@petefrommanhattan.bsky.social
Worked at the MTA for 30 years. Fan of the Mets since 1965. I think I've suffered enough.
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The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting
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KIMMEL, to the UK:
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
KIMMEL, to the UK:
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
“.. It may not seem like it, but we love you guys. .. We’re going through a bit of a wobble right now, but we’ll come around. .. Give us about three years.”
@jimmykimmel.com
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
“He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?” newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?” newrepublic.com/article/2041...
“Every time one of these missiles lands,…investigators search for clues in the wreckage.
Though the weapons are manufactured in Russia, they are dependent on components from companies based in other countries, including the United States. wapo.st/3Y5J12R
Though the weapons are manufactured in Russia, they are dependent on components from companies based in other countries, including the United States. wapo.st/3Y5J12R
A Russian missile, filled with U.S. tech, rips a Ukrainian boy’s life apart
An 8-year-old boy survived one of Russia’s worst attacks on Ukrainian children. After, investigators — and his family — struggled to find answers.
wapo.st
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“Every time one of these missiles lands,…investigators search for clues in the wreckage.
Though the weapons are manufactured in Russia, they are dependent on components from companies based in other countries, including the United States. wapo.st/3Y5J12R
Though the weapons are manufactured in Russia, they are dependent on components from companies based in other countries, including the United States. wapo.st/3Y5J12R
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This is treason. The Constitutional crisis arose when Trump was allowed to leave the White House a free man in 2021.
‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is treason. The Constitutional crisis arose when Trump was allowed to leave the White House a free man in 2021.
‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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Ailing wannabe dictator yelling at his people and insisting that they're getting richer and safer when all the evidence demonstrates the opposite.
This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ailing wannabe dictator yelling at his people and insisting that they're getting richer and safer when all the evidence demonstrates the opposite.
This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.
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Trump, the most unlawful president, even worse than Nixon, seeks retribution from those who followed the law to investigate him. He calls Biden’s DOJ weaponized, but he is the only one who has ever used the DOJ to prosecute innocent citizens who worked to expose his crimes.🔄
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trump, the most unlawful president, even worse than Nixon, seeks retribution from those who followed the law to investigate him. He calls Biden’s DOJ weaponized, but he is the only one who has ever used the DOJ to prosecute innocent citizens who worked to expose his crimes.🔄
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#OTD in 1961, AP names Wilma Rudolph Female Athlete of the Year for the 2nd consecutive year
Rudolph overcame childhood polio to become the fastest woman runner in the world; first American woman to win 3 track/field gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960.
#WomenInSport #champion #inspiration
Rudolph overcame childhood polio to become the fastest woman runner in the world; first American woman to win 3 track/field gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960.
#WomenInSport #champion #inspiration
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#OTD in 1961, AP names Wilma Rudolph Female Athlete of the Year for the 2nd consecutive year
Rudolph overcame childhood polio to become the fastest woman runner in the world; first American woman to win 3 track/field gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960.
#WomenInSport #champion #inspiration
Rudolph overcame childhood polio to become the fastest woman runner in the world; first American woman to win 3 track/field gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960.
#WomenInSport #champion #inspiration
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At least one person has died every day, on average, from a mass shooting in the United States this year.
There Have Been Fewer Mass Shootings In The US This Year—But Still Averaging More Than One Per Day
At least one person has died every day, on average, from a mass shooting in the United States this year.
www.forbes.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At least one person has died every day, on average, from a mass shooting in the United States this year.
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He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
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Very funny that 11 months into a disastrous second term, the guy with a sub-40 approval rating spent 18 minutes just yelling at a TV camera a week before Christmas. Great work, America. We're great again.
December 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Very funny that 11 months into a disastrous second term, the guy with a sub-40 approval rating spent 18 minutes just yelling at a TV camera a week before Christmas. Great work, America. We're great again.
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He is shouting like a memory care facility patient in the cafeteria before his evening meds.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
He is shouting like a memory care facility patient in the cafeteria before his evening meds.
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
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January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
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Donald Trump is a sweaty. desperate man who somehow thinks yelling at the American people about how great he’s doing and how fantastic the economy is will convince Americans he’s not panicking.
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Donald Trump is a sweaty. desperate man who somehow thinks yelling at the American people about how great he’s doing and how fantastic the economy is will convince Americans he’s not panicking.
“The president’s second term has brought a major expansion of that empire, with forays into cryptocurrency, communications and financial products. Ventures launched since Trump’s re-election generated at least $4 billion in proceeds and paper wealth for the family… www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
“The president’s second term has brought a major expansion of that empire, with forays into cryptocurrency, communications and financial products. Ventures launched since Trump’s re-election generated at least $4 billion in proceeds and paper wealth for the family… www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
“How did a college dropout from Brooklyn claw his way from the front of a high school classroom to the pinnacle of American finance, politics and society? How did Epstein go from nearly being fired at Bear Stearns to managing the wealth of billionaires?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“How did a college dropout from Brooklyn claw his way from the front of a high school classroom to the pinnacle of American finance, politics and society? How did Epstein go from nearly being fired at Bear Stearns to managing the wealth of billionaires?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...
“The symbolism will be hard to miss: In the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, the statue of a Black teenager who fought against segregation will replace a Confederate general who fought to preserve slavery.” wapo.st/3MwSBJE
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“The symbolism will be hard to miss: In the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, the statue of a Black teenager who fought against segregation will replace a Confederate general who fought to preserve slavery.” wapo.st/3MwSBJE
Free fares for NYC buses?
What about us, asks upstate NY pols with public bus service?
How are we gonna get paid, asks MTA bondholders with dibs on the farebox?
Oh, the NYS legislature hasn’t made direct $ contributions to the MTA in 30 yrs
Free ain’t “free,” baby nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/16/m...
What about us, asks upstate NY pols with public bus service?
How are we gonna get paid, asks MTA bondholders with dibs on the farebox?
Oh, the NYS legislature hasn’t made direct $ contributions to the MTA in 30 yrs
Free ain’t “free,” baby nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/16/m...
Mamdani's Free Buses Plan Faces 'Uphill Battle' in Albany - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's free bus plan has fans in Albany, but lawmakers still have concerns over it's reach and its cost.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Free fares for NYC buses?
What about us, asks upstate NY pols with public bus service?
How are we gonna get paid, asks MTA bondholders with dibs on the farebox?
Oh, the NYS legislature hasn’t made direct $ contributions to the MTA in 30 yrs
Free ain’t “free,” baby nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/16/m...
What about us, asks upstate NY pols with public bus service?
How are we gonna get paid, asks MTA bondholders with dibs on the farebox?
Oh, the NYS legislature hasn’t made direct $ contributions to the MTA in 30 yrs
Free ain’t “free,” baby nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/16/m...
“It was like looking at the face of a mannequin,…I froze. By the time I realized what was happening, I was stabbed three times.”
“By God’s grace alone I’m still here,”
Crime is down in the subways, unless you’re a transit worker gothamist.com/news/bronx-m...
“By God’s grace alone I’m still here,”
Crime is down in the subways, unless you’re a transit worker gothamist.com/news/bronx-m...
Bronx man sentenced to 15 years for stabbing longtime NYC subway worker
The man refused to get off the train at the end of the 4 line and became irate at the time of the assault, law enforcement officials say.
gothamist.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“It was like looking at the face of a mannequin,…I froze. By the time I realized what was happening, I was stabbed three times.”
“By God’s grace alone I’m still here,”
Crime is down in the subways, unless you’re a transit worker gothamist.com/news/bronx-m...
“By God’s grace alone I’m still here,”
Crime is down in the subways, unless you’re a transit worker gothamist.com/news/bronx-m...
NYCT investing in hostile farebeating architecture ahead of full ONMY implementation gothamist.com/news/nearly-...
Nearly every NYC subway station will get spikes, paddles to combat fare evasion
The MTA said the equipment has led to a 60% reduction in turnstile jumping.
gothamist.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
NYCT investing in hostile farebeating architecture ahead of full ONMY implementation gothamist.com/news/nearly-...
“Your Subway Station May Finally Get an Elevator” after the MTA spent 43 yrs(and millions in taxpayer $)fighting every effort to install elevators to make it easier for millions of passengers to navigate the subway system. www.curbed.com/article/subw...
Your Subway Station May Finally Get an Elevator
At long last, funds from congestion pricing and a new approach have given the MTA’s efforts a major lift.
www.curbed.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“Your Subway Station May Finally Get an Elevator” after the MTA spent 43 yrs(and millions in taxpayer $)fighting every effort to install elevators to make it easier for millions of passengers to navigate the subway system. www.curbed.com/article/subw...
“I had teachers tell me I wouldn’t make it to 21 when I was going to high school, so I beat the odds, you know?…I’ve traveled millions of miles, zigging & zagging in every kind of vehicle known to man, trying to get from 1 place to another to create some more music.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“I had teachers tell me I wouldn’t make it to 21 when I was going to high school, so I beat the odds, you know?…I’ve traveled millions of miles, zigging & zagging in every kind of vehicle known to man, trying to get from 1 place to another to create some more music.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...
The proof the rails are working for NYers is how many scheduled subway trips actually leave terminals in serice.
The extra 4 trips added to the A(375 to 379), and the extra 8 trips added to the L(546 to 554)won’t mean anything if they’re canceled due to no crews… www.amny.com/opinion/proo...
The extra 4 trips added to the A(375 to 379), and the extra 8 trips added to the L(546 to 554)won’t mean anything if they’re canceled due to no crews… www.amny.com/opinion/proo...
Op-Ed | The proof congestion pricing is working is in the rails – amNewYork
Almost one year since implementation, the list of projects funded by congestion pricing keeps growing. This week, the MTA Board will award a contract to
www.amny.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The proof the rails are working for NYers is how many scheduled subway trips actually leave terminals in serice.
The extra 4 trips added to the A(375 to 379), and the extra 8 trips added to the L(546 to 554)won’t mean anything if they’re canceled due to no crews… www.amny.com/opinion/proo...
The extra 4 trips added to the A(375 to 379), and the extra 8 trips added to the L(546 to 554)won’t mean anything if they’re canceled due to no crews… www.amny.com/opinion/proo...