OK - now at US v Live Nation final pre-trial conference. Inner City Press is covering the case innercitypress.com/sdny8asubram... and will live skeet, thread below

Terra v Jane Street, judge shopping? innercitypress.com/crypto2terra... 83 pg patreon.com/posts/crypto... Alexander bros matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/hampton-ho... Fed hides Enova Qs fairfinancewatch.org USUN taxation w/o representation? innercitypress.com/usun2waltzic... youtu.be/KMONRSX3jN0

OK - now US v Alexander Bros Day 14, running out of jurors after Judge ordered DOJ to remove brothers from Epstein files, Inner City Press covers it, new book play.google.com/store/books/... (& below) and docs patreon.com/posts/courtr... & will live skeet, thread below

Predatory Bender: As CashNetUSA Parent Enova Application Is Protested, Federal Reserve Withholds All Questions under FOIA So Appeal by fairfinancewatch.org - Inner City Press story innercitypress.com/cra18denovag... Fed redactions www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

Mystery solved : ) (and thanks to those here on Bluesky who helped to solve it, at least for me) #crowdsourcing

SLAPP BEAT: Melania Trump Moved to Dismiss Michael Wolff's Case Now He Cites Florida 770 Notices Sent to Him in NY - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdny110cvysk... 14-page filing on Patreon here www.patreon.com/posts/slapp-...

State of the Union 6, name checking the capture of Maduro (featuring Anthropic's Claude, it's said, talks with Friday deadline). Maduro's now in MDC-Brooklyn, due back in SDNY in March: innercitypress.com/sdny40whelle...

State of the Union 5, square lapel button edition Release the Files! Maximum Maxwell: www.amazon.com/Maximum-Maxw...

State of the Union 4, lapel button edition www.amazon.com/Trump-Trial-...

SOTU 3: Four Supreme Court Justices - and an often clapping lady in red who no one seems to be able to identify www.amazon.com/Trump-Trial-...

Olympics hockey, the 40-plus saves, as it hits 9:30 pm www.amazon.com/Trump-Trial-...

It begins: Al Green with sign. Trump Verdict book: www.amazon.com/Trump-Trial-...

Hampton Horrors 13: In US v Alexander Brothers Trial, Eva Wells on Rape in Tel Aviv As Juror 8 Is Trapped in Miami - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdnytrial13a... Extra on Substack here matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/hampton-ho...

Day after the blizzard, snow piled up on Pearl Street between the two SDNY courthouses, 40 Foley Square (US v. Cohen / NBA fraud case) and 500 Pearl Street (US v. Alexander brothers). Waiting for the melt...

As MLB spring training starts up, looks like trial of suspending Cleveland Indians relief Emmanuel Clase will be in September 2026 - as playoffs approach. #MisterSeptember

OK - back in trial for murder of Maria Hernandez, whose sister is now on the witness stand being cross-examined. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below

OK - now US v Alexander Bros Day 13, after break and Judge ordered DOJ to remove brothers from Epstein files, Inner City Press covers it, new book play.google.com/store/books/... (& below) docs patreon.com/posts/courtr... & will live skeet, thread below

Maximum Maxwell: this morning SDNY Judge Engelmayer dockets that "The Court has received a letter-motion from the Government identifying additional redactions to be made to the prose motion under 28 USC 2255 of defendant Ghislaine Maxwell." www.amazon.com/Maximum-Maxw...

VLOG Feb 24 Alexander bros trial resumes matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-in-u... Jane Street sued for Terramar patreon.com/posts/crypto... cypto.com brags of OCC OK; UN Saunders claims "radical transparency" - no, raised to USUN Mike Waltz and Tammy Bruce, waiting youtu.be/Wlil1XbnWHk

Courtroom way too confidential: Just filed (Feb 23) in SDNY, US Attorney's Office's Feb 9 letter in US v. Alexander brothers (book: play.google.com/store/books/... Inner City Press will waiting for US v Conyers video

CRYPTO IN THE COURTS: Terraform Labs Administrator Sues Jane Street for Role in LUNA Death Spiral - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/crypto1terra... 83-page complaint filed today in SDNY on Patreon here: patreon.com/posts/crypto...

The Federal Reserve is working today Feb 23 despite snow- but this work consists of belatedly withholding all 260 pages responsive to FOIA request about Fifth Third - Comerica, long after they approved it, denied request for reconsideration & let it be consummated

VLOG Feb 23 "Justice never sleeps"- 2d Circuit hears Noel Francisco for Dubai Islamic Bank despite blizzard. Exhibits fight; Habeas fireworks: matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ice-and-fi...; UN Saunders wastes money, what'll USUN Mike Waltz & Tammy Bruce do on SG's Press ban? youtu.be/6WWBo3VmXp0

Manhattan Bridge, Feb 23, 2026 early afternoon - without cars. Pedestrians? #InnerCityPressDowntownNewsService

Chinatown NYC February 23, 2026: Doyers Street #InnerCItyPressDowntownNewsService

Chinatown NYC February 23, 2026: Pell Street #InnerCItyPressDowntownNewsService

NYC Mulberry Street - little Little Italy - looking south at @SDNYLIVE courthouse, Feb 23, 2026 12:40 pm #InnerCityPressDowntownNewsService

Chinatown NYC nearly entirely closed down Feb 23, 2026 at 12:30 pm - but here's snowman on Bayard St #InnerCityPressDowntownNewsService

When you come up into Chinatown after the 2d Circuit Dubai Islamic Bank argument by Noel Francisco - but find the (great) rice roll place shut down by blizzard. #InnerCityPressDowntownNewsService

Mosco Street, noon, Feb 23, 2026 #InnerCityPressDowntownNewsService

OK- amazingly, this morning's 2d Circuit arguments (in 9/11 cases) are in-person. Judge says, with a laugh, Justice never sleeps. Lawyer says, I got here in the blizzard, but have the wrong binder. Inner City Press will live skeet (esp on Dubai bank), thread below

NY/DC weather watch III: Looks like the Federal Reserve is "working" today - no merger approvals on tap, but a Governor's talk & data releases. Look who's speaking on State of the Union day tomorrow: Lisa Cook. Inner City Press coverage continues: including today

NYC weather watch II: UN joins the bandwagon and cancels its hot air on Feb 23. What will the world do without the 10 am "Informal Ad hoc Working Group on UN80 initiative" - a scam reform under which UN bigwigs make out better than ever? innercitypress.com/ungate2un80e...

NYC weather watch: snow is not yet sticking, but this: "Due to the severe weather, the courthouses in the SDNY will be closed at all locations on February 23, 2026. Therefore, the conference scheduled in this matter for that date is adjourned sine die." & UN?

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Sunday shows 2: Hakeem Jeffries is asked, Why shutdown TSA? Jeffries: Taxpayer dollars should not be used to kill or brutalize American people. This moment should be used to make dramatic changes to ICE: judicial warrants, probes and accountability

Sunday shows 1: Jamieson Greer says, We were using an emergency statute, he needed to move quickly. Now we have these deals, we can reconstruct our side of the deal with the other statutes. ABC: How is this more powerful? Greer: IEEPA allows full embargo

Sunday shows 0.1: After US survived a long 5 on 3, Cale Makar beats Connor Hellebuyck. Here in NYS, Hochul allowed the bars to open at 6 am. As snow starts, there could be some heavy drinking if Canada keeps pushing its advantage. New at 10 am: #Tariffs

Trump Tariff Showdown Blues by Matthew Russell Lee Now just 10%, Court shut down tariffs 3 each side, 3 new sheriffs Claude on Maduro, Anthropic says stop it AI the new drug, where cop it? Waltz paying Tony from Knicks game Censors ongoing, colluders have no shame youtu.be/kfLFYWTYmjE

Diddy Dockets: US Files 69 Page Brief Opposing Sean Combs Appeal, Says Even If First Amendment Was Implicated, His Sentence Was and Is OK - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/booksentence... 69-page Brief on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/diddy-...

And here this is: "It is my Great Honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global 10% Tariff on all Countries, which will be effective almost immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP." Almost...

More fireworks: the SDNY US Attorney's Office was supposed to file information about this petitioner's arrest by 5:30 pm - and didn't. Now at 6:30 Judge Liman: "The Government has since failed to obey the Court's directive. It is ordered to show cause by Feb 21

ICE & FIREWORKS BEAT: Mexican Man Detained by ICE For Working in Fireworks Warehouse Will Be Freed or Get Hearing - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdny329liman... Extra on Substack, re transportation contractor here matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ice-and-fi...

OK - now at another habeas corpus proceeding, judge had ordeted that detained petitioner be produced in court at 2 pm but he is not here. Innee City Press is Waiting

Question: Are the Supreme Court justices still invited to the State of the Union? Trump: Three are invited enthusiastically. The others? Barely. They are barely invited. Frankly I could care less if they come.

Trump: Today I will impose new tariffs, and open investigations. Thank you for attention to this matter. We'll take in more money, there is no more doubt. We have a totally firm decision now. Any questions? You in the red. Q: Will you get more justices?

Trump: Now I'll got the way I should have gone originally. As Justice Kavanaugh wrote in his dissent, this decision might not substantially constrain the President's ability to order tariffs going forward. "Numerous other Federal statutes: 232, and others."

Trump: "They're just being fools and lapdogs to the RINOs." But there are other tariffs still available, stronger than IEEPA. Tariffs have ended 5 of the 8 wars I've ended. Yesterday at the Peace Board [has he already called UNSG @AntonioGuterres, who bans Press?]

In other legal news: On Appeal of Decision Retaining Syria Temporary Protection Status, Second Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Stay Saying US Brief Due March 11 - Inner City Presss story: innercitypress.com/sdny185bfail...

Countdown to White House response to Supreme Court 6-3 decision on tariffs - lectern being prepped. Inner City Press coverage continues...