NEWJERSEY: Mikie Sherrill’s voting record is bad news for the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

https://savejersey.com/2025/09/if-given-the-chance-sherrill-will-turn-n-j-into-a-giant-charlotte-light-rail-train/

If given the chance? Sherrill will turn N.J. into a giant Charlotte light rail train.

September 10, 2025  —  Matt Rooney 

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I don’t care what a politician says, Save Jerseyans.

Especially once they’ve developed a record? I care what they actually do, and Mikie Sherrill’s voting record in the U.S. House of Representatives gives me reason to believe she’d be a law-and-order DISASTER as New Jersey governor.

New Jersey is already struggling under the current cashless bail regime, and as the stomach-churning murder of a young immigrant woman on Charlotte’s light rail system vividly illustrates, the consequences of having a leaders who aren’t tough on criminals are inevitably fatal.

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Typical “democrat” soft on everything important!

For a veteran and pilot, I’d have expected a more realistic platform and record.

Not that the R is much better. 

Argh!

To quote from the movie “The Far Side of the World” Master and Commander Capt. Jack Aubrey: “There! I have you! You’re completely dished. … one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?”

It’s just about as significant.

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NEWJERSEY: Who gets sued for the vax injuries?

Friday, September 12, 2025

https://newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nj-to-maintain-covid-19-vaccine-access-despite-new-federal-restrictions/

NJ to maintain COVID-19 vaccine access despite new federal restrictions
By: Dana DiFilippo – September 10, 2025 12:22 pm

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The New Jersey Department of Health has authorized pharmacies and pediatricians statewide to give COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 6 months or older, a move meant to protect access to the shots after federal health officials last month announced new eligibility restrictions limiting them to people over 65 or with other health problems.

Acting Health Commissioner Jeff Brown issued an executive directive Monday denouncing the “unfounded and unsupported barriers” the federal Food and Drug Administration created in rolling back vaccine access.

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Let the lawsuits begin!

Does the law preempting suing Big Pharma still have any effect?

If I was a Doctor or Pharmacist, then who’s directions do you follow?

If I was the Insurance Companies, then I’d warm the lawyers.  This is going to be a giant mess.

Argh!

Remember “informed consent”?

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NEWJERSEY: What was he doing out after ONE DWI charge?

Thursday, August 21, 2025

https://savejersey.com/2025/08/journalist-ratioed-dwi-illegal-alien-ocean-county-new-jersey/

Journalist ratioed for declaring illegal alien fatal DWI suspect (with two prior arrests this year) had “largely clean driving record”
August 14, 2025 Matt Rooney

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His conviction record may be light? After all, he came here illegally from somewhere else! But to suggest a man with three pending DWI charges in a single year has a “largely clean” driving record is, at best, grossly manipulative particularly since the debate is over whether Phil Murphy’s sanctuary statehood regime prevented this asshole from being deported; had he been deported after either of the other alleged DWIs this year, then a mother and her child would still be alive today.

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What was he doing out after ONE DWI charge?

If I was the judge, I’d have found a way to keep him off the road.  And, after the third charge, I’d say he was a “near and present” danger, and needed “quarantining”.

Lock him up until the trials.

Argh!

And, maybe the judge should be recalled or retired?

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Don’t make NJ a “two tier” society where politicians have “rights” the ordinary citizen does NOT have

Saturday, August 9, 2025

https://www.gunowners.org/nj08012025/

NJ: Gun rights for me, but not for thee!
Written by Grant Clarkson Published: 02 August 2025

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Under this bill (A 5958) elected officials and their chiefs of staff would be allowed to carry handguns without a permit, possess rifles and shotguns without a Firearms Purchaser ID, and transport these firearms without fear of persecution, all of which are illegal for me as a law-abiding New Jersey resident!

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As a gun-owning pro-life pro-choice little L libertarian, I don’t want you to create a “two tier” society where politicians have “rights” that “We, The Sheeple” don’t have.  This is yet another step towards creating the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee.  

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Toms River school district faces bankruptcy amid funding cuts

Sunday, July 6, 2025

https://nj1015.com/toms-river-schools-budget-bankruptcy/?lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=avnwclefpx&utm_campaign=major_school_district_going_bankrupt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=letterhead&utm_term=nj1015&di=ca6ddcd42fe88d809a7b373af906834f

Facing bankruptcy, Toms River schools defy New Jersey education officials
Rick Rickman
Published: July 2, 2025

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  • Toms River refuses to pass budget amid $175 million in state cuts
  • School officials won’t follow orders to stop programs
  • Taxes would need to go up by nearly 13%

TOMS RIVER — The largest school district in Ocean County, on the verge of declaring bankruptcy due to funding cuts, is slamming the Murphy administration for demanding that it stop student services.

On Monday, the Toms River school board refused to pass a budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

The district, which serves over 14,600 students, has lost $175 million in recent years due to changes in the state funding formula.

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Local lawmakers say the problem is Toms River’s spending, it’s Gov. Murphy’s cuts.

In a statement, a group of Republican lawmakers representing parts of Ocean County condemned changes to New Jersey’s school funding formula.

“Toms River is one of the most efficient and fiscally responsible districts in the state. This is a revenue problem, created entirely by a deeply flawed and politically driven funding formula, implemented with zero transparency and even less accountability,” the group of state lawmakers said.

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Ahhh, Gooferment Skrules, the flash point of Taxpayer unrest.

Putting mytin foil hat on, might the “State” currently in the hands of the Democrats be seen as punishing Ocean County for its continued Republican support?  I’m sure that thought NEVER entered the “good” politicians and bureaucrats, who only want the best for the State, its “subjects”, and the Taxpayer aka slaves who pay for “good Gooferment”.  Argh!

Sorry but it all goes to the core of several issues (imho):  

  • Should we have Gooferment Skrules with the “Teachers’ Union” controlling State politics?
  • Should “taxes” be collected at the State level or should they only be collected at the lowest local level? (Remember the Golden Rule  —  he or she, who has the gold, makes the rules.)
  • Shouldn’t the Taxpayers’ have a representative body that can veto taxes? (When I has a house in Seaside Heights, I paid taxes but had no voice in objecting to tax hikes or intrusive regulations.)

Yesterday, I proposed my plan to end State funded Gooferment Skrules over 20, 40, or 60 years.  I was getting traction until the “leadership” of the Hands Across New Jersey tax revolt group sold out to the Republican Party establishment.

Maybe some young conservative can pick up that “flag” and advance it over the goal line.

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NEWJERSEY: Unfortunately, the New Jersey taxpayers have to live in the real world.

Saturday, July 5, 2025

https://savejersey.com/2025/06/this-isnt-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-isnt-leadership&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-isnt-leadership

This isn’t leadership
June 28, 2025
Dawn Fantasia

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My heart is breaking for the state of New Jersey — and I am furious.

The Democrats push preschool expansion for 3- and 4-year-olds while ignoring the crumbling schools we already have — schools with no busing, failing test scores, stripped extracurriculars, and students forced to pay to participate in basic activities. All while their parents are crushed by obscene taxes.

Meanwhile, irresponsible school districts are using our tax dollars to go on lavish trips to Honolulu, hold open bar events, and spend $225,000 on balloon decorations — while holding their hands out claiming there’s no money for teachers, programs, or transportation.

They’re seizing a multi-generational family farm through eminent domain to force mandated “affordable” housing that our communities can’t afford and our infrastructure can’t support.

They’ve turned their backs on clean, affordable natural gas and shut down reliable power sources — chasing green energy fantasies that don’t exist — while we import energy from fossil fuels and coal-burning states and pretend it’s progress.

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 About Dawn Fantasia 8 Articles

Dawn Fantasia (R) represents New Jersey’s 24th Legislative District in the General Assembly. 

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The Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee has been “fiscally raped” by the Democrat party, the “Teachers’ Union”, and all sorts of leftist liberal midwest with dreams of an “ideal world”.

Unfortunately, the New Jersey taxpayers have to live in the real world.

All the economics are headed in the wrong direction.

Dismal results, escalating costs, and a complete utter failure of any type of political supervision or will to address the problem.

When faced with an utter collapse, I suggest we “declare victory” and let the parent do what they want.

In the HANDS ACROSS NEW JERSEY tax revolt, I proposed a 60 year “solution’ to migrate from the current system to a radial solution.  It was simple:

  • Recognize that for what the Taxpayer spends on “education”, all students could go to the Princeton Hun Academy (obviously absurd)
  • All schools would be “gifted” to the schools’ staff to organize (subject to some restictions on selling the real estate)
  • All students would be giver “red vouchers” representing the State’s contribution to their education.
  • For the next 20 years, each year 5% of the red vouchers would turn “green” meaning the parents and guardians could “spend” them at any accredited school (meaning there would be a few rules around it)
  • For the following 20 years, 5% of all “red vouchers” would turn “green”.
  • For the final 20 years, the State would reduce the gross voucher amount by 5%
  • At the conclusion of 60 years, “public education” would no longer exist
  • I had a lot of details that (1) schools would have to post a bond to guarantee that they would stay in business; (2) School share holders would be locked in for some period of time; and (3) anyone moving in state would be “green”,

And, we could finally be free of the Gooferment Skrules, the Teachers’ Union (influence in politics), and the Prussian Model of “School” (making cannon fodder for the Army, willing morons for the factories, and useful idiots to vote for and be led by the elite).

Unfortunately, I wasn’t up to the task of selling the idea.   The R’s (republicans as opposed to the Democans) infiltrated the HANJ organization and destroyed any hope.

Sigh!

Imagine the Gooferment took over the shoe industry and only made average one-size-fits-all size 8½ shoes. How would that work out?  Yup, just like today’s education “system”. 

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: NJ DOT and locals spar over the Shark River bridge

Thursday, June 26, 2025

https://nj1015.com/shark-river-bridge-repairs/?lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=hydm0pfq73&utm_campaign=closed_all_summer_a_bridge_too_far&utm_medium=email&utm_source=letterhead&utm_term=nj1015&di=132f09dc6d54c8446d82b9c8a80895c5

Jersey Shore official slams NJ over summer-long Shark River Bridge closure
Dan Alexander
Published: June 20, 2025

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🚧 The Shark River Bridge is closed to vehicles and pedestrians

🚧 A County Commissioner says the DOT doesn’t properly maintain the bridge

🚧 The DOT says it spends $1.5 million on preventative maintenance

BELMAR — The New Jersey Department of Transportation is defending its oversight of a Jersey Shore drawbridge that will be out of service all summer, the time when traffic in the area is the busiest.

Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone blasted state transportation officials for lackluster maintenance, saying that could have avoided the full closure of the Shark River Bridge, which connects Avon-by-the-Sea and Belmar.

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Why is anyone surprised when Gooferment fails to do its job?

“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Captain Renault in Casablanca

It’s not like the politicians and bureaucrats of the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee don’t know that this bridge is a constant problem.  Why in this day and age do we still have drawbridges?  And especially on critical roadways?

Thanks Governor Murphy; another great success!

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NEWJERSEY: Three juveniles were charged with felony murder

Monday, June 2, 2025

https://nj1015.com/millville-shooting-tragedy/?lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=zroonokoqd&utm_campaign=3_teens_charged_with_felony_murder&utm_medium=email&utm_source=letterhead&utm_term=nj1015&di=1b5f88f15bc67247b38fad0f2b4a4a61

NJ student killed in suspected planned attack while driving; 3 teens charged with felony murder
Dan Alexander Published: May 22, 2025

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✅ The family of Lucas DeGeorge said he was shot Saturday night while driving

✅ Three juveniles were charged with felony murder

✅ The victim was set up, investigators say

MILLVILLE — Three teens have been charged with shooting at a 17-year-old high school junior as he was driving on Saturday night.

The family of Lucas DeGeorge said he was behind the wheel on Washington Street in Millville when a shot was fired, causing him to lose control and crash around 10 p.m.

The Buena Regional High School junior was pronounced dead at Inspira Medical Center Vineland.

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Sadly this is a trend in crime.  It is like “juveniles” think they are in a video game and some sort of magical reset button will bring back life.

I see it my little one’s world.  Can’t distinguish between movies and games with what happens IRL.

Argh!

I have to believe that “We, The Sheeple” need to recognize that:

  • “I told you that ‘juvenile delinquent’ is a contradiction in terms. ‘Delinquent’ means ‘failing in duty.’ But duty is an adult virtue—indeed a juvenile becomes an adult when, and only when, he acquires a knowledge of duty and embraces it as dearer than the self-love he was born with. There never was, there cannot be a ‘juvenile delinquent.’ But for every juvenile criminal there are always one or more adult delinquents—people of mature years who either do not know their duty, or who, knowing it, fail.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers 
  • And, “broken windows” aka petty crime  — in criminology, the broken windows theory states that visible signs of crime, antisocial behavior and civil disorder create an urban environment that encourages further crime and disorder, including serious crimes.[1] The theory suggests that policing methods that target minor crimes, such as vandalism, loitering, public drinking and fare evasion, help to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness.  — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory

We have to insist that we distinguish between “children” and “juveniles”.  The dividing line can’t be 16, 17, or 18.  But 12/13.  With compassion for children who commit crimes and juveniles who may not get the same punishment as an adult, but severe enough to change their thinking.

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Why don’t we have competition in energy?

Sunday, May 18, 2025

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/jbt17/major-announcement-as-nj-braces-for-large-increase-in-electric-rates?utm_source=alert-breakingnews

Major Announcement As NJ Braces For Large Increase In Electric Rates | Across New Jersey, NJ Patch

  • Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement comes less than a month before a statewide rate hike scheduled to begin on June 1.

Megan VerHelst, Patch StaffVerified Patch Staff Badge
Posted Wed, May 14, 2025 at 10:36 am ET Updated Wed, May 14, 2025 at 12:36 pm ET

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NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a series of executive actions on Wednesday that he said will help New Jersey residents manage electric costs ahead of a rate hike scheduled to begin on June 1.

The announcement comes two weeks after the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) said it would require New Jersey’s four electric utility companies — Atlantic City Electric, PSE&G, Jersey Central Power & Light and Rockland Energy — to come up with plans to mitigate overall bill impacts to residential customers during high usage summer months.

The state also asked the utility companies to defer rate increases until later in the year during lower-usage months, as well as identify other opportunities to stabilize rates and provide cost-saving opportunities wherever possible.

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20% increase thanks to the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee Gooferment.

Argh!

One can only hope that the politicians and bureaucrats responsible for this and their “green energy” policies get swept out of power.

Argh!

Why don’t we have competition in energy?

Clearly, the BPU ain’t looking out for the consumer.

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NEWJERSEY: Wouldn’t some “no left turn” signs been a lot cheaper?

Thursday, March 20, 2025

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/south-brunswick/sections/development/articles/traffic-signal-installation-begins-at-finnegans-lane-and-kory-drive-intersection?vgo_ee=%2BP0YWw5Y1hHgOs08JJwe8t0J0HKK8VFn8%2B%2BOR%2BiFc2rpcZ1uXZQ%3D%3APeYM%2BcWLXOwsHMjnNPbk86WZr9qPOTw0

Traffic Signal Installation Begins at Finnegans Lane and Kory Drive Intersection
By Jacob Turchi
Published March 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Last updated March 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – Work has started to install a traffic signal at the intersection of Finnegans Lane and Kory Drive, according to the township. The county says installation is expected to be complete by September.

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Wouldn’t some “no left turn” signs been a lot cheaper?

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NEWJERSEY: Murphy spends tax money to subsidize or incentivize abortionists

Sunday, March 9, 2025

https://www.newsmax.com/us/incentive-budget-abortion/2025/02/28/id/1200846/

N.J. Gov. Seeks to Draw Abortionists to Garden State
By Nicole Weatherholtz | Friday, 28 February 2025 10:27 AM EST

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has included a $2 million incentive program in his new budget proposal to draw “reproductive healthcare providers” to the Garden State, according to Catholic News Agency.

Murphy’s remarks on the 2026 budget indicate the initiative was designed to appeal to abortion providers in pro-life states, saying the program would bring reproductive healthcare providers to New Jersey who have been “targeted by politicians elsewhere.”

“I will certainly never back down from defending women — and protecting their access to reproductive healthcare and, especially, their right to an abortion,” Murphy said on Tuesday. “Those folks in Washington can try and push their anti-choice agenda on us. But as long as I am governor, they will fail.”

With the 2026 budget, the governor declared that his administration was “going to make the largest investment into protecting reproductive rights in our state’s history by fully funding women’s healthcare.”

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As pro-life pro-choice little L libertarian I don’t understand why the Taxpayers of the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee have to subsidize or incentivize that Phil Murphy calls “reproductive healthcare providers”.

There is a lot of emotion in this issue and personally I believe that “abortion” is a tricky topic.

Up to a certain point, the Gooferment should have no role in what should be a terrible decision that has to be made by a woman.  Perhaps guided by her doctor, her family, and her Church, she should be free to chose what she sees as “best”.  

At some point, the child gets the rights of a human being.  I don’t know what that point is: conception, 3 months, viability outside of the womb, 6 months, at birth, at some number of days after birth, when they can assert their rights, at 18, at 21.  As I said, I don’t know.

But I do know, that the Gooferment should not add to the fury.  “It’s all sound and fury, signifying nothing.”  Using Taxpayer money to attract more killing of human beings seems like a failure to understand the basic role of Gooferment: “Protect its citizens!”

No mater what age they are. 

It’s a topic best left to the people.  If Murphy wants, then let him pay out of his pocket; not mine.  Or start a GOFUNDME!

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NEWJERSEY: Time for some judges and prseecutors to be fired!

Monday, February 24, 2025

https://nj1015.com/violent-record-roman-romanovskiy-nj-man-charged-murder-lauren-saldana/?lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=7kirmfg475&di=a842a82fc065ea5c55c94d390ad9f7cd

NJ courts kept letting him go until mom of 4 was killed in front of her kids
Erin Vogt
Published: February 10, 2025

  • Lauren Saldana, 38, was strangled to death
  • The murder suspect has a long history of violence
  • Victim’s daughter now pursues justice

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Prosecutors and judges kept giving him new chances. And he kept returning to his girlfriend’s life.

It was a decades-long cycle of brutal violence and lenient justice that came to a head on Jan. 9 in South Brunswick when Roman Romanovskiy, not for the first time, placed his rage-filled hands around the neck of a woman, police said.

But this time, Lauren Saldana, 38, did not survive. This time, a 5-year-old boy witnessed the homicide of his mother by his father, just steps from his newborn brother.

This time, Romanovskiy, just seven months into a probationary term of four years for a seemingly unprovoked assault on two other people, was accused of the most heinous charge after a life of terrorizing others.

“This isn’t fair and was never supposed to happen,” Saldana’s oldest child said in a heartbreaking post on Facebook two days after her mother was killed. “I will fight for her memory and make sure justice is served for her 3 sons and myself, no matter what it takes.”

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OK, let’s start names and kicking asses. (Yeah, I said it.)

Sorry but this criminal was not some young first-time non-violent offender who deserved the benefit of the doubt or leniency.

Everyone involved should be publicly outed and scorned.

Judges should be impeach for poor judgement.  The attorneys involved should be censured. And any prosecutors, politicians and bureaucrats should be fired.

And, by the way, what was Roman Romanovskiy immigration and drug testing status?

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Wind and solar are “dumb”; natural gas and nuclear are more costeffective and don’t require the weather to cooperate

Monday, February 3, 2025

https://www.cleveland.com/nation/2025/01/trump-to-new-jersey-you-have-finally-won-your-war-on-stupidity.html?outputType=amp

U.S. News
Trump to New Jersey: ‘You have finally won your war on stupidity’
Published: Jan. 24, 2025, 11:25 a.m.

  • Trump cheers ‘war on stupidity’ victory with wind project halt
  • President Donald Trump praised a New Jersey congressman for his helping in drawing up an executive order halting permitting for new wind farm projects. 

By Robert Higgs, cleveland.com

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to praise a New Jersey congressman for helping draft an executive order in the “war on stupidity.”

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“These projects were terrible from the start, and this fight has been worth every effort—for America!” Van Drew said in a statement after Trump signed his executive order. “The executive order President Trump signed … to halt offshore wind projects includes much of the language we provided,” Van Drew said. “The president has always been a vocal critic of these disastrous scams, and we are grateful for his unwavering support.”

Trump’s order will require the interior secretary to review wind leasing and permitting practices for federal waters and lands, the order states. That assessment will consider the environmental impact of wind projects on wildlife, the economic costs associated with the intermittent generation of electricity and the effect of subsidies on the viability of the wind industry.

But the order reaches farther than what Van Drew proposed, including onshore wind projects, The Associated Press said. Trump has said wind turbines are horrible, only work with subsidies and are “many, many times” more expensive than natural gas.

Offshore wind is expensive, costing about $100 per megawatt hour for new projects connecting to the grid in 2028, the Energy Information Administration estimates. But onshore wind is one of the cheapest sources, at about $31 on average for new projects.

New natural gas plants are expected to produce electricity at nearly $43 per megawatt hour, the AP said, citing estimates. But natural gas power plants can be operated at any time throughout the day, unlike solar or wind.

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The idiocy of wind and solar is that it’s weather dependent and requires a duplicating infrastructure.  For niche use cases, it MIGHT make sense.  But as a large scale strategy, with the current state of technology, it makes NO sense.  Plus it seems like hail can destroy solar panels.   Never mind that the rare earth mining is an environmental and human (child) slavery of devastating effects.

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NEWJERSEY: Why are phones in schools a NJ State issue?

Friday, January 24, 2025

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/j3sj5/5-takeaways-from-gov-murphys-penultimate-state-of-the-state-address

5 Takeaways From Gov. Murphy’s Penultimate State Of The State Address

  • Murphy outlined his priorities to “run through the tape” in his final year in office. Here are some of the highlights:

Michelle Rotuno-Johnson, Patch Staff
Posted Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 4:24 pm ET | Updated Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 4:28 pm ET

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Education

As preschool expansion efforts continue around the state, Murphy said he would enact a new law requiring all districts to provide full-day kindergarten, to help set children “on a path to lifelong success.”

While most of the state’s school districts already offer a full-day kindergarten program, some families and children are being “left behind,” he said.

Speaking to the issue of youth mental health, Murphy said he would support a new proposal to ban cell phones from K-12 classrooms and help establish phone-free buildings.

“If you ask just about any educator, they will tell you that mobile devices are a distraction in the classroom,” he said. “They are fueling a rise in cyberbullying. And they are making it incredibly difficult for our kids, not only to learn, but to retain the substance of what they learn.”

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I fail to see why this is a state issue.  And, besides, it’s controversial.  

Parents and guardians give their children phones for a reason.  It’s reasonable to restrict their use during class time.  BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), that doesn’t mean that the Gooferment should confiscate or technological prevent their use in parent – child communications.

As a tech guy, it’s very easy to kill web-surfing and interactive games during class time.  If you’re low tech, just have a rack of pigeon holes by the classroom door.  If the phone rings, allow the student to put it on speaker and talk to their adult.  (That should take care of that.)

Wasn’t there a recent school shooting that was reported by student with a phone from inside the incident?

Sorry, not a State-wide problem with a one size fits all solution that the Goofermentis famous for.  All because Governor Murphy wants to “run through the tape”!

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NEWJERSEY: “We”, the middle and working-class families, need to keep the politicians and bureaucrats focused on our priorities

Friday, January 17, 2025

https://nj1015.com/california-fire-disaster-wake-up-call-new-jersey-is-next-without-action/?lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=01rk6ndmqt&di=668253fd18d5308e2c5357c98b931ee1

California fire disaster wake-up call: New Jersey is next without action
Bill Spadea
Published: January 10, 2025

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The bottom line is that we need to keep the environmental wackos in check so that we are managing our forests, keeping our reservoirs filled and stopping overdevelopment, which has a negative impact on water pressure and infrastructure potentially making it much harder for firefighters to do their jobs.

The state needs to encourage and empower local fire departments to recruit young people into the departments and eliminate harmful mandates that keep recruiting down.

All firefighters, both volunteer and career, should receive free cancer screening and Chapter 78 pension reform should be struck down until overall insurance costs are brought down.

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Politicians in Trenton want to pit public workers against the private sector as if it’s us vs. them. What they have completely wrong is the “us” in the equation are all middle and working-class families, whether you’re working the public or private sector. The “them” in the equation are the back-room Trenton insiders who have been profiting on our backs for far too long. It is the real us vs. them and it’s time we hold them accountable and take back Trenton government for us.

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I think that Bill Spadea is absolutely correct about the “us vs. them”.  Too long we have allowed politicians and bureaucrats to pit us against each other.

In this particular case, the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee can learn from the California fires without having to experience them personally.  Same as floods, let’s take “lessons learned” and transform them into positive actions.

We have fires here in New Jersey every year.  (Remember the Garden State Parkway being closed by smoke recently.)  Where is the plan to mitigate and control.

We have floods here in New Jersey every year.  (Remember the town named Bound Brook. It’s for a reason.)  Where is the plan for that.

We have an “insurance cancellation” problem here in New Jersey every year.  (Remember the various harror stories about being cancelled for a stained roof or dilapidated shed?). Where is our plan for eminent domaining properties that are repeatedly flooded?  Or no coverage to rebuild in disaster zones. And, certainly not rebuilding mansions at the shore repeatedly covered by flood insurance. How about state wide “insurance pools” run like credit unions?

Let’s not let the politicians and bureaucrats lull us back to sleep with vague promises only to be reawakened by disasters.

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: We have to get tought on career criminals

Sunday, January 12, 2025

https://mybeachradio.com/ixp/385/p/2-serial-burglars-caught-robbing-new-jersey-homes-police-say/

2 serial burglars caught robbing New Jersey homes, police say
Rick Rickman
Published: January 7, 2025

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PERTH AMBOY — Police say they’ve connected a pair of New Jersey men to home break-ins across North and Central Jersey.

Mohammad Abdeljawad, 41, of North Bergen, and Elias Abreu, 38, of Jersey City, face burglary charges, the Paramus police said on Saturday.

Court records showed the recent charges were connected to Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, and Middlesex Counties.

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In 2012, Abreu was charged with burglary and was ultimately sentenced on a third-degree theft charge, according to state records.

Then in April 2020, he was arrested along with five other people — police accused the group of conspiring to steal packages from a Hoboken building and sell them.*** end quote ***

And what are their immigration statuses?

Why are they not in prison?

If they are “citizens”, were they born here?  If so, shame on us.  If not, their “citizenship” should be revoked and deported.  If they come back, emprison them then deport them. 

We have to get tought on career criminals!

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NEWJERSEY: Central Planners know best in “affordable housing construction” — not the Free Market!

Monday, January 6, 2025

https://nj1015.com/nj-is-forcing-affordable-housing-construction-and-towns-are-furious/?lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=31sphn37zz&di=e8a157adf7d40ab8ccfa69dbacb1a3f0

nj1015.com
Fury in NJ as state forces affordable housing construction
Rick Rickman Published: December 28, 2024

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In a bold and controversial move, New Jersey is forcing its municipalities to build thousands of new affordable housing units — and local leaders are pushing back.

The state’s latest mandate has some municipalities reeling, with mayors warning that the plan is asking too much and threatens to completely change the character of their communities.

Earlier in 2024, the state Department of Community Affairs released its first official list of affordable housing requirements for every municipality. This follows the passage of a new law that forces municipalities to comply with a constitutional obligation dating back decades.

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Aahhha, yes, the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee kommissars have issued new diktats and you slaves will obey.

Sorry, but this sounds like it should be coming from North Korea or China; not the USA.

The fourth branch of Gooferment is the bureaucrats in the regulatory state.  Hence, the other branches can avoid blame by pointing at the out of control “regulators”.

Argh!

Sorry but does anyone think that these are “good ideas”.  The invisible hand of the marketplace provides what the people want.  If the politicians and bureaucrats would get out of the way, then we could have “utopia”.

The FED, the FHA – FREDDIE – FANNIE, and countless federal / state regulations make building “affordable housing” impossible.  Who in their right mind would get into the rental housing business?

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: ZEF cars get an extra tax.in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee

Saturday, September 21, 2024


NEWJERSEY: Why does the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee have a “death tax”

Friday, September 20, 2024

https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/contact/share-your-opinion

TO: Bonnie Watson Coleman

I’m probating a small estate under 15k for my now deceased cousin … …

… … and you can’t believe what a giant hassle it is.

Why does NJ have a “death tax” in the first place?

Why don’t we have a threshold (i.e., 25k$, 100k$, 1M$) like the Federal or other States do?

My vote in the next election will be based on this. Yes, I can be a single issue voter. And, yes, l am a fat old white guy retired injineer who’s a poor old senior citizen on a fixed income who ALWAYS votes. And, I share my “recommendations” with any of my family and friends I connect with.

# – # – # – # – # 

Let’s see what I get in response and how quickly?

Any bets?

I’d say the over under on “no response by” Election Day is 50/50!

We will see.

And, I am really POed about the estate hoops.

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Count on Gooferment to screw up big time

Monday, August 12, 2024

https://longisland.news12.com/mayor-contractor-mistakenly-paves-over-park-avenue-drainage-pipes-in-hoboken?region=longisland&ICID=ref_fark

Officials spar over mistakes made regarding street repaving project

  • A street repaving project in Hoboken caused some controversy this week between local and county officials.

Matt Trapani and Amanda Eustice
Aug 7, 2024, 9:07 AM

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There is a lot of finger-pointing over a paving project in the city of Hoboken.

Mayor Ravi Bhalla says that the county paved over drainage pipes and impacted some sidewalks – but there is more to the story.

Hoboken resident David Radlin says there was never a time when he wasn’t concerned with flooding at his home on the 100 block of Park Avenue.

“It’s notorious for flooding, so obviously anything that goes on in the street I pay attention to,” Radlin says.

And he was paying extra attention when he noticed a construction company pave over his sump pump drain.

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Where was the on-site supervision?  Doesn’t take a PhD to recognize that something is just plain wrong.  And the home owner should have been screaming bloody blue murder until someone recognized the stupidity.

This should get the line painter, who painted over the dead squirrel, out of the Incompetence Hall of Fame replace by these folks.  At least the paint is temporary.

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Taxpayers in New Jersey will spend $750,000 … …

Saturday, August 10, 2024

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/07/29/waste_of_the_day_upcoming_soccer_match_will_cost_new_jersey_taxpayers_750000_1047223.html?mc_cid=d542d25ea0

Waste of the Day: Upcoming Soccer Match Will Cost New Jersey Taxpayers $750,000
By Adam Andrzejewski, RealClearInvestigations
July 29, 2024

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Topline: Taxpayers in New Jersey will spend $750,000 to help bring an exhibition soccer game to Red Bull Arena in Harrison on July 31, even though the match is sponsored by the multibillion-dollar energy drink giant.

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Sorry but this is just yet another example of waste in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee.

What else can be said?

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NEWJERSEY: How does Gym Owner Defying Gov. Murphy get his rights, life, and stuff back?

Saturday, June 1, 2024

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/new-jersey-court-throws-80-charges-against-brave/

New Jersey Court Throws Out 80 Charges Against Brave Gym Owner Defying Gov. Murphy’s Tyrannical Lockdown Orders: “Suck My D—k Phil Murphy”
by Jim Hᴏft May. 19, 2024 10:01 pm

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Ian Smith, co-owner of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey, has achieved a monumental victory. A New Jersey court has dismissed all 80 charges against him, charges that stemmed from his bold decision to reopen his gym in direct defiance of Democrat Governor Phil Murphy’s tyrannical COVID-19 lockdown orders.

The saga began in May 2020, when Smith reopened Atilis Gym, challenging the Murphy administration’s mandates, which he and his supporters argue are unconstitutional and detrimental to small businesses.

The confrontation escalated in July 2020 when police officers forcefully arrested Smith after he continually violated the state’s shutdown orders.

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It’s not fair for the Taxpayers to have to reimburse him for his losses.  Murphy should be personally responsible!

Let’s really put some teeth in this ruling!

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NEWJERSEY: Say “no” to taxes for and due to illegal immigrants

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

https://www.amren.com/news/2024/05/blue-state-nowhere-near-the-border-is-having-to-shell-out-billions-due-to-illegal-immigration-report-finds/

Posted on May 15, 2024
Blue State Nowhere Near the Border Is Having to Shell Out Billions Due to Illegal Immigration, Report Finds
Jason Hopkins, Daily Caller, May 8, 2024

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A report conducted by a New Jersey lawmaker found that illegal immigrants are costing taxpayers well over $7 billion per year.

New Jersey Republican assemblyman Paul Kanitra released the “Report on the Cost of Illegal Aliens to New Jerseyans” on Tuesday, which gives a comprehensive breakdown of how many illegal immigrants are residing in the state, its costs to taxpayers, and the current state of the border crisis. 

Kanitra’s office estimated that, as of April 2024, there were roughly 894,000 illegal immigrants in New Jersey. Out of a state of just under 10 million, this would equate to nearly 1-in-1o New Jersey residents being an unlawful immigrant.

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ltogether, Kanitra’s office concluded that New Jersey residents are paying $7.3 billion annually to cover the cost of illegal immigrants.

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We can’t afford illegal immigration anymore than any place in the USA can.

Time to do a Nancy Regan and “Just say no”!

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NEWJERSEY: Remember the infamous movie Nazi demand: “Your papers!”

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

https://nj1015.com/people-hate-this-at-nj-mvc-how-it-could-change/

By Eric Scott

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🚗 New Jersey may make it easier to complete in-person transactions at the MVC

🚗 The changes would impact REAL ID in New Jersey

🚗 Legislation would let you leave with your license, instead of waiting for it to be mailed

On the long list of frustrations many have with New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle Commission, not leaving with what you went there is for is near the top.

If you make an in-person appointment for a REAL ID driver’s license, for example, you won’t be able to take it with you when you leave.

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Personally, I see no need for “real id”. Why the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee is cooperating with the Federal Gooferment makes no sense. Maybe people will remember the infamous movie Nazi demand: “Your papers!”. Time to push back on intrusive Gooferment. Not like id is required to vote!

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NEWJERSEY: Some May Fools’ Day “laws” — seriously

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

https://wobm.com/stupid-laws-new-jersey/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Did You Know About These 5 Stupid Laws in New Jersey
Sue Moll (for WOBM)
Published: April 22, 2024

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#1 – It’s illegal to frown at a New Jersey Police Officer

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Aside from the fact that it probably violates the First Amendment, which arguably because of the “incorporation doctrine” of SCOTUS,  it trivializes what police officers have to endure.  It the worst is a “dirty look”, I am sure that that all cops would rather face that then a weapon in some crazy or drugged up person.

Also, I really object to using the word “law” for anything that the Gooferment at any level does.  The word “Law” is for things decreed by the Universe, or I dare say God.  The Law of Gravity, the Law of Unintended Consequences, or even the Law of Karma.  Those are real laws.

We should use the word “diktat” for what the Gooferment pretends is a “law”.  It would be so much more honest. The Gooferment co-opts words like “voluntary compliance” for income tax, “contribution” for social security, or “welfare” aka freedom to starve.

And, finally, we should recognize that social norms  — stop at a red light, yield to pedestrians, and hold the door for others  — are for our own good and ensure that we have a safe society,

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: At what point does a speeding driver become guilty of murder?

Thursday, April 11, 2024

https://nj1015.com/lakewood-vehicular-homicide-case/

88 in a 45 – Lakewood, NJ teen charged in fatal crash

Dan Alexander  — Published: April 4, 2024

  • Way too fast: Lakewood, NJ teen charged in deadly crash
  • Crash on West County Line Road at Laurelwood Avenue in Lakewood 3/3/24 (The Lakewood Scoop/Canva)
  • Aryeh Bakst, 18, was driving a Tesla at 88 mph
  • Jules Brotsky was making a left turn in a minivan
  • The impact sent Brotsky’s vehicle spinning backwards several times

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LAKEWOOD — A teen was charged with vehicular homicide after police say he drove 88.6 mph in a 45 mph zone and hit a car that was making a left turn.

Aryeh Bakst was driving a 2023 Tesla sedan west on West County Line Road around 9 a.m. on March 3.

Surveillance video of the crash posted by The Lakewood Scoop shows the Tesla slamming into a 2013 Toyota Corolla driven by Jules Brotsky, 82, of Lakewood, who making a left turn onto Laurelwood Avenue from the eastbound lanes.

The minivan spun backward several times down the road while the Tesla hit a utility pole.

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Where and in what world does a “teenager” get a Tesla to drive?

Now we all drive a little faster than speed limits, but 88 in a 45 is more than just a little.

At what point does this become murder?

And who ever put this car in the hands of a teenager has some culpability as well.

Time to throw the book at all involved.

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