Josh Gottheimer
Democrat · NJ-5 · U.S. House
Bio
Joshua S. Gottheimer is an American politician, attorney, writer, and public policy adviser serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 5th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, his district stretches along the northern border of the state from New York City's densely populated metropolitan suburbs in Bergen County northwest through exurban and rural territory in northern Passaic and Sussex Counties.
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Democrats can’t outrun their socialist wing“In New York, they don’t say ‘I love you,’ they say ‘NYPD suck my d**k’ and I think that’s beautiful.”“A world without borders — just like a world without prisons or police — is possible, necessary, and the only moral way forward.”Voters judge political parti…
TheBlaze · July 2, 2026
Warned That GOP Will Make Him 'Poster Child of Democratic Party,' Mamdani Says: 'Let Them'New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not afraid to be seen as the future of the Democratic Party, even as Republicans and members of his own party's establishment wing—with a bit of help from corporate media journalists and pundits—try to paint the wave of d…
Common Dreams · June 28, 2026- And There's Always The Bezos Post
Okay I'm listening:Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced their support Thursday for a centrist initiative aimed at pushing back against the party’s tilt toward democratic socialism. And what is this initiative:Killin is one of the 13 who…
Eschatonblog.com · June 26, 2026 
As Spying Renewal Stalls in Congress, Trump Pulls Plug on Pulte for DNIAfter privacy advocates in Congress blocked proposed extensions of an expiring federal spying power on Thursday over a lack of reforms and concerns about newly appointed acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump announced a d…
Common Dreams · June 11, 2026
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