Aaron Besecker
@aaronbesecker.bsky.social
Reporter, The Buffalo News - public safety and breaking news. VP of @buffaloguild.bsky.social
• abesecker[at]buffnews[dot]com
• Signal: @AaronBesecker.01
https://buffalonews.com/users/profile/aaron%20besecker/
• abesecker[at]buffnews[dot]com
• Signal: @AaronBesecker.01
https://buffalonews.com/users/profile/aaron%20besecker/
Pinned
With Buffalo's first major snowstorm of the season, this story's outside the @buffalonews.com paywall
What to expect in the next 36 hours: Blustery conditions persist as lake-effect snow hits region
#wx
buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
What to expect in the next 36 hours: Blustery conditions persist as lake-effect snow hits region
#wx
buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
What to expect in the next 36 hours: Blustery conditions persist as lake-effect snow hits region
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning until 1 a.m. Friday for southern Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Wyoming counties.
buffalonews.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
With Buffalo's first major snowstorm of the season, this story's outside the @buffalonews.com paywall
What to expect in the next 36 hours: Blustery conditions persist as lake-effect snow hits region
#wx
buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
What to expect in the next 36 hours: Blustery conditions persist as lake-effect snow hits region
#wx
buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
Storm update:
About 4,200 customers remain without power in Erie and Niagara counties; courts closed buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
About 4,200 customers remain without power in Erie and Niagara counties; courts closed buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
About 4,200 customers remain without power in Erie and Niagara counties; courts closed
Tuesday's outages were a sliver of what Western New York experienced Monday, when tens of thousands of power customers lost electricity because of high winds.
buffalonews.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Storm update:
About 4,200 customers remain without power in Erie and Niagara counties; courts closed buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
About 4,200 customers remain without power in Erie and Niagara counties; courts closed buffalonews.com/news/local/w...
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
Mother of Christ bsky.app/profile/bcfi...
An attack in violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Seemingly conducted as covert action and then casually disclosed by POTUS while calling into a radio show.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Mother of Christ bsky.app/profile/bcfi...
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
Indeed
youtube.com/watch?v=ip7w...
youtube.com/watch?v=ip7w...
Wild is the Wind
YouTube video by Cat Power - Topic
youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Indeed
youtube.com/watch?v=ip7w...
youtube.com/watch?v=ip7w...
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Advisory from City Administrator's Office for Niagara Falls, NY:
There is a driving advisory in the City of Niagara Falls due to icy road conditions. No unnecessary driving until 8am Monday. If you need to be out on the roads, please exercise caution. Crews are out salting streets.
There is a driving advisory in the City of Niagara Falls due to icy road conditions. No unnecessary driving until 8am Monday. If you need to be out on the roads, please exercise caution. Crews are out salting streets.
December 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Advisory from City Administrator's Office for Niagara Falls, NY:
There is a driving advisory in the City of Niagara Falls due to icy road conditions. No unnecessary driving until 8am Monday. If you need to be out on the roads, please exercise caution. Crews are out salting streets.
There is a driving advisory in the City of Niagara Falls due to icy road conditions. No unnecessary driving until 8am Monday. If you need to be out on the roads, please exercise caution. Crews are out salting streets.
Dan Higgins: Compassion collides with logistics in one woman's quest to rescue guinea pigs buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Dan Higgins: Compassion collides with logistics in one woman's quest to rescue guinea pigs
This is a story about what happens when a need in society – in this case, a niche in the world of animal welfare – begins to overwhelm any one person’s ability to meet it, Higgins writes.
buffalonews.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Dan Higgins: Compassion collides with logistics in one woman's quest to rescue guinea pigs buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Soon to be renamed for Golisano, what's next for Children's Hospital in Buffalo? buffalonews.com/news/local/b...
Soon to be renamed after Golisano, what's next for Children's Hospital in Buffalo?
Tom Golisano's $50 million gift to the soon to be renamed Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo will help fund, among other projects, a new pediatric outpatient mental health center in Buffalo with ...
buffalonews.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Soon to be renamed for Golisano, what's next for Children's Hospital in Buffalo? buffalonews.com/news/local/b...
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
“This is for me a love letter to journalism,” said photojournalist Ann Hermes. “But I do want it to do more than that.”
Meet some of the photojournalists documenting disappearing local newspaper newsrooms:
www.poynter.org/local-news/2...
Meet some of the photojournalists documenting disappearing local newspaper newsrooms:
www.poynter.org/local-news/2...
This photographer is documenting old newspaper newsrooms while they’re still around - Poynter
Ann Hermes' images show what's left and what we stand to lose
www.poynter.org
December 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“This is for me a love letter to journalism,” said photojournalist Ann Hermes. “But I do want it to do more than that.”
Meet some of the photojournalists documenting disappearing local newspaper newsrooms:
www.poynter.org/local-news/2...
Meet some of the photojournalists documenting disappearing local newspaper newsrooms:
www.poynter.org/local-news/2...
2021 killing of Buffalo grandmother headed for state's top court
The central issue to the appeal is whether prosecutors were required to charge Jamien Harris w/ murder before they allowed her to plead guilty to gun possession charges stemming from the same incident. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
The central issue to the appeal is whether prosecutors were required to charge Jamien Harris w/ murder before they allowed her to plead guilty to gun possession charges stemming from the same incident. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Case of woman charged with grandmother's 2021 killing headed for state's top court
The Court of Appeals will hear arguments over whether an Erie County judge was right when he dismissed a murder charge against Jamien L. Harris in 2023.
buffalonews.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
2021 killing of Buffalo grandmother headed for state's top court
The central issue to the appeal is whether prosecutors were required to charge Jamien Harris w/ murder before they allowed her to plead guilty to gun possession charges stemming from the same incident. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
The central issue to the appeal is whether prosecutors were required to charge Jamien Harris w/ murder before they allowed her to plead guilty to gun possession charges stemming from the same incident. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Join me in encouraging Congress to stop the administration’s attacks on FOIA and our right to access government documents: freedom.press/the-classifi...
Strengthen the Freedom of Information Act
Defending press freedom for the next generation
freedom.press
December 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Join me in encouraging Congress to stop the administration’s attacks on FOIA and our right to access government documents: freedom.press/the-classifi...
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
Jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled his Kennedy Center show to protest its name change. Now the venue is seeking $1 million in damages.
Chuck Redd Cancels Kennedy Center Show To Protest Name Change, Venue Seeks $1 Million In Damages
Earlier this month, it was unexpectedly announced that the Kennedy Center was getting renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center. Musician Chuck Redd protested by canceling his Christmas Eve performance at the ...
stereogum.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled his Kennedy Center show to protest its name change. Now the venue is seeking $1 million in damages.
Depew High School senior barred from school over vaccination dispute
via @sandratan.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
via @sandratan.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Depew High School senior barred from school over vaccination dispute
Depew High School senior Kayci Rae has been barred from returning to school since October because of her failure to receive a meningitis booster vaccine. Her family is fighting to get her back in.
buffalonews.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Depew High School senior barred from school over vaccination dispute
via @sandratan.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
via @sandratan.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
New York State sees highest weekly flu count since tracking began in 2004 buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
New York State sees highest weekly flu count since tracking began in 2004
For the week ending Dec. 20, there were 71,123 positive flu cases across the state, the state Department of Health said. There's never been a higher weekly number since flu cases started getting track...
buffalonews.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New York State sees highest weekly flu count since tracking began in 2004 buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
Oh man, the closing shot here is perfect
Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Oh man, the closing shot here is perfect
In a statement released by the family, Erika Webster, Bill Sager’s fiancee at the time of his death, said the settlement does not change what happened to Sager, but she is glad the city has acknowledged its part in his death.
via @justinsondel.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
via @justinsondel.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Buffalo Council approves $3.3 million settlement in case of man killed following altercation at Molly's Pub
The Common Council on Tuesday approved nearly $3.3 million in settlements in lawsuits stemming from the 2014 death of an Air National Guardsman during an altercation involving off-duty Buffalo police ...
buffalonews.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In a statement released by the family, Erika Webster, Bill Sager’s fiancee at the time of his death, said the settlement does not change what happened to Sager, but she is glad the city has acknowledged its part in his death.
via @justinsondel.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
via @justinsondel.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Political newcomers say they are better choice than Nick Langworthy for NY-23 www.niagara-gazette.com/news/electio...
Political newcomers say they are better choice for 23rd District
Residents from East Aurora, Clarence, Lockport, and towns in between gathered to hear candidates for the 23rd Congressional District discuss how they would handle issues differently from incumbent Nic...
www.niagara-gazette.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Political newcomers say they are better choice than Nick Langworthy for NY-23 www.niagara-gazette.com/news/electio...
At the hearing, police and prosecutors recounted more details that they say led up to the killing of Amanda Thompson, a mother of four and Rickey Crouch's former girlfriend. They also offered more info about the police chase that ended in a wreck on the Thruway. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Hearing reveals details of police search for man accused of killing ex-girlfriend in Lovejoy
Testimony at a pretrial hearing in the case against Rickey Crouch in the killing of Amanda Thompson revealed details of two police chases of Crouch this year.
buffalonews.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
At the hearing, police and prosecutors recounted more details that they say led up to the killing of Amanda Thompson, a mother of four and Rickey Crouch's former girlfriend. They also offered more info about the police chase that ended in a wreck on the Thruway. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Competency questions surround manslaughter parolee accused of Cheektowaga murder buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Competency questions surround manslaughter parolee accused of Cheektowaga murder
Gary G. Green Jr., accused in the Walden Avenue slaying of a 32-year-old woman, was arraigned Tuesday in State Supreme Court on an indictment that adds two charges to the murder and robbery charges he...
buffalonews.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Competency questions surround manslaughter parolee accused of Cheektowaga murder buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
Off-duty Cheektowaga police officer was driver in West Seneca pedestrian death, AG's Office says
via @tsuj10.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
via @tsuj10.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Off-duty Cheektowaga police officer was driver in West Seneca pedestrian death
The State Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation identified the driver who struck and killed a high schooler in West Seneca last week as an off-duty Cheektowaga police officer.
buffalonews.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Off-duty Cheektowaga police officer was driver in West Seneca pedestrian death, AG's Office says
via @tsuj10.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
via @tsuj10.bsky.social
buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
Reposted by Aaron Besecker
Trump is now calling the New York Times a national security threat and says they “must be dealt with and stopped.”
December 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Trump is now calling the New York Times a national security threat and says they “must be dealt with and stopped.”