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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Monday, Bernie Sanders live-streamed a town hall on economic inequality, oligarchy, and the collapse of the middle class. More than 1.7 million people watched Sanders and co-hosts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, filmmaker Michael Moore, and New School economist Darrick Hamilton. Sanders has…
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Bumped with UPDATE: Registration is now open for non-Rutgers personnel for this event. Getting a ticket (free) is a little more complicated than a single click. You’ll need to provide some additional info. I just went through the process in…
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There is so much irony to me in the outrage from Democrats at Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel, who ran CIA’s first “black site,” and oversaw the destruction of video evidence of CIA torture in interrogations during the “War on Terror”….
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