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  • KAMILLAH HANKS ISLAMOPHOBIA OUTRAGE: IMMEDIATE APOLOGY DEMANDED

    KAMILLAH HANKS ISLAMOPHOBIA OUTRAGE: IMMEDIATE APOLOGY DEMANDED

    NYC Council Member Kamillah Hanks is facing the political meltdown of her life. On June 18, the Islamic Leadership Council of New York demanded she apologize for anti-Muslim discrimination inside her City Council office. Their demand followed bombshell whistleblower claims released by journalist Richard Luthmann on The Unknown Podcast, where staffers accused Hanks and Chief…

  • THE UNKNOWN PODCAST 43: WAR, POLITICS & PERVERSION

    THE UNKNOWN PODCAST 43: WAR, POLITICS & PERVERSION

    Trump channels WWII with an “unconditional surrender” warning to Iran. ICE shakes up New York’s mayoral race by arresting progressive candidate Brad Lander. And Diddy’s federal sex trafficking trial takes a wild turn with explicit tapes, freak parties, and mounting evidence of coercion. On The Unknown Podcast, Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe break it all…

  • HELL IN HANKS’ OFFICE

    HELL IN HANKS’ OFFICE

    Three whistleblowers just dropped a political bomb on Staten Island. In over two hours of recorded interviews with journalist Richard Luthmann, staffers from Council Member Kamillah Hanks’ office alleged shocking abuses: anti-Muslim discrimination, racial slurs, political retaliation, and threats from Hanks’ partner. They claim top NYC officials ignored it all. With early voting underway, and…

  • Letitia James Cover-Up: Omitted by Design

    Letitia James Cover-Up: Omitted by Design

    New York Attorney General Letitia James promised accountability with her May 2024 report on disgraced former cop Lane Schlesinger. What the public got instead was a whitewashed document omitting key misconduct incidents, whistleblower referrals, and even a false arrest backed by falsified records. Records obtained by The Republic Dispatch reveal the AG’s office ignored damning…

  • CORRUPT ROBERT H. TEMBECKJIAN

    CORRUPT ROBERT H. TEMBECKJIAN

    Robert H. Tembeckjian, New York’s top judicial ethics enforcer, leads the Commission on Judicial Conduct. Yet he moonlights as an advisor to Kremlin-linked Balchug Capital. Critics allege he uses his position to shield judges like Ronald Castorina from perjury charges while aiding a Putin-approved hedge fund. Disabled veterans such as Marc Fishman say Tembeckjian refuses to…

  • KAMILLAH HANKS IN CRISIS

    KAMILLAH HANKS IN CRISIS

    As NYC Councilmember Kamillah Hanks faces a heated June 24 primary, a staffer’s EEO abuse letter, combined with her deepening ties to the Mazzei crime family, threatens to implode her campaign. From workplace retaliation to fentanyl-fueled corruption, Hanks is in the hot seat—and possibly legal jeopardy.

  • MANHATTAN GOUN SQUAD SCANDAL

    MANHATTAN GOUN SQUAD SCANDAL

    The “Goun Squad” scandal just detonated in Manhattan—and it’s shaking the foundation of the District Attorney’s Office. Assistant District Attorney Amanda Goun stands accused of using her badge, colleagues, and the NYPD to frame her estranged husband, NYT reporter Joseph Goldstein, with bogus domestic violence and child abuse charges during a divorce and custody war.…

  • Baseball’s Thorny Rose 

    Baseball’s Thorny Rose 

    Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball was finally lifted – but only after he died. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred declared “permanent ineligibility” ends with death, seven months after Rose’s passing. MLB also lifted bans on “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and seven teammates in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Rose, baseball’s hit king and 17-time all-star, never…

  • THE UNKNOWN PODCAST 40: CURRENT EVENTS – TRUMP’S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, TARIFFS, PARDONS, AND A BOMBSHELL DIDDY TRIAL

    THE UNKNOWN PODCAST 40: CURRENT EVENTS – TRUMP’S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, TARIFFS, PARDONS, AND A BOMBSHELL DIDDY TRIAL

    In their 40th episode, The Unknown Podcast’s Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe tackled a fiery mix of politics, law, and celebrity scandal. They dissected Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill with sweeping tax cuts and border security, a court fight over Trump’s global tariffs, and two eyebrow-raising pardons for Larry Hoover and Michael Grimm. The conversation then…

  • UNBELIEVABLE COMPLIANCE OR MANIPULATION? MARKET INFORMATION PLATFORM DENIES TURBOCHARGING ANONYMOUS STOCK SHORTS

    UNBELIEVABLE COMPLIANCE OR MANIPULATION? MARKET INFORMATION PLATFORM DENIES TURBOCHARGING ANONYMOUS STOCK SHORTS

    Seeking Alpha claims to champion independent investors, but critics see a shadowy tool for anonymous short sellers. After Newsmax’s IPO rocketed from $10 to $233 then collapsed, Seeking Alpha’s bearish posts raised eyebrows. CEO David Jackson denies wrongdoing, saying updates were due diligence — not a cover-up. But with Memorial Day edits and evasive answers,…

Richard Luthmann

Thinker, investigative journalist, and consultant with degrees from Columbia University (B.A., Philosophy), NY Law School (J.D.), and the University of Miami (LL.M).

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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

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”

—David Foster Wallace

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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

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

Email: greg_m@newsitem.com.