ICE is in fact the worst of the worst

Explore Our New Website - The Fund for NJ A Message from Brandon McKoy, President of The Fund for New Jersey

This week @fundfornj.bsky.social launched our new website, one that provides the features/flexibility to highlight/support the important work we believe in. I thought it important to make use of the opportunity & reflect on what this moment in NJ requires of us all. www.fundfornj.org/update/explo...

Dorothy A. Brown in conversation with Brandon McKoy: Thurs 4/9 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Join us as Dorothy A. Brown discusses her new book with Brandon McKoy. Getting to Reparations is a bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear ...

I'm thrilled to be on convo w/ Dorothy Brown to discuss her incredible new book, "Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning With Our Past." The event is taking place on April 9 starting at 6pm at Labyrinth Books in Princeton. www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/dorot...

Independent oversight is essential to public trust in how government funds are spent. Although a bill to establish an independent Comptroller did not pass, our report explains why creating this office in NJ remains vital to government transparency and accountability. 🔗: fundfornj.org/crossroadsnj...

Advocates demand more funding for struggling child care assistance program • New Jersey Monitor New Jersey's child care assistance program quit taking new applicants and hiked copays because of a budget shortfall. Critics call it a crisis.

In such difficult times when everyday families struggle to afford the basics, the decisionmaking on display by those in power - failing to address the childcare funding gap but directing hundreds of millions to Netflix and Paramount - speaks volumes. #mathisreal

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Gutted: New Jersey’s Shrinking Public Workforce - New Jersey Policy Perspective The state has eliminated nearly 20,000 positions even as population has grown, leaving residents with worse service and higher costs.

This report is especially important as the gubernatorial transition gets under way. New Jersey government is outdated (especially on the tech side) and understaffed across the board, and we all suffer poorer services and programs as a result.

www.njpp.org/publications...

Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!

i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet

Where my man Chris Childs at?!?! #LGK #KnicksInSix

Social media platforms are not built for this We have simultaneously too much and too little information.

Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years.

We need “most recent” and functional search!

Which Bluesky provides.

Elon Musk's Gesture at Trump's Inauguration Parade Sparks Online Chatter Published Jan 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM EST Updated Jan 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM EST

Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture Speaking at a celebratory rally in Washington, Mr. Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi salute.

15:06 Uhr Elon Musk irritiert mit Hitlergruß- ähnlicher Bewegung In der Sporthalle Capitol One, wo ein Public Viewing ausgerichtet wird, betritt Elon Musk springend und tanzend die Bühne. "So fühlt sich Siegen an", ruft er und reißt die Arme nach oben. In einer kurzen Ansprache sagt er zu jubelnden Trump-Anhängern: "Dank Ihnen ist die Zukunft der Zivilisation gesichert. Wir werden sichere Städte haben, endlich sichere Städte, sichere Grenzen, vernünftige Ausgaben, grundlegendes Zeug.“ Mit der rechten Hand macht er eine Bewegung, die an einen Hitlergruß erinnert. Z 6 Link kopieren Katharina Benninghoff

Live Musk irritiert mit möglichem Hitlergruß Bei einem Auftritt nach Trumps Amtsein- führung streckt der Tech-Milliardär seinen rechten Arm nach oben aus. Trump kündigt in seiner Rede eine ganze Reihe von Maß- nahmen an, unter anderem einen nationa- len Notstand an der Grenze zu Mexiko. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog ESIDENT OF THE UNI

American media: What could Elon Musk's hand gesture have meant?

German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant

The Statue of Liberty is in NJ waters. Immigration has contributed to the success of our economy & culture. Efforts to attack immigrant communities & make it harder for immigrants to come here will no doubt harm our economy & our residents, and we need to be clear-eyed about that danger. /end

...as they privatize and underinvest in public assets and programs while attacking civil and economic rights.

Secondly, this is valuable news as we head into a new presidential admin that will attack one of the most important sources of our growth: international immigration...

...invest in vital public resources like schools, parks, & transit, we are a state that helps to ensure folks have what they need to get ahead rather than undermine their ability to do so - something we unfortunately see in many other states around the country...

It's important to state, unequivocally, that this is happening not in spite of our tax policies, but due to them, bc when New Jersey has the resources to provide impactful, pro-family programs like 12 weeks of paid family leave, assert and enforce a now $15.49 minimum wage, and...

Sure feels like there's a potential trade/macro policy shock on Jan 20. Maybe bark more than bite but we're getting some kind of major announcement

New Jersey Leads the Northeast in Population Growth - Insider NJ New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date.

This is pretty satisfying after all those years of "everyone's leaving NJ!" hysteria that was mostly anti-tax/govt nonsense.

"New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date."
www.insidernj.com/new-jersey-l...

You can report price gouging landlords from anywhere!

How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.

How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time

"Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government, where they are indoctrinated."

It can (and has) happen(ed) here too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

RFK jr has been one of the US’s foremost campaigners against vaccines for two decades. Dating the onset of his potential impact to his presidential campaign is … stupid??? Evil??? Both??? Why are you alibiing the guy for his life’s work?

The 2024 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector [walks out to greet you as you pull into my circular driveway] There you are! Oh my goodness, look at you! You look so festive! Why don’t you leave your bags in the breezeway for now and come on in? A...

Truly my favorite thing to read every year. @drewmagary.bsky.social just don't miss. defector.com/the-2024-hat...

I already was going back and forth between an Ioniq 5 and a Rivian...this endorsement will have significant impact.

Extremists took over a N.J. county. Chaos, bigotry and militia groups followed. In Sussex, some political leaders embrace the Confederate flag without apology and downplay militant groups like the Proud Boys.

Really illuminating and important piece here by @starledger.bsky.social on extremists in New Jersey and their takeover of Sussex County, resulting in chaos, bigotry, and militia groups. #MustRead www.nj.com/politics/202...

GOP Grabs Control of North Carolina Election Boards, Rushing to Negate November Losses In their final weeks before they lose the ability to pass laws, Republican lawmakers gutted the powers of incoming Democratic officials and upended who runs elections.

The news media have us looking in the wrong direction when they show you the clowns in Washington. This is where the battles are taking place, right now. In the local courts and the state houses. We must pay attention and act to send the message that this is not ok.

boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

Democrats Lost the Propaganda War The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There’s a better way.

"Trump won 91 percent of “news desert” counties—where there is no local coverage of any kind—by an average of 54 percentage points. Notably, several of these are heavily Latino counties on the southern Texas border, which saw enormous swings toward Trump." prospect.org/politics/202...

Sometimes I think about how much the avg citizen is disconnected from how govt & public systems work & the role that plays in voting behavior. I used to think I was overreacting, but your & Ganz's comments on the neolib, Jack Ryan, West Wing fantasy of an everyman hero coming to save the day...🎯

Mass Deportations Will 'Start Right Here In Chicago,' Trump's Border Czar Says At an event hosted by Chicago Republicans, Tom Homan also said he would prosecute Mayor Brandon Johnson if he continued to "harbor and conceal" asylum seekers.

Mass deportations will "start right here in Chicago," Trump's border czar says https://buff.ly/4g674WD

Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.

As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video YouTube video by LoVetta Jenkins (Chatty Passenger)

Rest in power and peace to the great, great Nikki Giovanni. She accomplished and gave so much. Here's a noteworthy conversation between her and James Baldwin, displaying just a bit of her wonder, which will forever stand the test of time...
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"[Musk has] said $42.45bn spent by the US for rural internet isn’t efficient. His Starlink company stands to benefit if he reduces that investment"