Max Pizarro

Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder at InsiderNJ

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Baraka a Mile from Trump's Golf Course: I'm not in His Backyard, He's in Mine

2 weeks ago | insidernj.com | Max Pizarro

TEWKSBURY - Newark Mayor Ras Baraka barnstormed the state this weekend as he made his closing argument to voters in Tuesday's Democratic Primary for Governor. Baraka hit the big cities, and he hit the small towns, the big halls and the backyard barbecues.
InsiderNJ Exclusive: An Interview with Ken Martin, Chair of the DNC

3 weeks ago | insidernj.com | Max Pizarro

Ken Martin, Chair of the Democratic National Committee, came to New Jersey this weekend to rally Democrats. He's not endorsing anyone in Tuesday's primary for governor. He just wants to remind people out there that everyone in the country's watching New Jersey, including President Donald Trump - and Democrats have to stand up and fight back against the MAGA agenda.
In Asbury Park, Sherrill Rebukes Ciattarelli and Trump

3 weeks ago | insidernj.com | Max Pizarro

ASBURY PARK - They say great things happen down here on the Jersey Shore, great music and great partnerships, often under turbulent circumstances, like when Bruce and Clarence met after a storm ripped the front door off the Student Prince Bar and the guitarist and saxophonist came face to face for the first time, to forge a lifelong legendary creative partnership.
Ciattarelli Votes Early in the Republican Primary for Governor

3 weeks ago | insidernj.com | Max Pizarro

BRIDGEWATER - Baking in the sun, the fires of Canada always threatening to ignite, this sprawling Somerset County town this morning furnished Jack Ciattarelli with the municipal building and machines to exercise his franchise. A crowd of backers came out to back the favorite in the Republican Primary for Governor and Ciattarelli graciously posed for pictures and engaged in numerous conversations on his way in to participate in early voting.
Critical Context on 'the Establishment' Candidacy of Mikie Sherrill

3 weeks ago | go.shr.lc | Max Pizarro

By Max Pizarro | June 4, 2025, 2:02 pm | in The Diner Booth Those members of the New Jersey political establishment devitalized by lost political battles now want to brand Mikie Sherrill simply the "establishment" candidate in the Democratic Primary for Governor. But Sherrill is a significantly more complex phenomenon within a context of politics changed in the Trump era.
Critical Context on 'the Establishment' Candidacy of Mikie Sherrill

3 weeks ago | insidernj.com | Max Pizarro

Those members of the New Jersey political establishment devitalized by lost political battles now want to brand Mikie Sherrill simply the "establishment" candidate in the Democratic Primary for Governor. But Sherrill is a significantly more complex phenomenon within a context of politics changed in the Trump era. First of all, Sherill came into politics in New Jersey by forcing the retirement of a Republican incumbent and changing a longtime red congressional district blue.
Facing Deep Healthcare Cuts, Wimberly Challenges GOP to Take off the Trump 'Rose-Colored Glasses'

1 month ago | insidernj.com | Max Pizarro

Bracing for the impact of Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" tax bill, state Senator Benjie Wimberly (D-35) says he hopes those wearing "rose colored glasses" when it comes to the President and his agenda finally wake up and come to their senses. "As now written, state officials said the bill would reduce federal funding for New Jersey’s Medicaid program by $3.6 billion — nearly one-quarter of the $14.9 billion the state expected to get from Washington, D.C. — for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Facing Deep Healthcare Cuts, Wimberly Challenges GOP to Take off the Trump 'Rose-Colored Glasses'

1 month ago | go.shr.lc | Max Pizarro

Bracing for the impact of Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" tax bill, state Senator Benjie Wimberly (D-35) says he hopes those wearing "rose colored glasses" when it comes to the President and his agenda finally wake up and come to their senses.
Active Fulop Startles Sherrill Allies in Competitive Democratic Primary

2 months ago | insidernj.com | Max Pizarro

That was the word multiple North Jersey insiders this week used to describe the campaign of U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-11). Great candidate. Terrific resume. Laudable record of public service. It went beyond the usual rant born of rathole misogyny and political insider pathology.
Active Fulop Startles Sherrill Allies in Competitive Democratic Primary

2 months ago | go.shr.lc | Max Pizarro

By Max Pizarro | April 25, 2025, 4:25 pm | in The Diner Booth "Concern."That was the word multiple North Jersey insiders this week used to describe the campaign of U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-11). Great candidate. Terrific resume. Laudable record of public service. But... "Concern."It went beyond the usual rant born of rathole misogyny and political insider pathology.