Julia Rose Kraut

Cuomo doesn't really want to be the mayor of New York City. What he does want is political power.

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PROBE RIPS ANDY IN $130M HUD MESS By Deborah Orin Published Sep. 10, 2001, 4:00 a.m. ET WASHINGTON – Federal watchdogs today will testify that Andrew Cuomo’s “lax oversight” let crooks loot a housing program for the poor that will now cost taxpayers $130 million to bail out. At issue is Cuomo’s role as Bill Clinton’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development and his pet home-ownership program for the poor, which collapsed in scandal. Today’s bipartisan congressional hearing was called by Rep. Sue Kelly (R-Westchester), with Reps. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) – who backs Cuomo’s gubernatorial rival Carl McCall – and Felix Grucci (R-L.I.) also expected. “Decisions made during [Cuomo’s] tenure opened up this program to widespread fraud and abuse while the concerns of federal investigators were ignored,” Kelly said. The program was supposed to help poor people fix up housing. But instead, it left tenants stuck in 719 homes – including almost 200 Harlem brownstones – that are mostly a mess, in foreclosure and, in some cases, without heat.

I saw a Cuomo ad last night that was basically "if there's another 9/11, we need a mayor with experience like Andrew Cuomo," and it made me wonder, wait, what was Andrew Cuomo doing on 9/11?

Well, he was probably preoccupied with damage control for this:

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Blacklisted: An American Story exhibit with description of the exhibit and on the right a poster describing the precursor the First Red Scare

Exhibit poster with Hollywood (Briefly) Fights Back written on it with a description of the First Amendment Committee and quotes from Gregory Peck and Humphrey Bogart.

"In September of 1947, politically liberal A-listers, including Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Gene Kelly, formed the Committee for the First Amendment to support the Hollywood Ten. They chartered a plane, attended the hearings and arranged for two national radical broadcasts with well-known celebrities questioning HUAC's methods." "There is more than one way to lose your liberty. It can be torn out of your hands by a tyrant-but it can also slip away, day by day, while you're too busy to notice, or too confused, or too scared." Gregory Peck

Today Blacklist Rules the Movies! Tomorrow...it may rule You your job, your life! Poster protesting the Blacklist

Last day of "Blacklisted: An American Story" exhibit @nyhistory.bsky.social 🗃️

Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here. Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.

There's much more. Full Transcript ⬇️

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Honestly, after watching the whole interview, I don't know who is actually running the country. I don't think we know who is making the decisions and what he is being told. This is scary.

Who is running the country? Who is the one making decisions?

Endorsement of Mamdani by ... Inigo Montoya ⬇️

Blacklisted: An American Story exhibit with description of the exhibit and on the right a poster describing the precursor the First Red Scare

Exhibit poster with Hollywood (Briefly) Fights Back written on it with a description of the First Amendment Committee and quotes from Gregory Peck and Humphrey Bogart.

"In September of 1947, politically liberal A-listers, including Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Gene Kelly, formed the Committee for the First Amendment to support the Hollywood Ten. They chartered a plane, attended the hearings and arranged for two national radical broadcasts with well-known celebrities questioning HUAC's methods." "There is more than one way to lose your liberty. It can be torn out of your hands by a tyrant-but it can also slip away, day by day, while you're too busy to notice, or too confused, or too scared." Gregory Peck

Today Blacklist Rules the Movies! Tomorrow...it may rule You your job, your life! Poster protesting the Blacklist

Last day of "Blacklisted: An American Story" exhibit @nyhistory.bsky.social 🗃️

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Watch (or Rewatch) the brilliant, prescient film with an all-star cast: "Bob Roberts" (1992) - Dir. Tim Robbins

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Ukrainian war veteran Andrii Khomiak from the Zhytomyr region went to defend his homeland back in 2015.

When the Russian full-scale invasion began, he returned to the military, this time joining the 26th Brigade defending Kyiv⤵️

Grafitti on service entrance of garage. Large arm and hand, hand in position looking like it is plucking or pitching the car parked in front.

Service Entrance - New York City #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸

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We all really needed this.

Dear Mr. President: I write to apprise you of military action taken on September 2, 2025, in the Caribbean Sea and of the potential for further such actions. Extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels that the United States has designated as terrorist organizations have wrought devastating consequences on American communities for decades, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of United States citizens each year and threatening our national security and foreign policy interests both at home and abroad. These organizations have evolved into complex structures with the financial means and paramilitary capabilities needed to operate with impunity, engaging in violence and terrorism that threaten the United States and destabilize other nations in our own Hemisphere. Friendly foreign nations have made significant efforts to combat these organizations, suffering significant losses of life due to organized violence at the hands of the groups designated as terrorist organizations, but these groups are now transnational and operate throughout the Western Hemisphere. In the face of the inability or unwillingness of some states in the region to address the continuing threat to United States persons and interests emanating from their territories, we have now reached a critical point where we must meet this threat to our citizens and our most vital national interests with United States military force in self-defense. Accordingly, at my direction, on September 2, 2025, United States forces struck a vessel at a location beyond the territorial seas of any nation that was assessed to be affiliated with a designated terrorist organization and to be engaged in illicit drug trafficking activities. It is not possible at this time to know the full scope and duration of military operations that will be necessary. United States forces remain postured to carry out further military operations.

I am providing this report as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148). I directed these actions consistent with my responsibility to protect Americans and United States interests abroad and in furtherance of United States national security and foreign policy interests pursuant to my constitutional authority as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive to conduct United States foreign relations. I appreciate the support of the Congress in this

And of course, admin's argument now that standoff strikes aren't hostilities under WPR is undercut by the fact that the White House did submit WPR report when strikes started—which is what is required by WPR when US forces are introduced into hostilities.

Reversed their earlier interpretation. 5/n

Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes A top Trump administration lawyer told Congress that the War Powers Resolution, which would require the end of hostilities within 60 days, doesn’t apply to cartel strikes.

🧵 Trump admin is "doing a Libya"—claiming that US maritime strikes don't constitute "hostilities" under the War Powers Resolution and thus that law's 60-day limit on hostilities doesn't apply.

Shared thoughts with @washingtonpost.com, but here are more: 1/n

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This is great!

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Watch (or Rewatch) the brilliant, prescient film with an all-star cast: "Bob Roberts" (1992) - Dir. Tim Robbins

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRpW...

Grafitti on service entrance of garage. Large arm and hand, hand in position looking like it is plucking or pitching the car parked in front.

Service Entrance - New York City #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸

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Watch (or Rewatch) the best Zombie film (and the only Zombie film I'll watch): "Sinners" (2025) - Dir. Ryan Coogler

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First video played on MTV in 1981 was a music video for the song, "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1979) by The Buggles 🗃️🎶🎧

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Exactly! ☕

so subtle

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Watch (or Rewatch) the best Zombie film (and the only Zombie film I'll watch): "Sinners" (2025) - Dir. Ryan Coogler

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Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest. It is an ominous marker of the nation’s polarization, to which the Trump administration has itself contributed, that some of those top public servants have felt a need to separate themselves from the public. These civilian officials can now depend on the U.S. military to augment their personal security. But so many have made the move that they are now straining the availability of housing for the nation’s top uniformed officers.