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

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

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...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. (There are lots of video clips with debate highlights.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

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.

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...