Below The Fold: The news that do not make the headlines but are important. By PL Hade
#HereRightMatters an American Story is available for preorder and will be released on August 3rd. Col Vindman https://www.amazon.com/…/B08L…/ref=dp-kindle-redirect…
Redistricting will start within a month. This is not the time for the Senate to take a month off.
- N.J. Supreme Court will pick tiebreaker on congressional redistricting
- Both parties nominate retired judges — Wallace and Corodemus — as 13th member https://newjerseyglobe.com/…/n-j-supreme-court-will…/
- Property tax breaks would be restored under Senate budget bill, Menendez says “… raising the deduction cap by thousands of dollars would benefit middle class homeowners who were hit hard by the provision, including those in New Jersey, which has the nation’s highest property taxes.” https://www.nj.com/…/property-tax-breaks-would-be…
- Experts are now saying that, with Delta, we are going to have to get to 80% vaccinated rate.
- These 10 large N.J. towns have fewer than 50% of adults vaccinated for COVID, state says
- Lakewood – 39%
- Phillipsburg – 39%
- New Brunswick 41%
- Bridgeton 42%
- Irvington 42%
- East Orange 43%
- Trenton 45%
- Camden 46%
- Glassboro 47%
- Orange 49% https://www.nj.com/…/these-10-large-nj-towns-have-fewer…
- These 10 large N.J. towns have fewer than 50% of adults vaccinated for COVID, state says
- From Governor Murphy: “The New Jersey Department of Health is now providing people vaccinated in New Jersey with easy digital access to their COVID vaccination record through the Docket app. Download today through the Apple and Google Play app stores.”
- ‘SUPER FUN’: A gun covered in Legos to look like a toy sets off a furor
- About a week ago, a company in Utah that makes custom modifications to firearms debuted what it described as a fun new product: a kit that encases Glock handguns in red, yellow and blue Lego blocks, refashioning lethal weapons to look exactly like children’s toys. https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/lego-gun-glock…/
- How Do We Amplify Truth In The Face Of Overwhelming Lies?https://clintwatts.substack.com/…/how-do-we-amplify…
- “Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Verizon have kept to their pledges not to donate to members of Congress who voted against certifying the election. They deserve credit for maintaining a commitment to democracy.” CREW
- Why Are Republican Governors Sending National Guard to the Border? Can a Nebraska highway cop arrest someone in Texas? Are there really more border-crossers now? An attempt at answering simple questions about a complicated topic. https://www.politico.com/…/republican-governors…
- Do you own a smart home device? Does it have a camera or voice controls? The #FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center has warned that criminals are using these devices to carry out “swatting” attacks. FBI https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2020/PSA201229
- Swing districts NJ
- Cash on hand as of June 30
- Targeted by GOP: Gottheimer $10,028,121.06
- Sherrill $4,122,838.65
- Kim $2,027,766.37
- Malinowski $1,464,401.41.
- (Kean $88,439.93. Look for a lot of money coming into this campaign from the GOP and its PACs.)
- Jeff Van Drew $609,408.63
- Chris Smith $302,736.22
- Cash on hand as of June 30
- Covid19
- 612,197 Americans have died of Covid 19
- NJ RATE OF TRANSMISSION 1.29
- 507 new positives (In 2020 on July 18 we had 309 new positives)
- 5,168,445 fully vaccinated. Population 9.4 million
- Delta is now 40.&% of our cases
- Covid vaccines for kids under 12 expected midwinter, FDA official says.
- After emergency use authorization, the agency hopes to move quickly to full approval. https://www.nbcnews.com/…/vaccines-kids-under-age-12…
- The Delta Variant Isn’t Just Hyper-Contagious. It Also Grows More Rapidly Inside You https://www.npr.org/…/why-the-delta-variant-is-so…https://www.amazon.com/…/B08L…/ref=dp-kindle-redirect…