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Three Seniors Found Dead in Blood-Stained New Jersey Home with Macabre Note Taped to Front Door

Three senior citizens were found dead in a bloody and macabre crime scene at a New Jersey home after a mail carrier discovered a disturbing note on the front door seemingly fashioned like something out of a slasher film, authorities say.

Police discovered the three bodies at a home in Mount Holly, about 25 miles east of Philadelphia across the Delaware River, on Friday, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office announced in a statement on social media.

The postal worker called police after finding a note on the front door, which itself had the kind of message one would expect to see in a Halloween horror movie.

Heavily taped to the door, it read “9-1-1 Inside,” with disturbing drawings of two unhappy faces with “X’s” for eyes, photos show.https://www.breitbart.com/t/assets/html/tweet-5.html#2119084627319038122

A neighbor told a reporter for the New York Post that police said the bodies were found amid a significant amount of blood.

“I understand that an incident of this nature is deeply concerning to our community. As your Chief of Police, I want to assure you that the safety and security of our residents remain my highest priority,” Mount Holly Police Chief Clifford Spencer said in a statement posted to Facebook as reported by the Post.

“My thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives in this tragic incident,” he stated.

However, the prosecutor’s statement said “there is no threat or danger to the public in connection with this incident,” which is often an indication authorities have a suspect known to the victims and potential motive.

Names of the victims have not been released pending notification of family members. Autopsies were reportedly scheduled for this weekend.

Neighbor David Babcock told an NBC affiliate that two brothers and their sister, all believed to be in their sixties, lived at the home, but it is unclear whether they are the actual victims.

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New Jersey Wants “Accountable” Chatbots, But At What Privacy Cost?

New Jersey is moving to treat AI chatbots as products under the state’s product liability law, and make their makers strictly liable for injuries their products cause – even if the company was careful and had no direct contract with the user.

A bill to this effect, A5607, was introduced on October 5, and after passing the Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee on October 19, has been sent to the Appropriations Committee.

This means that users who are harmed by violations of the bill’s provisions could sue chatbot makers for actual damages or $5,000 per violation, while the attorney general would be able to seek civil penalties of $5,000 per violation.

The New Jersey bill would also restrict the use of chat logs and personal data for advertising, profiling, and training AI. This would represent a real gain for users, who are currently often subjected to this type of data harvesting and exploitation by tech companies.

The bill would also require providers to keep users’ chat logs and allow them to download these logs. What this means is that while on the one hand, users would have more control over their data, on the other, the provider would be forced to keep a record of all conversations that take place on their platform.

That is a store of highly personal and intimate records that can be accessed by law enforcement, other litigants, and hackers.

This is not merely theoretical, as we reported in October about a Florida woman who used the Claude chatbot as a “diary” – and got arrested after the system flagged one of her entries as suspicious. The local sheriff’s office then warned people that they are “never truly anonymous” when using AI.

The New Jersey bill’s provisions that are supposed to protect users’ privacy and safety could ultimately backfire, as the strict liability standard that would be imposed on companies could lead to even more surveillance of users.

As lawyer Scott S. Christie told Law.com, the bill would “open the floodgates” and explained that, “When there’s $5,000 in statutory damages per violation and you don’t have to prove any harm, in addition to the strict liability standard, you’re talking hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of dollars per lawsuit.”

He also explained that the way the bill is written means that if a chatbot provider violates the statute with one user, “it’s probably violating as to all users.”

To avoid this, the obvious course of action for companies would be to watch their users more closely, verify their identities, and report them to the authorities when the algorithm decides that is warranted.

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New Jersey Governor Bans “Illegal Russian Fuel” Inbound To Ports

New Jersey Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill warned port and terminal operators in the state against “purchasing or unloading the illegal Russian fuel currently bound for the east coast of the United States.”

Sherrill’s move threatens to complicate President Trump’s efforts to bring Russian diesel into US markets to ease high industrial fuel prices amid a severe global refining squeeze fueled by Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

In a Monday letter, Sherrill urged operators to turn away tankers carrying Russian diesel and said the state would use its legal and regulatory powers to prevent the shipments from entering through New Jersey.

Sherrill said, “Russia has since dispatched multiple diesel oil tankers to the United States, including at least one that may be headed for the New Jersey coast.”

“The Russian Oil Act does not grant the President or Treasury Department blanket authority to waive these sanctions through licenses,” the governor added.

She concluded, “Any effort to profit from the illegal trade in Russian fuel will be met with harsh penalties.”

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Video Shows Man Walking into Unlocked New Jersey Early Voting Trailer with Unattended Machines an Hour Before Opening

A video posted by independent journalist Leonard Filipowski, better known as Leroy Truth, shows a Union City, New Jersey, resident walking into an early-voting mobile trailer around 9:01 a.m. on Tuesday, nearly a full hour before the site was scheduled to open, and finding the machines unattended.

The trailer at 10th Street and Summit Avenue contained two voting machines, electronic poll books, and other election materials, and no staff was present.

The footage shows the man entering the unlocked trailer and saying nobody is inside.

Speaking to The Gateway Pundit, Filipowski said several sources told him the trailer was left unlocked all night.

Hudson County Board of Elections Clerk Michael Harper later confirmed the trailer was unlocked to Hudson County View.

Harper claimed that an electrician who services the generators powering Union City’s 10 early-voting trailers had checked the site around 8:50 a.m. and “wrongfully” left the door unlocked.

“Just because he said it doesn’t mean its true,” Filipowski countered, noting that his claims were published unchallenged by the Hudson County View. “Even if he electrician story was true, it’s still a major security breach.”

Harper confirmed to the outlet that the machines were not replaced.

Harper said that officials ran a real-time diagnostic check and stated that the machines and poll books had not been powered on, Wi-Fi was off, and the vote totals matched the previous night’s recorded numbers.

Filipowski called for an independent investigation by the FBI, alleging that he also has evidence of serious corruption during past elections involving Mayor Brian Stack, who is also a state senator.

Harper said the county was “absolutely 100 percent confident those machines remained unmolested” and that password and physical safeguards, including a locked USB port, would have made “casual” tampering difficult.

Harper described the video to Hudson County View as potentially a “setup” and claimed the trailer was unlocked for roughly 30 minutes at most rather than overnight. He also said that the county had been in contact with the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is reportedly exploring trespassing charges against the man who walked in and saw the unguarded machines.

Filipowski countered that you can’t set someone up to leave the machines unlocked and unguarded.

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House Republicans Subpoena New Jersey Over 6,600 Noncitizen Voter Registrations

House Republicans have subpoenaed New Jersey’s top election official, demanding to know how roughly 6,600 noncitizens ended up registered to vote. According to a House Judiciary Committee press release published last Wednesday, four Republican committee leaders subpoenaed Acting Secretary of State Shirley Emehelu after her department failed to turn over adequate records.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, led the effort alongside House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil of Wisconsin. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), who chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, and Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), who heads the Administration Subcommittee on Elections, also signed on.

The investigation centers on New Jersey’s registration of about 6,600 noncitizens to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. The Committees argue these improper registrations raise serious questions about whether New Jersey follows federal law requiring accurate voter rolls. They also contend that the state’s failure to find and remove noncitizens threatens the civil liberties of American voters and weakens their ability to choose their representatives.

The lawmakers first requested documents on August 3, 2026, seeking information about the Department of State’s compliance with federal voting laws. The Department has since produced only 12 documents. None of them explain how officials discovered the alleged software error that registered the noncitizens or why those registrants stayed on the rolls until 2026. The Committees had specifically asked about both issues, and those 2 questions sit at the heart of the inquiry.

The Committees say the records offered no real insight into how the problem came to light or why New Jersey waited until 2026 to begin fixing it. Lawmakers made clear they tried to cooperate with state officials before resorting to compulsory process. They note they spent 79 days trying to accommodate the Department, yet its response still falls short. That failure, they argue, has hampered their oversight work and stalled their consideration of legislative reforms.

The subpoena marks a sharp escalation in a dispute that began as a routine oversight request. Emehelu now faces a legal demand to hand over the records lawmakers have sought since August. Readers can review the full subpoena cover letter sent to the Acting Secretary of State.

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“I Am F**king Getting You!” Unhinged Mayor Lunges At Resident During Chaotic Meeting

A New Jersey mayor erupted in a profanity-laced tirade during a chaotic public meeting Wednesday night, charging toward a resident and threatening him before several people rushed to restrain the furious politician.

Pemberton Township Mayor Matthew Bianchini, a Republican, was caught on camera lunging toward Michael Sawka, a frequent critic of his policies, as an already contentious council meeting descended into pandemonium.

“I’m fucking getting you,” Bianchini shouted as others scrambled to prevent a physical confrontation.

The wild incident unfolded while recently fired township official Ken Gerber, a retired police chief, was addressing council members about his dismissal, which supporters have characterized as politically motivated.

Video captured Sawka gesturing toward the back of the room before making an obscene gesture toward the mayor. Bianchini suddenly sprang from his seat and rushed toward him.

Councilman Perry Doyle Jr., a retired police officer, helped restrain the mayor before escorting him away. Police subsequently arrived to restore order.

In an interview with WPVI-TV afterward, Bianchini conceded to losing control.

“I just basically snapped,” the mayor admitted. “I hate to put it this way, but it’s a long time coming.”

“Was it wrong? Absolutely. Was it justified? Absolutely. And I would do it again if I had to,” he added.

Sawka disputed the mayor’s account, insisting he never left his seat, Fox News reports.

“I’m just sitting there. I never got up. I sat there the whole time. I was calm the whole time,” Sawka said.

Sawka has filed a municipal court complaint seeking assault and terroristic threats charges against Bianchini. Police have not announced any charges against the mayor.

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Town Gave Muslim School Permission to Bring In 90 Students, Then It Went Rogue and Brought in Hundreds More

Fairfield Township, New Jersey, is a perfect object lesson in what happens when entitled minority populations decide that they can play by their own rules.

Al-Ghazaly High School is an Islamic private institution in the New York City suburbs. Local officials approved the school, run by the Islamic Education Foundation, based on the understanding that it would school 90 students in its current property, according to a report from The New Jersey Progress.

Instead, the school has enrolled around 313 students since it was given a Certificate of Re-Occupancy earlier this year, and practically demanded that local authorities increase its authorized student number to 400.

During a planning board meeting last Tuesday, IEF Schools executive director Hayat Jaludi defended her decision to blatantly disregard the student limit based on the fact that, well, kids wanted to be educated.

Sure, she didn’t have permission, but she apparently didn’t think she needed it to flood the school and break the regulations.

“Hold on, hold on — how can you have 314 students in a building when you’re only allowed to have 90?” one of the board members asked.

Jaludi said that “we came into this building assuming that we have the occupancy of whatever enrolled students we have.”

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Justice Department Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into New Jersey Township Over Gun Permit Delays

The Department of Justice unfortunately has no shortage of work when it comes to going after blue state officials suppressing Americans’ Second Amendment rights.

According to a Justice Department news release from Wednesday, the agency has opened an investigation into Pennsauken, New Jersey, to determine whether the process for acquiring a firearms license is unjustifiably lengthy and difficult.

The focus is on the Pennsauken Township Police’s permitting system.

The DOJ said the system “deprives citizens of their right to bear arms through egregious and unjust delays in issuing firearm licenses.”

The Daily Caller News Foundation noted some of the specific obstacles of obtaining a permit.

An applicant for concealed carry needs four references, an address history for the last 10 years, and fingerprints.

That’s quite a lot for a right given by God, and recognized by the Constitution, to defend oneself.

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New Jersey Student Sues After Professor Called Him a ‘Racist’ Over a Trump Flag on His Bedroom Wall

A New Jersey man is suing his former community college, a business professor, and a dean, claiming he was branded a “racist” in front of his classmates and pushed out of an online course because of a “Trump 2020” flag that was hanging on his bedroom wall during a Zoom class.

Justin Caiazzo, 29, of Lake Hiawatha, filed the complaint late last month in New Jersey Superior Court.

Caiazzo is suing Passaic County Community College, Professor Gladys Harris, and dean Peter Hynes.

The lawsuit says his First Amendment rights were violated during a business statistics class in July 2021.

Caiazzo was attending the class from home when Harris stopped the session after noticing the flag in his background, according to the complaint obtained by the New York Post.

The document says she demanded that he take it off the wall immediately and told him the class would not continue until he did. Caiazzo says he did not discuss or mention politics in class.

When he asked what was wrong with the flag, Harris called it “offensive,” the lawsuit alleges.

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New Jersey Democrat Rebecca Bennett Dodges Net Worth Question Three Times Despite Calls for Transparency

New Jersey Democrat congressional candidate Rebecca Bennett repeatedly declined to disclose her net worth during a Sunday debate against incumbent Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ), even as she campaigned on removing money from politics and criticized the incumbent over his financial dealings.

Bennett has pledged to “get money out of politics” and accused Kean of lacking transparency with New Jersey voters. During Sunday’s debate, however, a moderator asked her three times about her own net worth without receiving a figure.

“What is your net worth?” the moderator asked.

“I don’t know the exact number. I’m happy to follow up later, but I will say that ultimately, I think what I hear loud and clear from people is that we need to get money out of politics,” Bennett responded.

“I mean, it is deeply corrosive. I think you can draw a line from the Citizens United decision to where we are as a country right now,” she continued. “And so, what I want you all to know is that I am going to work to get dark money out of politics to end Citizens United to make sure I’m not taking any corporate PAC money because I want you all to know that I am doing this to serve all of you, and not to serve any special interests.”

“And I think that’s a clear contrast to my opponent, Congressman Tom Kean Jr. who has traded over $3 million worth of stocks and who has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate PAC money,” Bennett added.

“I’m looking just for a number, rough estimate on your net worth,” the moderator pressed.

“My net worth is very similar to what we see of a lot of families around here, you know, it’s that both my husband and I work, and so we are very fortunate that we’ve been able to build the life we want,” Bennett responded.

“I want to just try and get a number. You know, let me see if I can just be more broad. Are you worth over a million dollars?” the moderator asked.

“My, like I said, I’ve been very,” Bennett began before the audience erupted in laughter.

“My husband and I have worked really hard for where we are right now. I was able to go to college on an ROTC scholarship. I used the GI Bill for my MBA, and so ultimately, this is about making sure that we are fighting for the version of the country that we’re going to leave for my daughters and the next generation,” Bennett continued.

Bennett’s refusal to disclose her net worth comes as Kean’s campaign has raised questions about her previous career in the healthcare industry.

“As a health care executive, my opponent set up lucrative deals with companies that put profits over people,” Kean wrote in a September 27 post on X. “Patients deserve leaders who will put their health, safety, and access to quality care first. Not the bottom line.”

Kean also disputed Bennett’s allegations about his stock trading during Sunday’s debate.

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