Casey Seiler
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Editor of the Times Union. Ever-vigilant in maintaining the grooming standards which underpin the warrior ethos. I get to work with some of the finest journalists in the state. Support robust local journalism and send tips to [email protected]
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Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
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"The comments shared in the group chat that have been reported are extremely troubling and disappointing," Reilly tells the Staten Island Advance. "They do not align with my values. As a result, Mr. Giunta’s assignment in my office has ended."
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Maddening: Now we have both sides in this dispute — New York, the feds — refusing to answer very basic questions about the status of the driver and the documents submitted to obtain a Real ID and a CDL. www.timesunion.com/state/articl...
DHS says New York falsely stated immigrant's CDL was legal
Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that New York falsely stated Anmol only had one name.
www.timesunion.com
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All but one of these examples is from Peter Giunta, chief of staff to Assemblyman Mike Reilly, R-Staten Island.
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POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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After initially refusing to tell WRGB whether or not Albany's airport was running a video of Noem blaming Democrats for the federal shutdown — the TU's Steve Hughes went to the trouble of driving over to see that it was in fact playing — the airport announced the video had been pulled.
Albany airport yanks Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for government shutdown
Albany International Airport was among airports nationwide playing a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem blaming Congressional Democrats for the federal government shutdown.
www.timesunion.com
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Starring Peter Giunta, chief of staff to New York state Assemblyman Mike Reilly, R-Staten Island.
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'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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ndhapple.bsky.social
Imagine commenting on this and not knowing who Fred Friendly was.
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Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."
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noupside.bsky.social
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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Journalism rule at AP and USA Today, the two places I worked for most of my career: Sources who criticize, praise or speculate need to be named.
AP: www.ap.org/about/news-v...
USAT Network: content-static.usatoday.com/styleguide/U...
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.
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Seems like a good time to celebrate this especially accomplished soldier in the war on bullshit — come by and support the Museum's work drawing attention to excellent watchdog journalism.
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Tomorrow is the deadline for reporters to sign the amended Pentagon press agreement. Here's what the Times Union's editorial board said about the initial version — and we see nothing in the revision that has changed our advice to the @apnews.com and other other outlets: Don't sign.
Editorial: Leashing watchdog journalism
As the Pentagon moves to turn reporters into mouthpieces for the state, news organizations need to hand in their credentials — right now.
www.timesunion.com
caseyseiler.bsky.social
CBS replatforming Free Press content as tell-me-about-your-article interviews on their chat shows is going to be fantastic, compelling TV.
brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.
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Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.
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I did not know that Marc Benioff was the grandson of Marvin Lewis, the godfather of BART.
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We heard immigrants held at Border Patrol stations across northern NY often cannot be located or reached by their attorneys, with CBP refusing to confirm their custody. More on these “legal black holes” in @timesunion.com
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NEWS: Immigration authorities are increasingly detaining migrants including kids in temporary holding rooms at ICE and Border Patrol offices around NY for 3 days or more. These spots have no beds, showers, hot meals and were never meant for overnight detentions

www.timesunion.com/news/article...
Migrants languish in ICE, Border Patrol hold rooms across New York
In Buffalo, Albany, New York City, and along the Canadian border, detained migrants are waiting longer and longer in temporary holding facilities.
www.timesunion.com
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
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