Denise Civiletti
@deniseciviletti.bsky.social
Native New Yorker, lawyer, independent local news publisher. Founder & editor, RiverheadLocal.com. #LocalNewsMatters
No $ for healthcare, food or heating help, but the Trump treasury department's *unlegislated* tax cuts add hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses & investors — ON TOP of the $4T in tax cuts for the rich enacted in July.
This is illegal btw. But laws are meaningless now.
This is illegal btw. But laws are meaningless now.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
No $ for healthcare, food or heating help, but the Trump treasury department's *unlegislated* tax cuts add hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses & investors — ON TOP of the $4T in tax cuts for the rich enacted in July.
This is illegal btw. But laws are meaningless now.
This is illegal btw. But laws are meaningless now.
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No Kings: Riverhead, NY. Hundreds turned out to each of two No Kings protests 10/18/2025. youtu.be/SGYV1gq9Nhc?...
No Kings Riverhead NY Oct. 18,2025
YouTube video by RiverheadLOCAL
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October 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
No Kings: Riverhead, NY. Hundreds turned out to each of two No Kings protests 10/18/2025. youtu.be/SGYV1gq9Nhc?...
Fed judge mocks Trump pleadings v. NYT: “…in one of many, often repetitive, and laudatory…but superfluous allegations, the pleader states, ‘The Apprentice’ represented the cultural magnitude of President Trump’s singular brilliance, which captured the [Z]eitgeist of our time.”
Judge Steven Merryday
Judge Steven Merryday
September 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fed judge mocks Trump pleadings v. NYT: “…in one of many, often repetitive, and laudatory…but superfluous allegations, the pleader states, ‘The Apprentice’ represented the cultural magnitude of President Trump’s singular brilliance, which captured the [Z]eitgeist of our time.”
Judge Steven Merryday
Judge Steven Merryday
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Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
August 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
With all Trump's yammering about what should and should not be in museums, I can't help but wonder: Do you think he's actually ever been inside a museum — not for some ribbon-cutting or an "appearance" but just for the sake of viewing exhibits and learning? NVM. Dumb question.
August 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
With all Trump's yammering about what should and should not be in museums, I can't help but wonder: Do you think he's actually ever been inside a museum — not for some ribbon-cutting or an "appearance" but just for the sake of viewing exhibits and learning? NVM. Dumb question.
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Star Confectionery, the Riverhead luncheonette known to locals as Papa Nick's, served its last customers on Sunday after more than a century in business.
Goodbye, Papa Nick’s: Riverhead legacy luncheonette closes its doors
Star Confectionery, the Riverhead luncheonette known to locals as Papa Nick’s, served its last customers on Sunday after more than a century in business.
riverheadlocal.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Star Confectionery, the Riverhead luncheonette known to locals as Papa Nick's, served its last customers on Sunday after more than a century in business.
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Crowds flocked today to the Polish Town Fair and Festival, an annual summer favorite in Riverhead since 1975. Photo gallery.
Witamy! In Riverhead, everyone’s Polish on the second weekend in August: photos from the fair
Crowds flocked today to the Polish Town Fair and Festival, an annual summer favorite in Riverhead since 1975. Photo gallery.
riverheadlocal.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Crowds flocked today to the Polish Town Fair and Festival, an annual summer favorite in Riverhead since 1975. Photo gallery.
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
July 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Trump-appointed judge teaching a class on "originalism" at U. of Florida law school gave the top award in his class to a racist miscreant who argued in his "capstone" paper that the Constitution only applies to white people. The dean of the school defended the award. #Trump'sAmerica
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Trump-appointed judge teaching a class on "originalism" at U. of Florida law school gave the top award in his class to a racist miscreant who argued in his "capstone" paper that the Constitution only applies to white people. The dean of the school defended the award. #Trump'sAmerica
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Latino parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Church and community allies walked in support of immigrants Sunday evening after the 6 o'clock mass. Photos and video.
Immigrants and allies march against mass deportation in Riverhead
Latino parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Church and community allies walked in support of immigrants Sunday evening after the 6 o’clock mass. Photos and video.
riverheadlocal.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Latino parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Church and community allies walked in support of immigrants Sunday evening after the 6 o'clock mass. Photos and video.
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Nassau County, New York's ordinance on 15 foot so-called Zone of Protection from first responders endangers the public's right to know. By @deniseciviletti.bsky.social
www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
Nassau County is wrong on its first responder protection act
Requiring a 15-foot buffer around first responders could unlawfully restrict newsgathering, a fundamental right protected by the First Amendment.
www.newsday.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Nassau County, New York's ordinance on 15 foot so-called Zone of Protection from first responders endangers the public's right to know. By @deniseciviletti.bsky.social
www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
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Crowd of more than 200 turned out for #handsoff rally in deep red #Riverhead this morning. More photos and video here: riverheadlocal.com/2025/04/05/h...
April 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Crowd of more than 200 turned out for #handsoff rally in deep red #Riverhead this morning. More photos and video here: riverheadlocal.com/2025/04/05/h...
@booker.senate.gov You’ve always had my respect and admiration but your passion and eloquence for 25 hours on the Senate floor blew me away. Thank you, Senator Booker.
April 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
@booker.senate.gov You’ve always had my respect and admiration but your passion and eloquence for 25 hours on the Senate floor blew me away. Thank you, Senator Booker.
“Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind…” 1/3
April 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind…” 1/3
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“…for democracy—in America and Europe—to stand a fighting chance, lawyers committed to the rule of law must take action now.” Article by UCLA law prof Scott Cummings, interviewed by @maddow.msnbc.com last night, worth reading in full. verfassungsblog.de/stopping-aut...
Stopping Autocratic Legalism in America – Before It Is Too Late
verfassungsblog.de
March 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“…for democracy—in America and Europe—to stand a fighting chance, lawyers committed to the rule of law must take action now.” Article by UCLA law prof Scott Cummings, interviewed by @maddow.msnbc.com last night, worth reading in full. verfassungsblog.de/stopping-aut...
Now that Trump said this chat didn't contain classified information, @theatlantic.com published the full chat. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Now that Trump said this chat didn't contain classified information, @theatlantic.com published the full chat. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"Climate change is something we need to take seriously," then-Congressman Lee Zeldin said in 2018. In his eastern Long Island district "nearly completely surrounded by water, rising sea levels and its impact on the coastal economy, fisheries and tourism is a pressing issue we must address," he said.
Zeldin’s massive environmental deregulation plans: What will the changes mean for his native Long Island and former NY-1 constituents?
Many of the reversals EPA Administrator Zeldin announced yesterday would have direct consequences for the eastern Long Island congressional district that sent Zeldin to the House of Representatives…
riverheadlocal.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Climate change is something we need to take seriously," then-Congressman Lee Zeldin said in 2018. In his eastern Long Island district "nearly completely surrounded by water, rising sea levels and its impact on the coastal economy, fisheries and tourism is a pressing issue we must address," he said.
We now live in a country where a permanent legal resident can be deported for protesting US government policy. What’s next? (Rhetorical question.)
March 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We now live in a country where a permanent legal resident can be deported for protesting US government policy. What’s next? (Rhetorical question.)
Musk-DOGE algorithms at work. Don’t say gay. Lol. But yeah, let’s erase history.
The Pentagon flagged a photo of the Enola Gay in its DEI purge…
apnews.com/article/dei-...
apnews.com/article/dei-...
March 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Musk-DOGE algorithms at work. Don’t say gay. Lol. But yeah, let’s erase history.
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The next Canadian Prime Minister should appoint Trudeau as Ambassador to the United States.
March 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The next Canadian Prime Minister should appoint Trudeau as Ambassador to the United States.
This is what happens when a hedge fund executes a "turnaround"— eviscerates staff, stuffs his own pockets with cash and leaves behind a crippled shell of its former self. What could possible go wrong?
Elon Musk and his team have taken a hacksaw to the federal bureaucracy, one agency at a time. On "The Daily," our reporter brings us inside this hostile takeover of Washington.
Elon Musk Takes On Washington
The big questions as the billionaire and his team take a hacksaw to federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is what happens when a hedge fund executes a "turnaround"— eviscerates staff, stuffs his own pockets with cash and leaves behind a crippled shell of its former self. What could possible go wrong?
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My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.
February 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.
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Canadian here, ummm Americans…what are you doing? Seriously are y’all in a coma? Why aren’t you taking to the streets? Where is the outrage?! A full on dismantling of your democracy is happening RIGHT NOW. You’re just watching. S Korea and Brazil took care of it in a day. What are you doing?
February 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Canadian here, ummm Americans…what are you doing? Seriously are y’all in a coma? Why aren’t you taking to the streets? Where is the outrage?! A full on dismantling of your democracy is happening RIGHT NOW. You’re just watching. S Korea and Brazil took care of it in a day. What are you doing?
JD VANCE on Jack Murphy Live, Sept. 21“, 2021: “…we should just seize the administrative state for our own purposes. We should fire every single mid level bureaucrat, every single civil servant and replace them with our own people…”🧵
February 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
JD VANCE on Jack Murphy Live, Sept. 21“, 2021: “…we should just seize the administrative state for our own purposes. We should fire every single mid level bureaucrat, every single civil servant and replace them with our own people…”🧵