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Apparently, after adding a controversial amendment to a bill that stalls it, the best way to get it moving again is to add more controversial provisions.
That’s pretty much what happened with a measure that reached Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk yesterday to eliminate mandatory minimums for all non-violent crimes, including for official corruption. A previous version of the bill modeled on recommendations by the New Jersey Criminal Sentencing Disposition Commission was never controversial. It was only when state Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-Hudson) added an amendment to also repeal mandat
Events at 3 N.J. colleges were ‘Zoom bombed’. Officials say these ‘terrifying’ incidents are on the rise.
Updated Feb 21, 2021;
Posted Feb 21, 2021
A number of events in New Jersey have recently been disrupted by racist Zoom bombing, in which outsiders join a virtual meeting in order to harass the participants.AFP via Getty Images
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Until it turned ugly.
In a detailed post on the fraternity’s Instagram account, the group said white supremacists Zoom bombed the event, writing racial slurs in the chat, changing their usernames to invoke racism, playing a KKK song that says “Kill all Black people,” and then running a video clip of Black people being brutalized and murdered.
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Shots fired in the 2020 Republican gubernatorial primary. Literally.
Candidate Doug Steinhardt yesterday issued a press release attacking his main rival, Jack Ciattarelli, over his shooting stance during a competition they both attended over the weekend.