Chris Greene
@christophergreene.bsky.social
Lapsed corporate lawyer.
Now litigate on behalf of cyclists and pedestrians in NYC with Vaccaro Law
Now litigate on behalf of cyclists and pedestrians in NYC with Vaccaro Law
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
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Sure this is a great talking point with respect to the border, but we should hear what the leader of the opposition party has to say.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sure this is a great talking point with respect to the border, but we should hear what the leader of the opposition party has to say.
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Wonder how this is playing at Cafe Versailles.
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wonder how this is playing at Cafe Versailles.
The fact that Seddio has such a prominent role in Brooklyn democratic politics is an indictment of the party and the reason why the @newkingsdems.bsky.social is essential.
Also this is just a good story. Boils otherwise inscrutable legal maneuvering into something legible and worth reading.
Also this is just a good story. Boils otherwise inscrutable legal maneuvering into something legible and worth reading.
Buckle up, here's a wild tale involving the former head of the Brooklyn Dems Frank Seddio, $2 million in missing cash, an alleged scammer, and the Brooklyn court system (that Seddio has played a huge role in shaping).
hellgatenyc.com/frank-seddio...
hellgatenyc.com/frank-seddio...
The Wild and Wooly Tale of Frank Seddio and $2 Million in Missing Cash
According to a suite of lawsuits, the former head of the Brooklyn Dems is using the borough's courts to run legal interference for an alleged scammer.
hellgatenyc.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The fact that Seddio has such a prominent role in Brooklyn democratic politics is an indictment of the party and the reason why the @newkingsdems.bsky.social is essential.
Also this is just a good story. Boils otherwise inscrutable legal maneuvering into something legible and worth reading.
Also this is just a good story. Boils otherwise inscrutable legal maneuvering into something legible and worth reading.
"Going after the agency" is one way of describing "journalism."
More agencies should have "journalism" directed at them, not fewer.
More agencies should have "journalism" directed at them, not fewer.
Aaaand we got a Streetsblog shoutout! "DOT is the agency that is the only one that has the newspaper Streetsblog dedicated to going after the agency, I love it it makes me stronger," said Ydanis as part of a response to a question about how he gets things done.
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Going after the agency" is one way of describing "journalism."
More agencies should have "journalism" directed at them, not fewer.
More agencies should have "journalism" directed at them, not fewer.
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There is really an unsustainable level of bigoted gutter trash in the United States.
Cammack: "Look no further than Minnesota and the disaster there where the Somalian community has been really the root of all of the waste, fraud, and abuse that we've seen in the last several years."
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There is really an unsustainable level of bigoted gutter trash in the United States.
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
It can be difficult to take the NYPD seriously as a law enforcement organization when it straightforwardly refuses to enforce the law when it applies to themselves.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/e...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/e...
EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Rejects Ending 'Self-Enforcement' Scandal at Precinct Houses - Streetsblog New York City
Police brass are refusing to implement a major reform recommended by city probers earlier this year. And the agency won't say why.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It can be difficult to take the NYPD seriously as a law enforcement organization when it straightforwardly refuses to enforce the law when it applies to themselves.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/e...
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/e...
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Is the problem the economic "messaging" or the economic "outcomes"
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Is the problem the economic "messaging" or the economic "outcomes"
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We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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New Yorkers have been training at churches and community centers across the city in recent weeks in preparation for an expected ramp-up in ICE activity.
https://gothamist.com/news/our-neighbors-are-in-danger-new-yorkers-prep-for-an-immigration-crackdown
https://gothamist.com/news/our-neighbors-are-in-danger-new-yorkers-prep-for-an-immigration-crackdown
'Our neighbors are in danger': New Yorkers prep for an immigration crackdown
Immigrant advocates, community activists and others have been meeting, canvassing neighborhoods, and preparing for increased enforcement.
gothamist.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
New Yorkers have been training at churches and community centers across the city in recent weeks in preparation for an expected ramp-up in ICE activity.
https://gothamist.com/news/our-neighbors-are-in-danger-new-yorkers-prep-for-an-immigration-crackdown
https://gothamist.com/news/our-neighbors-are-in-danger-new-yorkers-prep-for-an-immigration-crackdown
Someone ask Jeffries to define the concept he just voted against.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Someone ask Jeffries to define the concept he just voted against.
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You’re a pretty shitty lawyer, Mike.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
You’re a pretty shitty lawyer, Mike.
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It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It rocks that the online voice of the US government is "computer-damaged reactionary virgin."
This article - which credits Tisch for some meaningful change at the NYPD - has pushed me closer to the "maybe it's good she stayed" camp.
There's so much more for her and Mamdani to do, but I don't see evidence that she's incapable of doing it.
There's so much more for her and Mamdani to do, but I don't see evidence that she's incapable of doing it.
Let's go over what we asked of NYPD Commissioner Tisch back when she got the job — and how well she's done on hewing to our livable streets and traffic safety agenda.
Tisch Will Stay On — So Is That a Good Thing? - Streetsblog New York City
So the mayor-elect says he'll keep Jessica Tisch as his police commissioner. What do we think of that?
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This article - which credits Tisch for some meaningful change at the NYPD - has pushed me closer to the "maybe it's good she stayed" camp.
There's so much more for her and Mamdani to do, but I don't see evidence that she's incapable of doing it.
There's so much more for her and Mamdani to do, but I don't see evidence that she's incapable of doing it.
I didn't even realize this kind of thing was still an option with this DOJ. Like obviously half the administration is doing illegal things, and often telling us about it. But to have them facing potential criminal exposure for doing so is a weird feeling.
SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I didn't even realize this kind of thing was still an option with this DOJ. Like obviously half the administration is doing illegal things, and often telling us about it. But to have them facing potential criminal exposure for doing so is a weird feeling.
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Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
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with a Nazi symbol, the Iron Cross, as the poster's avatar. subtle.
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
with a Nazi symbol, the Iron Cross, as the poster's avatar. subtle.
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Hard not to suspect that the thing that kept Epstein's documents secret and any actual co-conspirators safe is that every single person who has ever attended an East Coast gala has, at some point or another, sent Epstein an email that was like "SUBJECT: So sorry for the witchhunt against you"
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hard not to suspect that the thing that kept Epstein's documents secret and any actual co-conspirators safe is that every single person who has ever attended an East Coast gala has, at some point or another, sent Epstein an email that was like "SUBJECT: So sorry for the witchhunt against you"