New Jersey

NJ-07 is a red-leaning north-central suburban New Jersey district, primarily in Somerset County, but with significant chunks of Union and Hunterdon counties as well. It's the home of Trump's mobbed-up Bedminster Gold Club-- which may explain, at least in part, why Trump did so much worse in NJ-07 than Romney and McCain did. Romney beat Obama 53-47% and McCain did nearly as well 4 years earlier. Hillary, on the other actually beat Señor Trumpanzee 48.6% to 47.5%.

A section of the Pinelands region in Lakehurst N.J. New Jersey regulators are set to vote Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, on whether a natural gas pipeline should run through the state’s federally protected Pinelands preserve. (AP/Wayne Parry)
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (REPORT) — About 500 people filled a hotel ballroom Friday as New Jersey regulators prepared to vote on whether a natural gas pipeline should run through the state’s federally protected Pinelands region, which includes more than a million acres of farms, forests and wetlands.

Republican Christopher Smith was elected to Congress 37 years ago, in 1980, age 27. He had been a Democrat but switched parties in 2 years earlier and ran against crooked Democrat, Frank Thompson, who had been convicted of taking bribes in the Abscam scandal. The Democrats have coveted taking the district back ever since-- but have been highly unsuccessful in ever getting anywhere near doing so.

Want Wisniewski to be more pro-Choice? He says he's not a "vicious ideologue."I wish there was a great and plausible candidate for the New Jersey governorship this year. I would love to be endorsing Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka or former Congressman Rush Holt.

Fake predictions, unsolved crimes and the twinning + this day in history w/Britney shaves her head and our song of the day by The Holy on your Morning Monarchy for February 16, 2017.

An Atlantic City police officer threatened to sic a dog on a teenager for recording him during a traffic stop. The cop also threatened to knock the teen out if he did not stop recording.
The teen turned the camera off.
But a 1:21 video surfaced on the internet earlier this morning on the Mediatakeout Facebook page where it’s quickly going viral.

Many Arizona Republicans see Jeff Flake through this Alt-Fact lensArizona Senator Jeff Flake has a long history-- mostly in the House-- as a right-of-center conservative. His record is very conservative but, unlike so many of his colleagues, not unhinged or deranged.

A New Jersey cop has been charged for leaving a loaded and unsecured .357 revolver in reach of his 8-year-old daughter who was fatally shot with that same gun on New Year’s Eve.
Kenneth Righter, 46, was charged with three counts, including leaving a loaded firearm unsecured, storage of firearms if minors may have access and felony endangerment of a child, according to Philly.com.

Pizza king, positive drug stories and prepping liberally + this day in history w/Endangered Species Act and our song of the day by Angel Olsen on your Morning Monarchy for December 28, 2016.

Jason Miller was a New Jersey cop when he was caught on his dash cam pulling male motorists over to show them his penis, unzipping his pants to give them a close-up view of his genitals before walking back to his car without writing any citations.
It was a practice the Newton police officer had been doing for several months, turning off his dash cam to allow himself to shove his genitals in their faces without it being recorded.