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Pragmatic progressive, public health nurse MSN, Feminist, Union member, Biden/Warren Democrat, Former NJ Dem County Chair, NO MAGA No dating crap. I’m on here for politics. Views my own #MikieSherillforNewJersey
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Rare lunch break post. Cuz when a girls gotta gloat, a girls gotta gloat. Mikie was right. #trustwomen.

@mattfriedmannj.bsky.social with all due respect if a woman candidate had done this, you would be questioning if she was emotionally fit for the job. Nobody would be laughing. #doublestandards

www.instagram.com/reel/DKYAA-T... Politcs Girl is ALL IN for Mikie Sherrill!

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#NJGOVDEBATE IYKYK

Inspite of the fact that Rep Sherrill was spoken over & interrupted repeatedly every time she started to speak by one person(Fulop)she handled herself gracefully &was totally composed the entire debate. As a woman I’ve seen these tactics before &I’m disgusted. However I am proud of Mikie, class act.

A major U.S. pension fund has moved to halt new purchases of Tesla stock hopefully others will follow.

It’s annoying when I have to scold members of my own party on Mother’s Day but here we are. Stop throwing fellow Dems under the bus. Geez.

Thank you to Tom Malinowski and the 175 people who joined us in Cranford this afternoon.

Another day on the doors for Team Mikie! Our vols are hailing from all over the state — including today in Maplewood, Princeton, Westfield, Red Bank, Montclair, Brick, Ridgewood, Woodbridge, and East Windsor!

She might be a little biased, but I’ll take it. Love you, Mom — thank you for showing me how it’s done. Four kids later, and I’m still learning from the best. Happy Mother’s Day!

I visited Delaney Hall this morning and I want to tell you about where we stand, why this moment is so dangerous, and why I’m so strongly opposed to private, for-profit prisons and detention centers. 1/

Who gave the order to arrest Ras Baraka while he was on public property complying with an officers order? And who was the officer who shoved the Congresswoman? We need names.

A Member of Congress —who was at the facility today with the Newark mayor — told Alicia Menendez on air tonight that the Newark mayor was *invited* into the detention facility. And then when he left, ICE arrested him for trespass!

Here’s a preview of the coming clash with SCOTUS which has already confirmed noncitizens are entitled to due process. “Sudden deportation” violates the Constitution.

Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.

The DOGE coup continues.

Nurses and teachers are tired of politicians that are primarily backed by male dominated unions and they generally ignore women dominated unions. With see this a lot on the state level and we are pretty sick of it.

WSJ: Tesla officially launched a search to replace Elon Musk as CEO

Three candidates in this race are supported by BIG money and Mikie Sherrill ain’t one of them. She is beholden to no special interests. 😎

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No attorney general should ever speak like this. She's Trump's advocate, not the people's lawyer, which is what the AG's job is. Whatever state she is barred in should start disciplinary proceedings immediately. This isn't subtle or arguable, it's wrong.

Maybe federal judges will realize it's time to stop dicking around and time to start throwing people in jail themselves.

The FBI is arresting judges. We just blew through Constitutional Crisis and into fascism.

When they start arresting judges we’re all in a lot of trouble

wpgtalkradio.com/nj-gubernato... Again this is the stuff that concerns me.

Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the leading platform through which Democrats raise money for their campaigns. Less that 100 days in, Trump is weaponizing DOJ to prevent his political opponents from funding opposition campaigns. Where is the outrage?

"The most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

I remain proud AF to have voted for both of these brilliant supremely qualified women, I’ll never regret it.

jcitytimes.com/did-steve-fu... This is a five alarm fire as far as I am concerned. And NO not because I believe it’s true; because I know if even a morsel of this is true, Trump and Musk will take NJ and use it nationally to help erode our democracy further.

🚨BREAKING: In a BIG win for North Carolina voters, the 4th Circuit has blocked North Carolina from beginning the state court ordered cure process in the contested state Supreme Court election. Paige and I explain. youtu.be/edDvHvq3cxM

I’ve been fairly quiet on this app about the goings on of the Trump regime. I’ve been reading and observing. However, I’ll say this. I think the authoritarians are learning that taking down American Democracy will not be as easy as they anticipated. I am cautiously optimistic.

If the presidents foreign policy approach is assisting Russia there’s a certain logic to this

www.nj.com/politics/202... Dear NJ Dems: Can we please stop bad mouthing our Governor. Is he perfect in every way? No. Has he been a very effective governor and done some very good things for our state? Yes. So please stop it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u... Reckless is putting it mildly.

It fascinates me that giving to charity is considered ‘noble and praiseworthy’… But, creating an economic system that works for EVERYONE and doesn't require charity, is considered socialist and evil. Mind-boggling. 😎✨

WaPo doing my friend Acyn a solid on the open market with the ladies by noting that this single 40-something watches TV 18 hours a day. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Facts matter

I cannot say this strongly enough -- If you are a member of the DC Bar, VOTE NOW for Diane Seltzer for president.

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

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