i feel like this is probably the best time in recent american history to be a criminal because the justice department doesn’t give a shit, it’s too busy going through the president’s burn book www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...

A courtroom stenographer "blah-blah-blah"-ed entire section of a murder/arson trial. New York's highest court agreed that the remediation measures taken after the trial ended were robust enough to preserve the conviction. @mikegoodwinny.bsky.social reports. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

The bedroom was on the fourth floor; the griddle and the air fryer stayed in the boiler room: Kathleen Moore talks to the Albany middle school custodian who made the bad decision to move into his workspace.

Queen shit: “I’m not resigning,” said Alfonsi, who remains employed at CBS. “If they want me gone because I did my job, they’ll have to fire me.”

The good news: State lawmakers are set to approve an aid package for the city, which includes $20 million in additional funds to close the city’s 2025 budget deficit. The bad news: It's now 2026. @patricktine.bsky.social reports.

"Haiku" Unwashed hands and more Six Louisville restaurants Earn "C" inspection

So … who exactly is leaving bags of decapitated birds all over the lower Hudson Valley? Not to mention the goat head from the Bronx. Nora Mishanec reports. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

See, gang, this is why we have PUBLIC warehousing of PUBLIC documents as opposed to entrusting them to "some dude who's doing us a solid."

Here are 17 parts of the new TED budget bill you'll want to read about, including super-speeders, Climate Act, SEQRA, utility company oversight and a heck of a lot more. Read about it in today's very long and comprehensive CapCon: www.capitolconfidential.com/p/utility-ov...

Wake me up when they announce Free Press Paintball Mayhem Nite.

A new entry in the transparency hall of shame, courtesy the Times Union's Sarah Trafton.

If you ever wonder why academics roll their eyes at "viewpoint diversity" hires is that when you pick a scholar for their ideology and politics over the actual work, this is the kind of clown show that results.

Mayor says no one was injured, but one fire truck was a "total loss" in the blaze at 250 Broadway, a building which also includes the police department.

If there’s one quality that defines Ken Paxton, it is surely “loyalty.”

Wow — look how TU photographer Jim Franco captured the unalloyed joy of the Shaker High flag football team. www.timesunion.com/hssports/art...

Other bands have meant more to me earlier in my life and other bands have meant more to me later in my life, but maybe no band has meant more to me over my whole life than The Feelies Tonight is feeling like the last game at Memorial Stadium. Glad I’m here but bringing up a lot of feelings

The Times Union editorial board calls the DOJ settlement “a slush fund for the president to bestow money on his political allies. And because of federal privacy rules, the public may never know who gets the money. It is hard to imagine a more effective graft machine.”

In today’s Times Union — “Thanks Trump!”

The military academy’s previous commencement speakers were announced more than a month in advance.

Take it from a man who looks like he's depicted on the get-out-of-jail-free card.

Huge week for him between this and leavin' 'em laughin' at the LCA Show.

For a second time, Trump is talking about how a lot of people don't know there's a B in the word dumb. This is a segue into, of all topics, another cognitive test story.

Whoa whoa wait — "dumb" has a B in it?

It's your pre-holiday Friday news dump! @timothythereporter.bsky.social has details on changes to the Tier 6 pension package designed to make public service more enticing — but with added costs to the state and local governments.

The Times Union's editorial board repeatedly made the case that Tulsi Gabbard as a lousy choice as DNI.

The word is "yikes." Sarah Trafton reports.

Buffalo's Michael Caputo is teeing up a $2.7M claim from the "weaponization" slush fund. We go way back.

"Which is it, Dems: Do you believe in a fairer, more accessible system where regular voters matter & rich donors’ ability to influence the outcome is held in check? Or was that just noise you made to cover the sound of your locking the doors to power behind you?" www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

Trump isn't sure he'll be able to make his son's wedding this weekend, but he'll appear today at a campaign event for Rep. Mike Lawler in Rockland County.

Williamson made sure to mention he was a councilman and (falsely) said he was on the city’s police review board.

This is the reason why DOJ is desperate to shield its attorneys from state bar discipline — not “weaponization,” just consequences of bad acts.

When this happens, the next reporter has to ask the EXACT SAME QUESTION. This is not that hard!

I’ve covered Chicago’s federal courthouse for 11 years and have never seen a hearing like this one.

Here's a Ken Lovett banger from 2012 that foiled Sampson's plan to give Rivera a massive raise:

Great story!

Capitol wag just noted that Paul Rivera, author of the much-dunked-on DNC '24 autopsy, was a top aide to state Sen. John Sampson, who led (or "led") the chamber during one of its more chaotic periods; he quit juuuust before Sampson's arrest. "America truly is the land of opportunity," I murmured.

"Tom Homan can shove it," says @agounardes.bsky.social: @danclarkreports.bsky.social explains the protections for non-citizens and restrictions on ICE set to be passed by the Legislature.

The notion that Trump would "get killed" by the media for attending his son's wedding (so maybe he won't go) deserves its own "Dubious Father's Day Message" category from the good people at Hallmark.

As someone who has seen a lot of LCA Show rebuttals — some brilliant and funny, others lazy and weird in bad ways — all I can say is that Bruce Blakeman's falls into one of those two categories.

In just over three years, the roadway had 51 severe crashes, 14 personal injuries and 5 fatalities.

The link in this graf in the NYT profile of Constantino goes to a Times Union story; neither that matter nor the other aide's molestation allegation are mentioned in the rest of the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/n...

good lord

Psychosexual breakdown happening at the Tucker Carlson merch store

More allegations of wrongdoing at the Clinton County Jail, where managers are apparently beyond the enforcement powers of local or state officials. Brendan Lyons reports. www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

From the Times Union editorial board: John Sarcone should release the contents of the letter he received from the Attorney Grievance Committee, which determined he had committed “professional misconduct.” www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

One thing that gets missed in President Trump's discussion of "weaponization" and his tax returns: The person who leaked Trump's tax returns did so when Trump was president and in charge of the IRS. He was indicted and sent to prison for that during the Biden administration.

The Chronicle found people experiencing life-threatening symptoms in ICE custody died without ever being evaluated by a doctor or were misdiagnosed by medical staff.

@danclarkreports.bsky.social's CapCon newsletter — only today the recipient of a first-place award from the Local Media Association — breaks down the first NYS budget bill to make it to the floor of both chambers.

Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello and Council President Sue Steele agree to implement additional internal controls on Flock Safety license plate readers, including limitations on data sharing, following months of vocal backlash from privacy advocates and progressives. @tyleramcneil.bsky.social reports.

"Haiku" I get my milk from The Amish cartel — I pay for it in peaches