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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 1h

The proper term is "fraudidated."

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah but EXCEPT for that stuff

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 3h

Update: A few hours after this story appeared online, the third woman named in Pickett's attorney’s letter to the TU denied its allegations that she colluded with at least two other women from Pickett's past to bring him down. She said she was “shocked” by the claims, which she called “bizarre.”

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 3h

Faced with Common Council questions, the attorney who led Mayor Dorcey Applyrs' effort to hire a lobbyist for Albany — an initiative that ended with the hiring of a firm whose members had rained money down on her campaign — admitted that, um, mistakes were made. @patricktine.bsky.social reports.

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Albany attorney pick addressed lawmaker ‘concerns’ over hiring lobbyist

In an email to Common Council leadership this spring, John Reilly Jr. said the administration skirted procurement rules during the selection process.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 5h

A reminder that Kathy Hochul, Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Carl Heastie are ex officio members of Cornell’s board of trustees, a circumstance of it being NY’s designated land-grant higher ed institution. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

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How Hochul could press Cornell for answers in alleged gang rape case

Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for an independent review of how Cornell University handled its response to an alleged 2024 sexual assault at a fraternity house.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 6h

From the Times Union editorial board: Why were four children left in the care of their mentally ill mother despite ample warning signs? “That information needs to be released as soon as possible, before the next child dies because no one was watching.”

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Editorial: Four deaths, and an urgent need for answers

Document suggest Saratoga County caseworkers had numerous opportunities to aid children who became victims of their mentally ill mother.

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 16h

The byplay between these two might be my favorite part of “Cotton Club.” The first one-on-one conversation I had with Wm Kennedy was just me gushing about the platinum watch scene.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 17h

An attorney for the president and CEO of the largest employer in northeastern NY claims his client is the victim of a coordinated campaign of character assassination perpetrated by the CEO’s ex-wife and (at least) two ex-girlfriends.

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Albany Med CEO denies sexual assault claim, files defamation lawsuit

Albany Med Health System President and CEO Daniel T. Pickett III faces a sexual assault claim brought by a former girlfriend; the two are also locked in legal combat over contested property.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20h

😂😂

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 20h

In today's CapCon newsletter, @danclarkreports.bsky.social explains how controversy at Cornell is echoing in Albany. Also: An ethics complaint alleges a lawmaker's private law practice crosses the line. Plus: A money bomb for Hochul's campaign. Dan puts in the work.

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Albany eyes action as Cornell rape case reopens

And Assemblyman Phil Steck is under fire over his outside income

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 22h

In this Ohio diner, the Hawks still means Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm. But they do know this: it makes no difference to Senator Eric Schmitt.

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More comment than question rly @mn-snow-show.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The best part is when one of this dipshit’s young minions holds up a giant junior high science project board 🪧 that is intended as a gotcha! when they don’t know the difference between ATL Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball lollll

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V @vp511.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

LMFAO

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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Maybe US Senators should have staffers who aren't imbeciles if they want to accuse people of perjury based on nonsense conspiracy theories, I don't know.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is history: Tyler McNeil becomes the first journalist to eat a donut in the Times Union’s newly renovated newsroom.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And the punctuation error. Otherwise I dig it.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a pretzel lover, I’m triggered by the grammatical error in this T-shirt.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This comes on top of the $24m N.Y. will be paying Robert Brooks’ family and a likely settlement with Messiah Nantwi’s survivors. Don’t worry about DOCCS senior leadership; they’ve paid no cost, figuratively or otherwise.

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Family of man who died in Eastern prison fire to sue state for $50 million

The family of Marcos Alcaraz plans to sue New York for $50 million over his July death in a fire inside his Eastern Correctional cell.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just good writing, you love to see it.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.

Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Another excellent @nyswi.bsky.social Albany Book Festival is in the, uh, records — a great turnout for a rainy day. Very glad I caught Namwali Serpell discussing her Toni Morrison study, and got to ask her about Bret Stephens' latest dingbat column.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This appears to be a clever reference to Raymond Carver's classic short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Never Having Done the Humpty Hump."

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pray for Ken Paxton. And send him money.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men at Chi Phi in October 2024. Cornell has failed her. Cornell has failed us."

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was not expecting to read this in an email from the president — TU’s edit board, on which I serve, has had reasons to be a tad critical of him — but nice all the same.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm not sure I buy this claim in a beggy Ken Paxton email.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

BREAKING from Brendan Lyons: Records show that CPS caseworkers raised a series of bright red flags but inexplicably failed to remove four young children from the Mechanicville household where they were fatally poisoned in June by their mother and grandmother.

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CPS records detail years of 'imminent danger' to 4 murdered children

Two years before four children were murdered by their mother and grandmother, CPS caseworkers determined that their mother’s “mental health problems” were creating significant safety concerns.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Chris Churchill looks at the legacy of the corruption indictments that rocked the Cuomo administration a decade ago. The continued wobbliness of federal anti-corruption statutes, he notes, remains a feature and not a bug of the system for the elected officials who could fix it.

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Churchill: Indictments that rocked Cuomo and Albany aged poorly

The Supreme Court made Preet Bharara look less like a crusader for justice and more like an overzealous prosecutor.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sen. John Kennedy's fundraising emails are a veritable parade of defeatism — cheer up, Johnny!

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An excerpt from Paul Grondahl's new biography of Andy Rooney recalls the time the longtime "60 Minutes" pundit came perilously close to realizing his dream of getting to perform an emergency tracheotomy.

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The Christmas Andy Rooney ran himself over

An excerpt from Paul Grondahl’s new biography “Andy Rooney: A Lucky Life” recalls the longtime “60 Minutes” pundit as a death-defying family man.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Cook Political Report just shifted NY-21 from "solid" Republican to "likely." In response, Anthony Constantino calls Blake Gendebien "a Hochul puppet who I will embarrass at the polls.” (Should be "whom," but hey.) Alex MacDougall reports.

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New report suggests changing odds for Constantino-Gendebien race

An analysis by Cook Political Report shifts the NY-21 from being “solid” to “likely” Republican; a significant shift for a district that voted GOP in a landslide two years ago.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And they say we can’t have nice things

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Email from Mike Rogers' Senate campaign — hoo doggy, this could be big.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In today's @capitolconfidental.bsky.social newsletter: @danclarkreports.bsky.social examines the debate over how to pay for the development of @governor.ny.gov ambitious nuclear power portfolio. Also: A proposal to boost the criminal penalty for porch piracy.

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Should New Yorkers pay for Hochul's nuclear fleet?

And new rules around prison disciplinary proceedings are proposed

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Attorneys for Ed Leon, accused of setting a 2013 fire that killed a father and 3 young children, are asking a judge to dismiss his indictment (and the government’s notice of intent to pursue the death penalty) because 1st Asst U.S. Attorney John Sarcone has been serving in his position unlawfully.

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Citing Sarcone’s ‘unlawful’ role, arson suspect seeks dismissal of death penalty case

Edward A. Leon is accused of setting a 2013 Schenectady fire that killed a father and three young children.

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Capitol Confidential @capitolconfidental.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's the deal with Gov. Kathy Hochul and Spam sandwiches, and whether it resonates with New Yorkers. More on polling in New York's governor's race in the link in comments.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is so great!

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEW: Judge tosses Trump lawsuit over outlier Iowa poll Des Moines Register published days before 2024 election. 'Erroneous statements are inevitable in free debate,' Judge Scott Beattie wrote. Trump's side vows appeal to Iowa Supreme Court www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Judge throws out Trump lawsuit over wayward 2024 poll in Iowa

The president vows an appeal as the drive to seek damages for state survey flounders in courts.

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 23/09/2026

What timing!

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