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When Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton’s house was vandalized with anti-ICE graffiti, Cureton joined the growing list of New Jersey pols whose homes are becoming protest sites.
This all comes as demonstrators nationwide increasingly use the tactic to pressure an array of public officials, from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to Idaho board of health members.
“It’s happening all over,” said John Davenport, a philosophy professor and director of peace and justice studies at Fordham University. “It’s a trend in American society to think we can get what we want faster with social pressure.”
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On the same day that Jon Bramnick announced he wouldn’t run for governor, Republican State Chair Doug Steinhardt
made his long-expected candidacy official in a state filing incorporating his campaign. He’s expected to make a formal announcement today.