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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 9h

Family values. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

ICE detention removed a father from Troy family to other side of country

With her husband detained by ICE and sent to Washington state, a Troy mother struggles to care for a baby with DiGeorge syndrome and her other children amid mounting bills as she weighs next steps.

www.timesunion.com

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 20h

Where were the editors who could have prevented this type of monumental beclownment?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 1d

This entire interview will be studied by future generations as an example of sanewashing, unless the society this joker wants to bring slouching into existence outlaws the study of such things. And it’s so LONG

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

Douthat: So, just to take a related example, one of the controversies of many that you’ve been mixed up in has to do with slavery, and whether slavery is absolutely forbidden by the Bible, absolutely forbidden to Christians, or whether it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: And you think it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: On this, on a straightforward reading of the New Testament, I would agree with you. I would say, pretty clearly, there is a pretty clear path from the message of the Bible to the abolition of slavery. But there is no moment in the New Testament when Jesus insists on the manumission of slaves.

Wilson: Right.

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Museum of Political Corruption @corruptmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

We were thrilled to honor Jane Mayer with our 2020 Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting. Now, we're equally thrilled to honor the great Glenn Kessler!

Join us in #AlbanyNY on 10/16!

www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-nelli...

#ThrowbackThursday
#FactsOverFiction
#NellieBlyAward2025

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 2d

An opinion editor who spends four hours a day on a podcast is a part-time opinion editor.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 3d

Some scoops in here: Adam O'Neal is telling people he will helm The WaPo's flagship opinion podcast, spending upwards of four hours a day on it. He's also indicated, per a source, that he plans to remain in his current job for decades. www.status.news/p/washington...

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Dan Clark @danclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

New York's education regulators are among those preparing for a tough state budget, they said Monday www.capitolconfidential.com/p/new-yorks-...

- Oberacker vs. Riley in NY-19
- New bill would ban ICE arrests in hospitals
- & much more

New York's education agency is gearing up for a tough state budget

And a state Senate Republican is running for Congress.

www.capitolconfidential.com

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 4d

Spot-on framing, excellent headline.

Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 4d

Texas once feared a phantom federal occupation. Now Gov. Abbott’s troops are helping carry it out under Trump. And Houston may be next, writes the Houston Chronicle editorial board. bit.ly/48Q3D5C

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 4d

A legal question for the trial of one of the correction officers who played a role in the beating death of Robert Brooks: Was his failure to intervene in the killing a crime? www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

Prosecutors say officers facing trial in inmate's beating death had 'duty to intervene'

A policy requiring correction officers to intervene if another employee is using excessive force will be part of the criminal trial of three officers facing murder charges.

www.timesunion.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5d

Imagine going home from the theater and deciding “you know what, I AM this much of a loser”

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

“Woke Movie promotes VIOLENCE against
ICE”

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6d

"Has had such a good life in this country," yes, ever since she was granted the privilege of coming here from her birth nation, Brooklyn.

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 6d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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Times Union @timesunion.com · 6d

Rep. Elise Stefanik was among the politicians who spread the false claims.

How a New York driver’s license went viral with false claims

Rep. Elise Stefanik was among the politicians who spread the false claims.

bit.ly

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 6d

A reporter at that notorious leftist rag, The Economist. 👇🏼

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 6d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 6d

Great work by @danclarkreports.bsky.social — disappointed but not exactly surprised the congresswoman didn’t respond. www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

How a New York driver’s license went viral with false claims

Rep. Elise Stefanik was among the politicians who spread the false claims.

www.timesunion.com

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 6d

Wait, is this free markets or free expression?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

Column: It feels like we’ve gone from Roosevelts and Eisenhowers to Bushes, Obamas and Bidens.

Since 10-character Eisenhower tied Washington’s record, we haven’t had a single president with more than seven characters in their surname.

Column | Presidents’ names are getting shorter. Why?

We’ve gone from Roosevelts and Eisenhowers to Bushes, Obamas and Trumps. What gives?

www.washingtonpost.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 7d

The head of Homeland Security, complaining about a US CITIZEN doing the NFL halftime show.

This could lead one to think their (alleged) anger about “illegal aliens” is really just naked racism.

Anyway, props to the NFL for its America First policy of getting Americans to sing at halftime.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 7d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 7d

Deeply unfair — Michael Scott worked his way up the ladder at Dunder-Mifflin

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7d

NEW from me:

Several CBS News staffers and insiders told me that the network "is not a good place now" amid the imminent arrival of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief, who one source likened to Michael Scott of The Office based on her lack of qualifications.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

www.the-independent.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

Jack Ciattarelli wants to be governor of parts of New Jersey

Ms. M @msmalarkey24.bsky.social · 8d

Reporter: “How important do you think Black & Hispanic voters are to you winning your campaign?”

Jack Ciattarelli, Republican candidate for Governor of one of the most diverse states in the nation:

“Next question.”

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 7d

You’ll recall that the guy the Trump admin has picked to enforce the Hatch Act was ID’ed in a recent lawsuit administering political purity checks on FBI agents. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 8d

Griffith was found guilty of failure to disperse and fined $50.

That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.

But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 8d

Student journalist Lucas Griffith faces trial today for covering a protest against the deportation of Ayman Soliman, who himself fled persecution for his journalism in Egypt.

Lucas did nothing wrong. This is a big deal and would be national news in normal times.

On trial for journalism in Kentucky.

Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

www.cjr.org

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Andrew Coleman Francis @andrewcfrancis.bsky.social · 8d

I WISH TO SEE A VIRGIN ON-SCREEN

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 8d

In addition to serving on Trump's 2016 evangelical advisory board — I know, it's crazy to imagine our president linked in any way to someone subsequently revealed as a pedophile — Morris was tapped by Greg Abbott to drum up support for Texas' bathroom bill. apnews.com/6725d707f618...

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 8d

I'll give it a read!

Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 8d

Lorenz Kraus faces charges that allege he killed his parents eight years ago, buried them in the backyard of their Albany home and vacuumed up their financial resources.

Indictment charges Kraus with first-degree murder, financial crimes in death of parents

Lorenz Kraus could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted on most serious counts. Document alleges he stole more than $50,000 over nearly a decade.

www.timesunion.com

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

www.mediaite.com

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