Campaign kickoff update: Bernie Sanders raised $6 million in the first 24 hours. Average donation: $27. Few things have brought me more joy than learning that Analilia Mejia – fellow New Jersey Bernie 2016 delegate, sister, friend & ally –…
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Bumped! This is the most important issue for the 116th Congress, and younger voters make clear to anyone who listens that it is the most important issue of their lifetimes. The center of gravity on this issue has already passed…
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Help a sister out? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – rising star, progressive possessor of the most infectious laugh in the Class of 2018, and the youngest woman ever elected to Congress – can’t afford to live in D.C. till her paychecks start…
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A bill (A2269) introduced in the Assembly in February would dramatically expand Medicare coverage. Under the proposal it would become available to all people who have resided in the state for the last 30 days prior to their application, regardless…
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UPDATE: Summer is really kicking my ass. Other shoe falls. Disappointed in my friend Brick Township Democratic councilman James Fozman for endorsing Bob Hugin for Senate. I’m not tribal about this party, nor ‘any-blue-will-do’. I recognize Bob Menendez has an ethics cloud…
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The New York Times points out progressive House candidates are increasingly rattling primary elections around the country, and they promise to grow as a disruptive force in national elections as younger voters reject the traditional boundary lines of Democratic politics….
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Tonight 7:05pm at Nationals Stadium in D.C. is the Congressional Baseball Game, with New Jersey’s Rep. Bill Pascrell on the roster for the Dems. House Republican Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) will be playing for the Republicans; his first game…
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Young people in New Jersey have recently been a driving force in politics, advocating for gun legislation, immigration rights, marijuana legislation, taking over Republican held congressional seats, and more. Nonetheless, they have historically voted in much lower numbers than older Americans,…
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As much soul-searching and reinventing our party must do in order to reconcile the progressive populism that is occupying the soul of of the party with the “big tent Democrats” that are supposed to handle the levers to national electoral…
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This is how the 2020 presidential race is moving leftward. By inches, sometimes by leaps, and sometimes by presidential candidates eager to claim the title progressive for their own. And at least for now, away from the incrementalism of Hillary Clinton’s 2016…
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