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  • Swamp Witch Hunt Déjà Vu: Burr and Trump Targeted by the Same Old Game

    Swamp Witch Hunt Déjà Vu: Burr and Trump Targeted by the Same Old Game

    Episode 54 of The Unknown Podcast turned into a showdown of history and politics. Co-host Richard Luthmann hailed Donald Trump as a hero besieged by the Swamp, while Michael Volpe clung to his odd Bill Clinton nostalgia. Historian Dennis A. Brennan stole the show, proving that Aaron Burr’s treason trial of 1807 was America’s first…

  • TikTok Terror Crumbles as Accountability Backfires

    TikTok Terror Crumbles as Accountability Backfires

    TikTok influencer Danesh Noshirvan, once hailed as a crusader for “accountability,” is now facing accountability of his own. A federal judge sanctioned his lawyer, rebuking Noshirvan’s courtroom conduct and enabling a $100,000 sanctions motion. At the same time, a Texas grand jury is weighing criminal charges over his alleged cyberstalking campaign that drove high school…

  • The Lone Juror Who Hung the State

    The Lone Juror Who Hung the State

    A lone juror stood against the state. While eleven peers accepted the evidence and the judge’s instructions, one refused to convict. He believed the law was unjust, the punishment excessive, and that the jury’s duty was greater than obedience. This act—jury nullification—remains little known but profoundly powerful. In a locked room, twelve citizens are the…

  • The Fall of McMahon

    The Fall of McMahon

    Irish luck just ran out in Staten Island. Richmond County DA Michael McMahon faces a pounding one-two combination: his Fighting Irish football team’s shocking defeat at the hands of the Miami Hurricanes, and Richard Luthmann’s vow of “legal Armageddon.” On The Unknown Podcast, Luthmann shredded McMahon and Judge Ron Castorina with a mock cross-examination that…

  • Cross Examining the Judge: Will Luthmann Make Ron Castorina Soil His Trousers?

    Cross Examining the Judge: Will Luthmann Make Ron Castorina Soil His Trousers?

    Richard Luthmann’s legal battles in New York are far from finished. The former Staten Island lawyer, now a Florida-based journalist, is preparing to confront his old allies-turned-enemies in court. He has a pending civil case in Manhattan Supreme Court and may see his “Fake Facebook” prosecution revived, despite being marred by an illegal SCI and…

  • Unknown Podcast Hosts Clash: Red Carpets, Cover-Ups & Custody Wars

    Unknown Podcast Hosts Clash: Red Carpets, Cover-Ups & Custody Wars

    The Unknown Podcast’s latest episode exploded with fireworks as co-hosts Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe went toe-to-toe on Trump’s red-carpet diplomacy, Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious death, ActBlue’s alleged “magic mortgage” laundering, and Elon Musk’s baby-mama courtroom drama. Luthmann hailed Trump as a geopolitical genius and railed against the Deep State, while Volpe fired back with skepticism…

  • Staten Island’s $676K Couple: How the McMahons Perfected Public Service as a Family Business

    Staten Island’s $676K Couple: How the McMahons Perfected Public Service as a Family Business

    Staten Island’s power couple, Michael and Judith McMahon, have turned “public service” into a family fortune. The Democratic duo pull in nearly $676,000 annually—a mix of double salaries and double pensions—while dominating the Republican-leaning borough’s courts and politics. DA McMahon runs prosecutions with judges in his pocket, while Judge McMahon’s judicial maneuvers once greased warrants…

  • Luthmann Declares Media War on McMahon and Allies

    Luthmann Declares Media War on McMahon and Allies

    Richard Luthmann has declared media war on Staten Island’s entrenched political machine. His target: DA Michael McMahon and the swamp of judges and party bosses protecting him. From the unconstitutional NYPD I-card scheme to the missing fingerprint card scandal, Luthmann says he has proof the system is rigged. “They wanted me in custody to fake…

  • New York Needs Cuomo – If It Wants to Stay New York

    New York Needs Cuomo – If It Wants to Stay New York

    Back in April, the Frank Report sounded an alarm: Andrew Cuomo’s political return wasn’t just about redemption — it could be New York’s last line of defense against a far-left City Hall. That warning now looks prophetic. With Zohran Mamdani holding a commanding lead and pushing an unapologetically socialist agenda, the city’s political center faces…

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.