zach blackburn
@zachblackburn.bsky.social
statehouse reporter. new jersey globe. zach@njglobe.com
Ah! Tony Dokoupil went to GW! It all just clicked into place
January 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Ah! Tony Dokoupil went to GW! It all just clicked into place
Jalen Brunson STINKS
January 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Jalen Brunson STINKS
Kickers are TOO GOOD
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Kickers are TOO GOOD
Auld Lang Syne is the greatest song in human history
January 1, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Auld Lang Syne is the greatest song in human history
The ball drop is such a scam. It’s like 25 feet wide and they slowly lower it like 60 feet. DROP IT!! I don’t respect that tradition
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The ball drop is such a scam. It’s like 25 feet wide and they slowly lower it like 60 feet. DROP IT!! I don’t respect that tradition
MARTY SUPREME (2025): It’s about time we got some Cranbury representation in Hollywood
December 31, 2025 at 4:15 AM
MARTY SUPREME (2025): It’s about time we got some Cranbury representation in Hollywood
The new Edmund Fitzgerald book is solid, including a Jimmy Fallon jumpscare
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The new Edmund Fitzgerald book is solid, including a Jimmy Fallon jumpscare
American pope still feels fake
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
American pope still feels fake
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me, my wife, my son and my dog all have our christmases on the exact same day of the year. the odds of this are approximately 1 in 48 million
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
me, my wife, my son and my dog all have our christmases on the exact same day of the year. the odds of this are approximately 1 in 48 million
Netflix should be banned from live TV,
December 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Netflix should be banned from live TV,
Hilarious correction
December 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hilarious correction
Turns out my connecting “flight” from Trenton to Philly is actually a bus. And now my flight is stuck in traffic
December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Turns out my connecting “flight” from Trenton to Philly is actually a bus. And now my flight is stuck in traffic
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
I’m gonna die
the Lions remain absolute kings of “wait a game can end like that???”
December 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m gonna die
The Chicago Bears will not see heaven
December 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The Chicago Bears will not see heaven
I’ve done a lot of driving up and down the east coast. New Jersey’s streets lap the field in terms of pure incomprehensibility
December 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’ve done a lot of driving up and down the east coast. New Jersey’s streets lap the field in terms of pure incomprehensibility
A pair of NJ Transit trains on the Montclair-Boonton line collided, according to officials, causing 17 non-life-threatening injuries
December 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A pair of NJ Transit trains on the Montclair-Boonton line collided, according to officials, causing 17 non-life-threatening injuries
The city of Newark’s lawsuit against Delaney Hall’s operator is ongoing newjerseyglobe.com/immigration/...
Detainee dies at Newark ICE facility - New Jersey Globe
Jean Wilson Brutus, a 41-year-old Haitian national detained at a Newark immigration facility earlier this month, died while in custody last Friday,
newjerseyglobe.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The city of Newark’s lawsuit against Delaney Hall’s operator is ongoing newjerseyglobe.com/immigration/...
Mikie Sherrill will hold her inauguration in Newark instead of Trenton newjerseyglobe.com/governor/she...
Sherrill inauguration will be in Newark, not Trenton - New Jersey Globe
Since Trenton became the state capital of New Jersey in 1790, every newly elected governor has taken their oath of office in that city. But Gov.-elect
newjerseyglobe.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Mikie Sherrill will hold her inauguration in Newark instead of Trenton newjerseyglobe.com/governor/she...
Oh brother.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, departing the film awards' longtime home of ABC.
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Oh brother.
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Rob Reiner (1947–2025)
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Rob Reiner (1947–2025)
An update from NJ Transit on the Everything App:
December 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
An update from NJ Transit on the Everything App:
Phil Murphy has nominated 200+ people to advise-and-consent roles since Mikie Sherrill’s victory last month. I break them down here: newjerseyglobe.com/governor/mur...
Murphy launches final nominations push as time dwindles - New Jersey Globe
On Monday, the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee will meet and conduct its part of a time-honored tradition: the last-minute slew of nominations from an
newjerseyglobe.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Phil Murphy has nominated 200+ people to advise-and-consent roles since Mikie Sherrill’s victory last month. I break them down here: newjerseyglobe.com/governor/mur...