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Co-Executive Director, NJ 11th For Change LFGM! Shakespeare, words, birds, flowers, math. Dog person. Abortion rights voter. Apparently I'm a Jersey girl now
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That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
What. The ever-loving. Frak.
Juan Soto keeps on raking! 😤
Pete goes BACK-TO-BACK! 💣
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
WTF? This is part of the ceremony of citizenship. These people aren’t against illegal immigration, they’re against legal immigration as well, and always have been.
"I don’t know if Donald Trump has a personal health problem. But I’m confident he has a political health care problem...Republicans have handed Democrats a powerful agenda: Undo the Medicaid cuts. Keep the health insurance tax credits. Provide vaccines." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Trump admin wants to pay AI companies to find ways of denying care to Medicare patients. Congress could step in to stop this. Hey #NJ07 Rep Tom Kean Jr - That means you! Will you stand up and speak out against this? Or look away and keep your mouth shut as usual?
Never
I leave them when I go for my usual 3-4 mile walk along the shore, I don’t want to carry them or a bag while I’m walking.
Juan Soto tied his career high with six RBIs, hitting a grand slam and a tiebreaking, two-run triple to lead the #Mets over the Tigers 10-8 on Monday. #LGM
Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. “I don’t know what to say at this point,” he said. “I can’t defend what Israel is doing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
JUSTICE FOR THE EM DASH (from @ellecordova.bsky.social) youtube.com/shorts/XKsPa...
Books! 📚 #LGM
omg look at him ❤️
I remain a one-issue voter for the 2028 Democratic presidential primaries, and that issue is the promise of prosecutions.
Since the pandemic, New Jersey’s utility companies have been making record profits. As governor, I’m going to open up the books to make sure utilities aren’t price gouging or colluding to drive up costs for New Jerseyans.
I daydream about being woken in the dead of night by the sound of shouts, cheers, and car horns.
We could have a modern parliamentary democracy, universal healthcare, human rights in the constitution, bullet trains, proper infrastructure etc. It would be so great.
i really think jd vance is the fakest politician i've seen in my lifetime. there is nothing sincere about him.
I was obviously livid, critical, and fearful. I hoped that I was overreacting about the dangers he would present to our public health infrastructure. But looking bad, even I lacked imagination about how bad it would get, and how quickly he would destroy this. open.substack.com/pub/miranday...
Politicians run campaigns pledging to rein in the police, wealthy developers, and other entrenched blocs in their cities—but then find these establishment forces too powerful to overcome in office. But Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has figured it out. trib.al/MOtxSjw
So much fun!
Pete goes YARD! 🐻❄️ #LGM
true story i used to be one of those red pandas who thought booing was impolite and unsportsmanlike but this administration and its shitty people has completely changed my stance i am all for booing and public shunning of every single one of these fucks tbh thank u for coming to my TED talk
Wavefunction Collapse xkcd.com/3134/
![4-panel Comic. (1) STUDENT: If the wavefunction only collapses when I observe it, does that mean my consciousness affects the universe? (2) [Bad:] PROFESSOR: Yes, quantum entanglement proves that we all have souls. (3) [Good:] PROFESSOR: No, consciousness plays no role here. It’s just physical measurement. (4) [Chaotic:] PROFESSOR: No. The wavefunction collapses when *I* look at it because I’m a full professor. It won’t collapse for an undergraduate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic2mhmdvsftki6qe275hycolgt22msekbwzdyqoujt56qzpcbm3hm@jpeg "Click to view full size")
It’s shockingly perfect
Yes, call not matter which party you Representative and Senators belong to; Yes, call if at all possible. You can *also, additionally* send an email if you'd like; Yes, call after hours to leave a voicemail if you don't want to speak to a person; Yes, you can change my script if you want to
Trump vs Newark's own. "The first thing you need to know about LaMonica McIver is that, despite her disarming demeanor, she is not afraid of a fight." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
We’re back in South Jersey ;)
A VERY special rendition of Take Me Out to the Ballgame! 🤣 Credits to: @mets #NewYorkMets #MetsNation #LGM
some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
The Delacorte’s Twelfth Night is an absolute delight. And I have fond memories of Mark Rylance’s turn as Olivia a few years back
It was fun!
To Donald Trump and his administration: If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
So random
Pritzker has great hair and wears suits that actually fit.
I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today. Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American. There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
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Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
Ok this is hilarious
Did you have one of those reflector mirror things??
Clue 3 for those playing at home! #MamdaniExSCAVeganza #ZcavengerHunt
Clue 2 for those playing at home! #MamdaniExSCAVeganza #ZcavengerHunt
HAH. Even in the 80s I was rocking the big hat and beach umbrella
Reliving the 80s because I'm really into cottage cheese on rice cakes again
I went to the corner store for my mother all the time. youtu.be/MNghp9tPXjo
I’m sorry but this isn’t cool @nytimes.com. The only reason he started using his real name is because reporters (me) outed him.
I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own. Now, we continue fulfilling that promise. Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
I'm an old and *I* walk a mile in 18 min. What a pathetic bunch of losers these people are
Game on.
Quick Friday check-in. Don't mind my coffee maker in the background...
The court ruled that Alina Habba is unlawfully serving at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/n...
Put it in the books! 📚
This is Juan Soto’s sixth season with 25+ homers and 100+ walks That’s the most of any player in MLB history before turning 27
At this point, why not #lfgm
"Despite Trump’s pledge to go after the so-called ‘worst of the worst,’ his administration is instead just terrorizing workers and immigrant communities." Does #NJ07 Rep Tom Kean Jr agree? Or does he really think these workers loading Amazon and FedEx trucks are the "worst of the worst"?
The Donald Trump/Jack Ciattarelli tariffs are crushing New Jersey businesses. Jack said he doesn’t mind if they feel "pain." My administration will help our businesses grow, instead of putting them in “survival mode.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/b...
NEWS: Federal judge finds that Alina Habba is NOT lawfully performing functions and duties of U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. Judge Matthew Brann disqualifies Habba from prosecution of two criminal defendants who challenged her appointment
In a stunning decision with national ramifications, a federal judge just ruled that Alina Habba has been acting without legal authority as NJ’s top prosecutor. “She must be disqualified from participating in any ongoing cases,” he wrote.
"I have concluded that Ms. Habba has unlawfully acted in the role of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey since July 1, 2025."
The main founders of Devo and Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders were students at Kent State in 1970 when the Ohio National Guard (now in DC) murdered 4 students For this late boomer, the Kent State massacre inventing punk rock explains everything
what happened to Jeff?
Imagine hosting a political talk show and 1) Not knowing what mifepristone is 2) Misrepresenting the story on mife/Costco (they never carried mife) 3) Not knowing how Costco pharmacies work? So many talented, educated people could use this platform, but instead, it’s Bill.
Omg, JD Vance getting heckled by people yelling ‘COUCH F*CKER’ as he visits Union Station to survey Trump’s militarization of D.C.
I had never heard of this company but I immediately went to their site and now I want to be their best friends and buy everything based solely on the fact that the candle where you get to watch a tiny Manderley burn has marketing copy written by Mrs. Danvers
You guys. The Lisa Cook story isn’t about her mortgages. Please please please stop being so credulous.
This product line! oh my goodness, I love them
Constituents deserve access to their representative — not intimidation at the door. At #NJ07 Rep Tom Kean Jr’s office: access denied, constituents turned away. Call Kean’s office 908-547-3307 and demand an in-person meeting to discuss this incident + your concerns about the state of our nation.
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.
To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, “Make the conclusion count.”
NYM 8 WSH 1 Final David Peterson looked like an All-Star. The Mets hit four homers. They've won three in a row. The Mets are 67-58.
Many people are *relieved* after their abortions. Some have lingering emotions, but reams of research show the overwhelming majority say it was the right decision. "Nobody wants to live through that"? Nobody wants to live through a forced pregnancy, Matt.
It is 2025. Gonna need supporters of abortion rights to stop saying things like abortion is "traumatic"—especially when they are statewide elected officials. This is AG Matt Platkin of New Jersey doing great until the end. slate.com/transcripts/...
![screenshot 1/2 from Amicus podcast transcript where New Jersey AG Matt Platkin is talking: Speaker A: The reality we know post Dobbs is it left it to the states in New Jersey, like many states, codified the right to access reproductive health care and abortion, which is state law. In New Jersey, the Face Act [Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act] a federal law that protects access to abortion care centers and reproductive health care centers allows state agencies to enforce that statute. At one point in time, we had a joint collaborative effort. We were the first state in the country to have this with our federal partners in the Department of Justice. Obviously things are different now, but at the state level, we are continuously. In fact, I was on with them last week talking to our healthcare centers and I have to commend law enforcement New Jersey, who has made sure it remains safe to access our centers. Obviously those pardons, just like the January 6th pardons, were, I think, real gut punches to the rule of law in this country. Regardless of what you think of abortion care, you...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreiglfvyah5w6woagb6qtqvrzav6eysrwbw3isxnamz3j46vcnwa56q@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
New Jersey commuters are experiencing another “Summer of Hell” with the PATH system. It stops when I’m governor. www.nj.com/news/2025/08...
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I just found out where this is from. Oy
LaMonica McIver Prepares to Hoist Todd Blanche with His Own Petard www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/16/l...
I’m teaching Jane Jacobs next week and one of my favorite claims of hers to get students to debate is whether bars actually can do a better job than police at safety with eyes on the street. www.advocate.com/news/dc-busi...
Israelis took to the streets to protest Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to conquer the rest of the Gaza Strip rather than attempt to negotiate an end to the war.
Ah! We were in the Berkshires last week and had to stop for a turkey parade going across the road
Happy birthday to you and your birthday twin!
"It’s cliché to say that Byron fucked, but what can you do? He did fuck. Dude’s middle name was 'Gordon' and not even that could stop him."
Reup: LaMonica McIver Prepares to Hoist Todd Blanche with His Own Petard According to Body Cam evidence turned over to LaMonica McIver, Todd Blanche instructed Ricky Patel to arrest Ras Baraka (without first getting a warrant). www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/16/l...
Merriam-Webster’s post on this topic is particularly enjoyable.
idk man call me terminally hope-pilled but I’m not giving up on the idea of a candidate with a big-ass list of policy reforms offering something for everyone. “here’s how they’ll lower your taxes.” “here’s how they’ll protect your trans kid.” “here’s their proposals on healthcare / SCOTUS / ICE” etc
The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza are calling on businesses to go on strike and join nationwide rallies to be held on Sunday in an effort to compel the government to reach an agreement with Hamas for an immediate cease-fire and the release of the remaining captives.
This video from Fairmount Bagels in Montreal from their Instagram is the most impressive thing I've ever seen
Accurate (I was at the Wed. game, still scarred)
James Baldwin didn’t believe in reform; he believed in revolution. “Anything less than a total social reckoning—a complete psychological makeover of white America—was worthless,” Louis Menand writes.
Life of a Mets fan, this thread 💙🧡
Shout out for Leonardo the Terrible Monster from this former early childhood teacher!
Ridiculous framing from @nj.com - this woman is the county chair of Moms for Liberty, and was last in the news when she accused a local pastor/church of supporting pedophilia because they flew a pride flag. We have to stop giving these people even an ounce of respectability.
