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Joel Siegel

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Washington Managing Editor, Spectrum News. Previously: NY1, ABC News, NY Daily News, AP, Red Bank Register [RIP]. https://www.youtube.com/@spectrumlocalnews

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Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 16h

The comments are epic:

“When my Great Aunt Bessie died, her apartment on 79th st had a closet that contained only Zabar’s bags/My mother intended to scatter Bessie’s ashes on the Broadway traffic island in front of the store, but was advised against it. We had their whitefish and lox at the shiva“

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 22h

“”I really came into Zabar’s as a temporary assignment,” he told The New York Times in 2008. He never left. Instead, he became one of New York’s leading lox-smiths…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 22h

“”I really came into Zabar’s as a temporary assignment,” he told The New York Times in 2008. He never left. Instead, he became one of New York’s leading lox-smiths…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 1d

Was Saul sick? Did he have a good sturgeon?

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 2d

“… it takes a special kind of failure to lose to the shambling mass of hot garbage that is the 2025 New Orleans Saints.”

sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...

Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo fumble away a Giant opportunity vs. Saints

The Giants looked like they were building toward their second straight victory keyed by their young talent. Until they weren't.

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Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 5d

"Russ takes no pleasure in this...He doesn't want to see people lose jobs" - Speaker Johnson, on OMB Director Russ Vought.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

Rep. Lisa McClain, on CNN, praising President Trump for deploying the National Guard to Washington:

"My daughter could actually ride the Metro for the first time since she has been in DC."

[Her daughter is 22]

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

This is the administration taking a huge shot at Schumer, who has been a huge champion of the Hudson rail tunnel project. Probably not a coincidence this is happening the same day as the shutdown.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 7d

LET'S GET READY TO LITIGATE

*US PAUSES $18B IN NYC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES HUDSON TUNNEL, SECOND AVE SUBWAY FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES NYC PROJECT FUNDING BECAUSE OF DEI CONCERNS: VOUGHT

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

But a predictable ending.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

I’m sure the manager and GM will be back next year, though. Because maybe the 15th time will be the charm.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

Going down meekly … at home…to the Red Sox… against a reliever who often melted down in similar situations when he played for the Yankees … is just icing on the cake.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

Yankees loading the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the ninth - and then failing to score to go gentle into that good night … perfectly captures everything that’s been wrong with this soulless team for 10+ years.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

Stanton striking out with the bases loaded. Classic.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

It’s getting late early for the Yankees.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

It’s getting late early for the Yankees.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing.

Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 7d

Mayor Adams' office now confirms he used to date his "sports czar," Jasmine Ray, before tapping her for the $161K-a-year City Hall post in late 2022.

Ray resigned Friday before revealing she's publishing a book about her "hidden relationship" with Adams. www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/30/m...

Mayor Adams dated writer of new tell-all before appointing her to $160K NYC job

Mayor Adams’ office confirmed Tuesday that about a decade ago he dated Jasmine Ray, a woman he would later appoint the newly-created role of “sports czar” and who is poised to rel…

www.nydailynews.com

Reposted by Joel Siegel

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10d

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.

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Reposted by Joel Siegel

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11d

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 11d

Pillow Talk

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 11d

Mike Lindell weighing a run for Minnesota governor. #MNGov

www.startribune.com/mypillows-mi...

MyPillow’s Mike Lindell says he’s taking steps toward running for Minnesota governor

He floated the possibility of challenging Gov. Tim Walz in the 2022 election but ultimately decided against it, even as Trump encouraged him to run.

www.startribune.com

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 11d

WashPo columnist Colbert King, 86, signs off:

“As my dad said, dear reader, I say to you: “Take care.”
Take care of yourselves and one another.
Take care of our city.
Take care, dare I say it, of our country.”

wapo.st/4nWiiRf

Opinion | Take care of our city, our country — and one another

My time is passing, and the hour is dark, but I hold faith that wrong will be righted in the end.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 13d

I’ll cut to the chase. This is common for a very simple reason: People don’t want traces of dog 💩 and pee in their homes. (I’ve lived in Manhattan 30+ years).

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 17d

Neil Young opens with Big Crime…
“Big Crime in DC at the White House”. (And normal camera angles!)

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 17d

Watching CNN’s Farm Aid broadcast. Once Dylan came on, just two cameras, both fairly wide shots. No Dylan close-ups. Guessing this has to be on his orders (last Dylan show I attended, no cellphone shots allowed). Anyway, his set is quite good so far: All Along the Watchtower, Ramona, Highway 61…

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 17d

Watching CNN’s Farm Aid broadcast. Once Dylan came on, just two cameras, both fairly wide shots. No Dylan close-ups. Guessing this has to be on his orders (last Dylan show I attended, no cellphone shots allowed). Anyway, his set is quite good so far: All Along the Watchtower, Ramona, Highway 61…

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 18d

Clarke is also chair of the Congressional Black Caucus

Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 18d

Rep. Yvette Clarke, who represents New York’s 9th congressional district, covering much of central Brooklyn, endorsed Zohran Mamdani in the race for mayor Saturday.

Read more: http://specne.ws/68LhmT

Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke endorses Mamdani for mayor

Clarke's district covers much of central Brooklyn.

Reposted by Joel Siegel

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18d

Kash Patel's notes during his congressional testimony as photographed by Getty: "Good fight with Swalwell"

Reposted by Joel Siegel

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19d

Breaking News: A fight is said to be playing out over the fate of a U.S. attorney who hit roadblocks while investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former FBI director James B. Comey, two Trump foes.

Fight Erupts Over Fate of U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes

Trump officials told Erik S. Siebert that he was likely to be fired. He had hit roadblocks investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.

Reposted by Joel Siegel

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 19d

“Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources
Trump officials had pushed Erik Siebert to bring criminal charges against James.”

abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...

Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources

President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.