Micah Rasmussen
@newjerseypolitics.bsky.social
Director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University
The Princeton Community Democratic Organization issued a statement today saying that Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer are NOT attending their NJ gubernatorial candidate forum tomorrow night. Disappointing. Sean Spiller, Steve Fulop, Ras Baraka, and Steve Sweeney are all still coming.
We cannot become jaded about what this means. Five federal prosecutors of both parties— including those appointed by the Trump administration— say they cannot conduct their work ethically and free of political interference under this president.
AUSA, who worked on Adams case, resigns in sharply-worded letter to DOJ
One of two assistant U.S. attorneys who was working on the Eric Adams corruption case has resigned from his position in a tersely-worded letter to the Department of Justice, according to an email, whi...
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Welcome Debaters and Debate Fans! Please keep in mind that the theater is filled to capacity. If your name is not already registered, you will need to watch on the livestream, available at On NJ and NJ Globe. Will also be rebroadcast on CSPAN.
The federal government has now explicitly endorsed political violence and justified the use of force against police officers to achieve one’s own ends. And there’s no getting around that.
"We've always had a faith that the days of our children would be better than our own. Our people are losing that faith, not only in government itself but in the ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shapers of our democracy."
Crisis of Confidence | American Experience | PBS
Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on July 15, 1979.
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The rest of the nation wonders how Rep. Kay Granger could wind up missing for six months and turn up living in a memory care facility, possibly unable to resign. In New Jersey, we think of Sen. Sandra Cunningham and say, “hold my beer.”
I have a feeling that midterm voters will have the last word on the question of checks, balances and lack thereof. www.mediaite.com/tv/house-rep...
House Republican Says Congress Should Act Only As a ‘Supportive Board of Directors’ to Implement Whatever Trump Wants
"Republicans need to get on board with President Trump. He is the commander-in-chief. He is the president. He is the decider in chief and he's the CEO."
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Save the dates NJ - Feb 2 + Feb 4. First debates for governor race candidates by @newjerseypolitics.bsky.social and @njglobe.bsky.social The primary isn’t until June, but there are so many serious contenders it will easily take 5 months for them to make their case they should be hired to run NJ.
First gubernatorial debates set for early February, with all major candidates participating - New Jersey Globe
The first debates in campaigns for the Democratic and Republican nominations for Governor of New Jersey will take place in February when ten candidates
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For the centennial series "100 Years of 100 Things," Micah Rasmussen @newjerseypolitics.bsky.social reflects on the history of New Jersey's Star-Ledger newspaper, which will end its print edition next year: www.wnyc.org/story/100-ye...
100 Years of 100 Things: The Star-Ledger | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
A look back at a century of the Star-Ledger, once the Newark Star-Ledger, which ends its print edition in February.
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Incredibly excited to share this tremendous learning experience with Rider students.
First gubernatorial debates set for early February, with all major candidates participating - New Jersey Globe
The first debates in campaigns for the Democratic and Republican nominations for Governor of New Jersey will take place in February when ten candidates
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No matter what our partisan stripe, we should be able to agree the United States Postal Service is a crucial asset that was built and is owned by all of us, and there is zero mandate from the public to turn it over to an oligarch. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses
Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.
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Re the ballot bill: 1. The words Republican and Democrat can’t be owned or controlled by anyone. 2. A party organization should be able to decide who uses its official name. 3. A person should be able to decide who can use his or her name. No bans.
Thanks to @CommerceNJ and President Anthony Russo for the chance to talk 2025 with board members today in Paramus.
It is possible to gain from Brian Thompson's death without honoring or glorifying his killer. As usual, the media makes this an either/or proposition. The moment still begs important questions about rewarding the denial of American health care for enormous profit.
Old enough to remember when this was the textbook definition of judicial restraint— and the expectation of SCOTUS: “I am concerned that some federal courts are succumbing to the temptation” to rely on standing as a way of “avoiding particularly contentious constitutional questions,” Alito wrote.
Supreme Court turns away Wisconsin parents who say schools are hiding transgender support plans | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from a group of parents who say their Wisconsin school district is hiding transgender support plans involving their children.
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Anyone who thinks we are not rationing health care in this country has not scheduled a visit to a specialist.
Reuters@reuters.com · 2y agoPolice are still hunting for the man suspected of killing Brian Thompson, a UnitedHealthcare executive, and have not determined a motive. But the attack called fresh attention to deepening frustrations over health coverage reut.rs/3Bne0zF
Choose wisely, incumbents.
David Wildstein@wildstein.bsky.social · 2y agoScoop: The Assembly Ballot Design Committee has drafted legislation that includes office block ballots, bracketing for running mates, shared slogans, and the option of randomizing the order of names. newjerseyglobe.com/legislature/...
Democrats got a lot of credit from the public for reducing the deficit during the Clinton years, and could again if they make this their consistent principle for the next two years. Added bonus: it would be a justification for constraint on Trump spending priorities.
Powell calls for ‘change’ in ‘unsustainable’ fiscal path
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that the U.S. is on an “unsustainable” fiscal path and called for a course correction days after the national debt topped $36 trillion for the f…
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www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12... “…health care executives can often receive threats because of the nature of their work” is an euphemism for making life and death decisions to ration care.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Is Fatally Shot in Midtown Manhattan: Live Updates
The executive, Brian Thompson, was killed in what the police described as a “brazen targeted attack” outside a hotel where the company was holding an investor meeting. The suspect was last spotted in ...
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There’s a reason pardons are issued on the way out the door. Now every Senate Republican will be forced to confirm a blackmailer who hired a prostitute to seduce his own brother-in-law, and sent the tape to his own sister. To be the face of the U.S.— a laughing stock again.
Glad to participate in this national preview of next year's big election in New Jersey. abcnews.go.com/Politics/off...
What New Jersey and Virginia's governor's races could mean for Democrats
Democrats suffered a knockout punch in this month's elections. Off-year gubernatorial elections in 2025 offer them their first chance to get off the mat.
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Pardons are one of the Constitution's ways of checking power. When a future executive has promised to use power to punish perceived opponents, and the current executive can check him en masse, Eleanor Clift is right: he should. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wants-...
Trump Wants Revenge. Biden’s Best Weapon: Get Pardoning
Joe Biden must use his pardon power to safeguard a lengthening list of people who have been on the receiving end of Trump’s threats—including Nancy Pelosi and Jack Smith.
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The Keystone pipeline Trump wants to “bring back” will not be economically viable if the Trump tariffs apply to ALL of what is imported from Canada.
Though it's possible George Norcross is correct and the extortion he is alleged to have committed is the usual "hardball business negotiations" of New Jersey politics: 1. "Everyone does it" is not a defense. 2. Not everyone has the political power to make good on threats.
George Norcross exploited ‘overwhelming political influence’ to extort rivals, prosecutors say in fight to allow charges to reach a jury
The attorney general's filing comes after Norcross and his codefendants urged a Mercer County judge to toss racketeering and extortion charges against them before trial.
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Vandalay and Company is a real firm operating in New Jersey. Can Kramerica Industries be far off?
43,000 SF property in Cherry Hill purchased with intent of restoring it as industrial facility | ROI-NJ
In a show of how strong the need for industrial real estate remains throughout the state, KBC Advisors recently purchased a 43,000-square-foot facility in Cherry Hill with the intent to restore the pr...
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“I know that there are hardworking people who don’t have skeletons in their closet. And I wish we were electing people with fewer skeletons in their closet.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Exclusive: Former babysitter to RFK Jr.'s kids speaks about sexual assault allegation
Trump's nomination of RFK Jr. for Health and Human Services secretary has put a spotlight back on Eliza Cooney’s allegations of sexual abuse.
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To be clear, this is not a prediction that he or anyone else will win. Maybe the county organizations will prevail, though Fulop clearly likes his odds. What these running mates give him is more of a foothold in these counties than he'd otherwise have without them.
Micah Rasmussen@newjerseypolitics.bsky.social · 2y agoFulop, more than any other single factor, is why we will see record-high participation in the 2025 Democratic primary. Voters have real choices + county orgs have no choice but to mobilize because they have no idea how serious a threat these challenges are to their turf in a post-line world.
