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  • Former Official Pleads GUILTY to Fake Voter Scheme, Gets 2 Years in Prison

    08/09/2025 12:51:34 AM PDT · by BFW · 13 replies
    Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov ^ | Aug 5, 2025 | Facts Matter with Roman
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kP3lJL6SmpcwF-av50yd8eMBPnCYST3D/view?pli=1 ATTACHMENT A (Fraudulent Procurement, Casting, and Tabulation of Ballots) From in or about October 2022 through on or about November 8, 2022, in the District of New Jersey and elsewhere, defendant CRAIG CALLAWAY, in an election for federal office, did knowingly and willfully deprive, defraud, and attempt to deprive and defraud the residents of the State of New Jersey of a fair and impartially conducted election process by the procurement, casting, and tabulation of ballots that were known by defendant CALLAWAY to be materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent under the laws of the State of New Jersey in which...
  • Cranbury moves ahead to seize family farm for affordable housing

    08/08/2025 7:17:18 AM PDT · by george76 · 81 replies
    NJ Spotlight News ^ | August 4, 2025 | Briana Vannozzi
    Officials say they need the land to meet state-mandated affordable housing targets.. In a case drawing national attention, Cranbury Township is moving forward with its plans to seize part of a historic 175-year-old family farm to build affordable housing, despite fierce push-back and an active lawsuit. The Middlesex County township recently hired a company to appraise 12 acres of the Henry family farm, according to NJ.com, which is the first step toward possibly condemning the land through eminent domain. Local officials have maintained that they need the land to meet state-mandated affordable housing targets. The Henry family — which has...
  • Weeping relatives, friends gather at wake to remember NJ mom and daughter killed in head-on crash with illegal migrant

    08/04/2025 9:32:52 AM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 12 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/02/2025 | Marie Pohl and Chris Harris
    More than 150 mourners gathered Saturday to remember the mother and her 11-year-old daughter tragically killed in a head-on crash with an allegedly drunk illegal immigrant driver. Sobbing and weeping relatives and friends — many of them, donning shirts with images of Maria Pleitez and little Dayanara Cortes’ beaming faces — lined up outside the Lakewood Funeral Home in Howell to pay their respects at a somber wake. ---snip--- The Mexican immigrant, who was in the US illegally, had been arrested twice this spring for DUI in Red Bank, NJ — something Pleitez’s niece bemoaned at the wake. Maria del...
  • Gary Busey, 81, pleads guilty to sex crimes charge after groping woman during horror movie convention

    08/01/2025 10:04:58 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 74 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | August 1, 2025 | Eve Buckland, Melissa Koenig
    Gary Busey has pleaded guilty to groping a woman at a 2022 horror movie convention in New Jersey. Busey was accused of inappropriately touching two women's buttocks during a photo shoot at Monster Mania at the Doubletree Hotel in Camden on August 13, 2022 - and trying to unhook another victim's bra, allegedly asking that woman 'where she got them.' Despite previously denying any wrongdoing, the Lethal Weapon actor, 81, admitted one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, saying the assault was 'not an accidental touching' during a virtual court appearance on Thursday, per Court TV... Days after he was...
  • After a Three-Decade Fight to Save St. John’s Church, Jersey City Preservationists See Light

    07/30/2025 7:20:24 PM PDT · by xxqqzz · 7 replies
    Jersey Digs ^ | July 29, 2025 | Darran Tobia
    The effort to save St. John’s Episcopal Church in Jersey City has lasted more than three decades. After the Newark Episcopal Diocese closed the struggling house of worship in 1994, two generations of preservationists have fought to wrest the church from the specter of demolition and collapse — with some of the fiercest proponents of saving this landmark passing away without much reassurance that it would be restored. Certainly one of the most important milestones in this effort came earlier this month when a plan to restore the church — and build a multi-story apartment building beside it — won...
  • Senate narrowly confirms Emil Bove to sit on federal Appeals Court after whistleblower reports

    07/29/2025 7:25:00 PM PDT · by CFW · 23 replies
    JustTheNews ^ | 7/29/25 | Misty Severi
    The Senate on Tuesday night narrowly confirmed Justice Department official Emil Bove to a seat on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, hours after his confirmation was stalled over whistleblower reports that he is under investigation. Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Cory Booker of New Jersey requested information about the alleged investigation after a third whistleblower said Bove misled the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing. The whistleblowers also allege Bove abused his authority while working for the Justice Department. The Senate confirmed Bove in a 50-49 split. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski...
  • New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney Concedes Loss to Truck Driver

    11/10/2021 1:49:11 PM PST · by MNJohnnie · 20 replies
    The Epoch Times ^ | 11-10-21 | Jack Philliphs
    New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, one of the most powerful Democrats in the state, conceded that he lost his reelection to truck driver Edward Durr. “I of course accept the results. I want to congratulate Mr. Durr and wish him the best of luck,” Sweeney said during a speech on Wednesday in the statehouse, conceding that a “red wave” in his district caused him to lose his longtime seat. “There were 12,000 more people that voted at this time than in 2017,” the Democrat told reporters. Durr, a Raymour & Flanigan furniture truck driver, ran a low-budget campaign and...
  • U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba Breaks BIG news, announces there will be ELECTION INTEGRITY for the state of New Jersey, her office is committed to guaranteeing free and fair elections.

    07/26/2025 2:22:01 PM PDT · by george76 · 13 replies
    X ^ | Jul 25, 2025 | Benny Johnson
    U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba Breaks BIG news, announces there will be ELECTION INTEGRITY for the state of New Jersey, her office is committed to guaranteeing free and fair elections. Habba says her Election Integrity Task Force is in full swing, zeroed in on cleaning up New Jersey’s voter rolls to make sure every American’s vote counts: “I created an election integrity task force. We should not have dead people voting. We need these rolls cleaned up. It’s something we should have in this country. People need to feel like their votes count.” “People need to know they...
  • NJ Judges Hit With Misconduct Complaint After Booting Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba and Replacing Her With Own Choice

    07/24/2025 8:12:13 PM PDT · by george76 · 36 replies
    American Greatness. ^ | July 22, 2025 | Debra Heine
    The conservative legal group, Article III Project, is filing a judicial complaint against a federal judiciary panel of mostly Democrat-appointed judges after they decided not to extend Alina Habba’s term as President Trump’s interim New Jersey US attorney. “House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries corruptly gave 17 New Jersey U.S. district judges their marching orders: ‘Fire New Jersey U.S. Attorney @AlinaHabba,’ “wrote Article III Project president Mike Davis on X following the panel’s decision. “And these New Jersey activist judges—15 of whom were appointed by Obama and Biden—saluted,” Davis continued. “This violated Canons 2, 3, and 5 of the Code of...
  • BREAKING: Trump, Bondi Outmaneuver Corrupt Judges, Appoint Alina Habba as Acting US Attorney for New Jersey

    07/24/2025 4:34:46 PM PDT · by blueyon · 93 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | 7/24/25 | Cristina Laila
    Alina Habba on Thursday announced that she is now the Acting US Attorney for New Jersey after district court judges ousted her from her post earlier this week. Alina Habba’s term as interim US Attorney expires on Friday at 11:59 pm so Trump and Bondi outmaneuvered the activist judges. Habba resigned as Interim US Attorney and is now Acting US Attorney for New Jersey.
  • BREAKING: AG Bondi Immediately Fires Alina Habba’s Replacement After Judges Vote to Oust Habba as Interim US Attorney of New Jersey

    07/22/2025 3:49:36 PM PDT · by bitt · 84 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ ^ | Jul. 22, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    US Attorney General Pam Bondi promptly fired Alina Habba’s replacement after a group of district court judges voted to oust Habba as interim US Attorney of New Jersey. A group of federal judges on Tuesday declined to extend Alina Habba’s term as interim US Attorney of New Jersey after Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries launched a pressure campaign to oust her. Alina Habba’s term as interim US Attorney expires on Friday at 11:59 pm. Hakeem Jeffries called on federal district court judges appointed by Obama and Biden to remove Alina Habba over her decision to indict Rep. LaMonica McIver. On...
  • DOJ fires US attorney for New Jersey after state picks her over former Trump lawyer Alina Habba

    07/22/2025 3:53:54 PM PDT · by cotton1706 · 49 replies
    ABC News ^ | 7/22/25 | Aaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous
    The Justice Department on Tuesday said it fired Desiree Leigh Grace as the newly appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, hours after federal judges in the state chose her over President Donald Trump's pick, Alina Habba. The announcement came after federal judges in New Jersey opted not to appoint Habba, Trump's former personal attorney, as the state's top federal prosecutor on a permanent basis. Trump appointed Habba as the state's acting U.S. attorney in March. "This Department of Justice does not tolerate rogue judges -- especially when they threaten the President's core Article II powers," Attorney General...
  • BREAKING: District Court Judges in New Jersey Vote to OUST Alina Habba as Interim US Attorney After Pressure Campaign From Democrat Jeffries

    07/22/2025 12:28:13 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 56 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | July 22, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    A group of federal judges on Tuesday declined to extend Alina Habba’s term as interim US Attorney of New Jersey after Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries launched a pressure campaign to oust her. Alina Habba’s term as interim US Attorney expires on Friday at 11:59 pm. Hakeem Jeffries called on federal district court judges appointed by Obama and Biden to remove Alina Habba over her decision to indict Rep. LaMonica McIver. “The so-called U.S. Attorney in NJ maliciously indicted Congresswoman LaMonica McIver for doing her job. Habba is a woefully unqualified political hack who must go. She must be rejected...
  • Judges vote to oust former Trump lawyer Alina Habba as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor

    07/22/2025 11:52:33 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 48 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | June 22, 2025 | Jeremy Roebuck
    New Jersey’s federal judges declined Tuesday to appoint Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney in the state, to continue serving in that role, delivering a resounding rebuke to one of his administration’s most polarizing Justice Department appointees.The state’s U.S. district court judges made the announcement in a brief order that did not offer any explanation for their decision. The order — signed by Renee Marie Bumb, the chief federal judge for the District of New Jersey — appointed Desiree Leigh Grace, a career prosecutor who Habba had named as her first assistant U.S. attorney as her replacement...
  • NJ can't ban private ICE detention contracts, federal court rules

    07/22/2025 11:23:49 AM PDT · by 11th_VA · 12 replies
    https://www.northjersey.com ^ | July 22, 2025 | Hannan Adely NorthJersey.com
    A federal appeals court has ruled that New Jersey’s ban on private immigration detention contracts is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to state leaders and advocates who have long fought to curb U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's footprint in the Garden State. In the 2-1 decision, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals found that New Jersey’s 2021 law blocking ICE from contracting with private companies unlawfully interfered with federal immigration enforcement, in violation of the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause.
  • Messy New Jersey Voter Rolls Have More Than 32,000 ‘Questionable’ Voter Records, Report Says

    07/21/2025 5:18:22 PM PDT · by T Ruth · 7 replies
    The Federalist ^ | July 17, 2025 | Beth Brelje
    Registered New Jersey voters pick a new governor in the Nov. 4 general election, but before that the state really needs to clean up its voter list.After reviewing New Jersey’s statewide voter roll, a report from the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) shows an “urgent need for improved list maintenance practices,” after identifying more than 32,000 registration issues, many of which could allow people to vote more than once.PILF found 14,059 duplicate registrations, with voters registered in New Jersey and at least one other state at the same time. But PILF did not look at all 50 states, meaning there...
  • ‘I shot him in the head point-blank’: Democratic council president reveals jaw-dropping dark secret

    07/20/2025 4:17:35 PM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    Blaze News ^ | July 20, 2025 | Candace Hathaway
    Politician says his family member’s mafia ties allowed him to walk free. APennsylvania Democrat made a chilling confession during a Wednesday city council meeting that may invite a criminal investigation. The Erie City Council held its bi-monthly meeting earlier this week, during which council members addressed the recent death of Marchello Woodard, a man who was fatally shot. 'You know, Nick, I could blow your head off.' During the meeting, council President Mel Witherspoon (D) explained why he had not attended the man's funeral or the rally held in his honor, claiming that the events "brought some things back to...
  • Cory Booker throws tantrum, joins Dem walkout from Senate hearing on Trump judge pick Emil Bove

    07/17/2025 11:52:41 AM PDT · by DFG · 46 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07/17/2025 | Ryan King
    Spartacus has returned! An enraged Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) shouted over Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for eight straight minutes Thursday before joining his fellow Democrats in storming out of a business meeting to consider President Trump’s nominees — including his former personal attorney, Emil Bove. Booker threw a fit after Grassley spurned his request to debate Bove’s nomination to the Philadelphia-based Third Circuit Court of Appeals and proceeded with a vote to report the nominee to the Senate floor after Democrats vacated the meeting room. “I don’t understand this,” Booker raged. “What are you afraid of, about...
  • N.J. couple alleges Assistant Ocean County prosecutor targeted them to benefit his side business

    07/13/2025 1:55:50 PM PDT · by xxqqzz · 6 replies
    nj.com ^ | July 12,2025 | Coleen Murphy
    A New Jersey couple scored a win in federal court, where a judge ruled they can move forward with key parts of their lawsuit accusing Ocean County prosecutors of malicious prosecution and defamation. Salvatore and Jane Mattiaccio, owners of Level and Square Construction in Point Pleasant, allege that now-retired Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor William Scharfenberg used his position to pursue criminal investigations against them while operating a competing construction company, Beacon Homes of N.J. On July 8, U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner issued a ruling in the case, dismissing many of the couple’s claims on immunity and procedural grounds. The...
  • Video appears to show woman plowing through ICE protestors in New Jersey, injuring 3

    07/13/2025 7:06:26 AM PDT · by DFG · 53 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07/12/2025 | Chris Harris
    Video shared on social media appears to have captured the moment a woman in a gray Jeep appears to drive through protestors in Fairview, New Jersey. The incident unfolded outside Noches De Columbia on Fairview Avenue in the borough of Fairview where marchers, organized by a group called united Without Fear, were protesting ICE raids. The footage shows the woman driving up to the restaurant’s exit, as a line of protestors streams slowly in front of her. A protestor approaches the Jeep, to ensure the female driver will stop. He then turns from the vehicle, which lunges forward, clipping his...