John Annese
@johnannese.bsky.social
Brooklyn courts reporter for the New York Daily News. Breaking news on Sundays. Husband. Father of two boys. Proud member of the NY Daily News Union. Signal: johnannese.56
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John Annese
@johnannese.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Daily News Union says owner continues to sidestep union - The Chief
The union representing workers at the Daily News has filed another unfair labor practice charge against the hedge fund that owns the 105-year-old newspaper, accusing Alden Global Capital of bad faith ...
thechiefleader.com
Please read this piece in The Chief-Leader (which I’m quoted in) about how the NY Daily News’ owners, Alden Global Capital, tried to bypass the @nydnunion.bsky.social and screw us over by changing our health care plans without negotiating.
thechiefleader.com/detail.html?...
thechiefleader.com/detail.html?...
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
How many TV series are just big Twilight Zone episodes these days?
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
How many TV series are just big Twilight Zone episodes these days?
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the modern version of pete rose's "i only bet on the reds to win" is gonna be "we only did weird stuff to help prop bets win, we didn't actually try to lose the game"
BREAKING -- Another pro-sports gambling bust.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
the modern version of pete rose's "i only bet on the reds to win" is gonna be "we only did weird stuff to help prop bets win, we didn't actually try to lose the game"
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Here's our story on the Cleveland Guardians' gambling indictment. Gift link:
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/09/c...
Cleveland Guardians Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz indicted for pitch-rigging sport betting scheme
The two are accused of taking bribes to throw balls in the dirt or throwing balls instead of strikes, coordinating with gamblers.
www.nydailynews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Here's our story on the Cleveland Guardians' gambling indictment. Gift link:
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/09/c...
From the indictment:
Ortiz got $5K for one pitch in June, and Clase got $5K as the go-between, and when Clase set up a 90,000 pesos transfer to Ortiz in the Dominican Republic, he told Ortiz, "They're going to ask him what is that payment for over there. Tell him that this is payment for a horse."
Ortiz got $5K for one pitch in June, and Clase got $5K as the go-between, and when Clase set up a 90,000 pesos transfer to Ortiz in the Dominican Republic, he told Ortiz, "They're going to ask him what is that payment for over there. Tell him that this is payment for a horse."
![35. On or about June 18, 2025, the defendant LUIS LEANDRO ORTIZ
RIBERA sent text messages to the defendant EMMANUEL CLASE DE LA CRUZ regarding ORTIZ's receipt of money for throwing Subject Pitch-I. ORTIZ sent CLASE a photograph of an identification card for an individual in the Dominican Republic ("ORTIZ Associate-I"), an individual whose identity is known to the Grand Jury, and told CLASE, "Clase, tell them to put the 90 thousand pesos there are and to keep the other ones[.] Keep the 200 and the 90 to that person today please[.]"
36. On or about June 19, 2025, the defendant EMMANUEL CLASE DE LA
CRUZ sent the defendant LUIS LEANDRO ORTIZ RIBERA a photograph of a receipt for a wire transfer of approximately 90,000 pesos from CLASE Associate-I to ORTIZ Associate-I, as well as an audio message directing ORTIZ to cause his associates in the Dominican Republic to lie about the purpose of the funds ORTIZ was receiving if asked: '"They're going to ask him what is that payment for over there. Tell him that this is payment for a horse. Payment for a horse. You got that?" ORTIZ responded, "Okay, perfect."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlfzx5bnj5pp4yj35mk37h2r/bafkreiffr2awyhehe7lvk74mf7z4cqewgltlbjncmekezzpgmazteb5sci@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
From the indictment:
Ortiz got $5K for one pitch in June, and Clase got $5K as the go-between, and when Clase set up a 90,000 pesos transfer to Ortiz in the Dominican Republic, he told Ortiz, "They're going to ask him what is that payment for over there. Tell him that this is payment for a horse."
Ortiz got $5K for one pitch in June, and Clase got $5K as the go-between, and when Clase set up a 90,000 pesos transfer to Ortiz in the Dominican Republic, he told Ortiz, "They're going to ask him what is that payment for over there. Tell him that this is payment for a horse."
BREAKING -- Another pro-sports gambling bust.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BREAKING -- Another pro-sports gambling bust.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
Two MLB pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians, are charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with taking bribes to rig their pitches so co-conspirators can make prop bets.
Full story coming soon.
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OMG. The site is literally called the Dunning Kruger Times.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
OMG. The site is literally called the Dunning Kruger Times.
We’re probably a couple of years away from a “Tuvix Pleads for His Life” Hallmark ornament.
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
We’re probably a couple of years away from a “Tuvix Pleads for His Life” Hallmark ornament.
Giving some real guy from Prometheus playing with the unknown aliens vibe right here.
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Giving some real guy from Prometheus playing with the unknown aliens vibe right here.
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This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
Of note is that McMahon, who was convicted at trial in 2023, was arrested in 2020, during Trump’s first term.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Trump Approves Pardon for Ex-Officer Convicted in a Chinese Government Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Of note is that McMahon, who was convicted at trial in 2023, was arrested in 2020, during Trump’s first term.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
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New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got Trump admin heads up before ICE raid on Canal Street
The revelation that Tisch had advance knowledge of the Trump administration’s Canal St. raids could raise a number of complicated questions for Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral-elect who has said …
www.nydailynews.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got advance notice from the Trump admin that ICE agents were about to conduct their aggressive Canal St. immigration raid — a revelation that could raise complex questions for Mamdani, who wants to as mayor keep her as PC. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
Scoop from my colleague @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social.
NYPD Commissioner Tisch got about 4 hours notice from the Trump admin of last month’s ICE raid along Canal St., putting city in tough spot with sanctuary law. She directed cops to steer clear of the raid.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
NYPD Commissioner Tisch got about 4 hours notice from the Trump admin of last month’s ICE raid along Canal St., putting city in tough spot with sanctuary law. She directed cops to steer clear of the raid.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got Trump admin heads up before ICE raid on Canal Street
The revelation that Tisch had advance knowledge of the Trump administration’s Canal St. raids could raise a number of complicated questions for Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral-elect who has said …
www.nydailynews.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Scoop from my colleague @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social.
NYPD Commissioner Tisch got about 4 hours notice from the Trump admin of last month’s ICE raid along Canal St., putting city in tough spot with sanctuary law. She directed cops to steer clear of the raid.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
NYPD Commissioner Tisch got about 4 hours notice from the Trump admin of last month’s ICE raid along Canal St., putting city in tough spot with sanctuary law. She directed cops to steer clear of the raid.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
Gonna be interesting to see if that exploding sandwich testimony takes a bite out of Lairmore’s credibility in any future case where the government has to call him as a witness.
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Gonna be interesting to see if that exploding sandwich testimony takes a bite out of Lairmore’s credibility in any future case where the government has to call him as a witness.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Micro basil, fuck yes!
Well, it’s almost lunchtime. Who’d like to join me in sitting down to some delicious Pizza Chunks?
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Micro basil, fuck yes!
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Meta internally projected it would earn about $16 billion from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.
“It is easier to advertise scams on Meta platforms than Google" docs show.
@jeffhorwitz.bsky.social with the goods.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
“It is easier to advertise scams on Meta platforms than Google" docs show.
@jeffhorwitz.bsky.social with the goods.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Meta internally projected it would earn about $16 billion from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show.
“It is easier to advertise scams on Meta platforms than Google" docs show.
@jeffhorwitz.bsky.social with the goods.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
“It is easier to advertise scams on Meta platforms than Google" docs show.
@jeffhorwitz.bsky.social with the goods.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Finally got around to playing the video game Forspoken, which opens with maybe the least accurate of a New York City criminal court proceeding I’be ever seen.
The fight with the dragon an hour later wasn’t bad though.
The fight with the dragon an hour later wasn’t bad though.
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Finally got around to playing the video game Forspoken, which opens with maybe the least accurate of a New York City criminal court proceeding I’be ever seen.
The fight with the dragon an hour later wasn’t bad though.
The fight with the dragon an hour later wasn’t bad though.
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“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
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this is the coolest online has ever been
November 7, 2023 at 4:05 PM
this is the coolest online has ever been
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The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
"That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks.
"It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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WE HAVE A DEAL: We are happy to share that all of our hard work - and with the support of the people of New York - we have a tentative agreement on our first contract with Alden Global Capital
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
WE HAVE A DEAL: We are happy to share that all of our hard work - and with the support of the people of New York - we have a tentative agreement on our first contract with Alden Global Capital