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The campaign finance report landed like a dirty secret at a church social. Three establishment candidates for the Bloomfield Town Council had raised $121,165.70 as of May 21, much of it from government jobholders and contractors who do business with the very town they seek to govern. That is a substantial amount of money forContinue reading “Killer’s conspirator contributed to Bloomfield political insiders facing progressive challenge”

The woman who lost a City Council election by a margin of 5,052 votes to 351, who was accused of using a municipal children’s account as a personal checkbook, and who later received a $130,000 taxpayer-funded job after voters rejected her, is now on the offensive. The reason: Her name has surfaced in connection withContinue reading “Denise Wilkerson lies and denies link to Sousa’s campaign & other facts”

For voters who believed the election of former federal prosecutor and Navy helicopter pilot Gov. Rebecca “Mikie” Sherrill would break the grip of New Jersey’s notoriously insular political machinery, the first year of her administration has delivered a bitter lesson in the staying power of the status quo. With less than two weeks before theContinue reading “Sherrill is betting voters want more of the same, where challengers offer change”

The Trump administration has announced it intends to carve $1.6 billion out of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That is the agency that tells you if a hurricane is coming to eat your house. The folks who watch the oceans where those storms get their boots on. The folks who, before they got firedContinue reading “Weather alerts are among the Iran War’s casualties”

The letters arrive in ordinary envelopes, bearing the seal of a state agency or a private insurer. They are written in bureaucratic language—“Your coverage will terminate effective…”—but the message is brutally simple: You are on your own. Across the United States, millions of Americans have opened such notices in recent months. They are the victimsContinue reading “The Safety Net Unravels: Health options dwindle as millions cast adrift by GOP cuts”

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a landmark climate accountability resolution backing the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling that countries have a legal obligation to reduce carbon pollution and prevent worsening climate change. Spearheaded by Vanuatu, the resolution passed 141-8. The ICJ, also known as the World Court, ruled that countries areContinue reading “UN General Assembly adopts World Court climate accountability ruling”

The package gleams with promise. A golden sunburst here. A farmer in a clean straw hat is there. The word “natural” is scripted in friendly italics across the front. Inside that package, nestled in its own plastic tray or crinkling foil pouch, is something poisonous that is neither natural nor, by any honest measure, food.Continue reading “The silent killer in your shopping cart contributes to cancer & chronic disease”

Christopher Santana, 33, of Hackensack, was a senior correctional police officer. His job was to keep contraband out. His alleged side business was bringing it in. He made $70,630 a year. A state paycheck. Pension promises. A badge that let him walk past the razor wire, electronic locks, and armed towers of Northern State PrisonContinue reading “Contraband-carrying correctional cop’s clandestine corruption caught”

The scene outside the Delaney Hall concentration camp on Memorial Day 2026 was not a protest. It was a stage. And the stage was set with precision. The gray cinder-block fortress topped with razor wire served as the perfect backdrop. The drums, the signs, the chants of “Free Them All!”—all the necessary props for aContinue reading “Circus comes to the Delaney Hall concentration camp on Memorial Day 2026”

Just over one year ago, the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city tried to walk into an immigrant detention center to see what was happening inside. Ras Baraka was arrested for trespassing. Charged like a common loiterer. For attempting to inspect a facility that sits on poisoned ground in the heart of the state’s notoriousContinue reading “The Gestapo in New Jersey: When ICE went rogue, Democrats went limp”

The numbers arrived quietly, buried in federal tables and monthly reports, but their meaning is neither technical nor abstract. In New Jersey, participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fell from 830,058 people to 786,858 in six months, a drop of more than 43,000 residents, while the state managed to add just 1,100 jobs duringContinue reading “More than 43,000 New Jersey residents lost food assistance in Trump’s budget law”

Forty years ago today, millions of Americans joined hands in one of the most ambitious charitable events in U.S. history. On May 25, 1986, an estimated 6.5 million people formed a human chain stretching nearly 6,600 miles from New York City to Long Beach, California, in an effort to raise money and awareness for hungerContinue reading “Forty years ago today, millions of Americans joined hands across America”

The enduring magic of Frank Capra’s classic Christmas movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, lies not in its comforting holiday sentiment, but in its stark, diagnosis of the American soul and in its uncomfortable, prophetic clarity. We return to it not just for sentiment, but for a diagnosis. The story of a building and loan inContinue reading “Greed is not merely a symptom of what ails America, it’s the disease”

By Sofia Rubinson and Samantha Tanner | NewsGuard Nearly one third of Americans (30 percent) believe that at least one of the three attempts on President Donald Trump’s life over the last two years was staged, according to a new NewsGuard/YouGov poll. For each attempted assassination, a majority of Americans said either that it was staged or that they were not sureContinue reading “Nearly one-third of Americans believe at least one Trump assassination attempt was ‘staged’”

You would think, listening to certain folks on television this week, that the single greatest obstacle between the American people and a nice Memorial Day barbecue is a stubborn low-pressure system parked over the Great Lakes. According to the conservative propaganda channel that Roger Ailes built back when Ronald Reagan was still selling morning inContinue reading “Fox News blames the rain while your wallet burns and Iran laughs”

Here is what is happening. The Trump administration is preparing an executive order that would force Americans to prove their citizenship just to have a bank account. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asked, “Why don’t we have information on who’s in our banking system?” That is the kind of question a child asks, or a tyrant.Continue reading “You may lose God-given freedom until you prove you are really you”

The president of the United States vowed to destroy members of his own party. Not their policies. Not their careers in the abstract. Them, personally. One by one, by name. “We’re going to take them out,” said President Donald Trump in December, referring to Indiana state senators who refused his demand to redraw congressional mapsContinue reading “Trump’s demand for obedience from GOP senators in Indiana echoes a dark history”

Six current and former Democratic members of Congress — each with a notable record of voting alongside House Republicans on significant legislation — have endorsed a longtime Texas Republican who is running for a Democratic congressional nomination in New Jersey, in a pattern that has drawn scrutiny from progressive activists in the state. Rebecca Bennett,Continue reading “Six unreliable Democrats back Texas Republican for Democratic nod, raising questions”

Many critics, including women’s rights organizations and political opponents, argue that Trump does not respect women, pointing to a long history of controversial statements, insults regarding women’s appearances, and allegations of misconduct. In the first 18 months of his return to power, President Donald Trump has assembled a Cabinet only to watch it disassemble, withContinue reading “Almost all the President’s women… are gone or going”

Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new research suggests. In a preclinical study published in Anesthesiology, McGill University researchers found that even though cryotherapy (icing) eased pain in the short term, recovery time was more than doubled inContinue reading “Icing injuries may slow recovery and prolong pain, study finds”