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6 months, 1 week ago

Entrapment in play as appeals court looks at plot to kidnap Michigan governor

DETROIT — An appeals court is raising major questions about the trial of two key figures in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor — and putting federal prosecutors on the defensive as the government tries to preserve the extraordinary guilty verdicts. After hearing arguments in May, the court took the uncommon step of asking for more written briefs on the …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Make-up free Sydney Sweeney and fiance Jonathan Davino put on a loved-up display at LAX... after her Anyone But You co-star Glen Powell admitted they 'leaned into' romance rumors

Daily Mail

Sydney Sweeney and her fiance Jonathan Davino put on a loved-up display after arriving at LAX on Friday morning. The Euphoria star - who recently apologized for 'having great t**s' - stayed comfortable while wearing a navy blue-and-white Celine track jacket, as well as a white undershirt, which exposed a slight portion of her midsection. Sydney Sweeney and her fiance …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Taylor Swift’s new album has a few guests. A student tracking her flights isn’t one of them

LA Times

Taylor Swift has bad blood with a Florida student behind several social media accounts dedicated to tracking celebrity private jets and their flight emissions. The cease-and-desist-letter requested that Sweeney put his @taylorswiftjets to rest, alleging that his account provided people seeking to harm Swift a “roadmap to carry out their plans.” Last month, a Seattle man was reportedly arrested and …

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1 year ago

Former New Jersey Senate president launches 2025 gubernatorial bid

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — A former top Democratic lawmaker on Monday announced a bid for governor of New Jersey, touting his credentials as a union ironworker and longtime legislator who worked to pass a minimum wage indexed to inflation, paid family leave, and a number of other measures. Christie’s legislative wins.” It’s true that Sweeney and Christie at times had a …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Democrats pick up five seats in New Jersey’s Assembly, bouncing back from deep 2021 losses

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democrats have picked up a net five seats in the Assembly, nearly erasing the GOP pickup of two years ago and dashing the Republicans’ hopes of winning a majority for the first time in two decades. Democrats Heather Simmons and Dave Bailey defeated Republican incumbents Bethanne McCarthy Patrick and Thomas Tedesco in southern New Jersey’s …

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1 year, 3 months ago

A marshy, minuscule S.F. Bay island is for sale for $75 million, with one peculiar buyer in mind

LA Times

California is well-known for its skyscraping real estate prices. So maybe it’s not surprising that the owner of Point Buckler Island — 50 acres of marshland at the edge of San Francisco Bay in Solano County — recently listed the property for $75 million. Originally home to duck and kiteboarding clubs, the island is being marketed as a “great escape …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Musk gadfly has a new jet to track - the one used by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old college student who was once banned from Twitter for posting the real-time movements of Elon Musk’s jet, has a new aircraft in his sights: that of Florida Gov. Like Sweeney’s revamped version of his Musk tracker @elonjet, the DeSantis Twitter tracker reports movements with a 24-hour delay. That delay complies with a Twitter …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Select list of nominees for 2023 Tony Awards

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Select nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday. Best Musical: “& Juliet,” “Kimberly Akimbo,” “New York, New York,” “Shucked,” “Some Like It Hot.” Best Play: “Ain’t No Mo,’” “Between Riverside and Crazy,” “Cost of Living,” “Fat Ham,” “Leopoldstadt.” Best Revival of a Play: “August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson,” “A Doll’s House,” “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s …

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2 years ago

Elon Musk is so committed to free speech he wants to use the power of the state to suppress public info about him

Raw Story

Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk has framed his takeover of Twitter as essential for the future of free speech and even civilization itself, even though he tried for months to get out of the deal and was sued by the company in an attempt to force him to buy it. Musk after buying Twitter declared that his commitment to free …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Lawsuit on recreational pot in Missouri nears end

Associated Press

— Lawyers for a Missouri woman suing to block a recreational marijuana ballot measure panned the top state election official’s involvement and claimed the proposal is unconstitutionally broad during Thursday court arguments. This year the Secretary of State’s Office also reviewed signatures following complaints from the pro-recreational-marijuana campaign, Legal Missouri 2022, that some voters were wrongly discounted as unregistered by …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Democrats kick ex-Senate president off redistricting panel

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s former Senate president, who lost reelection to a little-known Republican in November, has been booted from the commission charged with redrawing the state’s legislative districts. But LeRoy Jones said that, in his capacity as the Democratic state party chairperson, he was removing Sweeney, according to a letter Jones sent to the secretary of state Wednesday. …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Officials in no rush to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos

Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey’s top political leadership is in no hurry to adopt — or even consider — a bill that would permanently ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos. On the day when smoking opponents make a national push for people to kick the habit, New Jersey state Senate President Steve Sweeney said there has been no discussion …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Senate Democrats pick Scutari as leader after Sweeney’s loss

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — Democrats in the New Jersey Senate picked state Sen. Nicholas Scutari on Friday to be their new leader after current President Steve Sweeney lost reelection to a Republican newcomer. “This is truly a humbling experience, that a poor kid from Linden raised by a single mom could one day be selected as the Senate president-elect is really …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Republican truck driver who caused biggest upset of election posted highly offensive social media

Daily Mail

A New Jersey truck driver who caused the biggest upset of Tuesday's election by ousting the longest-serving legislative leader in the Garden State has a history of tweeting intense Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-Semitic content, it has emerged. Durr barely campaigned for his stunning victory over a powerful New Jersey career politician Edward Durr, a 58-year-old Republican, claimed to have spent …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Spending $2,300, GOP newcomer Ed Durr beats top NJ lawmaker

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney lost reelection, falling to a Republican newcomer who spent little money and underscoring Democratic woes in the Biden era. Edward Durr, a furniture company truck driver and first-time officeholder, defeated Sweeney in New Jersey’s 3rd Legislative District, according to results tallied Thursday. “I don’t really think it was …

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Entrapment in play as appeals court looks at plot to kidnap Michigan governor

Make-up free Sydney Sweeney and fiance Jonathan Davino put on a loved-up display at LAX... after her Anyone But You co-star Glen Powell admitted they 'leaned into' romance rumors

Taylor Swift’s new album has a few guests. A student tracking her flights isn’t one of them

Former New Jersey Senate president launches 2025 gubernatorial bid

Democrats pick up five seats in New Jersey’s Assembly, bouncing back from deep 2021 losses

A marshy, minuscule S.F. Bay island is for sale for $75 million, with one peculiar buyer in mind

Musk gadfly has a new jet to track - the one used by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Select list of nominees for 2023 Tony Awards

Elon Musk is so committed to free speech he wants to use the power of the state to suppress public info about him

Lawsuit on recreational pot in Missouri nears end

Democrats kick ex-Senate president off redistricting panel

Officials in no rush to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos

Senate Democrats pick Scutari as leader after Sweeney’s loss

Republican truck driver who caused biggest upset of election posted highly offensive social media

Spending $2,300, GOP newcomer Ed Durr beats top NJ lawmaker