Casey Seiler

I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)

Sewer main break sends nearly 80,000 gallons of raw sewage into canal next to Hudson River The break occurred Thursday in a pipe carrying untreated wastewater from South Glens Falls to a treatment plant.

The break occurred Thursday in a pipe carrying untreated wastewater from South Glens Falls to a treatment plant.

I can't get over this, from @jonathankarl.bsky.social. Trump is working the phones to journalists, talking about his war as a "performance."

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.

Sharing out this great story again with a much better photo crop on the lead image. www.timesunion.com/olympics/art...

I can’t do this anymore

The congressman's wall art appears to come from The Charles Whitman Sampler collection.

Hochul meets with border czar Tom Homan at NY Capitol Gov. Kathy Hochul says she told border czar Tom Homan during meeting Friday that there is no need for surge in immigration enforcement in New York.

Gov. Hochul held an hours-long private meeting in Albany on Friday with border czar Tom Homan. Topics included ensuring that asylum seekers could work and her disdain for the development of more large-scale detention facilities. @danclarkreports.bsky.social reports.

Bullets prompt injuries at local school

Word of the Week: What makes a military attack ‘kinetic’? | CNN “Kinetic” — from the Greek kinētikos, meaning putting in motion — has become a recurring word for government officials talking about US aggression against Venezuela.

Okay, found an article that talks about the increased use of the word www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/u...

Over 4 million man hours, and all they have is boys.

Put the Message in the Box / Migrations, by Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats 2 track album

This is now a #bandcampfriday thread. Mary Chapin Carpenter and The Mountain Goats! themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/put-th...

Blakeman echoes conspiracy theory that motivated Buffalo mass shooter It’s not a new claim in the context of immigration but it’s an idea that’s entered mainstream political rhetoric over the last decade.

Blakeman states plainly his belief in the “Great Replacement Theory,” a fave of white supremacists including a significant number of mass shooters. Dan Clark reports.

Slurs filled a chat
Slurs filled a chat
Slurs filled a chat
Slurs filled a chat
Slurs filled a chat

Pop the corn and melt the butter

From suspension to superintendent, Junait Shah picked to lead Catskill schools Junait Shah, who ran for school board after leaving the district amid controversy in 2024, was picked as superintendent after other candidates rejected the job.

Wild: The new superintendent of the Catskill school district was placed on leave two years ago, when he was principal of the local high school, amid a controversy that gained him significant student and teacher support. Now he'll hold the job formerly held by the guy who placed him on leave.

It reminds me of a famous quote from Abraham Lincoln: "Don't believe bullshit attributions of quotes you find on the web, y'all." winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/rough-men-st...

Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership President Donald Trump says he’s replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.

Trump says he’ll make Noem a "Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” a new security initiative — apparently inspired by the work of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Jim Steranko — that he said would focus on the Western Hemisphere. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

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."