Sunlight on NJEA Flunky Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey released their first report yesterday – “NJEA: New Jersey’s Political Machine“.  Excerpts below: The facts show that the most powerful special interest – the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) – has been the dominant force in New Jersey politics for over fifty years. The NJEA built…Read More

READ THE FIRST REPORT FROM THE SUNLIGHT POLICY CENTER OF NEW JERSEY: “NJEA: NEW JERSEY’S POLITICAL MACHINE” Who is funding New Direction New Jersey, the dark money group supporting Governor Murphy’s agenda?    No surprise: it’s New Jersey’s most powerful special interest, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA).  This $2.5 million in surreptitious spending is just…Read More

Big source of Murphy ‘dark money’ group’s money is revealed By MATT FRIEDMAN 05/20/2019 07:20 AM EDT Good Monday morning! For 140 days, I’ve kept count of how long it’s been since the Murphy-aligned group“New Direction New Jersey” reneged on its promise to reveal its donors. But now I can reveal one of them. Hold…Read More

NJEA contributed $2.5M to Murphy-aligned ‘dark money’ group By MATT FRIEDMAN 05/20/2019 05:02 AM EDT The New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest and most powerful teachers union, contributed $2.5 million to a “dark money” organization with close ties to Gov. Phil Murphy, POLITICO has learned. The donation to the political nonprofit New Direction New…Read More