Nancy Solomon
@nancysolomon2.bsky.social
Audio journalist, formerly of WNYC, and reporter and host of the podcast, Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery.
“We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done,” journalist Garrett Graff wrote: “A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.”
Welp. @govmurphy.bsky.social did great work in remaking NJ’s clemency program. But then left a stain on the whole thing by pardoning a donor who killed a man in a hit and run. Disgraceful. url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/4kJGCqxrKV...
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Fantastic farewell to Brenda Flanagan and a great trip through some of the top news stories in NJ over her storied career.
Michael Sol Warren@michaelsolwarren.com · 9mo agoHonored to have worked the past few years with @bflanagannj.bsky.social — today was her last day before a well deserved retirement. What a career, we’ll miss you! youtu.be/HyY2dJAGTo8?...
from @mattfriedmannj.bsky.social on twitter: Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones says the gutting of NJ Comptroller is "overreach" and that he thinks it should be shelved." And I heard from one advocate who lobbies at the statehouse that she heard the bill is dead.
If @mikiesherrill.bsky.social can govern NJ with this same vibe, then life here is going to be looking up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=68dw...
"Don't Push" - The Wild Ride NJ Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill Took When Delivering Her Second Child
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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have never seen anything like this! Sen. Jim beach is making a cabinet member, the attorney general and a sitting U.S. senator wait five hours and still hasn’t called them to a hearing on gutting a state corruption watchdog. Three people tried to yield to @AndyKimNJ and Beach refused.
"State Comptroller" is a weird name & most folks don't know what Walsh does. Take it from me, I've focused on NJ corruption for the last 6 yrs: He investigates waste (of our taxpayer $), fraud (corruption that also wastes our taxpayer $) and abuse (i.e., corporate nursing homes). The AG agrees.
Attorney General Jennifer Davenport@newjerseyoag.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis Thanksgiving, the NJ Senate is killing a gov’t watchdog that stops wasteful spending, giving politically powerful individuals broad powers to intimidate law enforcement fighting corruption & even letting them tap phones. Outrageous. I’ll be testifying against it on Mon.
And now, late at night before the holiday, the bill to gut the comptroller has dropped. Sponsored by Sen. Nick Scutari, whose buddies who run Union County were investigated by the comptroller. jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/17/n...
New Jersey watchdog warns proposal to weaken his office would benefit the powerful and undermine accountability • The Jersey Vindicator
Legislative leaders want to take away the comptroller's investigatory power.
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The long-planned, slow death of open government in New Jersey jerseyvindicator.org/2025/11/19/t...
The long-planned, slow death of open government in New Jersey • The Jersey Vindicator
A decade of shrinking access, weakened oversight and rising secrecy has left the public shut out of its own government.
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Assata Shakur has died. There is a story that was never fully told about racial profiling on the New Jersey Turnpike and what happened the night she was shot and an activist and a state trooper died. May she rest in peace. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anx...
How Assata Shakur Became One of America’s Most Wanted | Notes from America with Kai Wright | WNYC Studios
A deadly encounter fifty years ago between the New Jersey State Police and a group of Black activists turned Assata Shakur into a cultural icon – and an enduring political villain.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last yr.Confirmed: Assata Shakur has joined the ancestors. cubaminrex.cu/es/nota-de-p...
Mikie Sherrill: “That Jack Ciattarelli and the Trump administration are illegally weaponizing my records for political gain is a violation of anyone who has ever served our country. No veteran's record is safe." www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
Archives released too much of Mikie Sherrill's military record to her opponent in governor's race
The National Archives admitted a technician had erred in releasing Rep. Mikie Sherill's "entire record."
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My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
New Jersey politicians silent on watchdog report detailing covert takeover of public insurance jerseyvindicator.org/2025/09/15/n...
New Jersey politicians silent on watchdog report detailing covert takeover of public insurance
New Jersey's top public corruption watchdog issued a scathing report last week detailing how for-profit companies and powerful political interests have co-opted an obscure ...
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This is how political power and money works in Camden. www.inquirer.com/politics/new...
This NAACP leader once bashed party bosses. Now he’s a key George Norcross ally.
Some critics within the NAACP have questioned why NJ NAACP President Richard Smith has lent the civil rights organization’s prestige to a power broker accused of racketeering conspiracy.
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When asked about the “coalition,” Ciattarelli’s Deputy Campaign Manager Nick Poche did not have specific details on “Blacks Back Jack,” but instead talked about the need for the campaign to “engage” minority groups. www.salon.com/2025/08/19/t...
The Trump-backed candidate for New Jersey governor makes an awkward appeal to Black voters - Salon.com
"Blacks Back Jack," claims Jack Ciattarelli's website, but his campaign can't name any Black supporters
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“Hi, it's me, calling my very handsome senator. I have a favor to ask you." The latest season of Dead End delves into the downfall of former NJ Senator Bob Menendez, gold bars, pedestrian-killing wife and all. Great work from @nancysolomon2.bsky.social www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dea...
Dead End: Crime and Politics: Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts
Where true crime meets political corruption.
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All three episodes available now for your binge listening!
Ilya Marritz@ilyamarritz.bsky.social · last yr.Bob Menendez, once the Democrats' top senator on foreign policy, starts his prison sentence today Do yourself a favor, and listen to @nancysolomon2.bsky.social's AMAZING pod mini-series on the rise and fall www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dea...
Oh hey can't recommend the latest season of @nancysolomon2.bsky.social's "Dead End" podcast, all about Bob Menendez, more highly. You can hear his voicemails! And hear him sing! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dea...
The Fighter | Dead End: Crime and Politics | WNYC Studios
We trace Bob Menendez’s rise from a tough New Jersey neighborhood to the heights of U.S. politics. With stories from those who knew and worked with him, we explore his brand as a rele...
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Episide 2 is now out in my 3 part series about Bob Menendez It’s a story of love and corruption that is surprising even by Jersey standards! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
The Lover
Podcast Episode · Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery · S2 E2 · 23m
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Curious about what exactly that Bob Menendez story was all about. Listen to my new podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
The Fighter
Podcast Episode · Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery · S2 E1 · 15m
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Days after Rep. Josh Gottheim announced his bid for New Jersey governor, his House office paid $180,225 on advertisements across the whole state. The Ethics Committee should look into whether that's a violation of the law.
Gottheimer spent more than 10% of public-funded office budget on ads days after announcing run for New Jersey governor - NJTODAY.NET
By Will Bredderman U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer followed up his New Jersey gubernatorial campaign launch last fall with a massive digital ad buy from his congressional office — a payment to a vendor link...
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1/4 I am a big fan of Politico's @danieljhan.bsky.social but I think this analysis is unfair. Mikie Sherrill is being criticized for taking support from political machines, but the link takes you to a 2018 article, long long before any of the current candidates for governor were not...
Steven Fulop@stevenfulop.bsky.social · last yr.Brutal article but true. If she’s the nominee, Dems will get crushed in November and not because of Musk, stock trades, or Breakfast Club clips. This article nails the real issue after 8 years of Murphy. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
📻 This week’s show is kind of a theme: from the white South Africans who accidentally ended up becoming refugees in the US to origins of the American militia movement on *shortwave radio* LISTEN! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Why Trump is Welcoming White South Africans as Refugees. Plus, Ep 2 of The Divided Dial. | On the Media | WNYC Studios
On Monday, dozens of Afrikaners arrived in the US as refugees. On this week’s On the Media, how a fringe group of white South Africans have been lobbying for Donald Trump’s attention ...
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HUNT: Is Rubio still working on the Abrego Garcia case? TAMMY BRUCE: I'm not going to speak to his work in detail HUNT: You're the spokesperson for the State Department!
Democrat running for governor wants more transparency in Trenton — what about in his own backyard? newjerseymonitor.com/2025/04/29/d...
Democrat running for governor wants more transparency in Trenton — what about in his own backyard? • New Jersey Monitor
Steve Fulop says he wants to bring more transparency to Trenton — so why is he fighting the New Jersey Monitor over access to police records?
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Feds drop bribery charges against two former NJ tech executives www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/feds...
Bribery charges dropped against two former NJ tech executives | NJ Spotlight News
Interim U.S. Attorney for N.J. Alina Habba requested the case be dismissed against former executives of NJ-based multinational, a Trump inauguration donor.
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