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MY WEEKEND MIX: Trump offered New York a deal. Mamdani wanted something else.
Trump offered New York a deal. Mamdani wanted something else. I thought I'd heard just about everything from New York's political leadership. Then came the reaction to an ICE shooting in the Bronx, and I found myself wondering whether anybody in City Hall remembers...
‘It’s time for Ukraine to get a new president’: Trump signals end of patience with Zelenskyy as war stretches on
President Donald Trump on Saturday expressed his frustration with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s inability to make a deal with Russia. “Well, I agree with you, and you know what I suggest? I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal. Because he...
Trump cut Putin diesel deal after Zelensky ignored six U.S. requests to stop bombing Russian refineries
BS BULLETIN: Trump reportedly struck his diesel agreement with Putin after Ukraine ignored six U.S. requests to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries. A U.S. official says the attacks were hurting American consumers by driving up fuel prices. Zelensky says he was...
Two angles show migrant gangbanger fleeing armed ICE agents before shots fired in NYC incident
BS BULLETIN: Newly released surveillance footage shows the confrontation preceding Thursday's ICE shooting in New York City — the critical sequence missing from earlier bodycam coverage. The video shows armed plainclothes agents approaching Oscar Belgal's SUV, one...
Anthropic’s AI sent police a false report of a homicide
An artificial intelligence model sent police a fake tip about an unsolved murder. An unidentified Anthropic model filed a fake homicide tip on the Philadelphia Police Department’s public tip website, the department said Friday, Reuters reported. Sent to...
‘This is bulls—!’ DC workers revolt as city moves toward driverless taxis
BS BULLETIN: Washington, D.C., is considering legislation allowing Waymo and other companies to operate commercial driverless taxis. Rideshare drivers, union representatives and religious leaders protested, warning that automation could eliminate jobs. The proposal...
Letitia James faces new ethics trouble in Cornell 7 case — and this time it’s not coming from the defendants
BS BULLETIN: A legal watchdog has filed an ethics complaint against New York Attorney General Letitia James over her comments about the Cornell 7 sexual assault allegations. Legal ethicist Jack Marshall calls the alleged violation "flagrant" and says James should step...
Disney World backstage arrest in child predator sting raises troubling access question
BS BULLETIN: A 37-year-old Florida man was arrested at a Walt Disney World backstage address after allegedly sending explicit material to an undercover deputy posing as a 13-year-old boy. Investigators say the suspect acknowledged owning the Snapchat account but...
Woman arrested sneaking a sword hidden in a cane to City Hall meeting gets acquitted
woman with sword first BS BULLETIN: A Cincinnati protester slipped past City Hall security carrying a cane containing a two- to three-foot blade. The discovery interrupted a City Council meeting, triggered a police response and resulted in multiple criminal charges. A...
Dolly Parton’s nephew accused of using barbed wire to dodge lawsuit — and the family feud gets uglier
BS BULLETIN: Dolly Parton's nephew and former security chief allegedly surrounded his front entrance with barbed wire, caution tape and no-trespassing signs to avoid being served legal papers. The late country legend's estate accuses Bryan Seaver of threatening...
School board pulls illustrated ‘1984’ over pornography concerns — Orwell survives
BS BULLETIN: A Florida school board voted 5–2 to remove a graphic-novel adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 over concerns about sexual imagery. The district's roughly 200 copies of Orwell's original novel remain untouched. The decision came after Florida's education...
Michael Jackson’s legendary ‘Thriller’ jacket is going back on the auction block — and the expected price is jaw-dropping
BS BULLETIN: Michael Jackson's original red-and-black Thriller jacket will be auctioned December 7 in Abu Dhabi. The jacket sold for $1.8 million in 2011, but auction executive Martin Nolan believes it could now bring more than $10 million. Jackson's famous rhinestone...
