroad Mergers www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/b...

I spent the last several days wandering around federal courthouses in NJ to see how a judicial ruling, which concluded Alina Habba had no authority to be the state’s top prosecutor, was affecting criminal cases. >> Here’s what I saw and heard. w/ @jonesieman.bsky.social

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. >> Prosecutors seek a 7 year prison sentence for Nadine Menendez. >> On Friday, her new lawyers had recommended 1 year and 1 day.

The Associated Press added that Ms. Dagga “frequently based herself at Nasser Hospital, most recently reporting on doctors struggling to save children with no prior health issues who were wasting away from starvation.”

President Trump threatened to investigate former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey over a 2013 political scandal, days after the FBI raided the home and office of another former Trump official turned critic.

“I regret that I didn’t fully preview what my defense attorney said about Nadine during my trial,” Bob Menendez said in a letter seeking leniency when she is sentenced 9/11. “To suggest that Nadine was money hungry or in financial need, and therefore would solicit others for help, is simply wrong.”

Immigration workplace raids in a sprawling suburban region of NJ unnerve warehouse workers and owners who are key to the supply chain. Important behind-the-scenes reporting by @luisferre7.bsky.social

3 police agencies dropped the ball after a young veterinarian reported being harassed by her jealous ex - a high-ranking NJ State Police trooper who had guarded the governor, relatives say. She and her new boyfriend were shot to death Aug. 1.

In a stunning decision with national ramifications, a federal judge just ruled that Alina Habba has been acting without legal authority as NJ’s top prosecutor. “She must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases,” he wrote.

How a top NJ federal prosecutor - a registered Republican, who took on MS-13 and violent crime - became a casualty of President Trump’s effort to fill his Justice Department with loyalists. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/n...

The saga over Alina Habba's tenure as NJ's top federal prosecutor hit new levels as court proceedings statewide were abruptly canceled. “A lot of judges will not be hearing any criminal cases that are of a non-urgent matter,” a judge said, according to transcript. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/n...

A social media post late Wednesday extended a remarkable standoff between federal officials in New Jersey and Justice Department officials in Washington over who should lead the U.S. attorney’s office in the state.

NEW: Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim said that the crisis brewing in NJ's US attorneys office showed a "pattern of publicly undermining judicial decisions and showing disregard for the rule of law" by President Trump's Justice Department.

Alina Habba has been replaced as New Jersey's top prosecutor by a panel of district court judges. Ms. Habba, who was named to the job by President Trump, has been the state's interim U.S. attorney since March. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/n...

Lightning strike kills a 61-year-old man and injures 13 others at an outdoor archery range near Great Adventure. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...

U.S. Subpoenas Governor Who Said He Would House Migrant at His Home www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...

Thrilled to see another NJ reporter, the inestimable @danadifilippo.bsky.social, finally dive into a drastic State Police work slowdown that coincided with a sharp uptick in fatalities and crashes on NJ roads. 🧵 tinyurl.com/5xcymktk

Must-read story on NJ budget shenanigans from @susanklivio.bsky.social on how Dems are taking $ from opioid settlements to give politically connected hospitals and making it harder to force crummy nursing homes to improve. @govmurphy.bsky.social will have final say. www.nj.com/politics/202...

AG Platkin on the Legislature’s plan to use $45 million in opioid settlement funds for a non-authorized use.

If I had to guess what happened with the polling: look at the number of young voters who turned out early. They weren’t in anyone’s likely voter screen.

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Interesting response

Unmentioned in this @njglobe.bsky.social story, but the Operating Engineers are the main proponents of a controversial, $10 billion plan to add 4 lanes to the NJ highway that leads into the Holland Tunnel. Murphy, who the union endorsed in 2021 against Ciattarelli, also supported.

A federal judge based in Newark has ruled that the Trump administration must release Mahmoud Khalil, the only high-profile pro-Palestinian demonstrator in the US who remains in confinement.

A Daily News reporter has been barred from NY City Hall after asking the mayor questions - essentially, his job. “Our reporters have the right to ask questions, and taxpayers aren’t funding the police to keep reporters out of City Hall press conferences,” the paper’s editor said.

The Bureau of Prisons has confirmed that Bob Menendez, New Jersey’s former senator, is in custody at a federal prison in Pennsylvania. The confirmation came soon after a red car with Jersey plates entered the complex with a passenger in the back seat, and left with only a driver.

Here’s a look at how frustration boiled over at a private jail with a $1 billion Trump admin contract to hold migrants facing deportation. Food, water and cooler heads were in short supply. Guards retreated. Men jailed there were terrified. 4 others used bedsheets to escape. Inside Delaney Hall:

NEW: An inside look at the unrest among migrants inside Delaney Hall that prompted an uproar and 4 detainees to escape. Breakout raised question about GEO Group, and conditions at facilities as Trump pushes numbers. W/ @traceytully.bsky.social & Raul Vilchis www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/n...

NEW: An ICE detention center in Newark run by one of the country's largest private prison companies is on lockdown after 4 men escaped from the facility. w/ @luisferre7.bsky.social

Delaney Hall in Newark, a privately run ICE detention facility, was again the site of a tense clash this evening. w/ @luisferre7.bsky.social

5 baby peregrine falcons are ready to fly the coop in an interesting stewardship program led by PANY-NJ

The Democratic governors of NY, Illinois and Minnesota will be in Washington today to testify before a Republican-led House committee on their states’ immigration policies.

Jack Ciattarelli won the Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey on Tuesday, beating his two main opponents by a convincing margin, according to The Associated Press.

Polls have closed in New Jersey. Follow along here as the votes are counted in the Republican and Democratic primaries for governor of New Jersey:

AdImpact, which tracks candidate ad buys on TV and streaming services, concludes what anyone in NJ who watches sports or the TV news already knew: there’s been a record amount of advertising in the NJ gov race. It also found that President Trump was mentioned in 70% of the broadcasts:

Polls in New Jersey opened at 6am and will stay open until 8pm. If you want a say about who is the next governor of NJ - make sure to vote.

It’s important to understand that budget pressures mean that we will not be maintaining the status quo in NJ for the next four years. Taxes will go up, and/or services will be cut. Hard choices will have to be made. Choose someone you trust with those choices.