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New Jersey Marriage Equality Advocates Are Heading Back to Court

July 1, 2013 By Laurel 2 Comments

Advocates for same-sex marriage in New Jersey are heading back to court on Wednesday in an effort to invalidate New Jersey's discriminatory heterosexuals-only marriage law. New Jersey doesn't allow same-sex couples to marry, but rather … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: doma, marriage-equality, new-jersey

Gov. Chris Christie is Keeping New Jersey Mired in the Discriminatory Past

May 14, 2013 By Laurel 17 Comments

The passage of a marriage equality law in Delaware last week leaves New Jersey the only Atlantic coast state north of Virginia to retain a discriminatory marriage law. β€œ[V]acationers this summer can travel anywhere from Portland, Maine, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chris-christie, gay-marriage, lgbt, marriage-equality, new-jersey

Baker to MA: “Go Jersey”

October 24, 2010 By proath 17 Comments

Under Governor Patrick, Massachusetts won the Race to the Top competition, delivering millions to Massachusetts schools. We came in first place. New Jersey came in 11th, losing out on funds. And Chris Christie's team has been roundly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, chris-christie, deval-patrick, new-jersey

Social Networking with the 2009 Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates

June 12, 2009 By senate-guru Leave a Comment

{First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate Guru.} While 2010 will be chock-full of exciting races at all levels of government.  In 2009, though, there will be two marquee races across the country: the gubernatorial races in Virginia and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2009, bob-mcdonnell, chris-christie, creigh-deeds, gubernatorial-races, jon-corzine, national-politics, new-jersey, nj-gov, va-gov, virginia

New Jersey District 25 – any hope?

December 13, 2008 By Laurel 2 Comments

In anticipation of the upcoming marriage equality debate in New Jersey, I'm trying to get a feel for the possibilities in my family's district.  They live in District 25, which is represented by 3 republicans: Senator ANTHONY R. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civil-unions, gay, lgbt, marriage, new-jersey

Record Youth And Minority Turnout Threatened By Persistent Election Barriers

July 31, 2008 By project-vote 2 Comments

The dirty secret of elections in America is that getting on the rolls, casting a ballot, and having that ballot counted is a complicated system adjudicated and carried out by more than 3,000 counties and towns and regulated by a complex mix … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, election-day-registration, election-integrity, florida, massachusetts, minorities, new-jersey, new-mexico, presidential-election, project-vote, u.s.-department-of-justice, voter-disenfranchisement, voter-registration-drive, voter-suppression, voting-rights, voting-rights-act, youth

Hey, Massachusetts, New Jersey Is Passing on the Left

February 10, 2008 By Pablo 6 Comments

NEW JERSEY'S political hue is not just blue these days. It's cobalt. In the last two months, the state has become the first in a generation to abolish the death penalty, the first north of the Mason-Dixon line to apologize for slavery and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: massachusetts, new-jersey, progressive-politics

Democrats in Favor of Sanctuary Cities

September 27, 2007 By kyledeb 17 Comments

I'm glad that Joe Biden mentioned the town in this New York Times article. After Riverside, New Jersey, implemented a local anti-migrant ordinance, it wreaked havoc on the town. Migrants left in droves and businesses suffered. So, recently … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, bill-richardson, chris-dodd, dartmouth-college, debate, democrat, dennis-kucinich, hillary-clinton, immigration, joe-biden, migrant, mike-gravel, new-england-cable-news, new-hampshire, new-jersey, new-york-times, riverside

The Truth About the Boston MS-13 Raids

September 7, 2007 By kyledeb 4 Comments

The supposed purpose of ICE's "Operation 13", as the raids were dubbed, was to target members of MS-13, a violent Salvadoran gang.  This operation was concieved, no doubt, in response to the politicized killings in New Jersey, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, boston-globe, colombia, el-salvador, guatemala, honduras, ice, immigration, massachusetts, ms-13, new-jersey, news, nicaragua

Malkin is Raping the Truth About Migrants

August 15, 2007 By kyledeb 27 Comments

Cross-posted on Immigration OrangeOn Friday August 10, JTD sent me this email:I assume you're aware of the savage, horrible shooting down in NJ last week, of 4 young college students...Turns out, one of the murder suspects is an illegal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: analysis, boston-globe, el-salvador, gangs, jose-carranza, latinos, mara-18, mara-salvatrucha, maras, michelle-malkin, ms-13, new-jersey, peru, sanctuary-city, sovereignty, transnational-criminal-youth-gangs

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

Well gosh that was never true, to say the least. #StockholmSyndrome

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β€œUtter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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What conditions accounts for this?

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