When the feds close a door, the state will open a window.  Or so intends a coalition of progressive activist groups and state Democratic legislators who are coalescing to resist Trump and the GOP agenda, and ensure that voting rights, reproductive rights, environmental protections, education quality and other “amenities” that make life bearable remain strong in New Jersey no matter what the Trump administration hands out.

Inspired by a similar move in Minnesota, Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-37), the senate majority leader, plans to introduce legislation that would prevent Internet providers from selling customers’ personal information and browsing history without their written consent.

While Oroho and Space strategize to increase deportations, New Jersey Democrats and their counterparts in New York are fighting back not only with words, but with action.

Many of New Jersey’s state senators, including senate president Steve Sweeney and Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, hope that president-elect Donald Trump will make good on his promise to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure by making the Gateway Tunnel project a priority.

PolitikerNJ has published their list of the top one hundred most powerful people in New Jersey.

On October 1st, Congressman Scott Garrett heaped praise on one of his supporters, Edward Durfee. Garrett called Durfee an “unsung hero.” This took place at a fundraising breakfast that Durfee organized to support Garrett’s Congressional campaign.

State Senator Loretta Weinberg, who we know over the years because of her attendance at SCDC events, advises careful attention to the timing of impeachment proceedings against Governor Chris Christie.

Just days after State Senator Loretta Weinberg wrote to 11 financial institutions asking them to cease contributing to the Scott Garrett’s election campaign, one of them, PNC Bank, did just that.

Senator Loretta Weinberg ​wrote​ ​this​ letter to ​the executives of ​seven financial companies calling them out for their continued financial support for Congressman Scott Garrett despite his well known homophobia.

Bluewave NJ is sponsoring a debate for Democratic presidential candidates tonight, at 7 o’clock, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Church Street in Montclair.