Casey Seiler

I think what people are sure of is that the need for constant, annoyed, laborious explanations that someone is NOT a Nazi--they just like the skin decorations and the podcasts--suggests that Maine is about to pick a Democratic Senate candidate with a troubling instinct for blundering and credulity.

Churchill: Republicans are facing disaster in Elise Stefanik's district "This is one of the sleeper House races in the country," said one Republican official in the 21st Congressional District.

"This is one of the sleeper House races in the country," said one Republican official in the 21st Congressional District.

Glens Falls resident Kelsey O'Driscoll to ski for U.S. at Paralympics Kelsey O’Driscoll broke her back on March 6, 2021. Exactly five years later, the Winter Paralympics will open in Italy and she is skiing on the U.S. team.

A great read from @adamshinder.bsky.social on the five-year (to the day!) odyssey of Glens Falls resident and Albany Med nurse Kelsey O'Driscoll, from breaking her back in a tubing accident to the opening ceremonies of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics.

Churchill: Republicans are facing disaster in Elise Stefanik's district "This is one of the sleeper House races in the country," said one Republican official in the 21st Congressional District.

Chris Churchill: “GOP leaders fear that a Constantino general election candidacy would prove disastrous, given his penchant for outrageousness and childishness. They fear he’d give Democrats a real chance in a district considered safely red.” www.timesunion.com/churchill/ar...

Spent a night in Teton County jail under a fake name.

Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem His use of the Iran war dead to attack the media was disgraceful.

“Hegseth complaining that he’s not getting credit for all of the drones that didn’t get through is like an airline executive responding to an air disaster by growling about all of the planes his company made that didn’t crash.” — www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

"I asked God to forgive me, which he has."

Honestly this is the biggest perk of serving in Congress. Most people have to ask forgiveness and wonder. If you're in Congress you get a same day answer from the big guy.

Inside the $50M push to reconnect North Creek, Gore Mountain North Creek aims to reclaim its "ski town" heritage, linking Gore Mountain’s 250k annual visitors to a transformed downtown.

I'm a fan of North Creek, and this is a great story on its prospects for growth from our colleagues at the @adirondackexplorer.bsky.social

Bard faculty urge trustees to use Epstein-linked funds for sexual violence initiatives Faculty want trustees to create a fund for sexual violence initiatives with Epstein-linked money and plan for a “transition in leadership” from Leon Botstein.

Bard's faculty issues the sort of letter you would write when you gotta say something but you really don't want to offend the boss: “We recognize that there are steps we must take to reform the institutional structures and cultures that made entanglements with Epstein possible.”

Possible?

There are several ways to answer this question, and that is, well, one of them.

Curiouser and curiouser. Steve Barnes reports.

Albany War Room Tavern waves white flag, serves last round Politically themed restaurant and adjoining cigar lounge to be sold as owner focuses on new Greenhouse Social Club at La Serre.

The Albany War Room, viewed by some as the Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville of NYS government and politics, will gavel out tonight. Steve Barnes reports.

The TU editorial board, two days ago: "While it is hard to imagine the Republican majorities in the House and Senate curtailing Mr. Trump’s mania for flexing the purported powers of the unitary executive, their servility is no excuse for failing to follow the law."

Police identify flight instructor, young trainee who landed plane on Hudson River The two men, both from Long Island, swam about 50 feet to shore in icy water after their dramatic landing Monday night.

Things ended poorly but not tragically. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

"The White House’s initial appeals to the people of (Iran and Venezuela) to rise up and overthrow despotic regimes were followed by wholly contradictory overtures to members of the former strongmen's executive team." www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

Hire journalists, not shills. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

Screenshot of a 3hr old post from the GW Hatchet: “BREAKING: GW sold its Virginia campus to Amazon Data Services, an Amazon subsidiary that manages the company's data centers, for $427 million on Friday. The deed, obtained by The Hatchet, authorizes ADS to develop the campus into a data or information technology center. STORY TK”

GW‘s student newspaper appears to have broken the story that the institution has sold a satellite campus to Amazon to be turned into a data center, which is just about chef’s kiss for the state of American higher education rn

Churchill: Hello from the Albany bus station! The Advance Albany County Alliance hopes to build a new bus station at a site on South Pearl Street.

Chris Churchill hung out at Albany's baleful downtown bus station to write about its potential demise. The least you can do to honor his sacrifice is to read the result. www.timesunion.com/churchill/ar...

Letter roils Albany's Community Police Review Board (again) Dueling pictures of the state of the Community Police Review Board emerge after council statement, letter from program director.

More turbulence at Albany’s nine-member Community Police Review Board, which currently has four seats vacant — two for the Common Council to fill, two by Mayor Dorcey Applyrs. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Small plane makes emergency landing in Hudson River near Newburgh A Cessna 172 lost power Monday evening and was forced to land in the Hudson River just south of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Both people aboard were rescued.

A Cessna 172 lost power Monday evening and was forced to land in the Hudson River just south of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Both people aboard were rescued.

Don’t trust anyone who does that to their hair.

Sincerely,
A Bald Guy

Entries from Canada to New York declined by 3.4 million people in 2025 The number of people entering New York from Canada in 2025 decreased by 3.4 million from the previous year, as relations between the two countries experienced political and economic turmoil.

The number of people entering New York from Canada in 2025 decreased by 3.4 million from the previous year, as relations between the two countries experienced political and economic turmoil.

Jelani Cobb

Come on down to UAlbany's Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., tonight at 7:30 for my Q&A with Jalani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social on his sweeping collection "Three Or More Is a Riot — Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025." Be there or be square — or both, totally your choice.

Shoot it in my veins

Editorial: The wrong way to go to war with Iran With the ongoing attacks on Iran, the Trump administration has taken the nation down a dangerous path with neither clear motives nor specific goals.

The Times Union editorial board: If there’s any unifying message in the many ways words have belied actions and vice versa over the past few days, it is this: "Set aside all worry and trust in President Trump, for he is the war-maker and law-giver who shall lead and deliver us."

Imagine being one of two people in the world for whom being introduced by an orchestra blasting the Indy theme is thrilling rather than cringeworthy (John Williams is the other, though I would probably go with the Superman theme for him)

Epstein casts shadow over Bard College president’s billion-dollar legacy Leon Botstein has remade Bard in his image over the past 50 years. But his ties to Jeffrey Epstein have plunged the college into an “existential crisis.”

“It’s an existential crisis because (Botstein) really is Bard at this point,” said James Cox “Fergie” Chambers Jr., whose billionaire father chairs the college’s board of trustees. (Note: If the success of your institution depends on one person, your institution has a poor management structure.)

This is the same guy who did weird performance art at CPAC back in 2022 where he sat in a cage and cried! @laurajedeed.bsky.social

Woman IDs jail officer with history of sex abuse allegations as her assailant A woman who claims a correction officer sexually abused her multiple times while she was incarcerated at the Clinton County jail in 2017 had apparently identified the wrong employee as her...

A woman who claims a correction officer sexually abused her multiple times while she was incarcerated at the beyond-troubled Clinton County jail apparently identified the wrong man as her assailant. She now alleges an officer who has been accused of similar incidents was the person responsible.