3.11.2020. I’ll remember that night for the rest of my life. It was a surreal sitting in our apartment watching the world seemingly fall apart. 5 years later I’m grateful NYC isn’t going through a health crisis. But disappointed that chaos is here again
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Facing indiscriminate cuts that make public services worse, let’s answer by fixing services to improve our daily lives
That’s why I’m focused on public transit and @NJTRANSIT access and reliability
Read my initial goals in @montclairlocal#NJTransit
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Congrats to the Short Hills (and Summit and Branchburg), NJ native Sean Baker. Supportive of his battle cry. Still bummed that the small theater in our downtown is no more.
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A lawyer friend once said, it’s tough when a capable person weighs in on matters outside their expertise without help or prior homework. They question the premise and assumptions behind everything.
Besides being extralegal, this is one my problems with DOGE. The Silicon Valley mindset in theory requires technology/innovation that requires “disruption” to supplant an existing inferior system. What’s the alternative here besides breaking it?
Important - Monday - we did a zoom with 400 ppl focused on some of the most vulnerable communities in a Trump era. I wanted to make this call about actionable steps we can take + not just complaining. There are actions we can take HERE in NJ to help ppl at risk beyond just calling federal elected officials. Entire zoom call is also below -
1) NJ Bill S3672/A4987
call/email your state reps/Gov to pass the NJ Immigrant Trust Act (
2) NJ Bill A4656/S3491
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities;
3) One concrete thing I would ask from a state government is to strengthen the Office of New Americans within NJDHS. Many of the resettlement agencies who support recently arrived refugees - those who came through legal pathways - have seen an abrupt halt to their federal funding making it impossible for them to provide important services in the first year of the lives of these newly arrived families. Volunteers are stepping up to fill in the gaps - helping them get their driver licenses, apply for jobs, get connected to TANF and SNAP, as needed etc. etc. These are folks who are not looking for handouts, but a hand up to become fully integrated into New Jersey’s workforce and communities.
We partnered with some of NJ’s leading activist groups in this effort (NJ11forChange, ATNJ, Make the Road, Indivisible) - THANK YOU
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We’re building a different type of campaign that’s focused on people not party bosses and a campaign focused on substance/policy not platitudes.
Sign up and volunteer:
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Yard sign:
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Some tweets from one of the 25-year old guys working on @DOGE
“Normalize Indian hate”
“I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth”
“99% of Indian H1Bs will be replaced by slightly smarter LLMs, they’re going back don’t worry guys”
BREAKING: While discussing the California High-Speed Rail project, Trump claimed that instead of taking the train, you could just "take an airplane for $2.00."
Yes, you read that right. The billionaire President, who spent years ranting about inflation under Biden, now thinks you can fly across the U.S. for the price of a vending machine snack.
Imagine if Biden said this. The right-wing outrage machine would be in overdrive. But because it’s Trump, it’ll get ignored, excused, or even defended.
$300M sounds good. 10% of NJT's annual budget. But only:
🛤️0.5% of the total funding for rail in the bill
🚉1.4% of the total funding Amtrak received
🚊5% of the total funding for Northeast Corridor
NEC is the most highly trafficked railway in the US
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When MAGA tries to dismantle our democracy, we rightfully call it out. I don’t fault Republicans for returning the favor when true.
Raising the signature requirement mid-cycle in favor of the establishment undermines confidence in our government.
🚨 NJ’s establishment passed a bill raising ballot signature requirements, making it harder for challengers to run🚨
Changing rules mid-election cycle is undemocratic. We urge @GovMurphy to veto or delay this power grab. Read statement 👇 #DemocratsForChange#Democtars4Change
We’re supporting primary challenges throughout NJ and you can read more about the amazing candidates with Democrats for Change at https://t.co/kfuDPLxAs7 - More candidates being announced next week. The basics is where we will start w/spending $ on why this year will be different. Video by @the_hollowayb
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One of the plaintiffs in the Andy Kim lawsuit to end county organization lines has teamed up with @StevenFulop to run for the State Assembly.
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To close out 2024… I couldn’t be more excited about the governors race for NJ in 2025. It will be a clear choice for voters.
1) Does NJ want someone that was selected by the lobbyists/county bosses to protect their financial interests and keep the status quo. Someone that has demonstrated a clear track record to listen to the political bosses in all of their actions
2) Does NJ want someone that will be accountable to residents only and not to the county bosses, not to insurance companies, not to the hospital system, not to the lobbyists… someone that is running a different type of campaign
I will tell you this… we will test the strength of NJ’s political status quo with a goal of breaking it in 2025
Happy new year + wishing you the best for 2025