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NJ's Aaron Rodgers Passed Over For Vice President: Report NJ's Aaron Rodgers Passed Over For Vice President: Report
NJ's Aaron Rodgers Passed Over For Vice President: Report It looks like New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, an Essex County resident, will have to focus on his day job this fall. According to NBC News, Rodgers will not be Robert F. Kennedy Jr's running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Kennedy, who is running as an independent, is picking Nicole Shanahan, a Bay Area based attorney. Rodgers, who owns a home in Cedar Grove, had been considered a finalist for the Veep slot, along with WWE Hall of Famer and former Minnesota governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura and former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.  The quarterback, whose debut season w…

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by Sam Barron
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Booker Introduces Bill To Study Slavery Reparations Booker Introduces Bill To Study Slavery Reparations
Booker Introduces Bill To Study Slavery Reparations Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has introduced legislation calling for a study of reparations, the policy of compensating the descendants of American slaves first proposed at the end of the Civil War.  "I’ve been unapologetic in my belief that this can’t just be about acknowledging the past. It needs to be about actually confronting racist policy that persists right now in the present. Because if we don’t, we cannot guarantee that our future will be any different than our past," said Booker, one of several candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.  Some form of…

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by Paul Milo
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Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Run Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Run
Cory Booker Announces 2020 Presidential Run Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is running for president in 2020. Booker -- who grew up in Harrington Park -- made the announcement Friday in a video. “I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind ... where we see the faces of our leaders on television and feel pride, not shame,” Booker said. “Together, we will channel our common pain back into our common purpose. Together, America, we will rise.” His contenders include  Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),  Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), former Barack Obama Cabinet …

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by Cecilia Levine