Ben Haygood

Qanon was a brilliant op because they got millions of conspiracy-brained reactionaries from Alex Jones to that guy who yells about fluoride at every town hall to become PRO Black Van.

I’m so proud to get to work with this group of amazing people advancing economic, racial, and environmental justice in the state! Shoutout to Sen Mukherji, Asw Quijano, Asm Atkins, @edpotosnak.bsky.social, @benhaygood.bsky.social, Marcus Sibley, & more for leading the charge.

"Zohran Mamdani is a job-killer, not a job-creator," continued Andrew Cuomo. "Not like me. I've created jobs. Mortuaries, mass grave facilities managers, trauma therapists, pepper spray salespeople, sexual assault hotline operators -- they'll all tell you. That's what I told my good friend Don."

Leaders of the N.J. synagogue that burned to the ground in an overnight blaze vow to rebuild Rutherford police said on Friday afternoon a preliminary investigation determined the fire was not intentionally set.

Rutherford police said on Friday afternoon a preliminary investigation determined the fire was not intentionally set.

Sarah Palin can see the meeting from her house.

Lol.

Andrew Cuomo tweet: In case you forgot, I’m Andrew Cuomo, son of Mario, grandson of Andrea. Welcome to the heavyweight bout, @ZohranKMamdani This is a two man race. You look tired already. It’s just the second round.

What if there were already some sort of contest where people were able to choose between them, I wonder how that would go

Showdown in New Jersey Over Top Federal Prosecutor

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.

This is so frustrating because it almost certainly played no role in this specific disaster. However, over the long term, this is a problem. And the active and proposed budget cuts further imperil this work. But trying to separate the two is impossible.

Worth noting, I think, that the organization behind Canary Mission is entirely based in Israel. So ICE was using information to make these arrests from an Israeli company.

( #NWSPhoenix): #Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport has officially broken the RECORD high temperature for today (July 9). Sky Harbor hit 117° at 2:24 pm MST. #AZwx #wx #wxsky

This team is so different if Bryce starts being Bryce again.

( #NWS): An active late afternoon/evening (July 9) is in store for the Mid-Atlantic as SEVERE STORMS AND FLASH #FLOODING threaten. Flash Flood Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings require unique plans to stay safe when they're issued. Check your latest forecast at weather.gov #USwx #wx #wxsky

ICE raid at Edison warehouse leaves workers, families on edge | Video | NJ Spotlight News The Alba Wine and Spirits warehouse in Edison was subject of a surprise raid by federal immigration agents on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, ICE agents raided the Alba Wine and Spirits warehouse in Edison, witnesses said. Workers who could verify their immigration status were issued wristbands, while those who lacked valid identification were zip-tied and put in vans for transport.

To the Editor: Proposed HUD Funding Cuts Will Leave Some Princeton Families Struggling Princeton, NJ -- The 44 percent cuts to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUDF) included in the President

Managers of affordable housing complexes in Princeton are warning that their ability to operate will be devastated by cuts in federal housing assistance that are being proposed in the upcoming federal budget... www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...

Construction is now well under way on the new 'Gateway' rail tunnels under the Hudson River. The actual tunneling hasn't started yet but all kinds of preparatory work has started...these photos taken in North Bergen Twp, NJ. pix11.com/news/see-cre...

The New Jersey legislature is sitting on a bunch of legislation advanced by state Senator Troy Singleton that would very gently make it easier to build ADUs and density near transit. They are not moving that stuff, but they continue to advance new restrictions on development. They're doing it wrong.

Pretty incredible map here, maps voter registration down to the individual house! Almost everybody on my block in Princeton is a registered Democrat!!

From former NHC Hurricane Specialist and Hurricane Specialist Unit Chief, "So what happens at NHC if NOAA Research is shut down? Right away, the Doppler radar missions would stop, along with the forecast improvement they bring. Almost certainly by next year, some of the most important intensity models would fall out of service, degrading NHC’s intensity forecasts. Websites that provide forecasters with crucial satellite analyses would break. Intensity estimates for storms beyond aircraft range would be degraded. Formation forecasts for disturbances would likely become less accurate. Longer term, I think track forecasts would continue to get better, but at a slower pace. Intensity forecasts, however, would likely stagnate or even regress."

Important post from @franklinjamesl.bsky.social this afternoon about what the proposed NOAA cuts would mean for hurricane forecasting (from the person who oversaw the NHC's hurricane forecasters)
open.substack.com/pub/franklin...

In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and li...

As floodwaters surged across central Texas last week, officials at FEMA leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and life-saving resources, like they have in past disasters.

But almost instantly, FEMA ran into bureaucratic obstacles, four agency officials told CNN.

After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined to Stop Him

Info in this new piece on the NYC race:

—A bunch of people aligning around a call to align around 1 non-Mamdani candidate, including Cuomo, David Paterson, Catsimatidis
—Adams blasts Cuomo's "arrogance"
—Sliwa insists he's staying
—Unions preparing to spend for Mamdani
—Big Cuomo donors going Adams

Bracing for Medicaid cuts in NJ | Video | NJ Spotlight News As Trump lauds tax-cut law, NJ officials and Medicaid users fear services will be slashed

Bracing for Medicaid cuts in NJ www.njspotlightnews.org/video/bracin...

One death reported, at least 80 rescued as a result of the extensive #FLOODING from what was Tropical Storm Chantal in #NorthCarolina ( #NCwx ) on Sunday (July 6) #wx #wxsky

(ABC11_WTVD )-TV: "....state troopers say a person died after their vehicle was swept away by FLOOD waters"

LULA: “.. The world has changed. We don’t want an emperor. .. The world needs to find a way so that our trade relationship does not need to go through the dollar. Nobody has determined that the dollar is the currency standard.”

@financialtimes.com #BRICS
www.ft.com/content/20cd...

Nothing to see here, just the head of one of Silicon Valley's largest VC firms having a nice hug-it-out session with Laura Loomer.

Sherrill leads Ciattarelli by 20 point in Rutgers-Eagleton poll - New Jersey Globe Democrat Mikie Sherrill has a twenty-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey governor’s race, with President Donald Trump figuring

Rutgers-Eagleton Poll | 6/13-6/16

New Jersey Governor (Leaners)
🟦Mikie Sherill 56%
🟥Jack Ciattarelli 35%
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New Jersey Governor (without leaners)
🟦Mikie Sherill 51%
🟥Jack Ciattarelli 31%
Undecided 13%

newjerseyglobe.com/governor/she...

The State AI Preparedness Project By Ojobo Agbo Eje, Michael Akinwumi, Itzhak Yanovitzky, and Kristoffer Shields   Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming various sectors of the economy across the world, from health, transportat...

Researchers with the Eagleton Science & Politics Program at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, with funding from the NJSPL, have launched the State AI Preparedness (SAIP) project aimed at addressing the balance with AI technology:
policylab.rutgers.edu/the-state-ai...

Read more:
eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu/.../Rutgers-....

Half or more of New Jerseyans say their housing costs aren’t affordable (33% “not very,” 18% “not at all”) and that it is only getting more difficult to pay them (56%), according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll conducted in collaboration with the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey.