Elise Young

I have the police video of my attacker's arrest. It gets weird.

Just when we got used to “Menendez” and “court” in the same sentence referring to disgraced ex-Senator Bob and not convicted parent killers Lyle and Erik, we’re back to “Menendez” and “court” referring to Lyle and Erik.

N.J. hospital lost a 93-year-old’s dentures. Who should pay for $4.5K replacement choppers? “(The representative) actually asked me what the teeth looked like. I said, `teeth,’” his daughter said.

Why we need newspapers.

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Hurricane Science Was Great While It Lasted The U.S. is hacking away at support for state-of-the-art forecasting.

Just a year ago, the U.S. was better at predicting storms’ tracks than it had ever been. But now, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports, the country is rapidly losing state-of-the-art forecasting, just in time for hurricane season’s busiest months:

In the continuing quest to adapt horse equipment for use in everyday life: lunge line as picnic tie-out.

The day after the FY26 budget got through committee.

We've hit the point in the NJ gubernatorial primary at which we should all have the spelling of Ciatterelli in a save/get key. #AtexForever

I have the police video of my attacker's arrest. It gets weird.

Have you sat through a @corybooker.com State of the City speech? The man can talk. He can talk for quite some time.

The Jersey Vindicator has a mascot now. Meet Emmy the watchdog. She just turned two yesterday! Journalists @jeffpillets22f.bsky.social and @eliseyoung.bsky.social are Emmy’s humans. 🐕🎈🎉

Now in paperback and soon to be a major motion picture: “My Big Sexy Public Records Life,” by Elise Young

'A threat to the public and herself' A walk in the woods was supposed to clear my head. But along came ghosts.

I went for a walk to clear my head. Ghosts came along.

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Carla Sands, ex-US ambassador to Denmark, says Greenland “can’t defend itself.” Defense is 30 guys from Denmark w dog sleds, she tells the BBC. … This is an SNL piece from 30 years ago. Right? Right?

Cherish the day.

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At Victim EY, via EliseYoung.substack.com. No paywall for horsey posts. Who doesn't want to read about horses all day?

Good new @mattyglesias.bsky.social on Substack about how quickly the Chinese got so much more economically and technologically advanced than Americans in 2000 expected. And this summary of the historical acceleration of the process globally over time is great. open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...

If you’re not listening to Pete Muntean on @cnn right now, DO SO.

Spreadsheets. Generative AI.

@profmanna.bsky.social, your county. Naturally.

Then I said dude was dead and pardner said flat-out no. He is correct. Also: Dude got probation. So that’s a draw. Also: You’ll never figure out whom we were discussing because, well, Jersey.

My God. Personal/professional pardner and I are debating whether a certain NJ political operative went to prison after his criminal conviction. One of us recalls that sentencing was deeeeelllaaaayyed and then dude somehow skated on time. The other says time served. This is … yeah. Cough.

Here is a classic NJ pork project. Will funding for similar projects happen in 2025? NJ is investing millions in facilities upgrades at Middlesex College, the community college in Edison. Can Trenton's pork spending continue in 2025?

Come for the NJ pork funding lesson. Stay for the Jumbotron. Tell it, Katie Sobko!

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Local New Jersey information: ICE is in New Brunswick, near Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, asking for IDs.

For people who have been detained, the American Friends Service Committee is 973-474-9861.

N.J. Supreme Court to mull challenge to ruling that made some police records public • New Jersey Monitor The case stems from the 2019 gun arrest of a Jersey City police lieutenant, who shot at guests during a party at his home.

The might of well-run small independent newrooms. Good journalism will always be with us. It must be.

N.J. Supreme Court to mull challenge to ruling that made some police records public newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/n-j-s...

New, and no pay wall, from Victim EY, via EliseYoung.substack.com.

A new Victim EY post, via EliseYoung.substack.com. No paywall. Tip: Bring a box of tissues.

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Unreleased report found students at Newark school endured anti-Black racism • New Jersey Monitor Students and teachers at a Newark high school were subjected to “acts of anti-Blackness and anti-Black racism," a consultant's report says.

Unreleased report found students at Newark school endured anti-Black racism newjerseymonitor.com/2025/01/15/u... via @chalkbeat.org

Parker ground ties.