RAIDERS OF THE TABLE OF SUCCESS: Feds hit Police Commish; two deputy mayors, one a top figure in a previous NYPD corruption scandal; and controversy-soaked close Adams aide, Tim Pearson, with search warrants -- ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…

Appears to be the first time a federal investigation has raided a Police Commissioner since at least WWII. Last time I can find a PC directly tied up in a criminal probe was the bribery/bookie scandal sank Bill O'Dwyer's mayorality and his commissioner, Bill O'Brien.

Resent to improve clarity.

SCOOP: NPR has ID'd the two Trump campaign staffers involved in an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery last week that Trump insists did not happen. One of them is a deputy campaign manager. More with Quil Lawrence+Tom Bowman: npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-…

John Fisher needs to be hounded out of civic life in the Bay Area.

WAPO: ‘Trump turns to outlandish promises to offset $7 trillion in tax cuts: The former president says a spending commission would help reduce the national debt, but analysts are skeptical of his claims.’ washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

The revelation that much of Mayor Eric Adams’s inner circle is under federal investigation raised immediate questions about his ability to manage New York City amid an investigative onslaught now affecting much of his senior leadership. nyti.ms/4e4dggy

In-depth from AP: apnews.com/projects/janua…

I am once again saying

He did nazi that coming

"Police officials told the reporters, Tina Moore, The [NYPost]’s police bureau chief, and Maria Cramer, the police bureau chief for [The NYT], they were being punished for contacting police unions for assistance in interviewing department employees." -- nytimes.com/2024/09/06/nyr…

This is absolutely bonkers/nutso behavior from DCPI => (Now back to academia and making trains go fast)

The City has been out front in such a major way on this huge story, an NYC political earthquake. There's no better time to become a supporter of THE CITY donorbox.org/nycdonate

‘The The Associated Press has spent more than three years tracking the nearly 1,500 Jan. 6 Capitol riot cases brought by the Justice Department. AP reporters have reviewed hours of video footage and thousands of pages of court documents.’ apnews.com/projects/janua…

Absolutely vital outlet for our city. I’m a supporter and if New York matters to you, urge you to support it too.

This has the feeling of something Adam Brodsky has been itching to write for a long while =>

.Errol Louis (@errol.louis on Threads) missile: “How did we get here? Adams, a micromanager, appointed nearly every one of the people under scrutiny, even in the face of what outsiders considered big red warning flags. “ — nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Ah, so, not to jinx anything, but, um, we're really real this year?

"Donald Trump continues to portray the defendants as patriots worthy of admiration, an assertion that has been undercut by the adjudicated truth in hundreds of criminal cases ... about what history will remember as one of America’s darkest days." -- apnews.com/projects/janua…