The Trump administration has systematically dismantled independent oversight of the Social Security Administration, forced out thousands of the agency’s most experienced employees, and granted political operatives access to Americans’ private benefit data. The moves, unfolding over the past year with little public notice, leave the program that provides retirement and disability benefits to roughly 70Continue reading “Trump Republicans gut Social Security oversight, forcing out staff & swiping data”
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Roselle Democratic chairman says a borough vehicle was used for campaign activity
In Roselle, a political clash over a photograph of a borough vehicle has reopened long-simmering questions about the misuse of taxpayer dollars, police accountability, and the criminal past of the town’s mayor. The dispute began when Bishop Reginald W. Atkins, chairman of the Roselle Democratic Municipal Committee and a former assemblyman, posted an image onContinue reading “Roselle Democratic chairman says a borough vehicle was used for campaign activity”
Iran destroyed at least 17 U.S. military bases across the Middle East
It appears the Pentagon is having a mighty hard time getting its story straight, as the US and Israel’s war against Iran marked nine weeks since its start and more than three weeks since a fragile ceasefire came into effect. The headline, plain as the scorch marks on a Qatari runway, is this: Iran hasContinue reading “Iran destroyed at least 17 U.S. military bases across the Middle East”
America forces workers to pay a four-year sentence for prosperity they never saw
Ask the American worker what they want, and the answer is simple enough: a decent wage, a roof that doesn’t swallow the paycheck whole, and a retirement that arrives before the body gives out. Ask them what they expect, and the answer is something altogether darker. A comprehensive new report released Tuesday contains a numberContinue reading “America forces workers to pay a four-year sentence for prosperity they never saw”
Bernie Sanders endorsed Dr. Adam Hamawy for Congress in NJ’s 12th District
The man who patched up combat wounds in Iraq, pulled victims from the dust of the World Trade Center, and refused to leave a Gaza hospital under Israeli bombardment now wants to suture a political system he calls “a cesspool of corruption.” And on Wednesday, he got the blessing of the left’s most enduring icon.Continue reading “Bernie Sanders endorsed Dr. Adam Hamawy for Congress in NJ’s 12th District”
One in four federal lobbyists is working to advance artificial intelligence
The army that is quietly reshaping your future arrived in Washington wearing suits, not uniforms. It does not carry guns. It carries checkbooks. And in the past three years, its ranks have grown larger and faster than almost any invasion force the capital has ever seen. More than 3,500 federal lobbyists — one out ofContinue reading “One in four federal lobbyists is working to advance artificial intelligence”
Let’s consider the obvious question Albert Einstein asked 77 years ago
Albert Einstein originally published this article in May 1949, in the first issue of Monthly Review. It was subsequently republished in May 1998 to commemorate the magazine‘s fiftieth year. Besides the world-famous physicist, prominent Americans who identified as socialists or advocated for socialist principles include labor leaders A. Philip Randolph, Eugene V. Debs, Mother Jones (Mary HarrisContinue reading “Let’s consider the obvious question Albert Einstein asked 77 years ago”
Trump’s incompetent Medicare agency exposed Social Security numbers
In the latest digital misfire of a troubled federal rollout, the very agency charged with safeguarding the health data of millions has instead lit a quiet fuse beneath the financial identities of the nation’s doctors. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under the banner of President Trump’s push to modernize health care technology, inadvertentlyContinue reading “Trump’s incompetent Medicare agency exposed Social Security numbers”
Corrupt power is rewriting the boundaries of dissent
By James J. Devine A thread runs through the events of this moment—thin, tensile, easy to miss if you glance too quickly. But pull on it, and a pattern emerges, binding together courtrooms in North Dakota, oil fields in Ecuador, social media platforms in California, and President Donald Trump’s unprovoked war in the Middle East.Continue reading “Corrupt power is rewriting the boundaries of dissent”
New Jersey drought may impact on agriculture, particularly parching peaches
The peach bud that should be swelling with promise right now is brown and brittle. It hangs from a branch in Salem County like a small, dead bell. John Hurff has been farming these trees for more than 40 years, and he cannot remember a spring that felt quite like this one. “The peaches areContinue reading “New Jersey drought may impact on agriculture, particularly parching peaches”
The $271 billion question: What if the world disarmed just one-tenth of its arsenal?
By James J. Devine The numbers arrive on the desks of world leaders every January, bound in leather and stamped with the seals of defense ministries. They list tanks, jets, ships, and warheads. They are presented as the price of safety. But there is another set of numbers, printed in thinner reports from humanitarian agencies,Continue reading “The $271 billion question: What if the world disarmed just one-tenth of its arsenal?”
Supreme Court hands a unanimous victory to anti-abortion pregnancy scammers
The United States Supreme Court handed a unanimous victory Wednesday to an anti-abortion scam center that wants to keep its donor list secret while fighting a state investigation into whether it has been lying to women in the hope that they will miss the chance to have a safe, legal abortion to end an unwantedContinue reading “Supreme Court hands a unanimous victory to anti-abortion pregnancy scammers”
The Supreme Court revives Jim Crow with the latest Voting Rights Act ruling
The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a potentially fatal blow to a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ruling 6-3 that a Louisiana congressional map with a second majority-Black district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision in Louisiana v. Callais imposes a sweeping new standard that legal experts say will makeContinue reading “The Supreme Court revives Jim Crow with the latest Voting Rights Act ruling”
Pallone still pockets polluter profits, but hides it better
You have to hand it to Congressman Frank Pallone. The man knows how to read a room. Or at least, he knows how to read a headline. Back in 2021, when investigative journalists had the temerity to point out that the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee personally held stock in Chevron, DominionContinue reading “Pallone still pockets polluter profits, but hides it better”
During 1966 visit, Montclair’s white residents told civil rights leader to get out of town
On a morning that should have belonged entirely to the memory of a retiring Baptist minister and the peaceful passage of one generation’s faith to another, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sat alone in a metal folding chair inside a high school band room, hands clasped in front of him, listening to theContinue reading “During 1966 visit, Montclair’s white residents told civil rights leader to get out of town”
Congress moves math to outlaw virtual slavery and legalized poverty
The math is simple enough for a child to understand, and ugly enough to make that same child weep for the country she’s inheriting. A person working 40 hours a week at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 earns $290 before taxes. That is $15,080 a year. That is less than the cost of aContinue reading “Congress moves math to outlaw virtual slavery and legalized poverty”
Pakistani Americans are finding their political & medical pulse in the Garden State
Drive down Oak Tree Road in Edison on a Saturday afternoon, and the scent of fresh tandoori chicken and cardamom chai drifts through strip mall parking lots packed with cars bearing New York and Pennsylvania plates. This is not a scene from Karachi or Lahore. This is New Jersey, 2026, and it has quietly becomeContinue reading “Pakistani Americans are finding their political & medical pulse in the Garden State”
She fought America’s oil wars, but now she’s cashing in on climate hypocrisy
By James J. Devine Rebecca Bennett spent 15 years flying Navy helicopters over the Persian Gulf, protecting the tanker routes that carry the world’s lifeblood. She fought in America’s oil wars. She watched friends deploy, bleed and die in conflicts that cost trillions and were, in blunt truth, fought to keep the fossil fuel flowing.Continue reading “She fought America’s oil wars, but now she’s cashing in on climate hypocrisy”
Trump: Suspect in Washington press dinner shooting created a ‘manifesto’ for attack
by Jacob Fischler, New Jersey Monitor The alleged shooter at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., wrote a “manifesto” ahead of his planned attack, President Donald Trump said in a Sunday morning interview on Fox News and later in the day on the CBS show “60 Minutes.” Meanwhile, Trump and MAGA alliesContinue reading “Trump: Suspect in Washington press dinner shooting created a ‘manifesto’ for attack”
Sue Altman turns on Senator Andy Kim to boost her bid for Congress
There is an old saying about biting the hand that feeds you, but longtime Republican Sue Altman has decided to gnaw it off at the elbow and serve it for dinner. The former state director for Senator Andy Kim stood on a debate stage Sunday night and did what few political aides dare do whileContinue reading “Sue Altman turns on Senator Andy Kim to boost her bid for Congress”
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