Jonathan Lai 🙊 賴柏羽
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Jonathan Lai 🙊 賴柏羽
@elaijuh.bsky.social
editor at POLITICO • interactives, data, politics • “…Liberty and Justice for all.” • former reporter and editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer (data x democracy) • twitter.com/elaijuh
New Jersey politics and power are wild. Of course.

And *still* I was repeatedly taken by surprise by this story about the president of the NJ NAACP — a former jail warden whose legal residence is his house in Florida — and his relationship to Norcross.

www.inquirer.com/politics/new...
This NAACP leader once bashed party bosses. Now he’s a key George Norcross ally.
Some critics within the NAACP have questioned why NJ NAACP President Richard Smith has lent the civil rights organization’s prestige to a power broker accused of racketeering conspiracy.
www.inquirer.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Donald Trump keeps trolling Canada with a bit about being the 51st state, so we decided to run the numbers: What would happen electorally?

Dozens of House seats would be reapportioned to Canada, giving Democrats a significant advantage in the electoral college.

www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Canada: Big get for Democrats
We took Trump literally, not seriously, about the push to make Canada the 51st state.
www.politico.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM