Tracey Tully
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‘The Caligula-like antics of Jeffrey Epstein and friends occurred over two decades that saw the decline of America’s manufacturing sector and the subprime mortgage crisis, in which millions of Americans lost their homes.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite
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February 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
‘The Caligula-like antics of Jeffrey Epstein and friends occurred over two decades that saw the decline of America’s manufacturing sector and the subprime mortgage crisis, in which millions of Americans lost their homes.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
A counterintuitive own-goal?
An "anticipated possibility"?
A progressive Democrat just declared victory in race where a super PAC tied to AIPAC spent millions to discredit her main opponent, a longtime ally of Israel. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/n...
An "anticipated possibility"?
A progressive Democrat just declared victory in race where a super PAC tied to AIPAC spent millions to discredit her main opponent, a longtime ally of Israel. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/n...
Mejia Declares Victory in New Jersey Race After Her Main Rival Concedes
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February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
A counterintuitive own-goal?
An "anticipated possibility"?
A progressive Democrat just declared victory in race where a super PAC tied to AIPAC spent millions to discredit her main opponent, a longtime ally of Israel. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/n...
An "anticipated possibility"?
A progressive Democrat just declared victory in race where a super PAC tied to AIPAC spent millions to discredit her main opponent, a longtime ally of Israel. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/n...
63,598 > 61,308. Current turnout tally in an odd Thursday special election in NJ vs. highest turnout anywhere in NJ in June 2024 Dem congressional primary, in a presidential election yr. h/t @newjerseypolitics.bsky.social This stampede to the polls sure is something. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/n...
In a Close Election, Voters Send a Sharp Anti-Trump Message
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February 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
63,598 > 61,308. Current turnout tally in an odd Thursday special election in NJ vs. highest turnout anywhere in NJ in June 2024 Dem congressional primary, in a presidential election yr. h/t @newjerseypolitics.bsky.social This stampede to the polls sure is something. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/n...
The race among Democrats hoping to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress is a nailbiter. Analilia Mejia leads by 486 votes out of more than 61,000 ballots tallied. About 6,000 ballots remain to be counted. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/n...
New Jersey House Primary Remains Too Close to Call
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February 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM
The race among Democrats hoping to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress is a nailbiter. Analilia Mejia leads by 486 votes out of more than 61,000 ballots tallied. About 6,000 ballots remain to be counted. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/n...
Check in here for results of a raucous, big-money primary race to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's vacant seat in the House. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New Jersey 11th Congressional District Special Primary Election Results 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 New Jersey special primary election.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Check in here for results of a raucous, big-money primary race to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's vacant seat in the House. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
To those keeping tabs on people still doing the hard work, here's a guy who helped to turn around the Newark PD and wound up as the police chief in Minneapolis:
Federal Crackdown Means Another Repair Job for the Minneapolis Police Chief
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February 5, 2026 at 2:21 AM
To those keeping tabs on people still doing the hard work, here's a guy who helped to turn around the Newark PD and wound up as the police chief in Minneapolis:
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Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
Court Upholds Decision to Drop Charges Against New Jersey Power Broker www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
Court Upholds Decision to Drop Charges Against New Jersey Power Broker
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January 30, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Court Upholds Decision to Drop Charges Against New Jersey Power Broker www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
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Increases in traffic enforcement on the Garden State Parkway in 2025:
⬆️ Summonses up 30%
⬇️ Crashes down 25%
Total 2025 NJTA fatalities:
20 on the Garden State Parkway
32 on the NJ Turnpike
(From today's NJTA board meeting)
#visionzeronj #turnpiketrap
⬆️ Summonses up 30%
⬇️ Crashes down 25%
Total 2025 NJTA fatalities:
20 on the Garden State Parkway
32 on the NJ Turnpike
(From today's NJTA board meeting)
#visionzeronj #turnpiketrap
January 27, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Increases in traffic enforcement on the Garden State Parkway in 2025:
⬆️ Summonses up 30%
⬇️ Crashes down 25%
Total 2025 NJTA fatalities:
20 on the Garden State Parkway
32 on the NJ Turnpike
(From today's NJTA board meeting)
#visionzeronj #turnpiketrap
⬆️ Summonses up 30%
⬇️ Crashes down 25%
Total 2025 NJTA fatalities:
20 on the Garden State Parkway
32 on the NJ Turnpike
(From today's NJTA board meeting)
#visionzeronj #turnpiketrap
“This problem is solvable tomorrow. There are qualified people who could be validly appointed temporarily under the statutes Congress passed.”
Court Affirms Ruling That Alina Habba Served Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney
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January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
“This problem is solvable tomorrow. There are qualified people who could be validly appointed temporarily under the statutes Congress passed.”
Reactions to NJ's new law requiring cursive be taught in public schools ranged from "Oh, God," to "I am sort of kind of good at cursive."
Cursive Makes a Comeback in New Jersey Schools
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January 21, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Reactions to NJ's new law requiring cursive be taught in public schools ranged from "Oh, God," to "I am sort of kind of good at cursive."
A grab bag of commutations from Phil Murphy as he headed out the door, including several @newjerseymonitor.com found that went to people with political connections.
NJ man jailed for 1981 murder wins release from outgoing governor • New Jersey Monitor
A man who has long said he’s innocent of the 1981 murder he was convicted of will get out of jail early thanks to now-former Gov. Murphy.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
A grab bag of commutations from Phil Murphy as he headed out the door, including several @newjerseymonitor.com found that went to people with political connections.
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Mikie Sherrill did what no one else has in NJ since 1961: win her party a third consecutive term in the governor’s office. Always read @traceytully.bsky.social on all things Jersey
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Mikie Sherrill to Be Sworn In as Governor in New Jersey
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January 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Mikie Sherrill did what no one else has in NJ since 1961: win her party a third consecutive term in the governor’s office. Always read @traceytully.bsky.social on all things Jersey
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Mikie Sherrill has been sworn in as governor of New Jersey. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/n...
Mikie Sherrill Is Sworn In as Governor of New Jersey
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January 20, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Mikie Sherrill has been sworn in as governor of New Jersey. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/n...
Huge crowd waiting outside for sold-out Bernie Sanders event in support of Analilia Mejia, a Dem running for Mikie Sherrill’s House seat. Baraka gets a standing O, and Gov Murphy taking flak from a speaker for a trio of immigration bills sitting on his desk “about to expire. We need action not talk”
January 19, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Huge crowd waiting outside for sold-out Bernie Sanders event in support of Analilia Mejia, a Dem running for Mikie Sherrill’s House seat. Baraka gets a standing O, and Gov Murphy taking flak from a speaker for a trio of immigration bills sitting on his desk “about to expire. We need action not talk”
“I became convinced, candidly, that too many people were living in fear and that it was denying them the dignity of a normal life,” the Assembly speaker, Craig Coughlin, said.
“We wanted to stand up for people who were afraid."
“We wanted to stand up for people who were afraid."
A Push to Expand the Rights of Immigrants in Defiance of Trump
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January 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
“I became convinced, candidly, that too many people were living in fear and that it was denying them the dignity of a normal life,” the Assembly speaker, Craig Coughlin, said.
“We wanted to stand up for people who were afraid."
“We wanted to stand up for people who were afraid."
“You can’t just get one off the street,” an organizer explained.
In This Town, the Groundhog May Never See Its Shadow Again
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January 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
“You can’t just get one off the street,” an organizer explained.
In NJ, when people talk about how expensive it is to live here, I’ve always thought it’s the insidious nickle-dime and dollar increases like these that ices the cake, making it feel like simply breathing is unaffordable here. Yet all pols want to talk about is a new, easily avoided toll into NY.
Driving through, in and out of NJ now costs more | NJ Spotlight News
It’s not just the state’s gas tax. Tolls are up all over
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January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
In NJ, when people talk about how expensive it is to live here, I’ve always thought it’s the insidious nickle-dime and dollar increases like these that ices the cake, making it feel like simply breathing is unaffordable here. Yet all pols want to talk about is a new, easily avoided toll into NY.
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A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
‘The divergent fates of the two men accused of similar crimes by the same prosecutor’s office underscores the way President Trump and his aides are using the federal justice system to conduct a highly personalized geopolitics,’ @jonesieman.bsky.social writes.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
‘The divergent fates of the two men accused of similar crimes by the same prosecutor’s office underscores the way President Trump and his aides are using the federal justice system to conduct a highly personalized geopolitics,’ @jonesieman.bsky.social writes.
“I did not come to this decision lightly for our family.”
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
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December 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“I did not come to this decision lightly for our family.”
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ICE Detainee Being Held at a Troubled Jailhouse in Newark Dies
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December 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Trump Didn’t Clear a Path for Stefanik in the N.Y. Governor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Trump Didn’t Clear a Path for Stefanik in the N.Y. Governor’s Race
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December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trump Didn’t Clear a Path for Stefanik in the N.Y. Governor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...