Steve Kastenbaum
@SKastenbaum
At City&StateNY through the summer, CUNY's Newmark Grad J-School class of '25, NY Gritty host, former Westwood One News, CNN Radio & 1010 WINS Correspondent
Surprise, surprise! Trump's effort to ostensibly make the State Department leaner, meaner, and more efficient is only sowing chaos—like people getting pink slips addressed to "Dear N/A" and gutting the office responsible for passport supply. My latest. puck.news/inside-the-fal…
A little over 36% of registered voters in Missouri are Democrats. Close to 42% are Republicans. The House districts are drawn so that 6 members of Congress from MO are GOP and only 2 are DEM. Now they want to redraw district lines in a way that breaks up one of the Dem districts
Some redistricting news: MISSOURI Republicans are discussing a new 7R-1D map that would crack Dem Rep Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district The WH, which pushed TX to redistrict, is on board, per sources familiar The current map is 6R-2D punchbowl.news/article/campai…
NEW: We uncovered multiple photos of Jeffrey Epstein at Donald Trump‘s wedding. Photos of the pair together earlier that year at an event. And video of Epstein and Trump at the 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…
NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell once argued the Epstein saga is so old —witnesses’ memories have faded and corroborating documents destroyed — that it would be hard to unearth anything new and reliable. Now she wants a DOJ that charged her with perjury to believe she has revelatory info.…
My graduate school classmate Marina Samuel with a deep dive into the upcoming election ballot propositions: New Yorkers to Vote on Affordable Housing Fast Track and Election Calendar This Fall thecity.nyc/2025/07/21/bal… via @THECITYNY @newmarkjschool
Video of the execution of this American citizen & his family is circulating on X. Unidentified militants smiling/laughing as they march the family to their deaths: U.S. citizen killed in Syria sectarian violence alongside 6 Druze family members. nbcnews.com/world/middle-e…
CBS claims that its decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s show is “financial,” but “the network that once made Cronkite the most trusted man in America no longer gets the benefit of the doubt,” @GrahamDavidA argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
‘Like Dogs in Here’ — Videos Expose ICE Lock-up Inside 26 Federal Plaza thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/vid… via @THECITYNY
NEW: A State Dept. cable says Chinese intelligence officers interrogated a Commerce Dept. employee about his US Army service. He was visiting relatives in Chengdu. When US diplomats escorted him to Beijing, officers followed. He can't leave China. Story: nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…
As a society we have to push back against “New York New Jersey.” The game is being played on New Jersey.
The @NYSE Opening Bell rang this morning for a very special occasion: the one-year countdown to the FIFA World Cup 26 final! The world’s biggest soccer tournament is coming to the United States, Mexico and Canada in 2026, culminating in the grand finale right here in @FWC26NYNJ.
Learn the differences between Socialists in Office, DSA members and allies. cityandstateny.com/personality/20…
US summer flight bookings are down 10% year-on-year — even though airfares are cheaper — and the airline sector is lagging behind the wider market. Nevertheless, Greg Friedman of Peachtree Group says the market will pick up and even benefit in 2026
At least 67 Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza shot dead by IDF, Health Ministry says haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Israeli disregard for the deaths in Gaza cannot obscure the magnitude of the horrors haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
.@jamestalarico: "The only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God."