Brandon McKoy
@brandonmckoy.bsky.social
President at The Fund for NJ. Former VP for State Partnerships at CBPP, former President at NJPP, NLC-NJ alum, Jersey Boy forever. Progenitor of #MathIsReal. Views my own.
In such difficult times when everyday families struggle to afford the basics, the decisionmaking on display by those in power - failing to address the childcare funding gap but directing hundreds of millions to Netflix and Paramount - speaks volumes. #mathisreal
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Advocates demand more funding for struggling child care assistance program • New Jersey Monitor
New Jersey's child care assistance program quit taking new applicants and hiked copays because of a budget shortfall. Critics call it a crisis.
newjerseymonitor.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In such difficult times when everyday families struggle to afford the basics, the decisionmaking on display by those in power - failing to address the childcare funding gap but directing hundreds of millions to Netflix and Paramount - speaks volumes. #mathisreal
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This report is especially important as the gubernatorial transition gets under way. New Jersey government is outdated (especially on the tech side) and understaffed across the board, and we all suffer poorer services and programs as a result.
www.njpp.org/publications...
www.njpp.org/publications...
Gutted: New Jersey’s Shrinking Public Workforce - New Jersey Policy Perspective
The state has eliminated nearly 20,000 positions even as population has grown, leaving residents with worse service and higher costs.
www.njpp.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This report is especially important as the gubernatorial transition gets under way. New Jersey government is outdated (especially on the tech side) and understaffed across the board, and we all suffer poorer services and programs as a result.
www.njpp.org/publications...
www.njpp.org/publications...
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Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!
June 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!
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i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
Where my man Chris Childs at?!?! #LGK #KnicksInSix
May 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Where my man Chris Childs at?!?! #LGK #KnicksInSix
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Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
Social media platforms are not built for this
We have simultaneously too much and too little information.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
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American media: What could Elon Musk's hand gesture have meant?
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
American media: What could Elon Musk's hand gesture have meant?
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
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Sure feels like there's a potential trade/macro policy shock on Jan 20. Maybe bark more than bite but we're getting some kind of major announcement
* TRUMP SAYS HE WILL CREATE EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 'TO COLLECT OUR TARIFFS, DUTIES, AND ALL REVENUE THAT COME FROM FOREIGN SOURCES'
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sure feels like there's a potential trade/macro policy shock on Jan 20. Maybe bark more than bite but we're getting some kind of major announcement
This is pretty satisfying after all those years of "everyone's leaving NJ!" hysteria that was mostly anti-tax/govt nonsense.
"New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date."
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"New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date."
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New Jersey Leads the Northeast in Population Growth - Insider NJ
New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date.
www.insidernj.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is pretty satisfying after all those years of "everyone's leaving NJ!" hysteria that was mostly anti-tax/govt nonsense.
"New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date."
www.insidernj.com/new-jersey-l...
"New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date."
www.insidernj.com/new-jersey-l...
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You can report price gouging landlords from anywhere!
January 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
You can report price gouging landlords from anywhere!
How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
"Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government, where they are indoctrinated."
It can (and has) happen(ed) here too
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"Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government, where they are indoctrinated."
It can (and has) happen(ed) here too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
"Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government, where they are indoctrinated."
It can (and has) happen(ed) here too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government, where they are indoctrinated."
It can (and has) happen(ed) here too
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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RFK jr has been one of the US’s foremost campaigners against vaccines for two decades. Dating the onset of his potential impact to his presidential campaign is … stupid??? Evil??? Both??? Why are you alibiing the guy for his life’s work?
American vaccination rates against once-common childhood diseases have been dropping. The rate of kindergartners with complete records for the measles vaccine declined from before the pandemic to last year, according to the CDC, well before Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s political rise. nyti.ms/42buOVp
January 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
RFK jr has been one of the US’s foremost campaigners against vaccines for two decades. Dating the onset of his potential impact to his presidential campaign is … stupid??? Evil??? Both??? Why are you alibiing the guy for his life’s work?
Truly my favorite thing to read every year. @drewmagary.bsky.social just don't miss. defector.com/the-2024-hat...
The 2024 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector
[walks out to greet you as you pull into my circular driveway] There you are! Oh my goodness, look at you! You look so festive! Why don’t you leave your bags in the breezeway for now and come on in? A...
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December 20, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Truly my favorite thing to read every year. @drewmagary.bsky.social just don't miss. defector.com/the-2024-hat...
Really illuminating and important piece here by @starledger.bsky.social on extremists in New Jersey and their takeover of Sussex County, resulting in chaos, bigotry, and militia groups. #MustRead www.nj.com/politics/202...
Extremists took over a N.J. county. Chaos, bigotry and militia groups followed.
In Sussex, some political leaders embrace the Confederate flag without apology and downplay militant groups like the Proud Boys.
www.nj.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Really illuminating and important piece here by @starledger.bsky.social on extremists in New Jersey and their takeover of Sussex County, resulting in chaos, bigotry, and militia groups. #MustRead www.nj.com/politics/202...
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The news media have us looking in the wrong direction when they show you the clowns in Washington. This is where the battles are taking place, right now. In the local courts and the state houses. We must pay attention and act to send the message that this is not ok.
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GOP Grabs Control of North Carolina Election Boards, Rushing to Negate November Losses
In their final weeks before they lose the ability to pass laws, Republican lawmakers gutted the powers of incoming Democratic officials and upended who runs elections.
boltsmag.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:25 AM
The news media have us looking in the wrong direction when they show you the clowns in Washington. This is where the battles are taking place, right now. In the local courts and the state houses. We must pay attention and act to send the message that this is not ok.
boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
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"Trump won 91 percent of “news desert” counties—where there is no local coverage of any kind—by an average of 54 percentage points. Notably, several of these are heavily Latino counties on the southern Texas border, which saw enormous swings toward Trump." prospect.org/politics/202...
Democrats Lost the Propaganda War
The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There’s a better way.
prospect.org
December 12, 2024 at 2:26 PM
"Trump won 91 percent of “news desert” counties—where there is no local coverage of any kind—by an average of 54 percentage points. Notably, several of these are heavily Latino counties on the southern Texas border, which saw enormous swings toward Trump." prospect.org/politics/202...
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Mass deportations will "start right here in Chicago," Trump's border czar says https://buff.ly/4g674WD
Mass Deportations Will 'Start Right Here In Chicago,' Trump's Border Czar Says
At an event hosted by Chicago Republicans, Tom Homan also said he would prosecute Mayor Brandon Johnson if he continued to "harbor and conceal" asylum seekers.
buff.ly
December 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Mass deportations will "start right here in Chicago," Trump's border czar says https://buff.ly/4g674WD
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As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations
The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.
hellgatenyc.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:19 PM
As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
Rest in power and peace to the great, great Nikki Giovanni. She accomplished and gave so much. Here's a noteworthy conversation between her and James Baldwin, displaying just a bit of her wonder, which will forever stand the test of time...
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youtu.be/y4OPYp4s0tc
James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video
YouTube video by LoVetta Jenkins (Chatty Passenger)
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December 10, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Rest in power and peace to the great, great Nikki Giovanni. She accomplished and gave so much. Here's a noteworthy conversation between her and James Baldwin, displaying just a bit of her wonder, which will forever stand the test of time...
youtu.be/y4OPYp4s0tc
youtu.be/y4OPYp4s0tc
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"[Musk has] said $42.45bn spent by the US for rural internet isn’t efficient. His Starlink company stands to benefit if he reduces that investment"
November 30, 2024 at 1:48 PM
"[Musk has] said $42.45bn spent by the US for rural internet isn’t efficient. His Starlink company stands to benefit if he reduces that investment"
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I'm curious. During the campaign, fact-checkers routinely dinged the Harris campaign for calling Project 2025 Trump's playbook, saying "Trump has denied this."
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
During the campaign, Donald Trump swore he had “nothing to do with” Project 2025. Now, as president-elect, Trump has filled his administration with people who have ties to the right-wing policy blueprint that would overhaul the federal government. nyti.ms/3BhAxxA
November 30, 2024 at 5:51 AM
I'm curious. During the campaign, fact-checkers routinely dinged the Harris campaign for calling Project 2025 Trump's playbook, saying "Trump has denied this."
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
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Back in 2019, I wrote about the Catholic nuns who bought and sold human beings. It turns out that they were far from the only women actively engaged in the American slave trade.
White Women Were Active in the American Slave Trade, Statistical Research Shows
For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Back in 2019, I wrote about the Catholic nuns who bought and sold human beings. It turns out that they were far from the only women actively engaged in the American slave trade.
Grambling band practicing TV Off right now to play at halftime tomorrow #MUUUSTAAAAAAAAARRRDDD
November 23, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Grambling band practicing TV Off right now to play at halftime tomorrow #MUUUSTAAAAAAAAARRRDDD
November 22, 2024 at 10:58 PM