All posts tagged "Mikie Sherrill"

A Department of Justice lawyer was forced to eat his own words after boasting about getting New Jersey's voter rolls then failing the next day.

On Wednesday, a federal judge dismissed a DOJ case seeking New Jersey's unredacted voter rolls. The decision gave the Trump DOJ its 18th straight defeat in court when it comes to its nationwide effort to grab state voter rolls.

However, Democracy Docket noted in its coverage of the decision that the DOJ's loss was made more ironic by one of its attorneys boasting the day before that it would secure New Jersey's voter rolls....

A Democratic lawmaker revealed that the "software glitch" responsible for allowing illegal voter registrations in New Jersey was from a company that is used across the Trump administration.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) told CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Wednesday that the same company responsible for the glitch also works in federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration.

Gottheimer responded to the news announced by Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and brought up a serious concern....

The internet didn't hold back on Tuesday after the Department of Justice made a major mistake in its lawsuit trying to overturn New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill's executive order that restricts federal immigration authorities while on state property.

In the lawsuit, the Justice Department misspelled her name five of the eight times she was mentioned — among other typos, Politico's Matt Friedman noted.

People on social media shared their reactions to the errors. ...

A Democratic strategist is laying out a plan for Democrats to weaponize voter frustrations in the 2026 midterm elections — starting with rage.

James Carville, a longtime Democratic strategist, wrote Monday in a New York Times opinion essay that it's now the time for Democrats to adopt the "most populist economic platform since the Great Depression."

"It is time for Democrats to embrace a sweeping, aggressive, unvarnished, unapologetic and altogether unmistakable platform of pure economic rage. This is our only way out of the abyss," Carville wrote. ...

A New Jersey Democrat and Navy veteran came to the defense of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, saying the accusations questioning his military record are "incredibly offensive" and reminiscent of the "Swiftboat bulls---" that Sen. John Kerry faced in his presidential election.

Rep. Mikie Sherrill spoke with CNN host Kaitlan Collins on Thursday night on "The Source" and called the attack against Walz — who served in the National Guard for 24 years — a "slanderous" attack against his "honorable service."

Sherill said Walz retired before the announcement was made that his troops would be deployed. ...