From NJ Spotlight News:
Op-Ed: Messing with Gateway endangers the post-pandemic boom
As companies call employees back to the office, workers are responding with surging attendance. But just as this post-pandemic comeback gains momentum, federal funding uncertainty for Amtrak’s Gateway Program threatens to undercut the very infrastructure that makes this recovery — and future growth — possible.
Under court order, the U.S. Department of Transportation restored federal funds tied up since October by President Donald Trump’s administration. The rail project’s stability, though, is far from certain.
Gateway, a $16 billion initiative to modernize 10 miles of the Northeast Corridor rail route from Newark to Manhattan, hangs in the balance. A legal tug of war over the last several weeks threatens the long-term vitality of the Tri-State region’s economic collaboration.
If work halts permanently, as the president has threatened, the consequences will ripple far beyond train schedules or passenger safety. Any interference puts the region’s mixed-use commercial real estate industry in the crosshairs, because many transformational, transit-centric developments are tied to Gateway improvements. Further, the private and public construction markets are interconnected – so potentially, the chopping block awaits not only infrastructure and construction jobs, but also the future homes, offices and hospitality assets that our members develop in the region.
Gateway has benefits for both sides of the Hudson River. It will jolt the cleanup and redevelopment of countless underused properties. These investments will stimulate well-positioned commercial real estate projects, creating jobs and generating significant fiscal contributions to local, state and national economies.
In New Jersey, the commercial real estate industry logged 24.7 million square feet in industrial leasing activity, with the fourth quarter of 2025 logging just shy of 5 million square feet. Much of this activity is within the logistics sector, whose workers will benefit greatly from Gateway’s improved service.
Residential permits have surged in recent years, with North Jersey leading in new homes production. Manhattan office leasing increased by more than 25 percent in the fourth quarter, and leasing volume in 2025 hit a six-year high.
Financial and technology firms scooped up office space across Manhattan and Brooklyn, with mega deals signaling increased demand in high-quality spaces that lure employees back to the office. The commercial real estate industry rebound was driven largely by private sector job growth, which increased by 2% in New York City, compared to less than 1% across the country.
All of this progress, however, relies on infrastructure that is well past its time — specifically, the Hudson’s North River tunnels, which are more than a century old and sustained significant damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. That link, used by Amtrak and NJ Transit, carries around 450 trains daily, moving hundreds of thousands of residents, employees and visitors. It operates far beyond what it was designed to handle, and is the source of breakdowns and delays that can cripple the route from Boston to Washington, D.C.
Finance and tech companies scooped up office space, residential permits have surged and industrial leasing is up so… does that mean the economy is… okay?
BREAKING NEWS!
UPDATED TUE, MAR 3 2026
6:37 AM EST
Dow futures drop 900 points as traders fear U.S.-Iran conflict could drag on: Live updates
Chloe Taylor
Pia Singh
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Will Miami be the new capital of the Despotic States of America? I get it, proximity to the new Royal Family is important.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/mark-zuckerberg-indian-creek-florida-home-1b5ef572
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene just completely went off on President Trump over the war in Iran.
“We’re in another fucking war, and American troops are being killed.”
“We need to have a serious conversation about what the fuck is happening to this country.”
Lutnick had attempted to recruit Epstein to attend an ‘intimate fundraiser’ for Clinton during her 2016 presidential campaign.
In a video of the deposition released Monday, the former first lady and secretary of state can be seen getting visibly angry after Mace interrupts her.
‘You asked the question, I’m going to answer your question. This was what I spent my time doing!’
Ahead of the sudden outburst, Clinton was detailing how she came to know Lutnick.
‘I know Howard Lutnick, because when I was Senator on 9/11, the firm he headed, Cantor Fitzgerald, suffered the greatest loss of life,’ she continued.
‘As I recall, something like 650 of his employees were murdered by terrorists that day. Howard Lutnick missed being a victim because he was delayed dropping his child off to kindergarten.’
🚨 S KOREA STOCK MARKET PANIC DROPS 7 % IN 1 DAY
This is clearly macro-driven risk-off, not random volatility
You’ve got three things happening simultaneously:
– oil spiking toward $80
– Strait of Hormuz shipping risk
– Broad Asia selloff w/ KOSPI down −7.24%
He thinks Americans are stupid.
He is right.
How Trump assassination attempts played into his decision to attack Iran
“I got him before he got me,” Trump told ABC of killing Iran’s supreme leader.
20c jump in gasoline overnight.
Making America Broke Again.
Boots on the ground in Lebanon.
the butterfly effect
Amateur MMA fighter named as third victim in Iran-inspired Austin bar shooting
The American people want affordable health care and cheaper groceries, not another forever war in the Middle East.
– Senator Elizabeth Warren
Grim,
Omg, can you cull the fucking mental patients here maybe a little?
Trump supporter asking for censorship.
That’s funny.
I always thought they believed in the constitution. You know, all of those “amendment” rights.
Don’t tread on me type stuff. You know, like real men, sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Seems those words do hurt, and some who you didn’t think enjoy soy are actually buying it by the tanker in bulk.
But now, they are just like Shlomo. They want to attack the constitution and the right to free speech.
Fast Eddie says:
March 3, 2026 at 7:10 am
Grim,
Omg, can you cull the fucking mental patients here maybe a little?
Says one thing, does another. Believe all women.
“Elizabeth Warren came onto social media to feed her dumb liberal followers this pleasant-sound cliche about “No war with Iran,” then, a couple hours later, gave Trump a standing ovation during the most militant part of his speech about war with Iran,”
Art says:
March 3, 2026 at 7:05 am
The American people want affordable health care and cheaper groceries, not another forever war in the Middle East.
– Senator Elizabeth Warren
I reserve judgement on this Iran thing, but Israel was pushing the envelope.
That said, between Venezuela and Iran, this is such a backdoor (pun intended) fucking China in the ass. China’s Americas and Middle East strategy is going down in flames, and they are cut off from oil.
Time is going to reflect whether this works out, but in the super short run, this looks genius. I wonder who’s responsible. Maybe Marco Rubio?
I guess China could, if need be, join forces with Russia and take over Ukraine in a week.
Oil problem gone.
Prevent interference.
When you interfere, sometimes things happen:
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, to preemptively destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet, aiming to cripple American naval power and prevent interference with Japanese imperial expansion across Southeast Asia. This strategic strike was driven by intense economic pressure from U.S. trade embargoes, including crucial oil and steel, which threatened to halt Japan’s war efforts in China.
One bag of abrasive dust would take out a TSMC factory for weeks, possibly even months.
Some sort of mold spores that grow on wafers might do the trick too.
Chinese can get creative without firing a shot.
Maybe this was the plan after all. Do the Israeli’s see China as competition?
but Israel was pushing the envelope.
That said, between Venezuela and Iran, this is such a backdoor (pun intended) fucking China in the ass.
Chicago,
That said, between Venezuela and Iran, this is such a backdoor (pun intended) fucking China in the ass. China’s Americas and Middle East strategy is going down in flames, and they are cut off from oil.
Time is going to reflect whether this works out, but in the super short run, this looks genius.
Someone gets it. Thank you! Thank you! There are internal threats that we, the muppet masses are not aware of that are increasing.
Ten 409
The inflation component pushing too hard.
Poor Europe. Donnie gave them the big d up the pooper.
time to go to the pub and drink your sorrows away.
Gas prices nearly double as Europe braces for Iran war energy shocks
Where your taxes are going, so i hope you bought in to offset your tax liablities and the future interest payments
Lockheed Martin’s stock, the world’s largest defence contractor by revenue, hit a new all-time high on Monday, closing at $676.70 after rising over 4%.
Its F-35 fighters, precision munitions and radar systems are central to the air campaign under way over Iran.
The rally extended across the defence sector.
Northrop Grumman shares jumped 6%, lifted by its stealth-bomber and missile-defence technologies.
RTX, formerly Raytheon, gained nearly 5% while L3Harris Technologies and General Dynamics also recorded solid increases.
Palantir Technologies, whose data-analytics tools support intelligence operations, rose almost 6%.
European companies followed the upward trend on a more modest scale. Germany’s Renk and Italy’s Leonardo posted gains as investors eyed possible increases in NATO procurement and export orders.
Fast: The Marq just opened in Teaneck, on the side of Rt 4. These are luxury 1, 2, and 3 bedroom rentals. NYC style and sophistication with thoughtful floor plans. Hear the gentle whisper of Rt 4 at night.
Trump said no new wars, we got a new war, and it is in the middle east. Trump also said he is not ruling out ground troops. Are we going to get that they dies for our freedom and way of life crap once they casualties mount? No new war means no new war.
BREAKING NEWS!
UPDATED TUE, MAR 3 2026
8:47 AM EST
Dow futures drop 800 points as oil surges again, fears rise Iran conflict will drag on: Live updates
Sean Conlon
Chloe Taylor
Pia Singh
BREAKING NEWS!
UPDATED TUE, MAR 3 2026
9:09 AM EST
Dow futures drop 900 points as oil surges again, fears rise Iran conflict will drag on: Live updates
Sean Conlon
Chloe Taylor
Pia Singh
Fast Eddie’s 401k will be cooked. Thank you, sir, may I have another.
7:10
Snowflake
Dow plunges 1,000 points, heads for worst day since April 2025: Live updates
Sean Conlon
Chloe Taylor
Pia Singh
Fast Eddie’s 401k will be cooked.
No worries. I’ll do what democrats do, rob somebody else’s stuff.
Trump lies. His handlers are grasping and squeezing his nuts.
News at 11
3b says:
March 3, 2026 at 8:50 am
Trump said no new wars.
9:52 dumb
9:52
Believe it or not, republicans also steal. Hard to believe.
99 percent of executives polled said AI will lead to head count reductions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXagorm3L1c
making america great again, one hubcap at a time.
homeland security hubcaps
😂
60 dollar hubcap, 48 dollars in tariffs.
In my best chinese voice, from south park
I no pay tariff, you pay tariff.
hehe.
gas up 20 cents overnight.
I no pay tariff, you pay tariff.
Silly ‘murican.
First Amendment, don’t censor.
3B- when has a candidate ever run on starting new wars?
In 1973 when we were finally tired of Vietnam war Congress reclaimed its authority. Over President Nixon’s veto with a rare bipartisan supermajorities that passed the War Powers Resolution.
Unless they act again there will be war, they are the only check to presidential power. Call the congressional switchboard and let your representative know how you feel.
BREAKING NEWS!
Dow drops 1,200 points as oil surges, bond yields climb in response to deepening Iran conflict: Live updates
Sean Conlon
Chloe Taylor
Pia Singh
Grim,
The value of Indian Creek for the billionaires boys club is easy access to water in their own watercraft to meet their big yacht mother ship in the open ocean if the poop hits the fan. Is an Island development with its own town and police force. It has its own parking lot for the island employee a few blocks a way in a private lot in the town of Surfside. If there is a target rich spot for the terrorist wannabe is that island.
My father and second wife lived in the island next over on the south side “Biscayne Point” in the 80’s. Indian Creek was a golf course development that attracted the “hide the fast cigarette boat” crowd. The island development north of it is the town of North Bay Village, famous because in the Cocaine Cowboys day, the local cops gave escort to the dealers to their safe houses.
A tid bit of FYI. Do you know who everyone has to thank for the development of Miami Beach’s South Beach section from a ghetto of old retired NY jews and assorted class of corrupt cops and dealers to the magnet for scammers, schemers, drug addled models wannabe, well off loser trust funders that is today?
You got to thank the NYC gays dying of AIDS in the late 80’s. Tons went down there to die in the best weather around and made possible by the cheap hotels. South Shore Hospital which was at 6th & Alton was the AIDS hospital, sort what St.Vincents at 7th Ave and 14th St was in NYC.
The gays brought a the artistic edge, which attracted the Euro-trash which are wealthy trust fund Europeans – remember Versace shooting, which brought back to life the schemers, scammers, speculators, etc. that were lying low. The Euro-trash eventually moved to Cancun and they are presently crapping all over Tulum.
Newbies to the metals markets are probably shitting their pants today.
“Finance and tech companies scooped up office space, residential permits have surged and industrial leasing is up so… does that mean the economy is… okay?”
Finance and tech companies. The only place you will find growth. The other 99% can eat dirt.
“99 percent of executives polled said AI will lead to head count reductions.”
Hence the enormous investment.
You were warned:
About your 401K and this war with Iran. Now the economy collapses. Fear not, the POTUS during the SOTU said everything was the best ever.
I was wrong.
I used to think the perfect analogy for america was sully striking birds and crash landing in the hudson
i know i was wrong. now it’s like 3 f15 strike eagles getting shot down by friendly fire.
you made your bed, now you sleep in it.
Did I hear boing?
Chi,
Is buy the dip Robinhood, Coinbase and other degenerate gamblers’ lunch time bid playtime on their apps.
I thought these two were Trump’s peeps.
Trump hurls VERY cutting insult at Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson after conservative pair slammed his bombing of Iran
Maybe if she gives him a taste he will warm up to her proposal.
“Solar energy is the energy of the future,” Katie Miller posted recently. “Giant fusion reactor up there in the sky — we must rapidly expand solar to compete with China.” Another of her posts suggested solar is more vital to the U.S. than coal power, contradicting White House messaging and policy.
Trump has been blunt about his distaste for solar panels, calling them a “blight” on the landscape, “very inefficient, and very ugly too” and — along with wind turbines — “THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY.” His administration has blocked hundreds of projects from final approval as it prioritizes fossil fuels.
The statute of limitations on kissing Trump’s ring is as short as his penis.
MAGA is bipolar. Hate one minute, love the next. F’n unstable behavior.
Yank the panels off the white house, now because this broad wants them they are all trying to get BEHIND her.
There are signs that MAGA support for solar is gaining traction among a wider set of activists.
“Solar and wind power are popular,” Gingrich, a longtime adviser to Trump, wrote in a recent op-ed that warns against federal policies that penalize them. “In the right areas, they make a ton of sense. Further, these technologies grow cheaper and more reliable every year.”
In Virginia, a coalition of conservatives pushing for more solar power is printing “Make Solar Great Again” hats. In Wisconsin and other states, legislative Republicans are leading a push to allow farmers to generate power from solar installations on underutilized acreage.
In Nevada, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo has been boasting about his ability to talk the Trump administration into advancing three industrial solar projects it had blocked: Libra Solar, Dry Lake East and Boulder Solar III. The projects would sprawl across thousands of acres.
What’s stronger, the left’s rage over their constant failures or my glee at seeing them endlessly meltdown over Trump’s historic achievements?
lol.
What’s smaller, a leftist male’s micro penis or their daily micro-aggressions?
lol.
Finance and tech companies. The only place you will find growth.
That is my dual role.
About your 401K and this war with Iran.
So where is Safe Harbor in this market?
Find out who manufactures drones. Or better yet, camping tents, for our future abodes.
11:42,
Donnie destroys everything he touches. The idiot bankrupted even a casino. That’s really hard to do.
Now that the Dow is back under 50,000 dollars, can we get back to the Epstein files?
File this under Bad Butch Bleached Blonde Bites Back
https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/03/03/trump-loyalist-rushes-to-glorify-his-big-moment-but-mtg-hijacks-it-and-drags-her-with-the-nasty-nickname-she-thought-was-buried/
ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal
I wonder if that also means we will have a surge at the midterms.
I would not be so hopeful for the midterms.
You cannot underestimate the Maga stupidity.
Ten 406
Stu:
KTOS. But it trades like a meme stock. More wacko than Palantir. Complete unmoored from fundamentals.
U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
I was in the service area of a dealership, and the manager waiting on me was named Jesus. I was at the dealership on December 27th. I mentioned to him “happy belated birthday.” My son wanted to kick my ass.
RentL0rd says:
March 3, 2026 at 12:49 pm
U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
246 residents in the state Of California affected by California potential wealth tax of 5%. For Zuckerberg this means paying 13 Billion in cash to the state of California. They won’t take shares in Facebook, he will have to liquidate allot of shares, and pay additional capital gains taxes too.
Anyone think he is leaving for another reason?
Every day, the same thing; orange Cheeto bad… blah, blah. You’re seething and I love it. There’s nothing on your side that has demonstrated success or courage. Nothing. So, lash out as if you’re going to convince someone to see your side except, you have no side. There’s nothing to show, nothing substantial. You present a Puerto Rican chick from the Bronx and a fucking d0uchebag from California as your beacon of hope. Take all of them away from the protection of the media and you’re left with id1ots. I’d be humiliated associating with that. The insight and reasoning of a liberal scares me and embarrasses me. You don’t has policy. There is none. Most of you are fucking dead from the neck up.
1:33 hahahahahahahahaha oh man….that’s hilarious.
12:57 – Dad jokes never go well with kids.
I was at a cafe with my son over the weekend and asked what their popular drink was – and my son got all mad at me. “Why don’t you just order without having a conversation?!”.
On a serious note, I wonder what the troops thought of Hegseth’s Armageddon comment.
Fast: AOC ain’t from the Bronx. She left when she was 5, and moved to bucolic Yorktown Heights in northern Westchester County. She was called Sandy by her friends and classmates. I told you, before there are no Puerto Rican girls in the Bronx that go by Sandy.
Juice: If Zuck has to hand over another 13 billion in addition to whatever he already pays in taxes, shouldn’t he have some say in how that money is spent? Or, does he just turn it over to Gavin ( I am like you I can’t read) Goofsom, and he decides how it is pissed away?
3b,
Does it matter where she’s from? A 2 cent brain is a 2 cent brain regardless of who, what are where. And the ghetto chick down south is her equal. They all come from the Cumella school of stupidity.
Come on liberals, post the midterm policy campaign w/o mentioning Trump or Republicans.
Fucking tick… tick… tick… tick…
Fast: Well kind of, the Bronx gets enough abuse without having AOC associated with it.
If you follow the psychiatric bread crumbs being spread by Pinocchio and his crowd, you can see if things don’t work out well in Iran they will drop the big one.
You can now see that there is a nihilist group that wants and actually seeking an Armageddon event because of the self righteous wacko convictions.
You got your super Jesus freaks. You got Pinocchio that think god spared him for a purpose. You got your super Jews in Israel waiting for the messiah. You got your shite mullahs waiting for their guy to come out of their cave. And you got your AI TechLords crowd also in the room.
This is bad because things like war is about strategy, planning and logic. Fanatics of any type do bad in war because they are always considering a secret doubt which they override in an effort to submit to their fanatical desires.
Hey VAGina,
Give us an update on the DOW.
Where we at? Should I hoard eggs or hold off on creating a bronze statue Renée Good?
1:57 Policy? You have a POTUS who just invaded another country with absolutely no plan. Or “policy” . Dick head.
But keep crying Gary. Cry harder you fucking cuck bitch.
Fast Eddie,
What do you have against attractive minority females?
Did you get rejected by them?
Gary’s a die hard loser
Akk2,
Nothing at all. It’s just that the current crop on the dem side are dumb as shit. AOC has got a smoking body!
Jokers
“In a statement following Liman’s ruling, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said the congestion pricing program is legal and “It’s here to stay.”
“Traffic is down, business is up, and we’re making crucial investments in a transit system that moves millions of people a day,” he said.”
Apparently China’ s air defense system that they have supplied to Iran, didn’t do what it was supposed to do. It failed. Cheap Chinese crap?
3:06 B2 bomber baby, undetectable
Pictures of Iranians cleaning up after their celebrations in Times Square. No confrontations with police no hysteria, what a difference from the pro Palestinian protests.
3b, now can you say Allahu Akbar?
Diesel fuel at my local station is €1.90 a liter. It was never cheap but now it is sky high. A large percentage of the price is taxes of course.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Trump today. There seems to be a bit of a worry in the EU that the military activity in Iran will leave the Ukrainian war neglected and forgotten. They have good reason to worry with the amount of muntions being used.
Gas went up another 20 cents a gallon at our local stations today alone. We are now up about 35 cents since we decided to Wag the dog. On top of that, red meat prices are through the roof and continue to increase.
Maybe the Dem’s midterm platform should be what Trump’s was supposed to be?
Epstein War, that MAGA fights for:
Guardian investigative reports have revealed that the Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts to combat human trafficking, including sex trafficking, and cut funding to support survivors of these crimes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/justice-department-cuts-child-sex-trafficking
Nothin to see here….
Trump said that the U.S. would like to have the next leader of Iran be someone who will bring the country “back for the people,” but acknowledges that a person who fits that bill may now be dead because of the war.
“Most of the people we had in mind are dead,” Trump said at the White House. “We had some in mind from that group that is dead. And now we have another group. They may be dead, also based on reports.”
“So I guess you have a third wave coming in, pretty sure we’re not going to know anybody,” he said.
I see CCP agent Dark Cuckoo is getting excited about the idea of The Motherland taking over the Sudetenland, I mean Taiwan.
Only emotionally bonds with the world’s worst regimes, his anger at America is so great.
Only emotionally bonds with the world’s worst regimes, his anger at America is so great.
As if any of the liberals on this forum are much different? Anything resembling traditional America is looked upon as racist, homophobic fascism. We can scream about Epstein and rightfully so but a transvestite reading fairy tales with his junk hanging out is the modern version of family time.
For about 1% of the population.
Any of the other libturds here ever take your kid to a queen reading?
Of course not.
This is MAGA.
Fast Eddie,
Any good investment advice for me?
I want to become rich like you.
Akk2,
Time. That’s the key. Time.
Rent: That would be your thing of course.
Well Iran has another supreme leader.
We killed his father, his brother, and a bunch of his in-laws.
Mission accomplished.
6:15 where does pedophilia and child rape fit into traditional values?
Watched the news about the briefing given to Congress today.
No more about Nuclear weapons, it’ simply their ballistic missile program. We are going busy if that is how low the bar is now, not nukes, not chemical weapons, not weapons of mass destruction, only ballistic missiles.
Massive bombing campaign coming in the next two days…
I was invited to give a guest lecture at Rutgers today – for about 25 kids. They were almost all attentive except one kid who had his back to me and on his computer the whole time. Mostly engaged. None of them knew when they would roll out of their parents insurance plan if they were dependents. None of them knew about ACA credits that expired in December 2025, and what that means to their insurance if they went looking in the market.
Nothing against them.. bright kids. Our generation (which I think is most folks here) have really narrowed their options for good futures.
Gotta raise them right with no taboos and a full understanding of personal finance. This country is rife with opportunity. But you still have to work your ass off for it. That’s what you should have shared with these college kids.
Tomorrow, Gator Jr. has to do well in an interview that will shape the rest of his life more than anything else has so far. He applied for a Summer mentorship at CHOP where over 4,000 future medical students will be dwindled down to 20 and he, sadly, is not a minority. Just getting the interview puts him in the current 80. We’ll see how he does.
It’s gratifying to see kids thriving.