From Politico:
Mikie Sherrill puts fiscal restraint at center of her first budget for New Jersey
Gov. Mikie Sherrill entered office promising a more affordable New Jersey. Her first major test of that is here.
The Democratic governor on Tuesday unveiled a $60.7 billion state spending plan — which includes $2 billion in cuts and is $980 million more than the state’s current budget. Among the largest reductions is $500 million from New Jersey’s property tax relief program for seniors — a move that could challenge her campaign pledges of affordability.
The spending plan comes as Democrats across the country are focusing on an affordability message headed into the midterms — hoping it will secure majorities in Congress and down-ballot victories in Statehouses. And it comes as polling shows voters don’t trust President Donald Trump’s handling of pocketbook issues.
But promises of affordability are quickly running into the reality of choppy economic waters and rising costs of running the government. Sherrill said her cuts are needed to prevent New Jersey’s financial decline — recently, she warned that the state is projected to spend $3 billion more than it received in revenues. That gap is now expected to be $1.7 billion for the upcoming fiscal year under Sherrill’s plan.
“It’s time to close the deficit the right way, structurally, so we’re not just plugging new holes every year,” Sherrill said in her first budget address. “It’s a simple lesson we learn as kids: You can’t spend more than you earn.”
The high-profile speech also previewed the legislative agenda for the new governor. She promised to address rent-setting algorithms and a will usher through a “historic” reform bill on pharmaceutical middlemen known as pharmacy benefits managers (former Gov. Phil Murphy also made PBM reform a focus during his second term in office).
Sherrill’s push to cut funding for the senior property tax relief program, known as Stay NJ, could become an early political battle with the Democratically-controlled Legislature. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, a Democrat, is the largest supporter of the tax program, which provides a maximum of $6,500 in property tax relief for seniors making up to $500,000 in the state. It was expected to cost the state about $1.2 billion a year.
Sherrill’s plan includes $700 million for Stay NJ, and would reduce the eligibility threshold to $250,000 and reduce the maximum benefit to $4,000 across the board.
And while lawmakers traditionally include last-minute add-ons to the state budget — amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars in special line item spending — Sherrill vowed to end that practice. She called out legislative leaders who sat behind her and Murphy — albeit not by name — for approving billions in new tax credits and new spending items last year.
The IEA says the war in turning into the biggest oil disruption in world history
The OPEC oil embargo of 1973 lasted six months.
Yet the inflationary effects of that six month embargo were felt for the rest of the decade.
Trump Files Missing in Epstein Release Highlight Justice Dept.’s Missteps.
In late July, an F.B.I. agent asked colleagues to get started on a sensitive task relating to Jeffrey Epstein, listing the names of 14 prominent men, with President Trump at the top.
By Steve Eder and Devlin Barrett
March 11, 2026
In late July, F.B.I. agents exchanged a flurry of early-morning emails about a sensitive task relating to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
An agent listed the names of 14 prominent men, with President Trump at the top, and gave direct instructions: “Take these names and build out new spreadsheet w all the derog on them,” referring to derogatory information found in the Epstein files.
That morning, agents prepared summaries of the “salacious statements” that tipsters and other interviewees had made against Mr. Trump and others. Their rundown on the president consisted of two bullet points. One was an allegation from a woman who said that he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. The other was a claim that Mr. Epstein once introduced a woman to Mr. Trump, saying, “This is a good one, huh?” with Mr. Trump replying, “Yes.”
Among the largest reductions is $500 million from New Jersey’s property tax relief program for seniors…
Cruel. Let’s throw grandma out into the cold.
Grandma makes $500,000 a year, she’s not hurting. Reducing the cap to $250,000 is still an absolute joke. These people don’t need property tax refunds.
Grandma makes $500,000 a year, she’s not hurting.
Is she turning tricks?
Not to mention grandma’s bergen county shitbox is worth $800,000.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.
Young progressive Americans are funding the rightwingers appetite for war. And also for paying grandmas property taxes and universal healthcare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.
Think of all the Somali daycares and gender-affirming surgeries we could’ve funded!!
Geezus, what a tragedy!
U interested?
Fast Eddie says:
March 12, 2026 at 7:44 am
Grandma makes $500,000 a year, she’s not hurting.
Is she turning tricks?
Grandma loves Maga but will never move to Oklahoma Tennessee or Mississippi. She gets the best quality of life in blue states including government handouts to pay her property taxes
I hate how this site works.
Not to mention grandma’s bergen county shitbox is worth $800,000.
By the time you finished writing this, an offer for $825,000 was just submitted.
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Love this idea that insuring ships is going to get them moving again.
You think the crew wants to put their lives on the line, but corporate gets the insurance check when they die?
Good luck. Crews won’t go.
Only way it works is if the bulk of the crew transfers to a larger US ship when crossing, with only a skeleton crew onboard (probably just the captain and mate). Otherwise, what, helicoper the crew across? Incredibly costly, risky, and not scalable.
The price of diesel for rolling coal is upsetting the fanboys.
For you Grim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXNHYWyRAl0
There should be a federal investigation into how Kristi Noem spent 200 million of our tax payer dollars on her ridiculous DHS promotional videos.
One episode of Game Of Thrones cost $15 million to make. What exactly were they spending the gross GDP of a small country on?
– Meghan MacCain
They were spending it on embezzlement.
How long before the national directive that tells us to work from home to conserve fuel.
The irony is now Russian oil is the only thing that might salvage Trumps presidency.
He is deathly afraid of how this appears for his bullshit MAGA campaign.
Him sucking Vlad’s dick before was just propaganda, but now since he got his delivery of knee pads from Amazon things may have changed.
Ten 422
Bondi is on the case….haha
Golden age of corruption
grim says:
March 12, 2026 at 7:59 am
They were spending it on embezzlement.
Be quiet Meghan.
you are the daughter of a loser that got captured.
your military service means shit to me.
signed, DT.
She paid $75k for it
grim says:
March 12, 2026 at 7:45 am
Not to mention grandma’s bergen county shitbox is worth $800,000
Don’t worry.
This time next winter, when you have no energy, you can huddle up next to your local AI center exhaust fan to keep warm.
until they label you as a terrorist that is.
UPDATED THU, MAR 12 2026
8:02 AM EDT
Dow futures fall 300 points as oil prices continue their ascent amid Iran war: Live updates
Sean Conlon
Pia Singh
no shit.
fuck gramma.
pull into a shoprite. f’n ol’ battleaxe prune tells me you can’t park there, it’s for employees.
no marked spots, not handicapped. so fair game.
go suck a bag of dicks, gramma.
VAG,
When I get the senior discount on the Surf n Turf special, I’m going to think of you.
Art says:
March 12, 2026 at 7:57 am
There should be a federal investigation into how Kristi Noem spent 200 million of our tax payer dollars on her ridiculous DHS promotional videos.
You ever shopped at Ulta Beauty?
for that face, price is about right.
In all fairness, grandpa is far worse than grandma. he’s very angry about losing his privilege
Awww… how cute is it that Chloe, Sean and Pia have a job cutting and pasting quotes from s0cial media.
G0d bless those muppets.
Expensive to run the US Government as if it were a reality tv show.
the russians should boobytrap their own oil tankers, then park them in the Mediterranian sea.
when those fucckers try to steal them, ruin their f’n beaches so no one ever visits Europe again.
In all fairness, grandpa is far worse than grandma. he’s very angry about losing his privilege
Grandpa’s got a shit ton of money and can always get his dick sucked. So, he’s grabbing his balls and saying, “Here’s your fucking privilege.”
Plot twist, grandpa lives in the villages.
Grandpa’s got a shit ton of money and can always get his dick sucked. So, he’s grabbing his balls and saying, “Here’s your fucking privilege.”
Two large oil tankers on fire right now off the Iraq coast.
make america great again by raising the cost of gasoline, diesel and home heating oil.
i want the nobel peace prize. wah wha wha, where is my binky?
Two large oil tankers on fire right now off the Iraq coast.
They have a coast? Is it bigger than Seaside Heights?
not sure, but it might be bigger than grandpa’s ams700
White Trash Eddie says:
March 12, 2026 at 8:30 am
Two large oil tankers on fire right now off the Iraq coast.
They have a coast? Is it bigger than Seaside Heights?
and eddie
when the time comes, i can get you a discount on your own ams.
and its coming.
just throw me some chex mix on the yard this morning, i’m hungry.
India has apparently negotiated safe passage for their ships. . Two Indian oil tankers, the Pushpak and Parimal, reportedly moved safely through the strait between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
Goldman predicts $150.o0 oil if Strait of Hormuz remains closed through March.
The uproar among Democrats over the Trump administration’s refusal to answer basic questions about the war in Iran continues to grow louder.
do these democrap two faced soyboys even know how to roar?
india doesn’t get oil, america doesn’t get antiboitics.
and just about every other drug.
oopsy.
According to Imus, the most dangerous place to be is in between Chuck Shumer and a TV camera.
Iran is willing to negotiate passage. China, India, Japan, and South Korea are the destination for most of the oil products that flows through the strait of Hormuz. India and China crude oil ships won’t be attacked. US can probably make up for Japan and South Korean oil shipments. Container ships can and do unload in UAE and so container ships do not need to travel through the straits at all.
Once the Palantir system identifies all costal missile launch sites, and other bomb boat lauch sites which it will even using ChatGPT the bombers will fly. There is footage of the B-1 fleet in UK now being rearmed with standard smart bombs, they unloaded the cruise missiles not needed anymore. An entire fleet of B-52 bombers just arrived in the UK yesterday. We will be sending bombing sorties 24 x7. We might even see an evacuation of coastal Iran cities like Bandar Abbas and Abadan to the north near Iraq where the attacks have originated from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm2Nub23UZc
We have air superiority and have degraded their military’s ability to operate in the gulf, we sunk 28 mine laying boats this week alone.
Whatever fight the Iranian Military has left in them won’t last much longer, and the bombs will drop until they capitulate.
“Schumer Surrender” in March of 2025 and the Failed “Democrat Shutdown” in November of 2025.
The left is very very mad at Schumer and Jeffries for their perceived weak their leadership in the House and Senate. They would rather see it all burn down. They have been told to hold the line or else they are out.
Just look at Jeffries when he speaks now. Even he does not believe his own propaganda.
Someone in the administration leaked that that Donnie wanted to airlift the oil. What a great idea that only a genius leader like Mango can come up with.
GA democrat Shawn Harris looks like a cool dude. More cool than Obama and he is leading in the race to replace Marjorie’s senate seat. If he wins, we may as well call the mid terms right now.
Juice,
You are generally right about Schumer and Jeffries. And as 3b constantly reiterates, the Left needs an agenda besides Trump sucks, though he does. This is why the Dem Socialists are so popular. But are they electable in less progressive states? I highly doubt it. Which is where Newsom comes in. And yes, Cali is a bit of a mess due mostly to overregulation and homeless friendly policy and climate. But it’s still a pretty great state to live and work in. It’s really quite an amazing economic engine regardless of decades of poor policy.
And I would say Newsom is the most quaified and if you saw his performance in Davos, quite likeable.
But Jeffries will push Harris because she’s black and a woman and Schumer is simply a pushover. An honest guy, but a true pushover. Though without Pelosi running the show, the Dem primary might actually work the way a primary is supposed to for the first time in three elections.
Now WHY are we fucking with Iran?
Ten 424
Shawn Harris could win sure because of perhaps redneck voter apathy. Results were abysmal only 20% registered voter turnout in a district of 766,091 residents.
Not a primary race all candidates appeared on the same special election ballot…
https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/georgia-special-general-us-house-district-14/
I am not joking. This is one of the more condescendingly racist posts that’s been posted on these threads. What is the matter with you?
RentL0rd says:
March 12, 2026 at 9:20 am
GA democrat Shawn Harris looks like a cool dude. More cool than Obama and he is leading in the race to replace Marjorie’s senate seat. If he wins, we may as well call the mid terms right now.
Since October 10th, you have made nothing in your index funds. Gary, pretty soon, you won’t be able to include the last 12 months to indicate a handpicked gain.
And the war in Ukraine was going to be over on day one of Trump’s second term. Yeah, you voted for that.
Lib – “WHY are we fucking with Iran’
As Fabius Maximus would say Kompromat. His best friend Epstein was a double agent spying for both Russia and Israel, so they have the piss tapes mentioned in Hillary’s Dossier, and all kinds of Kompromat that Trump took in loans from Russian banks thru Cyprus and all the other missing videos of illicit acts performed on Epstein properties.
UPDATED THU, MAR 12 2026
10:01 AM EDT
Dow dives 500 points as oil jumps, Iran says it will keep Strait of Hormuz shut: Live updates
Sean Conlon
Pia Singh
Imagine if Harris had appointed MSNBC weekend anchor as secretary of defense to bomb Iran
You wouldn’t be as supportive of the war
Chicago says:
March 12, 2026 at 9:45 am
I am not joking. This is one of the more condescendingly racist posts that’s been posted on these threads. What is the matter with you?
This war might go down as one of the biggest blunders in world history
Irans new supreme leader reported to be in coma in critical condition, lost a leg; liver damage.
9:45 – Shawn Harris looks like a more handsome Mike Tyson.
Enough with ‘racism’. Let’s move on to what you call Islamophobia now, shall we?
Among Shia muslims, more so than Sunnis, death is not something to be afraid of. Especially if you die from enemy fire. Any small group can control a 2 miles wide canal in their backyard. The Ayatollah is considered to be a direct dependent of Mohammed.. and even very progressive shiites will fall behind whatever he says – crippled as he may be.
dependent = descendent.
Lib: You are being way too kind on Newsom. Cal has the highest unemployment rate, highest taxes, huge structural budget deficits, massive over regulation, his disastrous handling of LA fires, and total cluster fcuk of the train to nowhere. This is certainly no endorsement for him to be President. And this is not what about Trump, we are talking about going forward. Newsom does not have a track record or list of accomplishments he can point to in a campaign.
Art: 10: 13. I agree with that comment.
UPDATED THU, MAR 12 2026
10:34 AM EDT
Dow dives 600 points as oil jumps, Iran says it will keep Strait of Hormuz shut: Live updates
Sean Conlon
Pia Singh
Yeah, it’s a pretty good one
3b says:
March 12, 2026 at 10:36 am
Art: 10: 13. I agree with that comment.
The inflationary effects lasted a decade because of monetary debasement.
How are we gonna pay this war when y’all oppose taxing Billionaires
Need to turn on the printer
BRT says:
March 12, 2026 at 10:42 am
The inflationary effects lasted a decade because of monetary debasement.
Oh my god where is Chloe Taylor, Art’s little team of headline writers is dwindling? Or is she just taking a mental wellness day?
Before you blame Newsome 3b, it’s your buddies in VC that are the cause of much of it.
And when you complain about high taxes, your buddies are right here too.
Newsome is also infected by the handlers as well.
Below is generated by Google AI, just as a disclaimer. But I have read about this elsewhere.
The connection between fire trucks in Los Angeles and venture capital (specifically private equity) has become a major legal and political issue as of March 2026. Los Angeles County recently filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against private equity firms and manufacturers, alleging that industry consolidation has caused a massive shortage of fire engines and doubled prices.
Antitrust Lawsuit (March 2026): Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit against the private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP) and several manufacturers, including REV Group, Oshkosh Corporation, and Rosenbauer Group.
Allegations: The county claims these firms conspired to monopolize the market through “roll-ups” (buying and merging multiple smaller competitors), leading to:
Price Hikes: Costs for a single engine jumped from ~$450,000 to over $1 million.
Supply Shortages: Extreme backlogs have left nearly 100 of L.A.’s fire vehicles out of service or awaiting years for delivery.
Goal: The lawsuit seeks to unwind these mergers and obtain restitution for what it claims were illegally inflated prices paid by the L.A. County Fire Department.
Billionaires are already taxed, moron.
Haahaaaa. Now that’s creative.
You work with what you got.
Woman Rips Coat Rack From Wall, Stabs Victim With Hook In Ridgewood Medical Office Fight: Cops
A 54-year-old Hawthorne woman was arrested after police said she struck someone with a coat rack hook during a dispute inside a Ridgewood medical office.
Ridgewood. Isn’t that a snooty place in Bergen county?
Did someone run out of Grey Poupon?
Oh the horror!!
Expats claim they will leave Dubai and never return as they fear for their lives and see their businesses destroyed while missiles continue to rain down over the United Arab Emirates.
Once a tax-free haven attracting influencers from across the globe and thousands of Brits seeking warm weather and crime free streets, Dubai’s carefully crafted image has been shattered and residents believe it is ‘finished’.
The emirate, home to around 240,000 British expats including Rio and Kate Ferdinand, Luisa Zissman and Petra Ecclestone, has been targeted by constant Iranian missile and drone attacks as the regime strikes US allies in the Middle East.
ya know 3b,
It’s kinda hard to put out fires when you can’t get parts for fire trucks.
1st grade edumacation would tell you that.
When you are in charge, and a fire truck costs twice as much as before, it’s kinda hard to keep the taxes down, cause either you let people burn and get blamed for that, or you buy fire trucks and firemen, all which cost money.
Are you a member of your volunteer fire department or rescue squad? Ever smelled burnt tissue, or brain tissue?
As much as y’all pump up your peacock feathers, you are worth about 130 bucks in minerals.
And y’all ain’t livin’ forever.
So be nice.
11:08,
Not taxed enough dumbass. I pay close to 40% effective tax and I am about 990 million away from being a billionaire. Don’t you think they should pay their fair share?
…and I am about 990 million away from being a billionaire
Do you have $4,000 suits like VAG? Are you VAG? What charities do you contribute to? I do Samaritan’s Purse and T2T.
Why buy a 4000 suit when you can buy an off the rack much cheaper and just as nice. Remember it’s not how much you make but how wisely you spend and invest.
We are hammering Asia as much as Iran.
Asia rolls out four-day weeks and work-from-home as emergency measures to solve a fuel crisis caused by Iran war
https://fortune.com/2026/03/11/iran-war-fuel-crisis-asia-work-from-home-closed-schools-price-caps/
When you are dead, you look better in a $4000 suit. Just saying.
who’s “we”?
🚨TRUMP: WHEN OIL PRICES GO UP, WE MAKE A LOT OF MONEY
Trump now takes the position that since the U.S. is the world’s largest oil producer, high oil prices are good for us. If that’s the case, why did he promise lower oil prices when he ran for office? Why didn’t he promise higher prices so U.S. oil companies could make more money?
-Peter Schiff
You don’t have to believe me. Go ask an African-American what they think about this comment. They hear the word “black” instead of “cool”.
Chicago says:
March 12, 2026 at 9:45 am
I am not joking. This is one of the more condescendingly racist posts that’s been posted on these threads. What is the matter with you?
RentL0rd says:
March 12, 2026 at 9:20 am
GA democrat Shawn Harris looks like a cool dude. More cool than Obama a
He can tell his magats, you Fast Eddie and co, that the sun rises from the west and they will believe it.
12:07, I will ask and let you know. For real.
Chi – What are you trying to say? He is unconsciously performative and his implicit bias comes out?
We are all guilty. I think all white people are the devil.
Why is the government running airport security? They shouldn’t be. The government forces us to use its crappy service, then fails to run it competently and fails to fund it. Same for air traffic control.
Before his first election Trump had a lot of big talk about making America’s airports better. After a brief period of talk at the start of his first term, there was no structural change. It needs big time privatization. Walmart wouldn’t make people wait in line 3 hours to get in their store. Our key airport systems are pretty much run like Soviet stores in the 1970s, which makes sense, because they have similar incentives for customer service.
Want to avoid negroes? Just click on the schools in a given neighborhood and check the demographics. Same for Hispanics.
Oil price won’t go up.
Oil price might go up but will be transitory.
Oil price did go up but it will come back down.
Oil price going up is good for America.
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Just when you’re asleep
Some meth head with a 9mm
Will shoot you like a sheep
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You want to be a Kardashian?
Fiddle with the mentally ill??
Maybe we can get you the morning after pill!!!
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