J. Dale Shoemaker

This is the thing. If you take an adversarial stance towards the government (as journalists frequently should) you will lose “access” to routine, daily updates/news, easy stories, etc. I could care less if the government likes me or feeds me info. I have other sources.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein

Boo hoo, poor me. The point here isn't that something unpleasant happened to me. It's that this is why the media constantly refuses to publish things, depriving the public of newsworthy information. Media will never admit this but FBI visits = fewer stories

ICE agents this week, in cities like NYC, Los Angeles and Buffalo, raided immigration courts, arresting migrants who had shown up for their scheduled hearings. In Buffalo, agents arrested 4, including a Venezuelan man who missed a paperwork deadline. https://t.co/6o6ZH2pyWB

A stunning story from The Intercept: ICE agents across the country are stationing themselves inside immigration court buildings and checking papers after peoples' hearings. Some are then detained, slated for deportation. https://t.co/UtmFMw8MMH

New York has a strong law on the books to protect workers: If your boss fails to properly pay you, they can be criminally prosecuted. Wage theft, the law says, is a felony. But there's a catch: Not a single Western NY prosecutor has pursued a single case https://t.co/kuIvFINt3G

New: Since Sept. 2023, wage theft — when a boss withholds pay or benefits from a worker — has been considered a felony crime in New York. But in 20 months since the law change, I found that not a single prosector in Western NY has brought a single case. https://t.co/kuIvFIO0Te https://t.co/MhLFoqC0Wm

Will have more to share on this in coming days but: A man who was detained by federal immigration officials in the Buffalo area for nearly 2 mos has been permitted into Canada and has been reunited with his family. A rare piece of good news in the present immigration environment.

To any local reporters who have tried & failed to wrest public records from the cold, clammy fists of the Erie County Sheriff's Office: You're not alone. The Sheriff also, turns out, treats the New York Times the same way. NYT is now taking him to court: https://t.co/4kHAkrQPUS

Some additional reporting on this fellow via The Bulwark and The Daily Beast. In now-deleted X posts, he maligned Jewish people: https://t.co/J5OMqmgfF8 https://t.co/pKixd75dgG

J. Dale Shoemaker @JDale_Shoemaker

As reported by Reuters: An Afrikaner family is being resettled in Buffalo. They claim a new South African land law “expropriated” their land. https://t.co/8AnOdrnNyE https://t.co/8BWkJz00zi

After 17 years as a judge, Anthony LoRusso was forced to resign for “harassing conduct" toward women. That was 1993. He then became a landlord. Now, he's being sued by the AG for misusing security deposits. Tenants also report bedbugs. https://t.co/tDGDsPF8Jx

As reported by Reuters: An Afrikaner family is being resettled in Buffalo. They claim a new South African land law “expropriated” their land. https://t.co/8AnOdrnNyE https://t.co/8BWkJz00zi

Truly, an affront to the humble Mallo Cup. How could they.

Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso

The Pennsylvania House passed a bill to make the Hershey Kiss the official state candy by a 150-53 vote. The bill, first proposed by a middle school social studies class in 2021, now goes to the state Senate. https://t.co/wdAh2QHZqS

Don't call it a conflict of interest... Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon wrote a letter supporting Benderson Development moving its HQ from downtown Buffalo to Amherst. Benderson, turns out, is a campaign donor. And previous client of the Deputy Mayor. https://t.co/gMhbtL707p

Don’t worry, the Scanlon administration says, City Hall will never sell off Kleinhans, Shea’s or the baseball field. But they are actively seeking “public-private partnerships” so someone other than the city can pay for maintenance and “take ownership.” https://t.co/N3DAfqsTzq