Casey Seiler
@caseyseiler.bsky.social
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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The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed on the constitutional rights of its journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed on the constitutional rights of its journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military.
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Stefanik "called Speaker Mike Johnson a habitual liar. ... A senior Republican congressional aide ... said that after Mr. Johnson had provided Ms. Stefanik with office space and a budget for what the aide described as 'a fake job and a fake title,' he would have expected her to be more gracious."
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future
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December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Stefanik "called Speaker Mike Johnson a habitual liar. ... A senior Republican congressional aide ... said that after Mr. Johnson had provided Ms. Stefanik with office space and a budget for what the aide described as 'a fake job and a fake title,' he would have expected her to be more gracious."
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents apprehended two of the men, a father and a son, outside the Masjid As-Salam mosque on Central Avenue in Albany after early morning prayers there on Wednesday. Another son from the same family was apprehended at his home nearby a short time later."
NEWS: At least 10 Afghans have been arrested by ICE in the Albany NY area this week amid President Trump's crackdown on immigrants from that country after a shooting in DC last week
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Afghans arrested by ICE in Albany amid crackdown after D.C. shooting
After the shooting of two National Guard members, immigration officials are targeting Afghans for deportation. At least 10 were arrested this week in the Albany area.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents apprehended two of the men, a father and a son, outside the Masjid As-Salam mosque on Central Avenue in Albany after early morning prayers there on Wednesday. Another son from the same family was apprehended at his home nearby a short time later."
Tragic news: Three days after suffering a catastrophic head injury in a fall at his Halfmoon home, Siena lacrosse coach Liam Gleason has died at age 41. Mark Singelais reports.
Siena University men's lacrosse coach Liam Gleason dies at 41
There will be a Mass held in Gleason’s honor, open to the public, at 11 a.m. Saturday at UHY Center on Siena’s campus.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tragic news: Three days after suffering a catastrophic head injury in a fall at his Halfmoon home, Siena lacrosse coach Liam Gleason has died at age 41. Mark Singelais reports.
The Times Union's editorial board has for more than a year been making the point that Pete Hegseth is a boob whose general unseriousness and specific sloppiness will eventually get people killed. From April:
Editorial: Pete Hegseth must go
Sooner or later, the defense secretary's sloppiness will get someone killed — and part...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Times Union's editorial board has for more than a year been making the point that Pete Hegseth is a boob whose general unseriousness and specific sloppiness will eventually get people killed. From April:
"The report also said that Mr. Hegseth had refused to sit for an interview with the inspector general on the matter and instead provided a short written statement."
Breaking News: A Pentagon investigator’s report is said to conclude that Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss Yemen strikes risked endangering U.S. troops.
Pentagon Investigator Faults Hegseth for Improper Use of Signal
An inspector general report to be released on Thursday examined the defense secretary’s use of a private messaging app to discuss airstrikes in Yemen.
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"The report also said that Mr. Hegseth had refused to sit for an interview with the inspector general on the matter and instead provided a short written statement."
Constantino's oeuvre includes this recent anti-Mamdani track, which also features eff-yous to Cuomo, Adams and "every weak political hack, even on the Republican side, that don't do shit except lose elections."
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Constantino's oeuvre includes this recent anti-Mamdani track, which also features eff-yous to Cuomo, Adams and "every weak political hack, even on the Republican side, that don't do shit except lose elections."
Whew
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Whew
North Country Congressional hopeful Anthony Constantino's album “Thank You President Trump” will drop at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach's LIV nightclub with guests including Antonio Brown (recently charged with attempted murder), Roger Stone and John Daly. @adamshinder.bsky.social reports.
Sticker Mule CEO, House hopeful Constantino launching Trump-themed album with Antonio Brown
Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is being promoted as an attendee for the Miami launch party of congressional candidate Anthony Constantino's debut album.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
North Country Congressional hopeful Anthony Constantino's album “Thank You President Trump” will drop at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach's LIV nightclub with guests including Antonio Brown (recently charged with attempted murder), Roger Stone and John Daly. @adamshinder.bsky.social reports.
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News: ICE is on track to arrest twice as many people in New York in 2025 than in 2024. But the pace of arrests fell slightly in recent months compared to summer highs.
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ICE arrests in New York dropped after summer highs
ICE is on track to arrest twice as many people in New York in 2025 than in 2024. But the pace of arrests fell slightly in recent months compared to summer highs.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
News: ICE is on track to arrest twice as many people in New York in 2025 than in 2024. But the pace of arrests fell slightly in recent months compared to summer highs.
www.timesunion.com/news/article...
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Not sure what I love more: That this film is a locally shot '80s-style action-comedy about a blind cop who rides a motorycle and fights gun traffickers... or that it's a sequel to a film that was never actually made. It premieres next week in Schenectady. #filmsky
‘Blind Cop 2’ heads to Schenectady for NY premiere
Syracuse filmmaker Alec Bonk’s indie film inspired by 1980s action classics will have its New York premiere at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Not sure what I love more: That this film is a locally shot '80s-style action-comedy about a blind cop who rides a motorycle and fights gun traffickers... or that it's a sequel to a film that was never actually made. It premieres next week in Schenectady. #filmsky
WHO AMONG US etc
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend. An animal control officer says the raccoon was found Saturday passed out next to the...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
WHO AMONG US etc
As Siena University men’s lacrosse coach Liam Gleason lay gravely injured in a local hospital, a GoFundMe page created Monday to help his wife and three young children has skyrocketed past $400K in donations. Mark Singelais reports.
GoFundMe support surges for family of hospitalized Siena lacrosse coach
A GoFundMe page created to help the Saints lacrosse coach Liam Gleason's wife and three young children skyrocketed past its original goal.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As Siena University men’s lacrosse coach Liam Gleason lay gravely injured in a local hospital, a GoFundMe page created Monday to help his wife and three young children has skyrocketed past $400K in donations. Mark Singelais reports.
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"Even if (a Ramones reunion) had been a possibility at some point in the past two decades, Ramone doesn’t believe it would have happened. In fact, he finds the entire concept of nostalgia-based reunions from long-in-the-tooth groups to be distasteful."
The former Ramones drummer reflects on the band’s history and keeping its songs alive ahead of a Dec. 6 holiday show at Bearsville Theater.
Marky Ramone talks Ramones’ rock legacy ahead of Woodstock holiday show
The former Ramones drummer reflects on the band’s history and keeping its songs alive ahead of a Dec. 6 holiday show at Bearsville Theater.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"Even if (a Ramones reunion) had been a possibility at some point in the past two decades, Ramone doesn’t believe it would have happened. In fact, he finds the entire concept of nostalgia-based reunions from long-in-the-tooth groups to be distasteful."
Nitpicker
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Nitpicker
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There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There are 75,977 people born in Somalia who are now citizens of the United States, including those specific people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
He is talking about US citizens. He is talking about *us*.
The truth is that none of us are garbage, and the job of the US president is to represent all of us.
We, the people.
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Dedicated to fighting wokeness.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Dedicated to fighting wokeness.
Is anybody else seeing long lines outside your local bookstores of kids dressed up like their favorite characters from "American Canto"?
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Is anybody else seeing long lines outside your local bookstores of kids dressed up like their favorite characters from "American Canto"?
"John Falvella Construction Services, Inc. has three Google reviews: two giving the business one star, and a five-star review written by Falvella himself."
Sarah Trafton, the newest addition to the Times Union's Hudson Valley bureau, reports.
Sarah Trafton, the newest addition to the Times Union's Hudson Valley bureau, reports.
John Favella has been sued more than a dozen times in five counties and is accused of taking nearly $300,000 from homeowners for unfinished work.
Luxury developer in Hudson Valley faces cascade of lawsuits, larceny charge
John Favella has been sued more than a dozen times in five counties and is accused of taking nearly $300,000 from homeowners for unfinished work.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"John Falvella Construction Services, Inc. has three Google reviews: two giving the business one star, and a five-star review written by Falvella himself."
Sarah Trafton, the newest addition to the Times Union's Hudson Valley bureau, reports.
Sarah Trafton, the newest addition to the Times Union's Hudson Valley bureau, reports.
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Gotta be in the running for the Peak of Good Twitter
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Gotta be in the running for the Peak of Good Twitter
A state-appointed watchdog’s veto of a massive tax break for a proposed Amazon mega-warehouse has split Orange County officials, with development leaders calling the move unfounded and politically tilted while the most prominent critic hailed it as a needed check on a “reckless giveaway.”
Battle erupts over $80M tax break for Amazon’s proposed Orange County warehouse
Development leaders called the move unfounded and politically tilted, while the most prominent critic hailed it as a needed check on a “reckless giveaway.”
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December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A state-appointed watchdog’s veto of a massive tax break for a proposed Amazon mega-warehouse has split Orange County officials, with development leaders calling the move unfounded and politically tilted while the most prominent critic hailed it as a needed check on a “reckless giveaway.”
A hearing scheduled for Thursday in Albany will focus on the question of whether John Sarcone's backdoor appointment as acting U.S. Attorney for New York's Northern District was valid; Sarcone got a thumbs-down in July from the district's federal judges. Brendan Lyons reports.
Appointment of U.S. Attorney Sarcone will be focus of federal court hearing
Appointment of acting U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III will be focus of a federal court hearing in which N.Y. attorney general seeks to quash subpoenas of her office.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A hearing scheduled for Thursday in Albany will focus on the question of whether John Sarcone's backdoor appointment as acting U.S. Attorney for New York's Northern District was valid; Sarcone got a thumbs-down in July from the district's federal judges. Brendan Lyons reports.
“In the American imagination, Florida is where you go when you’ve done something wrong. California is where you go when you’ve done something wrong and want to be pretentious about it.”
New by me: "The only person in this story with real power is RFK Jr., and he is—I cannot believe I am typing this sentence—maintaining a dignified silence. He doesn’t need to 'reclaim the narrative' because he’s too busy helping kids catch measles."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Olivia Nuzzi’s Tell-Nothing Memoir
Can American Canto turn scandal into literature?
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December 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“In the American imagination, Florida is where you go when you’ve done something wrong. California is where you go when you’ve done something wrong and want to be pretentious about it.”