I am so proud of this! <3

Ticketmaster quietly raised other fees after US crackdown on hidden charges Documents obtained by Guardian show company increased different fees to ‘offset revenue loss’ from FTC rule change

When junk fee regs forced Ticketmaster to stop charging add'l fees at checkout, emails show the company charged fans higher fees elsewhere so it wouldn't lose money. "It just shows that all of these fees are kind of made up," said a former FTC regulator. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The Atlantic’s profile of Bondi has some wow.

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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections The measles​ cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.

Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...

Walz says Trump compared Minneapolis surge to Venezuela mission The Minnesota governor tells MS NOW’s Jacob Soboroff that the reference shows where Trump’s head is. The White House denies that.

Walz told me that when he spoke to Trump on the phone the president compared the immigration operations in Minneapolis to the military mission he ordered in Venezuela. www.ms.now/news/walz-sa...

wapo posted a job opening on its opinion desk as its newsroom is spiraling over expected cuts

Best gas masks “How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.

when they tell you to go back to writing about gadgets www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

'Chaos': Behind the Scenes of Amazon's Melania Trump Doc Crew members of the Amazon documentary "Melania: Twenty Days to History" detail a chaotic production process under Brett Ratner.

my fav part of the melania movie lore is brett ratner apparently threw discarded orange peels and chewed up gum at ppl on set and 2/3 of production staff asked to remain uncredited. opens fri!

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Lessons From My Me Too In 2017, I accused the Today show’s longest-serving anchor of sexual misconduct. I was no one’s perfect victim.

pheww my heart is still beating after reading this www.thecut.com/article/me-t...

ICE Detained a 4-Year-Old U.S. Citizen and her Honduran Family in Hotels for Weeks The mother and her two young children, one of them born in the United States, were not able to contact the outside world for nearly three weeks while being held in hotel rooms in Queens and Louisiana.

A mother and her 2 young kids, including her US citizen 4-year-old daughter, were trapped in a hotel room for weeks without contact from the outside world as the Trump administration sought to deport them.

"We were experiencing a nightmare," she told @thecity.nyc.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/28/i...

N.Y.C. Sues to Block Adams-Approved Police Reality Show With Dr. Phil

release the footage omg

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great story by @rosalindadams.bsky.social — well worth your time to read

The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.

She grew award-winning strains and was poised for a legal cannabis license. Instead, a massive police and FDNY raid — triggered by her vindictive ex-DEA uncle — left “the Godmother” facing felony charges. @rosalindadams.bsky.social deep dive into the family saga.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...

The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.

This Brooklyn woman got caught in New York's extremely messy legal cannabis industry launch and saw her family wrecked because of it. A wild read from @rosalindadams.bsky.social.

The ‘Godmother’ of Weed vs. Her Uncle, the DEA Agent Cannabis officials courted a rising pot star to join New York’s legal market. Then a stunning police raid upended everything and shattered her family.

Who doesn’t love some good old-fashioned family drama?

Well, here’s some for ya — and it’s good stuff, as they say in the trade. From @rosalindadams.bsky.social in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/20/g...

NYSNA has now announced it is endorsing Zohran Mamdani for mayor, right on the heels of 32BJ and HTC. That's three major unions now lining up behind that had not backed Mamdani in the primary (NYSNA did not endorse, and 32BJ/HTC backed Cuomo)

New: 32 BJ, the powerful union that endorsed Cuomo for mayor, is now out on record backing Zohran Mamdani in November's election.

I'm being told HTC is expected to follow suit, too.

We first reported yesterday this was likely: www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/26/m...

Reign in Cuomo’s Aggressive, Taxpayer-Funded Legal Tactics, Advocates Demand Women subpoenaed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on lawmakers to curb his litigation spending and push for greater protections for whistleblowers.

Charlotte Bennett, an ex-Cuomo aide who prev sued the gov, advocated for legislation to protect ppl from retaliatory defamation suits calling them “financially devastating, emotionally traumatizing.”

(Cuomo’s filed 2 notices of defamation claims against her)

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Cuomo Accusers Celebrate ‘Poetic Justice’ of His Primary Defeat Women who reported harassment express relief, after getting ensnared in the former governor’s costly legal gauntlet.

“There are no more wars for him to fight. It’s over. The book is closed on the Cuomo dynasty.” — Karen Hinton told @rosalindadams.bsky.social
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Thanks for reading, Tom!

Cuomo’s attacked James fiercely the past 4 yrs as part of his defense in his sexual harassment suits. He’s called the AG office report biased and filed an ethics complaint. Zohran’s win is no doubt personal for James, too www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/02/c...

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

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The Terrible Truth About Sherita, Brooklyn’s Beloved Billboard Dinosaur The vanished icon of Atlantic Ave. was the relic of a secretive family who grabbed buildings from immigrant owners across the booming borough.

the ugly, no good, horrible truth behind brooklyn's queer icon sherita: www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/19/s...

Creators, porn stars turn to AI doppelgangers to keep fans entertained The latest wave of AI is being built to emulate specific people, adopting their faces and speech patterns to advertise uncanny simulations the promoters say are always available and can never die.

I talked to a researcher who studies social isolation about this in 2023. Friendships, unlike AI, aren't built on "instant gratification": What happens when people "try to create real intimacy with a real person ... who can’t be manipulated in the same way?” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Following THE CITY’s Trail, Campaign Board Escalates Eric Adams Fraud Probe Undeterred by the Trump administration’s derailing of the mayor’s criminal case, the NYC Campaign Finance Board again denies him reelection matching funds. It’s also examining events where our investi...

truly remarkable how much of our reporting is now showing up in this probe. so proud of my colleagues!

the CFB "has asked Adams’ election lawyer for voluminous records about a host of fundraising activities connected to 11 individuals, eight of whom were first exposed by THE CITY"

Eric Adams plans to run on an ‘EndAntiSemitism’ ballot line The pick, first reported by POLITICO, is a challenge to mayoral frontrunner Andrew Cuomo, who is running on his opposition to antisemitism.

Mayor Eric Adams is petitioning to run on an “EndAntiSemitism” ballot line — a choice that highlights one of his few remaining areas of unbridled political support, and attempts to undermine Andrew Cuomo.
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Cuomo’s Campaign Strategy: Limit Appearances and Avoid Confrontation (Gift Article) Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is embracing a so-called Rose Garden strategy in his tightly controlled campaign for mayor of New York City.

Protesters stormed the stage as former governor Andrew Cuomo spoke at the Black Agenda forum in Brooklyn tonight. It might be one reason why he’s running a Rose Garden strategy: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...