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  • Federal Prison Pandora’s Box

    Federal Prison Pandora’s Box

    Philip Kenner’s compassionate-release battle may force the Eastern District of New York to confront years of alleged cancer-related medical delay, interrupted treatment protocols, and a larger prosecutorial scandal hiding behind the Bureau of Prisons’ favorite excuse: “He is still alive.”

  • Trump Death Threat Shocker

    Trump Death Threat Shocker

    A Brooklyn man is now sitting in federal custody after prosecutors say he used the White House website to threaten to kill President Donald J. Trump with a “bullet in the brain.” But the bigger story is not just Justin Christopher Moore, the 53-year-old defendant accused of sending grotesque threats under his own name. The…

  • Hockey’s Warrior Problem: Claude Lemieux and CTE

    Hockey’s Warrior Problem: Claude Lemieux and CTE

    Claude Lemieux was not built for polite hockey. He was built for May and June, for elbows, hate, pressure, brawls, and the brutal playoff theater that turns ordinary players into legends. Four Stanley Cups. A Conn Smythe Trophy. Eighty playoff goals. A career spent on the edge of the sport’s violence and glory. Now, after…

  • The Frozen Throne Shifts South

    The Frozen Throne Shifts South

    Canada used to treat hockey like a birthright. The Stanley Cup was supposed to live somewhere north of the border, guarded by tradition, Original Six ghosts, and cold-weather mythology. But the facts now cut like a skate blade: no Canadian NHL franchise has won the Cup since Montreal in 1993, while American teams have turned…

  • Benny No More

    Benny No More

    Battista Geritano was once known as “Benny the Blade,” a reputed Gambino associate with the kind of tabloid nickname prosecutors love because it does half their work before a jury hears a word. But today, Geritano says he is a reformed former Gambino associate fighting to expose a crooked Brooklyn prosecution, missing evidence, and a…

  • Bednar’s Colorado Clown Show

    Bednar’s Colorado Clown Show

    The Colorado Avalanche did not merely lose Game 3 in Las Vegas. They staged a leadership collapse under playoff lights. Colorado jumped to a 3-0 first-period lead, then watched Vegas storm back for five unanswered goals, a 5-3 win, and a crushing 3-0 Western Conference Final series lead. Reuters reported that Vegas rallied from a…

  • Ryan Flynn is Still Jailed – Why?

    Ryan Flynn is Still Jailed – Why?

    Ryan Flynn remains locked up in Erie County on what he says is an uncorroborated internet-post case with no physical contact, no weapon, no property damage, no missed court dates, and no criminal conviction history. His filings point to CPL 180.80, CPL 190.80, alleged missing grand-jury action, disputed Family Court orders, and stark bail disparities.…

  • The House Always Wins

    The House Always Wins

    Kelly McCrimmon does not build hockey teams like a nervous accountant. He builds them like a Vegas pit boss who knows when the table is cold, when the room needs heat, and when the only smart play is the one everyone else is too scared to make. By dumping Bruce Cassidy late and dropping John…

  • Bednar Must Go: Avalanche Leadership-less without Makar

    Bednar Must Go: Avalanche Leadership-less without Makar

    The Colorado Avalanche did not just miss Cale Makar. They exposed Jared Bednar. Without their generational defenseman, the Avs looked stripped of command, structure, and emotional authority in the Western Conference Final against Vegas. Makar missed Game 1 and Game 2 with an upper-body injury, and Colorado dropped both home games, including a 3-1 Game…

  • Don Cherry in the Desert

    Don Cherry in the Desert

    Vegas was supposed to be neon, velvet ropes, casino carpets, and showtime hockey. Instead, the Golden Knights have become something harder, colder, and more dangerous: an old-school playoff machine. At the center of it is William Karlsson, the quiet warrior who plays like the ghosts of Derek Sanderson, Darryl Sittler, Ron Duguay, Lanny McDonald, and…

Richard Luthmann

Most Dangerous Man on Deadline. Turns every filing, feud, and exposé into a cinematic showdown—equal parts court drama, news thriller, and Shaolin street fight.

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“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”

– President Donald J. Trump

Modern Thomas Nast

Boss Tweed was just the beginning. Operating in the shadows to expose the shady.

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Rick LaRivière

“Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.”

—Susan L. Taylor

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Frankie Pressman

Frankie Pressman has many interests. None are WOKE.

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Dick LaFontaine

Veteran journalist Dick LaFontaine chases gripping, thorny, and precarious stories as a contributor to various publications.

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Greg Maresca
Greg Maresca

Greg Maresca

Maresca is a longtime columnist and satirist who is a New York City native and a Marine Corps veteran living in Flyover, Pennsylvania.

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Matt “Sully” Sullivan

American patriot, believer in small-government federalism, warrior for judicial integrity, & advocate for a one-tiered, FAFO justice system.

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