Brent Johnson
Politics Reporter at NJ.com
Online Politics Producer and Reporter at The Star-Ledger
I cover New Jersey politics for NJ Advance Media. See my work on @njdotcom and in The Star-Ledger. I also sing in a band, The Clydes. #LGM
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4 days ago |
nj.com | Steven Rodas |Brent Johnson
Body camera footage from multiple angles, totaling roughly 15 minutes and showing a scuffle during the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, was released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Saturday evening. Baraka, also a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, was arrested Friday outside Delaney Hall — an immigration detention center in the state‘s largest city. Baraka has clashed with federal immigration officials ever since the detention facility, privately owned by the GEO Group, opened.
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4 days ago |
nj.com | Jelani Gibson |Brent Johnson
A day after the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city was arrested at an immigration detention center in the city, a spokeswoman suggested President Donald Trump‘s administration may also arrest Democratic members of Congress. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said in an interview Saturday morning on CNN that “there will likely be more arrests coming” in addition to the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Friday.
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nj.com | Brianna Kudisch |Brent Johnson
A once-shimmering hospitality landmark in New Jersey is officially no more. The former Sheraton Mahwah Hotel — an iconic hotel that stood out for decades along the otherwise tree-lined highways near the New York border — was demolished Saturday morning. The 22-story building in Bergen County, with its dark glass exterior and double-L-shaped structure, stood at the intersection of routes 17 and 287 for nearly 40 years. But the hotel closed two years ago.
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4 days ago |
nj.com | Tom Martello |Brent Johnson
Brent Johnson writes the subscriber-only newsletter What Makes Jersey Run. Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. They combined forces in the aftermath of Ras Baraka‘s arrest by ICE agents Friday in Newark. And just like that, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is the most talked-about politician in New Jersey. His dramatic arrest by ICE agents outside a detention center Friday quickly made national and international headlines.
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6 days ago |
nj.com | Brent Johnson
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the latest edition of a weekly newsletter on the crazy world of New Jersey politics. You can subscribe here. Welcome to a special edition of the newsletter from downtown Newark, where the Republican candidates to become the state’s next governor — well, the top three anyway — gathered Wednesday night for their latest debate. State Sen.
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Another Democratic insider just told me an #NJTransit strike is "50/50." "I don’t think you’ll know until it’s pretty close to the strike of midnight." the source said.
I've had two Democratic insiders tell me today they think NJ Transit will go on strike in two days. "Hope are high it will be quick," one said. "But odds are it will at least start." Here's what Gov. Murphy had to say yesterday: https://t.co/rOt1LLdN3a
I've had two Democratic insiders tell me today they think NJ Transit will go on strike in two days. "Hope are high it will be quick," one said. "But odds are it will at least start." Here's what Gov. Murphy had to say yesterday: https://t.co/rOt1LLdN3a
RT @NJ_Politics: Reps. at ICE facility confrontation in N.J. could face congressional blowback https://t.co/0h98O5DCZH