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Brandon McKoy

@brandonmckoy.bsky.social
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President at The Fund for NJ. Former VP for State Partnerships at CBPP, former President at NJPP, NLC-NJ alum, Jersey Boy forever. Progenitor of #MathIsReal. Views my own.

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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Grateful to co-author this with Erik Morales. NJ will make a grave mistake if it does not adequately fund Census work early, risking fewer federal funds & reduced representation in the long-term. There is no better ROI in the #njbudget than Census funding. www.njspotlightnews.org/2026/06/op-e...
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Op-Ed: Spend on Census preparation now, or risk future of NJ | NJ Spotlight News
Trump is throwing up barriers that are serious enough for the state to lose congressional seats, federal money and more
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/06/2025
this is such an important point. i do not think that the typical american understands that for most of their lives, someone like james madison or george washington or thomas jefferson was *surrounded* by black people.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Live look at me yelling at Josh Hart through my television screen... #ShootTheJ #knicks clip.cafe/bad-boys-ii-...
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Watch 'Now *that's* how you supposed to shoot! From now on, that's how you shoot! Oh man, I want...' | Bad Boys II Clip
Watch the clip 'Now *that's* how you supposed to shoot! From now on, that's how you shoot! Oh man, I want...' from the movie Bad Boys II on Clip.Cafe. Mike Lowery: [while walking slowly among the land...
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
lol. lmao even.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
New phone wallpaper
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The Fund for NJ @fundfornj.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New Jersey families are being pushed out of their communities by rising rents and limited protections. Stable housing is not just a roof over your head; it is the foundation for thriving communities. Read the Crossroads NJ 2025 report to learn more: fundfornj.org/crossroadsnj...
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The Fund for NJ @fundfornj.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Air pollution is a health crisis in NJ urban communities. One study found 89% of residents below the poverty line live within a mile of a contaminated site with no cleanup plan. Our Crossroads NJ report calls for action to cut diesel truck emissions. Read more: fundfornj.org/crossroadsnj/reports
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 02/05/2026
This is one of the most quietly revolutionary things any city can do to improve kids' lives & outcomes. If you genuinely care about kids having access to education or safe after school spaces & activities, then fund your libraries, staff your libraries, & make every public school ID a library card.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The reduction in immigration is a direct threat to New Jersey's economy. I swear to all that is holy if/when the census shows a slowdown in population - god forbid a decline - if anyone blames it on taxes I'm going to become the Joker. Fun fact: NJ's budget assessed per capita ranks 22 nationally
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 22/01/2026
ICE is in fact the worst of the worst
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This week @fundfornj.bsky.social launched our new website, one that provides the features/flexibility to highlight/support the important work we believe in. I thought it important to make use of the opportunity & reflect on what this moment in NJ requires of us all. www.fundfornj.org/update/explo...
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Explore Our New Website - The Fund for NJ
A Message from Brandon McKoy, President of The Fund for New Jersey
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I'm thrilled to be on convo w/ Dorothy Brown to discuss her incredible new book, "Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning With Our Past." The event is taking place on April 9 starting at 6pm at Labyrinth Books in Princeton. www.labyrinthbooks.com/events/dorot...
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Dorothy A. Brown in conversation with Brandon McKoy:
Thurs 4/9 @ 6:00PMLabyrinth Books 122 Nassau Street Join us as Dorothy A. Brown discusses her new book with Brandon McKoy. Getting to Reparations is a bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear ...
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The Fund for NJ @fundfornj.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Independent oversight is essential to public trust in how government funds are spent. Although a bill to establish an independent Comptroller did not pass, our report explains why creating this office in NJ remains vital to government transparency and accountability. 🔗: fundfornj.org/crossroadsnj...
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
In such difficult times when everyday families struggle to afford the basics, the decisionmaking on display by those in power - failing to address the childcare funding gap but directing hundreds of millions to Netflix and Paramount - speaks volumes. #mathisreal newjerseymonitor.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Advocates demand more funding for struggling child care assistance program • New Jersey Monitor
New Jersey's child care assistance program quit taking new applicants and hiked copays because of a budget shortfall. Critics call it a crisis.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This report is especially important as the gubernatorial transition gets under way. New Jersey government is outdated (especially on the tech side) and understaffed across the board, and we all suffer poorer services and programs as a result. www.njpp.org/publications...
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Gutted: New Jersey’s Shrinking Public Workforce - New Jersey Policy Perspective
The state has eliminated nearly 20,000 positions even as population has grown, leaving residents with worse service and higher costs.
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Matt Milunic @deadmet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/05/2025
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Where my man Chris Childs at?!?! #LGK #KnicksInSix
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 20/01/2025
Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years. We need “most recent” and functional search! Which Bluesky provides.
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Social media platforms are not built for this
We have simultaneously too much and too little information.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 20/01/2025
American media: What could Elon Musk's hand gesture have meant? German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant
Elon Musk's Gesture at Trump's
Inauguration Parade Sparks
Online Chatter
Published Jan 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM EST
Updated Jan 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM ESTElon Musk Ignites Online
Speculation Over the
Meaning of a Hand Gesture
Speaking at a celebratory rally in Washington, Mr.
Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm
facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi
salute.15:06 Uhr
Elon Musk irritiert mit Hitlergruß-
ähnlicher Bewegung
In der Sporthalle Capitol One, wo ein Public Viewing ausgerichtet wird,
betritt Elon Musk springend und tanzend die Bühne. "So fühlt sich
Siegen an", ruft er und reißt die Arme nach oben. In einer kurzen
Ansprache sagt er zu jubelnden Trump-Anhängern: "Dank Ihnen ist die
Zukunft der Zivilisation gesichert. Wir werden sichere Städte haben,
endlich sichere Städte, sichere Grenzen, vernünftige Ausgaben,
grundlegendes Zeug.“ Mit der rechten Hand macht er eine Bewegung,
die an einen Hitlergruß erinnert.
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Musk irritiert mit
möglichem
Hitlergruß
Bei einem Auftritt nach Trumps Amtsein-
führung streckt der Tech-Milliardär seinen
rechten Arm nach oben aus. Trump kündigt
in seiner Rede eine ganze Reihe von Maß-
nahmen an, unter anderem einen nationa-
len Notstand an der Grenze zu Mexiko.
Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog
ESIDENT OF THE UNI
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Skanda Amarnath @skandaamarnath.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Sure feels like there's a potential trade/macro policy shock on Jan 20. Maybe bark more than bite but we're getting some kind of major announcement
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This is pretty satisfying after all those years of "everyone's leaving NJ!" hysteria that was mostly anti-tax/govt nonsense. "New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date." www.insidernj.com/new-jersey-l...
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New Jersey Leads the Northeast in Population Growth - Insider NJ
New Jersey is kicking off 2025 with record-levels of growth including the largest number of jobs and employers to date.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
You can report price gouging landlords from anywhere!
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time "Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government, where they are indoctrinated." It can (and has) happen(ed) here too www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
RFK jr has been one of the US’s foremost campaigners against vaccines for two decades. Dating the onset of his potential impact to his presidential campaign is … stupid??? Evil??? Both??? Why are you alibiing the guy for his life’s work?
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Truly my favorite thing to read every year. @drewmagary.bsky.social just don't miss. defector.com/the-2024-hat...
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The 2024 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector
[walks out to greet you as you pull into my circular driveway] There you are! Oh my goodness, look at you! You look so festive! Why don’t you leave your bags in the breezeway for now and come on in? A...
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Really illuminating and important piece here by @starledger.bsky.social on extremists in New Jersey and their takeover of Sussex County, resulting in chaos, bigotry, and militia groups. #MustRead www.nj.com/politics/202...
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Extremists took over a N.J. county. Chaos, bigotry and militia groups followed.
In Sussex, some political leaders embrace the Confederate flag without apology and downplay militant groups like the Proud Boys.
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Ned Rosen @nedr.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The news media have us looking in the wrong direction when they show you the clowns in Washington. This is where the battles are taking place, right now. In the local courts and the state houses. We must pay attention and act to send the message that this is not ok. boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
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GOP Grabs Control of North Carolina Election Boards, Rushing to Negate November Losses
In their final weeks before they lose the ability to pass laws, Republican lawmakers gutted the powers of incoming Democratic officials and upended who runs elections.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12/12/2024
"Trump won 91 percent of “news desert” counties—where there is no local coverage of any kind—by an average of 54 percentage points. Notably, several of these are heavily Latino counties on the southern Texas border, which saw enormous swings toward Trump." prospect.org/politics/202...
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Democrats Lost the Propaganda War
The party used up about $5 billion on political ads in 2024. There’s a better way.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Mass deportations will "start right here in Chicago," Trump's border czar says buff.ly/4g674WD
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Mass Deportations Will 'Start Right Here In Chicago,' Trump's Border Czar Says
At an event hosted by Chicago Republicans, Tom Homan also said he would prosecute Mayor Brandon Johnson if he continued to "harbor and conceal" asylum seekers.
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 09/12/2024
As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
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Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations
The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Rest in power and peace to the great, great Nikki Giovanni. She accomplished and gave so much. Here's a noteworthy conversation between her and James Baldwin, displaying just a bit of her wonder, which will forever stand the test of time... youtu.be/y4OPYp4s0tc
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James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video
YouTube video by LoVetta Jenkins (Chatty Passenger)
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 30/11/2024
"[Musk has] said $42.45bn spent by the US for rural internet isn’t efficient. His Starlink company stands to benefit if he reduces that investment"
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/11/2024
I'm curious. During the campaign, fact-checkers routinely dinged the Harris campaign for calling Project 2025 Trump's playbook, saying "Trump has denied this." Have any of them admitted how badly they got rolled in the most obvious of ways?
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Rachel Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Back in 2019, I wrote about the Catholic nuns who bought and sold human beings. It turns out that they were far from the only women actively engaged in the American slave trade.
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White Women Were Active in the American Slave Trade, Statistical Research Shows
For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Even Ja Rule didn't sue 50... #charmin apnews.com/article/drak...
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Drake alleges Universal and Spotify falsely inflated Kendrick Lamar diss track 'Not Like Us'
Drake has begun legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify, alleging they conspired to falsely pump up the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Grambling band practicing TV Off right now to play at halftime tomorrow #MUUUSTAAAAAAAAARRRDDD
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDDDDD!!!!!! #GNX #Kendrick
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/11/2024
this rules
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Sigh. May wind up fighting Christians before I die. Eh. There are worse ways to go.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The last 7 minutes of this Knicks game has been slower than a Saturday morning showing of PMQs on PBS
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Joe Amditis @jamditis.com · 15/11/2024
this chrome extension goes through your following (and blocked) lists on twitter and identifies bluesky accounts for those people so you can follow/block them here chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
A dark-themed scanning interface showing "Scanning X users to find baby users..." with "Detected 477 users" displayed prominently in white text. Below is a simplified wireframe illustration showing a user profile layout.A dark interface showing a Sky Follower Bridge tool with filtering options and a list of detected social media profiles. Each profile displays a user's avatar, name, and brief bio information, with "Following on Bluesky" buttons aligned to the right.A dark interface showing a scanning progress window with "Detected 13 users" and a list of blocked Twitter profiles visible in the background, including accounts like Health Mind Habit and The AI Solopreneur, each marked with red "Blocked" labels.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
Do I remember ordering this mug? Not at all. But it arrived and it is accurate. Therefore, it's in the rotation... #MathIsReal P.S. if you sent me this as a gift please identify yourself via text so I can say thanks!
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
So...what's up with hashtags here? They seem to work (ie #MathIsReal) but I don't see anyone using them.
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Textbook autocratic intimidation.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
the DOGE agency will not have the authority to reallocate funds (nor would that be constitutional), it is a PR tool to create the impression that government spending is inherently wasteful and build political momentum for spending cuts
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The speed with which my eyes rolled out of my head, down the block, and into the river when I spelled out the acronym for Dept Of Government Efficiency...
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
One thing I don’t think is super well known is that the original Andrew Wakefield paper in 1998 that basically started the modern anti-vax movement and has since been super-duper-retracted because it’s fraudulent and full of shit was a descriptive “study” of a grand total of just *12* children.
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Oh, that's the thing. It's MASSIVE. ProPublica reported a few years ago that an additional tax break added to the Trump tax cut bill made by Ron Johnson netted the Uihleins (his biggest backers) more than $200 million in 2018 alone. www.propublica.org/article/secr...
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Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”
Billionaire business owners deployed lobbyists to make sure Trump’s 2017 tax bill was tailored to their benefit. Confidential IRS records show the windfall that followed.
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Brandon McKoy @brandonmckoy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Is it just me or do multiple cabinet nominees have credible sexual assault allegations against them? A banana republic with a heavy dose of gamergate...
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