Chris Conzen

“We are living in a moment when it’s not unreasonable to worry about masked federal agents barging into your dorm, or shooting you in the street, or sending you to a foreign torture prison, or arresting you as retribution for an op-ed you once wrote in a student newspaper, or for no reason at all.”

The State of the Union We Chose What defines the past 400 days is not just the stories of those this administration has deemed to be insufficiently American. It’s what’s behind them.

Tonight is the State of the Union. We know the first year of the Trump regime been defined by lawlessness, violence, and a craven desire for ever more money and power. @theringer.com.web.brid.gy looks at its impact — including here in DC.

Millions of U.S. Students Attend Schools Near Environmentally Hazardous Sites Students of color are far more likely than their white peers to be taught in these classrooms, according to a new report.

“A new report finds nearly half of U.S. schools are located within a mile of environmentally hazardous sites. Native American, Black and Latino children are 124%, 86% and 43%, respectively, more likely than white kids to attend these schools”

This really sums it up.

As ICE moves forward with Roxbury detention center, Kean introduces bill to help town with costs - New Jersey Globe Residents of New Jersey’s Roxbury Township weren’t able to convince Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to move forward with a planned immigrant

So Tom Kean's big solution to the detention camp in Roxbury is to allow for our town to apply for a grant to be reimbursed for associated costs? His constituents overwhelmingly oppose this facility. But what matters to him is appealing to the core MAGA's and not ticking off Trump.

Opinion | The MAHA Coalition Is Falling Apart A political movement cannot survive on spite alone.

The MAHA movement was doomed to face a crossroads. To align with the Republican Party, you were eventually going to have to decide what you would sacrifice. Republicans are anti-regulation and anti-environment. You can't have an agenda centered on health that exists long in that reality.

This N.J. Trump voter’s husband was detained by ICE: ‘I thought they’d focus on criminals.’ Sandra Hafraoui, who identified as MAGA and voted for Trump three times, now says the president's immigration policy has "ruined our lives."

Absolutely zero sympathy. This is what you voted for.

This N.J. Trump voter’s husband was detained by ICE: ‘I thought they’d focus on criminals.’ www.nj.com/mosaic/2026/...

Kean Jr. denies claim he 'did not engage' for Roxbury on ICE warehouse The statement from Kean comes the morning after the Roxbury Council confirmed that ICE had closed on the 470,000-square-foot facility.

Kean is not the man for the moment. Just like our town attorney, who is the Republican minority leader in the State Senate, these folks serve MAGA first, not the people they are supposed to serve.

He had no problem getting a quick statement out when that ICE agent shot out someone’s tires in our town.

As a parent of a high schooler I just couldn’t lol

US Notches One of Its Biggest Annual Trade Gaps Since 1960 The US trade deficit widened in December, capping a turbulent year of erratic tariff policy.

So, not only did the average household pay $1000 extra due to tariffs, but the trade deficit actually grew?? But hey, at least the Trump family has made billions. It’s the Art of the Deal!!

The last bulwark against the Trump regime is that they are full of idiots.

Judges decry treatment of nursing and pregnant detainees in ICE custody The agency has declined to say whether a Biden-era policy largely barring detention for pregnant and nursing mothers remains in force.

“courts are being confronted with harrowing stories about women being separated from their nursing infants or housed in cramped and ill-equipped ICE facilities while pregnant, in conditions that threaten their health and have, in some cases, been followed by miscarriages”

Noncitizen voting is rare. Why is Washington so focused on it? Republicans are zeroing in on proof-of-citizenship requirements — even as critics warn federal support for election cybersecurity is quietly shrinking.

Washington isn't focused on it - Republicans are, and that's because they know they can feed their base with outright lies and the base will eat it up. Even conservative groups that have researched this have said it's rare, but facts don't matter to Republican voters.

Roxbury Protesters Want to Put Federal Agency on ICE - Insider NJ ROXBURY - What people say at protests is really not the issue. It's how many show up that counts, especially when it comes to ICE.

Roxbury Protesters Want to Put Federal Agency on ICE - Insider NJ buff.ly/gt8Wy9i

Trump has chipped away at the long-standing wall between church and state. It’s just the beginning | CNN Politics A series of faith initiatives championed by the White House has led to a systematic religious revival within the government’s operations, culture and policy.

People active in a Christian Faith are often blind to the fact that the separation of Church and State protects them too. There’s about 9 “families” of Christian denominations in the US, but the Christianity they want entwined in government is only 1 of those.

This N.J. college just cut 21 jobs after a painful drop in enrollment The school has lost more than 1,000 students since the pandemic amid mounting financial pressures.

21 positions cut from Ocean County College in NJ.

Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.

Will the folks obsessed with Hunter Biden give the same obsession to this?

Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.

Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

Federal court blocks Hegseth effort to punish Democratic senator The judge said the Pentagon had "trampled" on Sen. Mark Kelly's First Amendment freedoms.

“This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Kelly’s 1st Amdmt freedoms & threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees, To say the least, our retired vets deserve more respect from their Government, & our Constitution demands they receive it!”

US consumers, business pay 90% of tariff costs, says Federal Reserve The Fed's research contradict Trump's claim foreign companies would bear the burden.

US businesses and consumers paid nearly 90 percent of the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs last year, according to new Federal Reserve research that undercuts the president’s claim that foreign companies would bear the burden.

Jersey City High Schoolers Plan Anti-ICE Walkout Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Students at William L. Dickinson High School and James J. Ferris High School plan to walk out Friday and march to City Hall to protest the escal…

“We see our friends and family being in fear. We hear kids saying that they’re scared to go to school, they’re scared that ICE is gonna stop them in the light rail, that one day they’re gonna come home and not see their parents.”

A gun was fired during an ICE operation in N.J. community, state Attorney General announces The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office confirmed a gun was fired during an ICE operation.

This happened in my town of Roxbury, and it will only intensify if they open a detention center in our town. This madness needs to end.

Congressional candidate who made 'no negativity' pledge sought help finding dirt on rival Brian Varela is in a crowded field of Democrats vying to take on Tom Kean Jr. in New Jersey's competitive 7th Congressional District.

Despite "no negativity" pledge, Varela approached several of his opponents’ campaigns with a proposition: Pool their money to dig up dirt on rival Rebecca Bennett, #NJ07 www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Yet another analysis shows that noncitizen voting is a non-issue:

“CEIR continues to find that sweeping allegations about noncitizen registrations or voting appear to arise from misunderstandings, mischaracterizations, or outright fabrications about complex voter data”

Progressive advocate Mejia wins Democratic primary for Sherrill’s old House seat Former U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded.

Progressive advocate Mejia wins Democratic primary for Sherrill’s old House seat buff.ly/LABO1bC

Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.

“Trump's tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. The cost is set to go even higher this year to $1,300 per household, assuming the existing tariffs stay in place, the research said.”

The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

Read Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility www.propublica.org/article/life...

I read it out of obligation as a resident but you’re right about it living in an alternate reality.

US companies announced the largest number of job cuts for any January since the depths of the Great Recession in 2009 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...