WASHINGTON — Thousands of Christians fleeing Islamic State-held territory in Iraq got a visit this week from Rep. Chris Smith. At the invitation of the Syriac Orthodox archbishop of Mosul, Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf, himself a refugee, Smith (R-4th Dist.) toured Read More
80 Syrian refugees have arrived in N.J. in past month, report says
Dozens of Syrian refugees have arrived in New Jersey since July 1, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. The 80 refugees that have settled here in the past month account for more than 40 percent of the 194 to come Read More
Fact-checking 5 claims from Christie’s debate
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Let’s make this simple, Save Jerseyans…. (1) Concealed Carry expansion? Technically true. While it’s true that Governor Christie openly opposed national reciprocity for concealed carry permits back in 2011, more recently, he approved Read More
The shot heard round the world
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog DEVELOPING: “At the request of Turkey, the North Atlantic Council will hold an extraordinary meeting at (1600 GMT),” a NATO official told AFP news on Tuesday. “The aim of this extraordinary NAC is Read More
Weekend TV: Rooney debates Syrian refugee crisis with ACLU on ‘Power and Politics’
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Decision-makers in Washington, D.C. and Trenton, New Jersey were consumed this week with the Syrian refugee debacle. Are you ready for some informed but brutally honest perspective, Save Jerseyans? Save Jersey Blogger-in-Chief Matt Rooney Read More
Pascrell gets weepy over refugee bill but adds little to the debate
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Well, the House overwhelmingly passed H.R. 4038 (by 287 to 147) on Thursday, Save Jerseyans, giving the “American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act” designed to stop the Obama Administration’s plan to continue Read More
VIDEO: Save Jersey’s Rooney wades into Syrian refugee controversy
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog As the debate over resettlement of Syrian refugees continues to roil America and New Jersey’s political leadership begins to weigh in, Save Jerseyans, Blogger-in-Chief Matt Rooney was a guest on Tuesday evening’s edition of Chasing News Read More
AUDIO: Christie reverses course, will refuse Syrian “refugees” in N.J.
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog There you have it. Chris Christie told talk show host Hugh Hewitt on Monday afternoon that he will join a growing list of governors including Wisconsin’s Scott Walker and Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Read More
