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The next step is they make up their own language.

Congestion Pricing Works

Work stopping on Gateway tunnel. Construction workers, engineers not working. Because his ego had no end.

HOPE VI Worked Reduced intergenerational poverty and increased earnings

NJ gets a shoutout for coming up with the “builder’s remedy” idea.

It’s a war, so they are enemy combatants who don’t get due process before being killed, but killing them isn’t “hostilities” under the War Powers Act, so they don’t need Congressional approval to continue killing them. That’s chutzpah.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating Tesla over their new "Mad Max" mode that actively disregards speed limits. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Why does Mayor McCormac (or his staff) think Trader Joe’s is American-owned? www.nj.com/middlesex/20...

Well, the lost George Will wapo.st/3WRMcKG

Is this contingent on the US paying Trump $230M first? “Mr. Trump is raising tens of millions in private donations to fund the project, the official said. The president plans to contribute some of his own money as well, though the amount has not been determined, the official added.”

How was the entire East Wing emptied out and not noticed by a single reporter? (Did they box things up and store them or was the plan to do that subject to change also?)

Trump Admin had better secrecy about its East Wing demolition plan than it did about its Yemen attack plans. 🤔

Good conversation with Sen. Gallego on how Dems need to meet people where they are and prosperity is a good thing.

If he’s talking about Gateway, I put this in the bluster category. If the Hudson tunnels become unusable, NYC fails. RE owners in NYC fail. Trump is one of those owners. He’s not going to hurt his own interest.

Tylenol: “severe liver damage may occur” from overdosing it. That may be as few as 8 pills in 24 hrs.

Excellent news and about time.

NJ looks at e-bike regulations and limits, especially on those that can exceed 18mph. Recent incidents include a minor on an e-bike modified to go 80mph. E-bikes can be a big assist for the physically challenged and micro mobility, but there is a lot of dangerous riding happening.

Good reminder that we all tend to go overboard on dietary trends when what we need is more nuance and data. Highly processed foods probably aren’t the best, but there’s HUGE variation within what’s considered ultra-processed

18 pickleball courts now open at Buccleuch Park in Nee Brunswick 😃😎

Newark Was Forced to Overhaul Its Police. Crime Plummeted. 1,100-member force is more racially diverse & better trained. Payouts from excessive-force lawsuits have plummeted. So has crime 2015: 106 murders, 1,826 robberies 2024: 37 murders, 468 robberies

“It is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States and is responsible for 1 in 5 liver transplants.”

Good work, Sgt! Sergeant Leung pieced everything together off one piece of car trim left in the roadway,” Chief Raymond Hayducka said. “Officer Stonkus located the vehicle on his ALPRS. The officers’ quick work tracked down the driver responsible in less than five hours. This is great police work.”

New Brunswick’s new Liberty Square Park had a soft opening yesterday afternoon so I knew where I was going for breakfast this morning. It’s been 10-12 years since we first discussed building a downtown park. Glad it’s finally real.

The boat turned around and was disabled before being sunk by subsequent attacks. “Not legally justified”, “thoughtless and reckless”, “terrible precedent”, “we’ve crossed a line”, “an illegal order passed down the line”. So what’s the consequence other than hand wringing op-eds?

Good

Palantir’s ICE software will “use artificial intelligence and data mining to identify, track, and deport suspected noncitizens. Stephen Miller, the Trump administration’s chief architect of immigration policy, holds a substantial financial stake in Palantir.”

The new frontier in economic data reports

Only thing funnier would be if they nominated him for Ambassador to Turkey www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/n...

PULTE: Public officials shouldn't be exempt from scrutiny SORKIN: Speaking of that, Ken Paxton has at least 3 examples of alleged mortgage fraud. Are you looking at that? PULTE: Unless it's been made public, I'm not going to comment on any specific situation S: Why wouldn't you make it public?

Trump Administration and Fair Share Housing Center agree: Cranbury farm surrounded by warehouses is a bad place for housing.

Unbelievably bad article by nj.com. Jack has 73% of MAGA supporting independents support & Mikie has 67% of non-MAGA supporting independents support. BUT 45% of indies identify as non-MAGA & only 27% as MAGA. So Mikie is winning more independents as 2X indies are non-MAGA www.nj.com/politics/202...

Fun fact: US oil production is down slightly from this time last year — when Biden was president — despite Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” policies.

A lot of call backs from season one

The 2025 Happy City Index is in, and @momentummag.bsky.social is pointing out that many of the world’s happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike. Vancouver is #11, the highest ranked city in North America (cue the usual debates).

“The results show NJ Transit riders had more issues than their New York and Connecticut counterparts, particularly with the number of trains delayed more than 30 minutes.” An NJT commuter is about 13x more likely to have a 30 minutes delay than an MTA train commuter

This purpose of this is to box the Dems into voting against public safety in DC or admitting Trump was right. He’s also not talking about Epstein.

Great partnership with Mud Girls and Devco for a tiling art installation at the Morris Cancer Center in New Brunswick