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  • NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON…WANNA BET?

    NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON…WANNA BET?

    “None Dare Call It Treason…Wanna Bet?” is a full-throttle indictment of Washington’s unaccountable class, arguing that years of elite immunity, weaponized law enforcement, and election interference amount to something darker than mere corruption. Drawing on federal statutes for treason, misprision, sedition, and conspiracy, the piece demands a jury—not pundits—decide whether powerful officials crossed criminal lines.…

  • Believe The Child – Unless It’s Your Cousin

    Believe The Child – Unless It’s Your Cousin

    For years, former Erie County District Attorney John Flynn preached a rigid moral rule: believe the child. Evidence was secondary. Denials were irrelevant. That doctrine destroyed careers and justified prosecutions on assumption alone. Now, that same standard collapses when the accuser is Flynn’s own cousin. Ryan Flynn alleges childhood sexual abuse—yet sits in jail without…

  • Kamillah Hanks Christmas Cracker Meltdown

    Kamillah Hanks Christmas Cracker Meltdown

    Christmas Day on Staten Island turned ugly fast. While families gathered, Kevin Barry Love, husband of NYC Council Member Kamillah Hanks, detonated a political suicide note on Facebook. In a rambling SIDORC meltdown, Love attacked activists, candidates, party leaders, and critics with wild accusations, paranoid threats, and delusions of power. He called allies racists, rivals…

  • Pension Raider Radovan Vítek

    Pension Raider Radovan Vítek

    Radovan Vítek is virtually unknown to most Americans. But to U.S. teachers, firefighters, and pension beneficiaries, his name is tied to staggering losses. European regulators and U.S. lawsuits allege that Vítek used shell companies—including entities secretly owned by his mother—to seize control of public firms, strip assets, and funnel pension-backed wealth into his private empire.…

  • Fear By Subscription: Staten Island DA Targets Journalist

    Fear By Subscription: Staten Island DA Targets Journalist

    A Staten Island district attorney subscribed to a journalist’s newsletter, read it for months, then called the police and claimed fear for his life. That is not satire. It is the record. After voluntarily receiving dozens of mass emails sent to 33,000 subscribers, DA Michael McMahon filed a felony criminal-contempt complaint against journalist Richard Luthmann—over…

  • The Deal Was Immunity: The Oakland Bribery Case, Part 1

    The Deal Was Immunity: The Oakland Bribery Case, Part 1

    Federal prosecutors say the Oakland bribery case exposes City Hall corruption. The evidence tells a different story. The entire indictment leans on one man: Mario Juarez, a witness facing massive fraud exposure who walked away clean after cooperating. Every incriminating text came from him. Every “deal” was framed by him. Recorded evidence shows David Duong…

  • Framed and Forgotten By McMahon

    Framed and Forgotten By McMahon

    Victor Abraham lost 345 days to a justice system that chose speed over truth. At 19, he was jailed on rigged eyewitness IDs, buried evidence, and a prosecution that refused to stop. There was no DNA, no fingerprints, no physical proof—only tainted lineups and a suppressed bus photo pointing to another suspect. A jury acquitted…

  • McMahon Ethics Panel Hits Delete

    McMahon Ethics Panel Hits Delete

    Six months after Staten Island District Attorney Michael E. McMahon claimed to “fear for his life” over a mass email he voluntarily received, journalist Richard Luthmann remains flagged in NYPD systems by an unreviewed felony I-Card. No judge has signed a warrant. No court case exists. Yet New York’s attorney grievance watchdog refuses to investigate.…

  • Bullyville Blows Smoke

    Bullyville Blows Smoke

    James McGibney has perfected a gimmick for the internet age. Buy a look-alike domain. Make loud threats. Declare “scorched earth.” Deliver nothing. From Jerry Sandusky to NXIVM to Frank Parlato, the routine never changes. There is always a promised investigation, a “major platform,” and a mysterious backend where the truth supposedly lives. There is never…

  • Erie County Pervert Prosecutor

    Erie County Pervert Prosecutor

    He built his career on a rule: believe the accuser, act fast, don’t wait. Now that rule is pointed straight at him. Former Erie County District Attorney John Flynn — who once sent a political enemy to prison on an uncorroborated child-sex allegation — is now accused by his own cousin of sexually abusing him…

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.

Email: greg_m@newsitem.com.

Matt “Sully” Sullivan

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

Email: pinkypanther218@yahoo.com