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JPGarlandAuthor Stories in the Gilded Age, modern NY, Austen variations. Erotic romances. He/him. Tuckahoe NY native. NY lawyer. My books: https://dermodyhouse.com/books/ (Dermody is my father's mom's first surname; the second was Campbell.)

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I thought that was Ellis in "Die Hard."

13.10.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait. I'm supposed to get paid? No one told me.

And, yeah, Sean, I took the NYC subway last Friday. It was nice. At one point I was in a car on the 4 train. About 50 passengers. I was the only white guy. Iβ™₯️NY.

13.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But didn't Kavanagh say...?

13.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know. I signed up. I'm too white, too old, too male to be targeted by the Gestapo.

13.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@mikesacks.bsky.social @lohud.com Maybe someone should ask Mike Lawlor about this. And about Greg Abbott.

12.10.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings Pelham, NY Β· No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. β€œNO KINGS” is more than just a sloganβ€”it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

I'm attending No Kings's event, β€œNo Kings Pelham, NY” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

12.10.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Father of the Bride and First Wives' Club are bad movies.

12.10.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, New York Cardinal Dolan favorably compared Charlie Kirk to St. Paul.

11.10.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's with the local cop?

11.10.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great expression on the PPD officer on the left.

11.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are, or at least used to be, two signs on the Taconic State Parkway referring to "Trump Park." Local politicians have been trying for years to get them removed.

11.10.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cartoon by John Deering.

11.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 14821    πŸ” 5056    πŸ’¬ 280    πŸ“Œ 152

Is that 8.5 X 14 Paper?

10.10.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think you did more of it in Book 2. I think it's hard to get a sense of space in Vegas given, as I've said, it's artificiality. But even though I've only been in Seattle for a few days, your references to specific place I know nothing about helps build and make real the "world" of the second book.

10.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I emailed the link. Let me know if it works.

10.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

10.10.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 19195    πŸ” 7705    πŸ’¬ 298    πŸ“Œ 246

Are the WH ballroom contractors getting paid? It is essential work, after all.

10.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For anyone who wants a look into my day job, here's a recording of an oral argument I made today in a New York State Appellate Court in Brooklyn. My case is called at the 2:40:00 mark. cmi.nycourts.gov/vod/WowzaPla... @anelsonlmpotter.bsky.social @reporterenato.bsky.social

10.10.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room. Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Does Marco Rubio have a Bible verse for this?

09.10.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't tell New York's Charlie Kirk was a modern day St. Paul Cardinal Dolan.

09.10.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rick rolling again.

09.10.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Without a warning.

09.10.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Airline?

09.10.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mario, not Andrew.

09.10.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We loved Mario. A neighbor was on his NYSP detail. My dad taught him in law school.

08.10.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Moderate Dem. 68 years living in New York. #NY16 Lawlor is pitiful.

08.10.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It happens, if I haven't mentioned it, that where Cassie is sitting is where the final scene of "You've Got Mail" takes place.

08.10.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

On the downside of being traditionally published: Sales track.
thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

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