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Tim Balk

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newspaper reporter. tim.balk@nytimes.com

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Dana Rubinstein @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Now comes the hard part. Or what Bill Bratton called, “the agony of governing" New York City. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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For Mamdani, Winning Is One Thing. Governing Will Be Quite Another.
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Tim Balk @timbalk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
"It's better to wear out than rust out." www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/10/s...
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Sister Jean Schmidt, Loyola chaplain of Final Four fame, dies at 106
Sister Jean became a nationwide celebrity during Loyola’s 2018 Final Four run.
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Tim Balk @timbalk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Zohran Mamdani started his Primary Day with a brief speech at 5:40 a.m. at the Astoria Park in Queens. “It’s only fitting that I begin the final day of this primary the way that so many New Yorkers do: up early and hungry for a better future for this city,” he said.
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Dana Rubinstein @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Adams Team Works Behind Scenes to Try to Sway Rabbis Against Cuomo, with Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/n...
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Adams Team Works Behind Scenes to Try to Sway Rabbis Against Cuomo
An aide to Mayor Eric Adams is pushing Orthodox Jewish leaders to withhold endorsements in the New York City mayoral primary.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Booker, his voice booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, surpasses Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record
The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.
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Tim Balk @timbalk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
"Extraordinary and dangerous powers": the history of the law invoked by Trump to summarily deport Venezuelans www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
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The Alien Enemies Act, Used by Trump to Deport Venezuelans, Has Long Been Contentious
Before the current Trump administration, the law had been invoked just three times.
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