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Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Thursday to ban cell phones in schools throughout New Jersey. The State Senate originally passed Bill S3695 last month, which calls for guidelines to restrict and/or ban the use of cell phone or cell phone adjacent devices during school hours. The law makes it mandatory for all school districts in New Jersey to adopt strict cell phone guidelines for students. But the restrictions would have different rules for different grades. Regardless of the restrictions, it would still prohibit the non-academic use of a cell phones or social media during class time. "The guidelines shall,...

As he enters the final chapter of his time in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy chose to mark Christmas Eve, one of the holiest and most sacred nights in the Christian faith, commemorating the anticipation of the birth of Christ, by publicly advancing his administration’s abortion agenda. Rather than acknowledging the profound spiritual significance of the evening for millions of Christians, Governor Murphy instead announced a $22 million funding commitment to “protect and grow” access to abortion through what his administration calls the Reproductive Health Access Fund, an abortion slush fund designed to funnel taxpayer dollars to abortion providers....

The family of the man who died earlier this month while in Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody at Newark's Delaney Hall says it wants answers about how he died one day after he was taken into custody. In an exclusive interview with NBC New York, Jean Wilson Brutus' cousin says Brutus didn't have any medical concerns before being taken into custody. "We haven’t had some kind of closure surrounding his death," Evans Belony told News 4's Axel Turcios. It's something Belony says he and his family are still trying to process. "He was like a loved one, that we all...

The “shocking” murder of Sayreville, New Jersey, Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour does not initially appear to be politically motivated, according to Garden State Gov. Phil Murphy. Murphy told WNYC Thursday that the murder late Wednesday — in which the 30-year-old Republican was repeatedly shot in her SUV, which then crashed with her slumped over the wheel — felt “very specific.” “Unfortunately, there’s very little that is known right now,” Murphy said in his weekly sit-down with the radio show, according to NJ.com. But “it does not appear to be related to her position as an elected councilwoman in Sayreville,” he said...

Thomas Kolbe has written about the collapse of the German economy, something pretty shocking to those of us who remember when the German economy seemed unstoppable. What’s slammed the brakes on that juggernaut is central planning that revolves around the whole Green New Deal theory. Other European countries are doing the same. Spain and Portugal had a catastrophic power outage thanks to their green energy policies, and, in England, people are getting cold and dirty in a very 19th-century way because of the UK’s drive for “Net Zero.” Had Kamala been elected last year, America would almost certainly have gone...

Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.Former President Barack Obama has a stern critique for members of his party: Too many have been cowed into silence.In private remarks to party donors on Friday night, Mr. Obama scolded Democrats for failing to speak out against President Trump and his policies, suggesting they were shrinking from the challenge out of fear of retribution.“It’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to...

TRENTON, N.J. — President Donald Trump on Monday named his one-time defense attorney and current White House counselor Alina Habba to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. Habba, who turns 41 Tuesday, takes over the interim post from John Giordano, whom the president said he's naming to be the U.S. ambassador for the southwestern African country of Namibia. A partner in a small New Jersey law firm near Trump’s Bedminster golf course, Habba served as a senior adviser for Trump's political action committee, defended him in court in several civil lawsuits and acted as a spokesperson last year...

PATERSON, N.J. ( — A Paterson police officer has drawn attention for wearing a Palestinian flag patch on his official uniform, raising questions about the appropriateness of displaying foreign national symbols while in service with a U.S. based law enforcement agency. Officer Adeeb Iqnies, who has served with the Paterson Police Department for three years, appeared in a video interview proudly displaying the Palestinian flag and speaking about his heritage. “I’m a Palestinian who loves my country as well as Palestine,” Iqnies said.

At the height of the pandemic when COVID-19 was taking a heavier toll on Black people, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that required hospitals and labs in New Jersey to collect more detailed demographic information on its patients. Four years later, the law has taken a surprising turn. Hospitals are handing out forms asking pregnant and post-partum mothers the gender identity and sexual orientation of their babies, according to a patient in South Jersey. “What sex was your baby assigned at birth?” “Which of the following best describes your baby? Lesbian or gay; straight or heterosexual, bisexual, questioning/unsure, prefer...

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and his minions are messing around with President Donald J. Trump, and soon, they could be finding out in the form of cuts to federal funding for education. Despite a recent executive order from President Trump aimed at barring transgender athletes from participating in school sports aligned with their gender identity, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) has announced it will not alter its existing transgender athlete policy. The decision marks a significant act of defiance against the federal directive, setting the stage for a potential clash between state and...

Border czar Tom Homan has threatened to arrest New Jersey governor Phil Murphy after the Democrat revealed he is harboring an undocumented migrant in his home. The former head of ICE, who has been tasked by Donald Trump to oversee border control, said Murphy's words were 'foolish' because he admitted to breaking the law. 'It's a foolish thing what he said, because I got note of it, won't let it go, will look into it,' Homan said on Fox News. 'And if he's knowingly harboring and concealing an illegal alien... I would seek prosecution or the secretary [of homeland security]...

BREAKING NEWS!!! Tom Homan busted smiling on live news interview!!! Homan is one tough s.o.b. and you know he'd proudly proclaim it. I caught this image as I watched him chat it up with Sean Hannity and realized it was the first time I ever saw Homan muster a smile. This Tom Homan smile is equivalent to the smile that you and I would have if we won the lotto and watched our child become the first ever college graduate in the family for generations, all in the same weekend. Thank you Mr. Homan...from the bottom of my heart. Thank...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s political foes are urging ICE agents to “pay him a visit” and even calling for his potential impeachment after he bizarrely suggested he was harboring an illegal migrant in his home. “Phil Murphy just implicated himself in a crime! Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. It’s time for [ICE] to pay him a visit. When I’m Governor, everyone is getting deported,” wrote Republican former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Mario Kranjac — who’s mounting a run for governor in November — on X on Monday night. Murphy jammed his foot squarely into his...

President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, threw down the gauntlet to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, warning the Democrat if he insists on harboring illegal aliens, he’ll be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Over the weekend, Murphy foolishly incriminated himself by bragging that he was harboring an illegal alien above his garage — in defiance of Trump’s executive order and in violation of federal immigration laws. At an event hosted by the left-wing group Blue Wave New Jersey, Murphy gloated: “There is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point...

Yesterday afternoon, we told you about New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, who openly bragged about defying immigration laws by harboring a migrant at his house. He dared the Trump administration to do something about it. Enter Tom Homan, who vowed to investigate Murphy for these claims. As he should. Well, guess what? Murphy is walking back those comments now.

New Jersey Democrat Governor talked about allowing a migrant female to live above his garage, which is like harboring a criminal if she's an illegal immigrant. Tom Homan plans to go after Gov. Murphy - who said 'good luck' to the feds who try getting to the migrant who lives about Phil Murphy's garage. The previous post we did on this was a video of Phil Murphy talking about the situation with the migrant living above his garage.

“We said, you know what, let’s have her live at our house above our garage, and good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.”

Attorneys general from 18 states sued President Trump on Tuesday to block an executive order that refuses to recognize the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants as citizens, the opening salvo in what promises to be a long legal battle over the Trump administration’s immigration policies.D.C.The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Massachusetts was joined by the cities of San Francisco and Washington, D.C.The states view Mr. Trump’s attempt to limit birthright citizenship as “extraordinary and extreme,” said New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, who led the legal effort along with the attorneys general from California and Massachusetts. “Presidents...

CV NEWS FEED // New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Jan. 14 that the state will “stockpile” mifepristone, a drug used in chemical abortions, as a precautionary measure ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House next week. The Democrat governor’s announcement came during his State of the State address, where he outlined his administration’s stance on abortion and other priorities, NJ.com reported. Murphy said that New Jersey is preparing to resist potential “anti-choice” policies under the Trump administration and a Republican-led Congress. He described the move to stockpile mifepristone as essential to ensuring that “every woman can...

A New Jersey law that removes a requirement for teachers to pass a reading, writing and mathematics test for certification will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. The law, Act 1669, was passed by Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy as part of the state’s 2025 budget in June in an effort to address a shortage of teachers in the state... Individuals seeking an instructional certificate will no longer need to pass a “basic skills” test ... Just months earlier, Murphy signed a similar bill into law that created an alternative pathway for teachers to sidestep the testing requirement....