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Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor<p>3/5 From <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NJSpotlightNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJSpotlightNews</span></a>, which is public media and part of WNET but covers all of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a>. (FYI its funding is being cut by 25% in Gov Murphy’s new budget 😡 — if you’re a NJ resident, text Murphy at 732-605-5455 to complain.)</p><p>Booker’s record-breaking Senate plea: Meet this ‘moral moment’<br>NJ senator denounces Trump agenda, mindful that he broke record set by segregationist Strom Thurmon</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoodTrouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodTrouble</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/localnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>localnews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoryBooker</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/booker-makes-speech-marathon-to-fight-trump-crisis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/bo</span><span class="invisible">oker-makes-speech-marathon-to-fight-trump-crisis/</span></a></p>
Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor<p>3/4 Example of how our calls are impacting our MOCs behavior in confronting *all this* — <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NJSpotlightNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJSpotlightNews</span></a> article today focusing on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> Senator Andy Kim and NJ House Rep LaMonica McIver. Really good stuff on our electeds starting to play hardball. (PS If y’all are in NJ support NJ Spotlight News! Great indie, nonprofit journalism.)</p><p>NJ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> gear up resistance against Trump</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/nj-democrats-in-congress-try-to-resist-trump-becoming-more-combative/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/nj</span><span class="invisible">-democrats-in-congress-try-to-resist-trump-becoming-more-combative/</span></a></p>
Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor<p>Good news out of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a>: the Freedom to Read Act passed the Senate, heads to governor's desk. From <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NJSpotlightNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJSpotlightNews</span></a>: "Local school boards would be directed not to exclude books from its collection solely because of the origin, background or views of the material, or because an individual finds it offensive." It also protects school <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NJleg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NJleg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2024/10/nj-lawmakers-move-to-protect-libraries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">njspotlightnews.org/2024/10/nj</span><span class="invisible">-lawmakers-move-to-protect-libraries/</span></a></p>