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Breaking tonight: Cornell officials say they don’t know if the $1 billion reported by NYT is correct, but confirmed 75 stop work orders from the Department of Defense on a wide, wide range of research.
Breaking: Trump administration sends Cornell stop work orders amid reports of $1 billion funding freeze ithacavoice.org/2025/04/brea…
Matt Butler retweeted
Interesting place for a midterm rally.
In this media market: NY-22 (D incumbent, not very competitive), NY-24 (R held, not competitive), NY-19 (D held, not very competitive).
Syracuse for a Trump rally was definitely not on my board - it will happen this Friday syracuse.com/politics/cny/20…
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This is Cereese Qusba, the hero investigative journalist for the Cornell Daily Sun who doggedly pursued the story about the Cornell 7 for two years, blowing the lid off what had happened when her article was finally published on the 19th..
With so many dark posts about such a horrific incident, Ms. Qusba’s work shows the importance of journalism in accountability. She is the best of Cornell.
There’s obviously a healthy lifestyle component to this, but *everyone* should be getting their lipoprotein(a) levels tested. It’s very genetic and you can’t really change your level, but if it’s high you should know now. I’m not sure many non-specialist doctors are onto it yet.
Matt Butler retweeted
Senator Collins’ office says we “took the word of someone who pled guilty,” but ProPublica conducted its own investigation of the former CEO’s assertions. We have the receipts.
Our reporters independently corroborated much of the account by former Navatek CEO Martin Kao by reviewing a trove of evidence, legal records and interviewing dozens of people. And we reported that anti-corruption agents at the FBI were asking questions about Susan Collins as recently as late 2024. But after the reelection of President Trump, the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes were dismantled.
Here is the full story:
propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
ALT Excerpt from article: ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and interviewed dozens of people familiar with Navatek, its Washington operations, and the FBI inquiry to conduct our own investigation. We independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. Whether or not Kao’s dealings with politicians amount to criminal bribery, the Trump Justice Department has little interest in finding out, and his sheer success reveals how easily influence is purchased in Washington today. This is the first in a series of stories drawn from our reporting.
ALT Emails Between Martin Kao and Scott Reed, Discussing Contributions to the Susan Collins Super PAC, 1820 PAC “Hi Scott: Had a chance to discuss 1820 with my CFO and attorney last night. They are suggesting setting up a separate new LLC to make the donations. Name of new LLC: Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers. In my personal real estate investments, we often use LLCs that can be set up to "facilitate" transactions. They are super vague and very difficult to get any background info on. Totally legal and typically used in real estate transactions to conceal the identity of buyer/seller. Wanted to get your thoughts/concerns.” — email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019 “Very smart and glad your counsel understands. Thanks for doing this.” — email from Scott Reed to Martin Kao, Nov. 22, 2019 “Great! We will proceed on getting this set up ASAP. Have a nice weekend.” — email from Martin Kao to Scott Reed, Nov. 22, 2019
The seven-year-old allegations made against Senator Collins and her staff in this piece are categorically false. There have never been any allegations of wrongdoing by the Collins for Senator campaign, and the campaign was never the target of the FBI investigation.
ProPublica took the word of someone who pled guilty to five counts of money laundering, three counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, and making false submissions to the FEC. As Martin Kao was awaiting sentencing, he began making outlandish charges about the Collins office, deflecting blame from himself and placing it on Senator Collins, including alleging that our office required contributions before taking meetings and engaged in extortion, pay for play, and bribery. The FBI and the Court obviously did not believe Kao, and in 2025 he was sentenced in two separate cases to prison terms of seven years and three years to be served concurrently, as well as an additional five years of supervised release at the end of his prison term.
It is important to note that during the Biden Administration the FBI and the Department of Justice thoroughly investigated the Navatek matter. The Collins campaign cooperated fully with the FBI throughout the investigation, producing all of the documents it requested and serving as fact witnesses in official settings. In response to the allegations in the ProPublica piece, the FBI clearly stated that a suggestion of wrongdoing by Senator Collins or her staff is “totally false.”
These issues were resolved in 2021, and the FBI has not contacted us about Martin Kao since then.
Matt Butler retweeted
Progressives in Delaware won 6/8 of their targeted races, fitting end to primary season.
(They were helped by base anger at a business friendly incorporation law written to stop other CEOs from following Elon out of the state.) semafor.com/article/03/05/20…
Second incumbent down. Bernie and DSA backed Frisby wins. This is going to be a destruction tonight in Delaware.
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NEW and BREAKING: Justice Department prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into revelations the Clippers helped arrange secret sponsorship contracts for the star player Kawhi Leonard that circumvented the salary cap. nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/po…
w/@WRashbaum @SantulN
Matt Butler retweeted
The Clippers continuing to call Pulitzer prize winning reporting "podcast allegations" as a way to diminish its veracity is beyond embarrassing. But real reporting is believing the bull---- they were peddling?
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Wild story from a man who claims OH-07 nom Brian Poindexter slapped him at a baseball game.
"Hey man if I buy you a hot dog will you shove that fucking thing down your throat like you did?"
Poindexter then apparently slapped him and was removed from the stadium
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🚨BREAKING🚨 4-star QB Julian Reese II has committed to Delaware, @samspiegs reports🔵🟡
Read: on3.com/rivals/news/delaware…
Matt Butler retweeted
Here's the @nytimes obit on an American icon.
nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/…
Matt Butler retweeted
Study’s Alarming Finding: At Least 1 in 4 N.F.L. Players Gets Brain Disease
Big news from @JohnBranchNYT
nytimes.com/2026/08/25/us/nf…
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“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is the longest-running sitcom in history, yet has won no major awards. What gives? newyorker.com/culture/on-tel…
John Lannan may need a police escort in that environment.
The Phillies will induct Chase Utley into their Wall of Fame on Friday night. And he will throw a ceremonial first pitch to Carlos Ruiz this weekend. Here is the list of Phillies alumni that will be there this weekend.
Bobby Abreu – Wall of Famer
Ruben Amaro Jr. – 2008 World Series champion (assistant GM), 2009 NL champion (GM) and 1993 NL champion
Larry Andersen – 1983 and 1993 NL champion
Mick Billmeyer – 2008 World Series champion (coach) and 2009 NL champion (coach)
Joe Blanton – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Larry Bowa – Wall of Famer, 1980 World Series champion and 1993 NL champion (coach)
John Briggs – Local alumnus
Pat Burrell – Wall of Famer and 2008 World Series champion
Steve Carlton – Hall of Famer, Wall of Famer, 1980 World Series champion and 1983 NL champion
Doug Clemens – Local alumnus
Scott Eyre – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Ben Francisco – 2009 NL champion
Gene Garber – Local alumnus
Pat Gillick – Hall of Famer, Wall of Famer and 2008 World Series champion (GM)
Tim Gradoville – Local alumnus
Tommy Greene – 1993 NL champion
Greg Gross – 1980 World Series champion and 1983 NL champion
Cole Hamels – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Terry Harmon – Local alumnus
Ramon Henderson – Local alumnus
Tommy Herr – Local alumnus
Ryan Howard – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Steve Jeltz – 1983 NL champion
Erik Kratz – Local alumnus
John Kruk – Wall of Famer and 1993 NL champion
John Lannan – Alumnus
Tim Lahey – Alumnus
Mark Leiter Sr. – Local alumnus
Brad Lidge – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Mike Lieberthal – Wall of Famer
Greg Luzinski – Wall of Famer and 1980 World Series champion
Art Mahaffey – Local alumnus
Garry Maddox – Wall of Famer, 1980 World Series champion and 1983 NL champion
Ryan Madson – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Charlie Manuel – Wall of Famer, 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion (manager)
Jeff Manto – 1993 NL champion
Gary “Sarge” Matthews – 1983 NL champion
Mickey Morandini – 1993 NL champion
Dickie Noles – 1980 World Series champion
Brett Oberholtzer – Local alumnus
Ron Reed – Wall of Famer, 1980 World Series champion and 1983 NL champion
Ben Revere – Local alumnus
Scott Rolen – Hall of Famer and Wall of Famer
Jimmy Rollins – Wall of Famer, 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
J.C. Romero – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Aaron Rowand – Alumnus
Carlos Ruiz – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Juan Samuel – Wall of Famer and 1983 NL champion
Gene Schall – Local alumnus
Curt Schilling – Wall of Famer and 1993 NL champion
Mike Schmidt – Hall of Famer, Wall of Famer, 1980 World Series champion and 1983 NL champion
Steve Schrenk – Local alumnus
Jeff Singer – Local alumnus
Kevin Stocker – 1993 NL champion
Rich Surhoff – Local alumnus
Milt Thompson – 2008 World Series champion (coach), 2009 NL champion (coach) and 1993 NL champion
Will Toffey – Alumnus
Manny Trillo – Wall of Famer and 1980 World Series champion
Chase Utley – 2026 Wall of Fame inductee, 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Shane Victorino – 2008 World Series champion and 2009 NL champion
Ed Wade – Wall of Famer and 1993 NL champion (assistant GM)
Bobby Wine – 1980 World Series champion (coach) and 1983 NL champion (coach)
Randy Wolf – Alumnus
Vance Worley – Local alumnus
