Mike Corones
@corones.bsky.social
Former staff at washingtonpost.com, nytimes.com and forbes.com.
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Happy new year
The Dismemberment Plan - The Ice of Boston
YouTube video by seans sexy music channel
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January 1, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Happy new year
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i’m still writing mayor adams on my bribes
January 1, 2026 at 5:54 AM
i’m still writing mayor adams on my bribes
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If you were going to describe Eric Adams tenure as NYC mayor, the kindest words you could lob at him are "absentee" and I think that the fact that the city functioned despite him being an absolute shit show is a pretty good example of why power shouldn't be concentrated at the top.
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM
If you were going to describe Eric Adams tenure as NYC mayor, the kindest words you could lob at him are "absentee" and I think that the fact that the city functioned despite him being an absolute shit show is a pretty good example of why power shouldn't be concentrated at the top.
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
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Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“By year’s end Mr. Trump’s popularity had sunk to historical lows, as many Americans recoiled from his brutality and his extremism,” writes Steven Rattner. These 10 charts illustrate the president’s first year back in office.
“By year’s end Mr. Trump’s popularity had sunk to historical lows, as many Americans recoiled from his brutality and his extremism,” writes Steven Rattner. These 10 charts illustrate the president’s first year back in office.
Opinion | Trump’s First Year Back, in 10 Charts
Steven Rattner recaps the year of Trump in charts.
nyti.ms
December 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“By year’s end Mr. Trump’s popularity had sunk to historical lows, as many Americans recoiled from his brutality and his extremism,” writes Steven Rattner. These 10 charts illustrate the president’s first year back in office.
“By year’s end Mr. Trump’s popularity had sunk to historical lows, as many Americans recoiled from his brutality and his extremism,” writes Steven Rattner. These 10 charts illustrate the president’s first year back in office.
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Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But an investigation by Bolts and Injustice Watch last year revealed the department failed to report hundreds of thousands of stops.
Chicago Police Made Nearly 200,000 Secret Traffic Stops Last Year
Chicago police are required to document every time they pull someone over. But a new investigation reveals the department is releasing vastly incomplete data to oversight agencies, even as the superintendent pledges reforms.
boltsmag.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But an investigation by Bolts and Injustice Watch last year revealed the department failed to report hundreds of thousands of stops.
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Why pick material to build new seats if no one will perform or attend?
I'm sure the 22 million people whose healthcare premiums will triple in six days are delighted by this news, you inhuman fuck.
December 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Why pick material to build new seats if no one will perform or attend?
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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I saw a tiktok that said:
"You deserve a break. Stop healing. Crash Out. Choose Violence. Do. It. For. The. Plot"
And i feel like this is the energy we should enter 2026 with
"You deserve a break. Stop healing. Crash Out. Choose Violence. Do. It. For. The. Plot"
And i feel like this is the energy we should enter 2026 with
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I saw a tiktok that said:
"You deserve a break. Stop healing. Crash Out. Choose Violence. Do. It. For. The. Plot"
And i feel like this is the energy we should enter 2026 with
"You deserve a break. Stop healing. Crash Out. Choose Violence. Do. It. For. The. Plot"
And i feel like this is the energy we should enter 2026 with
@bencollins.bsky.social Consider my stepmom a very satisfied subscription recipient, thanks to all y'all for what you do!
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@bencollins.bsky.social Consider my stepmom a very satisfied subscription recipient, thanks to all y'all for what you do!
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another tie please this shit is always funny
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
another tie please this shit is always funny
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Barry Switzer a ho
December 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Barry Switzer a ho
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
My work here is done.
Judge refuses to grant Sarah Palin a new trial in her libel lawsuit against The New York Times
Judge refuses to grant Sarah Palin a new trial in her libel lawsuit against The New York Times
Judge Jed S. Rakoff also rejected Palin’s request that he recuse himself.
dlvr.it
December 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
My work here is done.
Lil on the nose
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Lil on the nose
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Philip Rivers, who did NOT die,
December 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Philip Rivers, who did NOT die,
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Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
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In a troubling scene, NY Justice Carro’s CSOs just ejected a veteran court reporter for trying to challenge the sealing of footage in Luigi Mangione’s case. They shouted over her and threatened her with contempt as she tried to ID herself and object as a surrogate for the public.
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
In a troubling scene, NY Justice Carro’s CSOs just ejected a veteran court reporter for trying to challenge the sealing of footage in Luigi Mangione’s case. They shouted over her and threatened her with contempt as she tried to ID herself and object as a surrogate for the public.
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Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well...
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules After Another Filing Discrepancy
Alt5 Sigma told regulators its accountant resigned in November, while he says he notified the company three months earlier.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well...
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
1/
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Popejoy, Iowa
Pop: 75
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popejoy,_Iowa
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Pop: 75
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popejoy,_Iowa
Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7905220
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28017967
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82649279
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
honestly a huge round of applause to FT for finding their angle on this. saw the headline and laughed out loud