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How Donald Trump's Plans Could Bring Back the Spoils System
Time via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoPolitical cartoon by Thomas Nast (1840-1902), depicting William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed (1823 - 1878)...
Inside the murder that brought down NYC City Hall
NY Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt was 11:30 p.m. and Vivian Gordon was heading out for the night. The flame-haired beauty wore a black velvet dress and mink coat, along with her usual...
Team Adams likens Council bill to Tamanny redux; critics cry baloney
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTop officials in Mayor Adams’ administration defended his stance that the City Council should not be granted the power to approve many mayoral appointments — arguing that doing so would mark ...
What's Tammy Murphy's flex? Bergen County's Democratic machine delivered a win | Stile
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIt took one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s top $280,000-a-year patronage hires to save his wife’s bid for the...
How Donald Trump, Joe Biden and grassroots liberals could upend Democratic politics in one of the...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe end of the line could be near for New Jersey’s almighty political machine. A federal judge in...
NJ's ballot line system is dead — the 'magnitude' will reverberate across politics | Stile
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAt the very end of his historic 49-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi acknowledged he...
Now, the NJ Legislature may tackle the line? That's a hollow pledge | Stile
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoAs the walls of the political clubhouse begin to crumble, leaders of the New Jersey Legislature...
Let’s Raise a Glass to What Prohibition Accomplished
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWas prohibition really the policy failure it is made out to be? The obvious answer is yes — of course, it was a failure. Prohibition bred corruption, organized crime, gangland violence and a ...
Historian: Save Ohio's kids from new Boss Tweed. Ed under Governor would be Tammany Hall
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEdward Janak is a professor of social foundations of education and chair of the Department of...
East Side or West? North or South? How Binghamton neighborhoods evolved.
Press Connects | Press & Sun-Bulletin via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI was asked a good question the other day from my wife, who wanted to know where the North Side of...