The Political Gabfest: The It's Not Plagiarism If You Say It in a Loud Voice...
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson and Emily Bazelon. This week: Christie's decisive victory, Paul's apparent plagiarism, and Bazelon's Nazi anatomists.
View ArticleThe Political Gabfest: The "I Am Not a Bully" Edition
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Chris Christie scandal, the Republican poverty push, and the sad case of a brain-dead woman and her...
View ArticleThis Week in Politics: Slugging It Out in Albany
It was New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo versus New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on the main ticket, with charter schools versus pre-kindergarten on the undercard. Meanwhile, New Jersey Governor Chris...
View ArticleNew Bridgegate Emails Hint At Cover-Up
More emails released in the Bridgegate scandal engulfing Gov. Chris Christie's administration provide new evidence about a larger circle that covered up the involvement of the governor's staff.In one...
View ArticlePump It Up: Group Calls for Higher NJ Gas Tax
New Jersey needs to raise its gas tax — or risk running out of funding for future road, bridge and transit improvements, according to a nonprofit policy group.In a new report, New Jersey Policy...
View ArticleEver Wonder Why New Jersey Has Such Cheap Gas?
New Jersey’s gas tax is the second lowest in the country after Alaska, and hasn’t gone up since the late ‘80s.But transit advocates says that low, low cost comes with consequences.Most of the gas tax...
View ArticleChristie Talks Foreign Policy At Adelson Gala
Governor Chris Christie is wary of Russia, wishes President Barack Obama acted against Syria and can't imagine allowing Iran to get a nuclear bomb. The presumptive 2016 presidential candidate presented...
View ArticleHendrik Hertzberg and Ryan Lizza on Chris Christie.
Hendrik Hertzberg and Ryan Lizza on Chris Christie.
View ArticleHendrik Hertzberg and John Cassidy on Chris Christie and Bridgegate.
Hendrik Hertzberg and John Cassidy on Chris Christie and Bridgegate.
View ArticleNJ Budget Diversions Drive Some Green Businesses into the Red
Since taking office, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has diverted more than $1 billion in environmental funds to the state's general fund.Most of that comes from the state's Clean Energy Fund which gets...
View ArticleChristie Counters Pay-To-Play Allegations Against Pension Fund
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is defending the state’s pension investments — and the people in charge of managing them. This comes as some of those transactions attract scrutiny amid pay-to-play...
View ArticleNY, NJ to Collaborate on Anti-Terror Strategies
In a downtown tower overlooking Ground Zero, and flanked by local, state, and transit police officers, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed an agreement to beef up...
View ArticleThe Republican convention and the future of the GOP
The Republican convention and the future of the GOP
View ArticleBig Ticket: Costs to Protect Christie During Travels Up 1,800% Since He Took...
No matter who paid for Chris Christie’s ticket to the Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers football game on Sunday, the New Jersey governor ran up the score on taxpayers.The total amount of travel...
View ArticleChristie and Union Disagree on Agreement for Pension Reform
Governor Christie and the state’s largest teachers union have locked horns for years. Now Governor Christie says they’re linking arms to enact further reforms to New Jersey’s underfunded pension and...
View ArticleChristie's Pension Commission Calls for Compromise
The special commission Gov. Chris Christie created to fix the state's ailing pension system has delivered its recommendations.Under the proposal, current retirees would get the benefits they were...
View ArticleThe "Bibi, Vidi, Vici" Edition
Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the Supreme Court's ObamaCare case, Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress, and whether Chris Christie's presidential campaign has...
View ArticleNJ Lawmakers Say Christie's Exxon Deal Stinks
This week, the New Jersey State Senate approved two measures designed to push back against a settlement Governor Chris Christie recently proposed to make with Exxon.The state had fought for nearly $9...
View ArticleNJ Teacher's Union Shuts Down Talks with Christie
Tom Moran talks about Governor Chris Christie's brief courtship with the New Jersey Education Association, and the governor's comment yesterday that the union and its legislative supporters are "suing...
View ArticleTwo Indicted in NJ Bridgegate Scandal
After a 16-month-long federal investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closings scandal dubbed "Bridgegate," two indictments have come down.The case stems from a four-day traffic jam at the...
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