John Annese

“Press R1 to dodge roll, old man.”

Just beat Absolum. Fantastic game.

Spark dodge did the heavy lifting on my winning run.

IT’S

“We see you don’t spend anything on character skins, loot-boxes or other in-game purchases, John. It’s ’full-price’ for you, buddy.

“Now Jimmy over there, he loves buying in-game currency, so much that it’s ruining his finances. So he gets the main game at half-price.”

Gov. Hochul said that she provided Border Czar Tom Homan today w/ "the names of a number of students who are in detention that we would like to see released."
The Daily News asked the governor's office for that list, but they declined to share it.

Asif Merchant convicted in political murder-for-hire scheme tied to Iran; Trump among targets Pakistani businessman Asif Merchant, who tried to hire hit men to kill a political figure, potentially President Trump, was found guilty of murder-for-hire and terrorism charges.

BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn needed just 2 hours to convict Asif Merchant of plotting to hire hit men to kill Trump in 2024 on behalf of Iran.

Merchant took the stand, said he only did it because IRGC handler threatened his family — jury didn’t buy it.

www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/06/a...

Thankfully I did a pre-write!

Guilty on both counts after less than 2 hours of deliberation.

The jury in Brooklyn did not believe Asif Merchant’s Iran-made-me-do-it defense on the stand.

My magic power is that if I’m covering a trial, the verdict will always come on my day off.

I’d prefer Farscape.

The cover of Swords and Deviltry, by Fritz Leiber.

So this was a good time. I should dig deeper into Appendix N when I have the chance.

It’s in the story!

At Brooklyn trial, Trump death plot suspect says he went along with Iranian handler to protect family President Trump’s accused would-be death-plot mastermind, Asif Merchant, told jurors Wednesday he expected to be caught by the feds, but claimed if he hadn’t gone along with the chillin…

Never a dull moment when the defendant takes the stand.

www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/04/a...

I see you've met the Strunk-a-tron 3000!

Enya should record the 20-minute final boss track on the next Guitar Hero, should they ever make one.

Oh man, I remember in the Avengers movie where Thanos says “I am inevitable,” and Iron Man says, “Yeah, I guess so” and just gives up.

Unless it’s a breakout, my stories typically get a handful of reposts and likes when I post them (which is fine!).

But if I quote post something and say, “Boy, that Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi sure suck eggs, I tell you what,” my numbers go crazy, and then I feel icky about it.

I know journalism is a rapidly deteriorating industry, but it also feels like fighting a losing battle when folks on here are mostly sharing articles to dunk on them, rather than solid pieces from journos and critics out here trying our best every day to stay working and writing

Were they Parmesan garlic

As war rages in Iran, Brooklyn trial reveals wannabe Trump assassin’s ties to Iranian intelligence The feds have said Iran had wanted to avenge the death of one of the regime’s generals, Qasem Soleimani, killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2020.

Here's the latest from the trial of alleged Trump assassination plotter Asif Merchant, who prosecutors say wound up hiring two undercover feds as "hitmen."

Today, the jury learned about his alleged ties to the IRGC.

www.nydailynews.com/2026/03/03/a...

That book is all over the Hudson News at Port Authority.

A poster advertising a “Brooklyn Looksmaxxing Mog-Off, posted on x dot com.

So sad I missed this cultural event on Saturday.

Mr. Causey gave us permission to run the letter here, adding, "Wishing you guys the best. Hang in there!"

The New York Daily News welcomes letters to the editor, unless of course those letters are critical of the layoffs at the New York Daily News.

They won't print those letters, it seems.

Great game though.

Easy block this guy

The print lede of the NY Post’s story about Mamdani and Trump posing with a mock-up cover of the NY Daily News: Mayor Mamdani snuck off to Washington, DC, Thursday to pitch President Trump on a housing project - and brought along a photoshopped version of a failing and irrelevant New York City newspaper in an attempt to flatter him.

Cry more, New York Post.

For the second straight day, the @nytimes.com writes about the stylistic decisions of the Daily News, but still no coverage or mention of the layoffs that slashed a quarter of our staff this month.

Video shows suspect in plot to kill Trump lay out scheme on a napkin Asif Merchant thought he was speaking with a comrade-in-arms, a fellow Pakistani man who knew how to find hired killers, according to the feds. Instead, that comrade was actually a government infor…

I must once again signal-boost my story about an alleged Trump assassination mastermind who would up getting tricked by a confidential informant into hiring two feds as hitmen.

The CI said he met the hitmen “in Bronx, in Harlem, that’s the place of all filth.”

www.nydailynews.com/2026/02/26/v...