Saturday, June 27, 2026

Tag: New Jersey

Gaza surgeon wins New Jersey House primary on healthcare not bombs...

Dr. Adam Hamawy, a retired Army combat surgeon who treated patients in Gaza during Israel’s assault on the enclave, won New Jersey’s Democratic primary in a deep-blue congressional district after running on a platform centered on healthcare, economic reform, immigration policy, and opposition to U.S. support for the war in Gaza.

Senator pepper sprayed outside ICE detention center as hunger strike exposes...

Sen. Andy Kim says federal agents used pepper spray and less-lethal rounds outside a New Jersey detention center where hundreds of migrants are protesting alleged medical neglect, inadequate food, and poor treatment inside a privately operated ICE facility.

New Jersey’s movement against ICE detention is not going away

These actions, organized by a seasoned coalition of pro-immigrant rights groups in the state, have now been going for over a month.

New Jersey police chief charged with drunk driving and fleeing after...

Bordentown Township Police Chief Brian Pesce has also been placed on restricted duty.

New Jersey to become largest offshore wind procurement in the country

“With this procurement, New Jersey has continued to establish itself as a national leader in offshore wind."

New Jersey becomes 13th state to legalize marijuana

The three bills were in response to more than two-thirds voter support of a ballot question regarding marijuana legalization.

Hoboken, New Jersey sues oil industry for climate impacts from its...

“We want to be compensated for the costs of climate damages both past, present and future.”

New Jersey becomes the first state to add the climate crisis...

“This generation of students will feel the effects of climate change more than any other, and it is critical that every student is provided an opportunity to study and understand the climate crisis.”

New Jersey will require building permits to consider climate change

“This is a big deal. For New Jersey to step to the forefront and say, ‘We’re going to look at future climate impacts, and that it’s going to be a driver of our decision-making’ — that’s exactly what all 50 states need to be doing.”

Former New Jersey police officer sentenced to federal prison after recording...

On Tuesday, Then was sentenced today to six months in prison for concealing the assault of an attempted suicide victim by another police officer at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey.

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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Addicted to war?

War Fever, Trump-Style.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.