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Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing ‘Trump Whore’ across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body

November 19, 2025 6:22 pmNovember 25, 2025 11:19 am

A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the entire incident — paying a scarification artist to wound her and staging the scene with zip...

Bergen Record circulation drops 81% since Gannett bought newspaper, records show

February 27, 2023 9:54 amJune 8, 2023 12:16 pm

Circulation for The (Bergen) Record has dropped more than 81% since Gannett purchased the newspaper in 2016, a massive reduction in their audience and their influence in North Jersey, where more than 1.5 million people live in the region they...

Pallone tells Sayreville Dem chairman to resign

September 2, 2022 12:55 pmSeptember 2, 2022 4:24 pm

Adopting Tip O’Neill’s old adage that “all politics is local,” one of Capitol Hill’s most powerful players is demanding the resignation of Sayreville Democratic municipal chairman Thomas Pollando, who was arrested on charges that he took a cash bribe from...

N.J. GOP House candidate seeks to use ballot slogan ‘Let’s Go Brandon’

April 4, 2022 7:02 pm

A Republican candidate for the 4th congressional district filed his bid for Congress today on a line entitled “Let’s Go Brand*n – FJB,” two variations on a not-especially-subtle code for “Fuck Joe Biden,” which may prompt a smackdown from Secretary...

Dems say Ciattarelli started raising money too early, but Ciattarelli thinks it’s a BS claim

June 17, 2021 5:11 pmJune 17, 2021 11:19 pm

New Jersey Democrats have filed a complaint alleging that Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli prematurely jump-started his general election fundraising before he’s won the primary, but Ciattarelli’s campaign says that it’s a bunkum claim. Democrats say that Ciattarelli advertised a...

Gannett photo caption refers to ‘fucking hot nurse’ loading syringe with COVID-19 vaccine

March 21, 2021 7:19 pmMarch 22, 2021 5:42 pm

The Asbury Park Press used a caption laced with profanity, misogynism and a derogatory ethnic term as part of a gallery of photos showing people of color receiving Covid vaccinations. “A fucking hot nurse, a total JAP, loads a syringe...

Weekend sees little movement on marijuana

February 1, 2021 10:58 amFebruary 2, 2021 11:27 am

Democrats still negotiating over the fate of a new marijuana cleanup bill in Trenton face an ever-shortening runway to a procedural deadline that will see the bill vetoed or become law without the governor’s signature. Little has changed in the...