The Man They Ran Out

January 27, 2026

A federal judge just cracked the door open on one of the most explosive due-process cases to hit Washington in years. Last week, Paul L. Friedman denied the Department of Energy’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by former nuclear security chief Frank Rose—a 30-year veteran run out of government in just 17 days. The…
Hypocrite Commissioner Jessica Tisch

January 26, 2026

Everyone expected Jessica Tisch to clean up the NYPD. Instead, she weaponized “integrity” to crush rivals and protect cronies. Jeffrey Maddrey was forced out on collapsing claims, while Tisch elevated loyalists like Edward Thompson and looked away from blatant conflicts. When Michael E. McMahon pushed a bogus ICARD to silence my reporting, Tisch’s NYPD froze.…
CFP Punts on Expansion

January 25, 2026

College football’s power brokers had months to shake things up—and chose to do nothing. The College Football Playoff will return in 2026 exactly as it is now: a 12-team bracket frozen in place by Big Ten and SEC gridlock. Behind the scenes, the sport’s biggest conferences are locked in a quiet war over money, control,…
The Lawyers Blew It in NY-11 Redistricting

January 22, 2026

Let’s be blunt: Nicole Malliotakis’ election lawyers got outplayed by Marc Elias, and Staten Island is now facing the fallout. The NY-11 redistricting case was a straightforward federal matter involving a U.S. House seat and constitutional voting-rights claims. Instead of removing it to federal court, Malliotakis’ lawyers left it in Manhattan Supreme Court, directly in…
Dominion or Doom

January 22, 2026

The question wasn’t shouted. It didn’t need to be. In the White House briefing room Tuesday, Cara Castronuova asked President Donald Trump whether he would speak directly to Nicolás Maduro about Venezuela’s role in 2020 election tampering. Trump didn’t deny it. He didn’t dismiss it. He said his lawyers “would be very unhappy” — and…
Flynn Hates Black Reporter

January 21, 2026

John Flynn’s record tells a story he never wanted told. When two Black men were finally exonerated for a crime prosecuted by his uncle, the only Black reporter who spent years covering their wrongful convictions was barred from Flynn’s press conference. Two months later, Flynn prosecuted her—then lost. The bar disciplined him. In between, Flynn…
Kathy Hochul Gulag Exposed: The Ryan Flynn Interview

January 18, 2026

Ryan Flynn is not in jail because of evidence. He is in jail because he accused the wrong man. In a recorded jailhouse interview with journalist Richard Luthmann, Flynn says he was sexually abused at age 10 by former Erie County District Attorney John Flynn—and then buried alive by the New York justice system when…
Op-Ed – Luthmann Responds to Brian Laline

January 16, 2026

Brian Laline didn’t write an editorial. He wrote a confession. In his Trump-deranged screed about NY-11, the Staten Island Advance’s longtime Democrat gatekeeper exposed exactly how deep the rot goes. This isn’t about “fairness.” It’s about lawfare, racial gerrymandering, and a Marc Elias–engineered Trojan Horse designed to erase Staten Island’s voice in Congress. The Voting…
Ringtone Tyrant Robert Restaino

January 15, 2026

Power reveals character—and Niagara Falls has already seen this man’s character under stress. In 2005, Judge Robert Restaino jailed 46 people because a cell phone rang in his courtroom, an act later condemned as an “egregious and unprecedented abuse of judicial power.” He was removed from the bench. Twelve years later, voters made him mayor.…
The Fix Was In Tonawanda

January 13, 2026

A former district attorney accused of child sexual abuse. A small-town judge with deep professional ties to that same DA. And an accuser rotting in jail—without bail, without a hearing, without water—for more than eleven weeks. In Part 5 of The Flynn Doctrine, investigative journalist Frank Parlato details a formal ethics complaint filed against J.…

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