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  • The 40 Million Dollar Mulligan

    The 40 Million Dollar Mulligan

    James Franklin just pulled off the richest soft landing in college football history. Fired after a flat 3-3 start, Penn State paid him $9 million to walk away—saving itself a staggering $40 million from what was once the most bloated buyout in the sport. Now, in a plot twist fit for a booster fever dream,…

  • Democrat Lawfare Seeks NY-11 Frankenseat

    Democrat Lawfare Seeks NY-11 Frankenseat

    New York’s last Republican stronghold is under attack. Marc Elias, the Democrats’ lawfare kingpin, has launched a “Frankenstein” redistricting coup to hack Staten Island’s NY-11 into partisan pieces and bury the borough’s GOP voice. His lawsuit demands ripping Staten Island apart and stitching it to lower Manhattan and Coney Island housing projects—all to kill Nicole…

  • Penn State Coach Search – The Dukes’ Dark Horse

    Penn State Coach Search – The Dukes’ Dark Horse

    Penn State stands at a familiar crossroads. In 1966, the university gambled on a little-known assistant named Joe Paterno, and the bet paid off in national titles, undefeated seasons, and a cultural blueprint that still shapes college football. Today, Athletic Director Pat Kraft faces a moment just as consequential. James Madison’s Bob Chesney has quietly…

  • Malliotakis Map Massacre: Hochul’s War Puts NYC GOP on the Brink

    Malliotakis Map Massacre: Hochul’s War Puts NYC GOP on the Brink

    Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared “this is a war” over redistricting, and the first target is New York City’s last Republican stronghold: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’s NY-11 seat. With Marc Elias, the left’s most feared “lawfare shark,” spearheading a court-driven assault to carve up Staten Island, Republicans face a brutal choice: fight with federal firepower…

  • McMahon Machine Melts Down as Judge Judy Flees the Bench

    McMahon Machine Melts Down as Judge Judy Flees the Bench

    The McMahon political empire is collapsing. Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon and his wife, retired Supreme Court Justice Judith “Judy” McMahon, once ruled the borough through backroom deals, cross-endorsements, and Cuomo-era protection. Now their machine is imploding under scandals, whistleblowers, Islamophobia allegations, judicial recertification drama, and a rising progressive faction determined to purge the…

  • Bruce Blakeman Trumps Ed Cox

    Bruce Blakeman Trumps Ed Cox

    New York Republicans are headed for a full-scale political street brawl. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman just blew up Ed Cox’s carefully staged coronation of Elise Stefanik, shattering the party boss’s “no-primary” fantasy. Blakeman, fresh off a landslide win in deep-blue Nassau, now challenges Stefanik’s inevitability and Cox’s authority. Trump benched Mike Lawler’s gubernatorial bid…

  • The Crooked Fed Hit Job on Jeffrey Maddrey

    The Crooked Fed Hit Job on Jeffrey Maddrey

    The crooked Feds in the Southern District of New York are gearing up for another politically-charged show trial, and this time their target is former NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey. After their spectacular failure to nail Mayor Eric Adams, SDNY prosecutors are taking revenge on the people around him. They raided homes, bullied witnesses,…

  • A Defining Search for Penn State Football

    A Defining Search for Penn State Football

    Penn State football has reached a breaking point. After 12 seasons of promise but no national title, James Franklin’s exit has triggered the most defining coaching search the program has faced in decades. The chants of “Fire Franklin” were more than noise—they were a verdict. Now, Athletic Director Pat Kraft must navigate a chaotic mix…

  • Stench of Staten ICARD Shakedown

    Stench of Staten ICARD Shakedown

    Journalist Richard Luthmann fired a legal broadside at NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and NYC Corporation Counsel Muriel Goode-Trufant—cc’ing Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani—demanding the “withdrawal and expungement” of a July 2025 felony ICARD he calls “fraudulent.” Luthmann says Staten Island DA Michael McMahon weaponized the ICARD to punish his reporting on anti-Muslim threats tied to Council Member…

  • Parlato Challenges McGibney: Will Bullyville Founder Accept a Public Debate on Jerry Sandusky?

    Parlato Challenges McGibney: Will Bullyville Founder Accept a Public Debate on Jerry Sandusky?

    Frank Parlato isn’t backing down. The veteran investigative journalist has challenged Bullyville founder James McGibney to a public debate on one of America’s most controversial convictions — that of Jerry Sandusky. McGibney, known for his scorched-earth online crusades, called Sandusky a “monster” and Parlato “a pedophile sympathizer.” Parlato counters with evidence, affidavits, and expert endorsements…

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.

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