Evan Simko-Bednarski
@simko-bednarski.bsky.social
Journalist w/ a camera & a pen, friend to wayward machines.
Transit reporter at the New York Daily News, Vice Chair of the Daily News Union.
Transit reporter at the New York Daily News, Vice Chair of the Daily News Union.
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
"An FBI memo that claims 'anarchist violent extremist actors' are targeting law enforcement cites a private text message chat that included immigration court observers, raising questions about whether the spy agency is monitoring political activity, a copy of the document indicates."
FBI memo indicates online chats of immigration court watchers in NYC were monitored
An FBI memo that claims “anarchist violent extremist actors” are targeting law enforcement cites a private text message chat that included immigration court observers, raising questions about wheth…
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"An FBI memo that claims 'anarchist violent extremist actors' are targeting law enforcement cites a private text message chat that included immigration court observers, raising questions about whether the spy agency is monitoring political activity, a copy of the document indicates."
MTA opened a railcar acceptance facility in Sunset Park today.
MTA opens new subway-car acceptance and testing facility in Sunset Park
The MTA formally opened its new rail-car acceptance facility in Sunset Park on Friday, turning the Third Avenue Yard into a modern, indoor facility for inspecting, joining together and testing newl…
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
MTA opened a railcar acceptance facility in Sunset Park today.
Seen on the beat— a trio of work diesels pulling empty cars through Atlantic Ave southbound on the 4th Ave line. Likely coming back from a track job.
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Seen on the beat— a trio of work diesels pulling empty cars through Atlantic Ave southbound on the 4th Ave line. Likely coming back from a track job.
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Quite frankly, I think non-fascists who are still using Twitter and somehow still believe it’ll help them achieve non-fascist aims are 100% delusional. It’s pathetic.
It's a censorship engine designed to promote ideas that Elon Musk likes and suppress ideas that Elon Musk does not like. I really don't get why this evident fact - that Musk openly admits! - is so hard for so many people to understand
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Quite frankly, I think non-fascists who are still using Twitter and somehow still believe it’ll help them achieve non-fascist aims are 100% delusional. It’s pathetic.
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“MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays” gothamist.com/news/mta-bla...
MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays
The MTA said the vandal singlehandedly delayed 755 subway trains over the course of three days in October.
gothamist.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“MTA blames serial copper thief for hundreds of NYC subway delays” gothamist.com/news/mta-bla...
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The Coast Guard reversed its 'swastikas aren't all that bad' policy just hours after the Washpost broke the story.
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Coast Guard reversed its 'swastikas aren't all that bad' policy just hours after the Washpost broke the story.
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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There’s a through the looking glass quality to discussions of what constitute “lawful orders” within an executive branch where POTUS asserts authority to say what the law is regardless of legal reality.
If POTUS orders it and he (or his yes men at OLC) say it is legal, then it is a “lawful order.”
If POTUS orders it and he (or his yes men at OLC) say it is legal, then it is a “lawful order.”
LEAVITT: They are encouraging service members not to follow lawful orders!
REPORTER: They're talking about illegal orders
LEAVITT: They're suggesting the president has given illegal orders, which he has not. Every single order given is lawful.
REPORTER: They're talking about illegal orders
LEAVITT: They're suggesting the president has given illegal orders, which he has not. Every single order given is lawful.
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
There’s a through the looking glass quality to discussions of what constitute “lawful orders” within an executive branch where POTUS asserts authority to say what the law is regardless of legal reality.
If POTUS orders it and he (or his yes men at OLC) say it is legal, then it is a “lawful order.”
If POTUS orders it and he (or his yes men at OLC) say it is legal, then it is a “lawful order.”
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"Judges need to rise to the moment, confront present realities, and stop pretending yesterday’s norms and assumptions remain valid while we slide further into authoritarianism."
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"Judges need to rise to the moment, confront present realities, and stop pretending yesterday’s norms and assumptions remain valid while we slide further into authoritarianism."
The opening anecdote of Jim Dwyer's must-read 1991 chronicle, "Subway Lives," involves three men breaking into the Franklin Ave. Shuttle tunnel to sacrifice a chicken. The chicken escapes as a train barrels by.
"Let it go," one says, "you cannot catch a hen on the run unless it is cornered."
"Let it go," one says, "you cannot catch a hen on the run unless it is cornered."
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The opening anecdote of Jim Dwyer's must-read 1991 chronicle, "Subway Lives," involves three men breaking into the Franklin Ave. Shuttle tunnel to sacrifice a chicken. The chicken escapes as a train barrels by.
"Let it go," one says, "you cannot catch a hen on the run unless it is cornered."
"Let it go," one says, "you cannot catch a hen on the run unless it is cornered."
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Hivemind, what’s the modern equivalent to Sim City?
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hivemind, what’s the modern equivalent to Sim City?
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Compare and contrast the way the Coast Guard just responded to the Post's story (left) vs how Tricia McLaughlin, DHS's truth-allergic spokesperson, responded to it.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Compare and contrast the way the Coast Guard just responded to the Post's story (left) vs how Tricia McLaughlin, DHS's truth-allergic spokesperson, responded to it.
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thehill.com/policy/defen...
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
"The Border Patrol has defined its own criteria for which drivers’ behavior should be deemed suspicious or tied to drug or human trafficking, stopping people for anything from driving on backcountry roads, being in a rental car or making short trips to the border region."
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"The Border Patrol has defined its own criteria for which drivers’ behavior should be deemed suspicious or tied to drug or human trafficking, stopping people for anything from driving on backcountry roads, being in a rental car or making short trips to the border region."
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The DOJ accuses Martinez of assulting/impeding a federal agent on Oct. 4, even after an agent shot her.
An exhibit filed yesterday shows text messages discussing media coverage of the case.
"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys."
An exhibit filed yesterday shows text messages discussing media coverage of the case.
"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys."
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The DOJ accuses Martinez of assulting/impeding a federal agent on Oct. 4, even after an agent shot her.
An exhibit filed yesterday shows text messages discussing media coverage of the case.
"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys."
An exhibit filed yesterday shows text messages discussing media coverage of the case.
"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys."
This is notable
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is notable
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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The President of the United States is literally threatening opposing lawmakers with death for a video they made encouraging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The President of the United States is literally threatening opposing lawmakers with death for a video they made encouraging service members to refuse unlawful orders.
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CNN, NYT, AP, and other media orgs literally have interviewed families of people killed in Caribbean boat strikes, including some who say they were just fishermen.
Lies nested within lies, all in service of violating the laws of armed combat, for no evident national interest advancement at all.
Lies nested within lies, all in service of violating the laws of armed combat, for no evident national interest advancement at all.
Cotton on Trump's boat strikes: "Use common sense. If any of these had been boats full of fisherman or refugees, CNN would've already been on the ground & interviewed all their families & told their stories. We can be confident all of these strikes have been against cartel-based drug traffickers."
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
CNN, NYT, AP, and other media orgs literally have interviewed families of people killed in Caribbean boat strikes, including some who say they were just fishermen.
Lies nested within lies, all in service of violating the laws of armed combat, for no evident national interest advancement at all.
Lies nested within lies, all in service of violating the laws of armed combat, for no evident national interest advancement at all.
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This has escalated
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This has escalated
“All we’ve been asking for this whole time is to be treated like the worthwhile investment we are— the last true local tabloid in New York City, covering issues that matter to everyday Gothamites while still managing to scoop our larger, better paid competitors.”
Daily News Union Ratifies Contract with Owner, Alden Global Capital
After three years without a contract, three politician-supported rallies this past summer and fall, and multiple other acts of public protest against their hedg...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“All we’ve been asking for this whole time is to be treated like the worthwhile investment we are— the last true local tabloid in New York City, covering issues that matter to everyday Gothamites while still managing to scoop our larger, better paid competitors.”
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Republicans are treating this like it's some kind of treason. Nothing is being said here that wasn't taught to me as a US Army officer, as a core and standard part of my training.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Republicans are treating this like it's some kind of treason. Nothing is being said here that wasn't taught to me as a US Army officer, as a core and standard part of my training.
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