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Editor, @njmonitor | Clam State native | [email protected] | Blocked by Santino 🏳️‍🌈

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Terrence T. McDonald
2 years
Twitter is just not a healthy place to be right now.
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1 year
can't wait for the world to see how NJ Transit handles big events
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8 years
hi everyone here's Alex Trebek saying "yas queen"
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1 year
soccer fans, have fun trying to figure out how we do roads here
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1 year
can we get FIFA some better facts about NJ please
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 months
Insane story. Woman spent 10 days in Essex County jail because no one would check her fingerprints to make sure they had arrested the right person (they hadn’t). And no one will be punished because of qualified immunity.
@NJMonitor
New Jersey Monitor || bsky newjerseymonitor.com
5 months
Judges toss false-arrest claims against federal marshals in mistaken-identity case via @DanaDiFilippo.
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6 months
@StevenFulop mr mayor you gotta charge your phone.
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
congratulations on finally being famous for something.
@delaware_gov
Delaware.gov
4 years
PRESIDENT JOSEPH R BIDEN JR, from DELAWARE 💙💛💙💛💙.
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Terrence T. McDonald
1 year
final jeopardy category tonight was WOMEN AUTHORS and the two men couldn’t even think of one
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Terrence T. McDonald
10 months
incredible content today
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Terrence T. McDonald
1 year
finally catching up on video from last night and I didn’t realize Gov. Murphy was drunk drunk
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
NJ senate debate Q is like “how much was half a pound of gabagool at ShopRite on Sunday”.
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southpaw
4 years
Theresa Greenfield not about to be caught out on an ag business question
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9 years
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Terrence T. McDonald
10 months
can NJ impeach NY’s governor.
@GovKathyHochul
Governor Kathy Hochul
10 months
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit west of Manhattan and has been felt throughout New York. My team is assessing impacts and any damage that may have occurred, and we will update the public throughout the day.
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
one Burlington County voter went full Jersey with his write-in vote for president
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
we’re at Martell’s and a guy on crutches just dared two women to fight him. love NJ.
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 years
Remember that NJ judge who asked a rape victim if she kept her legs closed? A decision from the NJ Supreme Court today removes him from office and bars him from ever being a NJ judge again
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
would still eat this before chicago deep dish.
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Terrence T. McDonald
11 months
NJ Dem county chairs offering their alternative to the county line
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
✨ I have news. ✨. Today is my last day at The Record. @statesnewsroom is opening a NJ bureau and they’ve asked me to run it. I start Monday and we’ll launch the site soon.
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 years
the opinion section of New York Times For Kids is why I subscribe
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 years
This Tariq Zehawi photo from today's funeral for Jersey City Det. Joseph Seals -- that's one of his sons saluting him -- is devastating
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
getting a lot of blowback for declaring Route 440 is NJ’s ugliest highway but I stand by it. 495 is a close 2nd. 46 between the McDonald’s & Willowbrook is 3rd.
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
really miss the good people of Jersey City
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Terrence T. McDonald
1 year
Peppa's jumping into the New Jersey Senate race.
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Pop Crave
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Peppa Pig has a “big surprise” to be announced tomorrow.
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1 year
he's right, a gay New Jersey governor would definitely get away with using his position to help his partner, absolutely zero evidence that he'd face blowback like being forced to resign.
@BadNJTakes
Bad NJ Politics Takes
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“sorry, kids, daddy can’t visit today, it would cost him $9”.
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Oliya Scootercaster 🛴
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CONGESTION PRICING: Upper East Side resident Andrew lives on 61st street and 5th Avenue, in Congestion "Relief" zone, the second he moves his car, he’s hit with a toll. His kids live on 79th street and he will have to pay congestion price every time he goes to see them.
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Terrence T. McDonald
10 months
New Jersey’s county chairs waiting outside Newark airport for the Murphys to return home so they can all … have a chat
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Terrence T. McDonald
6 years
@DavidKlion "I see black people trying to write a 10,000-word cover story can you send someone down here"
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Terrence T. McDonald
8 months
NJ Transit’s new motto should be “yeah we suck but what are you going to do, drive on New Jersey roads lol”.
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Terrence T. McDonald
11 months
this is true sorry
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 years
"Phil Murphy says let me be clear" drinking game.
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
when someone on NJ Twitter says “pork roll”
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 months
have never waited on a line to vote early in Bloomfield
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Terrence T. McDonald
1 year
New Jersey New Jerseyed so hard today.
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Terrence T. McDonald
6 years
Hi, Hudson County. Friday is my last day at The Jersey Journal. On Monday I'm joining the great team over at @northjersey. Covering Hudson has been wild and I'll miss it!.
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Terrence T. McDonald
6 months
me, stuck underground on a NJ Transit train for three hours on Labor Day: well at least this trip was free.
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Terrence T. McDonald
7 years
here's a shot of Andrzej Pitynski working on the Katyn monument in 1990 (found at @JCFPL_NJ)
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
"listen we need a few dozen peacocks for today's St. Peter's parade"."I got one rooster"."fine"
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Terrence T. McDonald
2 months
Jersey strong
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Terrence T. McDonald
1 year
we riot at dawn.
@barry
Barry Petchesky
1 year
Update on this, FIFA has replaced one of its controversial New York New Jersey Fun Facts with an even wronger one:
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Terrence T. McDonald
10 months
stolen valor.
@AP
The Associated Press
@AP
10 months
BREAKING: An earthquake shakes the New York City area with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, officials say.
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
no one got it!
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@lisakashinsky
Lisa Kashinsky
6 months
NJ Gov. @PhilMurphy on the Irish Americans for Harris-Walz call starts off by saying he was born in Boston and remains a "member of Red Sox nation"
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
such great news for the fictional state of NY/NJ.
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
these @AnneCarusoPhoto photos of the Passaic fire are apocalyptic
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7 months
Gov. Murphy wants the Senate to expel Menendez if he does not resign
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Terrence T. McDonald
2 years
if you're laid off by Gannett today and live in/know New Jersey, DM me. we can chat about freelance opportunities to get some $ in your pocket for the holidays.
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 years
Gov. Murphy’s name recognition must be rising. My 7yo niece entered a drawing contest and she picked Murphy holding "the hammer of justice.”
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Terrence T. McDonald
8 months
NJ Transit should start alerting people when there aren’t massive delays, they’d send fewer alerts.
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
$10 it was Pascrell.
@WillieGeist
Willie Geist
4 years
Pardon the language here, but I asked a House Democrat who is locked in his office whether Congress will reconvene tonight and finish its business. He replied: . “Yep. We’re going back. Fuck these assholes.”.
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Terrence T. McDonald
10 years
Have to be a white president to be a neutral observer on race.
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
the rental car situation in NJ is so bad these are my only options at the closest Avis
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
excuse me . "'The Sack' is the new nickname for downtown Hackensack . " .
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 years
I’m officially furloughed until 4/13 so my tweets are about to become extremely unprofessional fyi.
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 months
i made it, ma
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Terrence T. McDonald
8 months
exchanging cash for favors, wow sounds so unlike him.
@stephen_neukam
Stephen Neukam
8 months
NEW: Bob Menendez might have found a way to keep leverage over Dems with his independent senate campaign. New Jersey sources tell me they think he will ultimately demand some type of support from the party (legal fees, etc.) in exchange for getting out of the race. National.
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Terrence T. McDonald
8 years
you're either the kind of white person who says that word or you're not. if you're not, it doesn't slip out when you're tired.
@ditzkoff
Dave Itzkoff
8 years
In a statement, @billmaher says the word he used "was offensive and I regret saying it and am very sorry."
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 years
in New Jersey, you take a victory lap when the US Supreme Court says the thing you did may have been corrupt, deceitful and an abuse of power but it wasn’t criminal.
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Terrence T. McDonald
10 months
so you're telling me there are parts of the country where that happens frequently and people just keep living there?.
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 years
are you guys that high already it's only 4:30 there.
@latimes
Los Angeles Times
4 years
When Reagan was shot, country rallied around, but he hadn't spent months downplaying assassins
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1 year
"Did you know New Jersey's senior U.S. senator is nicknamed 'Gold Bars Bob'".
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
Murphy says Ciattarelli should concede because it's mathematically impossible for him to win, says Sweeney shouldn't because Sweeney thinks he has a chance.
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 months
Gov. Phil Murphy, asked about congestion pricing on WNYC just now, said when he was in London last week “we almost walked on several occasions and/or took the Tube on several occasions, it hasn’t done a thing to traffic.".
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Terrence T. McDonald
5 years
Talula's in Asbury Park is selling this antipasto “grazing box” and it’s the only thing I can think about
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
lol
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Terrence T. McDonald
6 years
Antiques Roadshow is out of control tonight
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2 years
💀
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5 years
the late Michael Yun standing on Central Ave in Jersey City in 1993
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6 years
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Raj Mukherji III, appearing at site of American Dream project, says, "Voters elected me in 2077 to get this thing done and we're just about there.".
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2 years
@JerseyCity
City of Jersey City
2 years
#JerseyCity applied to the @BikeLeague to be recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Community. To help gain a better understanding of local bicyclists’ experiences from those who live & work here, please take this survey & help spread the word!.Open now - 11/6.
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6 months
lol
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Terrence T. McDonald
7 years
teachers won’t let substitutes into the building
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Terrence T. McDonald
1 year
*obsessed* with this display at the Bloomfield library
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3 months
brutal day. After 157 years of keeping Hudson County informed, The Jersey Journal to close in 2025 -
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
my sister Amy is visiting us for a bit and she’s hilarious so I’m collecting all the funny things she says here 🧵
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3 years
she did it.
@njdotcom
njdotcom
3 years
N.J. town to drop lawsuit against woman, 82, who it claimed filed ‘voluminous’ public records requests
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
there’s your regular kind of monster and then there’s the kind who sees there’s a baby food shortage so buys a bunch of it and sells it online at triple the price
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Terrence T. McDonald
1 year
George Santos has thoughts on Tammy Murphy for Senate
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
I need everyone to see these photos of my mother in law, a north jersey queen
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Terrence T. McDonald
1 year
there was a first-time voter at my polling place today and all the workers cheered for her when she cast her ballot.
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Terrence T. McDonald
8 years
omg escalation
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8 months
garbage bill becomes garbage law
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Terrence T. McDonald
8 months
The Econo Lodge on Tonnelle Ave would like a word
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@JoyceCarolOates
Joyce Carol Oates
8 months
My hotel in Des Moines is so elegant, the bathtub has two crystal chandeliers! Nothing to compare in NJ.
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Terrence T. McDonald
2 years
@aurabogado @emilylmullin well @opd_nj found out, we’re just helping uncover what’s going on!.
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Terrence T. McDonald
10 months
Hudson Dem chair: our voters are too dumb to figure out a ballot used everywhere but in New Jersey.
@danieljhan_
Daniel Han (@danieljhan.bksy.social)
10 months
Hudson County Dems Chair Anthony Vaineiri says he "strongly disagree[s]" with judge's ruling to eliminate the county line in June primary. Worth noting his sister @valerie_huttle filed an amicus brief in support @AndyKimNJ's lawsuit eliminating the line.
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Terrence T. McDonald
6 years
Fulop’s Twitter beefs ranked: . 1. Martha Stewart .2. That electrocuted raccoon who shut down the PATH.3. the people of Poland.4. David Wildstein (ongoing).5. Bayonne.
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Terrence T. McDonald
2 years
on a train just south of New Brunswick and a lady on the phone next to me just said referred to this part of the state as "the country".
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Terrence T. McDonald
4 months
every October my sister Amy comes over to watch Lord of the Rings, because she says they’re Halloween movies. whenever an Orc appears she says, “Boy he’s ugly,” and wherever Gollum shows up she says, “He’s bad news.”
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
using the Clam State in stories from now on FYI
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7 years
Students have joined the picket line
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Terrence T. McDonald
10 months
congrats to these little scam artists.
@njdotcom
njdotcom
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A group of 5th graders persuaded their school to close early for the solar eclipse
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Terrence T. McDonald
6 years
JERSEY STRONG*. *unless it snows then all forms of transportation are canceled.
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Terrence T. McDonald
2 months
in a few hours I will present my annual cocktail-fueled, Thanksgiving Eve New Jersey power list. feel free to DM suggestions while I prepare some martinis.
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Terrence T. McDonald
3 years
I need them to stop this but I don't ever want them to stop this
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Terrence T. McDonald
2 years
this @andyharnik photo from yesterday
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