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Do Not Taunt Chris Christie About Hurricane Sandy. Ever.

Listen, we all know that Chris Christie’s temper is kind of a shtick, a performance he puts on every week or so to make sure […]

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How Chris Christie Earned My Respect

Chris Christie is spitting mad—and it’s his own party in the crosshairs.

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Chris Christie’s Anger Produces Positive Results

Give Chris Christie credit: When he gets mad, people take notice. In this case, “people” means “leaders of Congress,” who have decided to start voting […]

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Chris Christie Is a Dinosaur?

We’re not saying that because he’s the rare Republican who criticizes other Republicans when they do wrong things. We’re saying that because, well, photographic evidence […]

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Christie Eviscerates House GOP Over Sandy Aid

This afternoon, Chris Christie held a press conference for the sole purpose of berating House Republicans, who refused to vote on (let alone approve) a […]

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New York Times Keeps Hammering PA-Based Halfway Houses

For the past year, the New York Times has been raking the muck out of New Jersey’s troubled system of publicly subsidized, privately-run halfway houses, […]

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Alec Baldwin Donates $250K to Community Center Destroyed by Sandy

On the heels of recent donations to the needy (Central Falls, RI) and the not-so-needy (the New York Philharmonic), Alec Baldwin is ponying up a […]

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VIDEO UPDATE: It’s Official: Booker Running for Senate in ’14

You really thought Cory Booker was going to end his bromance with Chris Christie? Instead of running against him in next year’s gubernatorial race, Booker’s […]

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First Casualty of Christie’s Tenure Law is Naked Teacher

In August, Chris Christie signed a bill making it harder for teachers to get tenure, and easier for them to get fired. Today, a Vineland […]

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Chris Christie Says He’s Not Too Fat for Presidency

Chris Christie, who if elected would be the nation’s largest president since Howard Taft (BMI 42.3), tells Barbara Walters he’s fit enough for the job. […]

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Chris Christie’s First Challenger Announces Candidacy

Former State Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono has officially entered the 2013 gubernatorial race. In her announcement video, Buono offered some tepid praise for Gov. […]

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VIDEO: Christie on Daily Show: Do You Know How Many Idiots There Are in Jersey?

The girl talk got real between NJ Governor Chris Christie and Jon Stewart on The View Daily Show last night, with the two gabbing about […]

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Revel “Burning Through Cash At Alarming Rate”: What Would Gov. Springsteen Do?

The disaster that is Revel keeps getting disaster-ier. The brand-new Atlantic City casino—it just opened in May—is “burning through cash at an alarming rate,” New […]

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New Jersey Beats New York in Sandy Damage, Seeks $37 Billion in Aid

One contest we didn’t want to win. Two days after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo floated a request for $33 billion in federal aid to […]

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Chris Christie Is One Earthquake Away From a Perfect Rating

Apparently impressed with Christie’s take-charge attitude, bipartisan outreach, and no-nonsense approach to telling kids to wait a damn week for their Halloween candy, a nearly […]