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The Working Families Party Elite-Funded Operation That Systematically Violated NYC Campaign Finance Disclosure Rules

July 16, 2025 / 22 minutes of reading

This investigation documents how Working Families Party coalition campaigns—including mayoral winner Zohran Mamdani, Comptroller candidate Justin Brannan, and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams—appear to have violated disclosure requirements through coordination that may have circumvented rules designed to ensure voter transparency. Equally troubling, documented relationships between Campaign Finance Board personnel and the WFP coalition raise questions about whether oversight itself was […]

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Adrienne Adams, Jason Curtis Anderson, Justin Brannan, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, Politico, Victoria Perrone, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

The Mamdani Playbook: Politico Coordination, Record Alterations, and Threats Against Forensic Analysis

July 13, 2025 / 15 minutes of reading

When a forensic accountant exposed a $2+ million PAC operation disguised as ‘grassroots,’ institutional power struck back with record alterations, coordinated media manipulation through Politico, and legal threats – revealing how political establishments silence forensic investigation. “I corrected my tweet. Please revise or I’ll send a defamation claim.” This sequence of events started when Politico’s Jeff Coltin appeared to coordinate

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Betsy McCaughey, Jeff Coltin, Jerrod MacFarlane, Politico, Raheem Kassam, Spruce Street Compliance, The National Pulse, Victoria Perrone, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

EXPOSED: How Politico Coordinated Damage Control for Mamdani’s $1.6 Million Campaign Finance Scandal

July 3, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

When a mayoral candidate and a national news outlet coordinate damage control, the truth still comes out. Today’s Politico Playbook piece by Jeff Coltin exposed something far more troubling than a campaign finance “glitch”—it revealed how political journalism has become indistinguishable from campaign PR. In attempting to debunk our investigation of record alterations in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, Coltin inadvertently

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Betsy McCaughey, Jeff Coltin, Newsmax, Politico, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Investigation: The Branded Revolution – How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Grassroots’ Campaign Became a $6.3 Million Corporate Production

June 19, 2025 / 10 minutes of reading

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani wants New York voters to believe they’re witnessing a revolution. His mayoral campaign markets itself as a “grassroots, volunteer movement”—powered by neighborhood organizers, fueled by authentic passion, and guided by democratic socialist principles that reject corporate politics. But a forensic examination of campaign finance records, coordinated political messaging, and strategic timing reveals something entirely different: a meticulously

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Adrienne Adams, Justin Brannan, Politico, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Media Playbook

Narrative Laundering: How Politico Spun a Poll Even WFP Didn’t Believe

June 3, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

In financial fraud investigations, we often distinguish between direct misstatements and what auditors call “presentation risk”—the deliberate arrangement of technically true information in a way that misleads the reader. The same dynamic plagues political journalism, where the line between reporting and amplifying selective spin has largely disappeared. Polls get commissioned not to inform decisions, but to generate headlines. Methodologically weak

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Adrienne Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Joe Anuta, Letitia James, Politico, Sally Goldenberg, Working Families PartyMedia Playbook

The Shadow Cabinet of Denial: How Politico Turned a Federal Mortgage Fraud Suspect Into a Resistance Hero

May 28, 2025 / 10 minutes of reading

Politico’s recent opinion piece, “21 Unexpected Heavy Hitters for a Democratic Shadow Cabinet,“ is not just laughable—it’s reckless journalism masquerading as political analysis. Among its anointed resistance icons is none other than Letitia James, whom the Federal Housing Finance Agency referred to the Department of Justice on April 14, 2025 for criminal investigation into mortgage fraud, perjury, and financial disclosure

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Bill Scher, Donald Trump, Letitia James, PoliticoCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

Letitia James’ Campaign Text for Adrienne Adams Raises Ethics Concerns: Official Title Used for Fundraising

May 19, 2025 / 8 minutes of reading

As New York’s top prosecutor faces federal investigation, her campaign activities for Adrienne Adams raise serious questions about the misuse of official position When New York’s top law enforcement officer uses her official title to solicit campaign donations, where exactly is the line between public service and political activity? This question demands attention after a concerning text message campaign endorsed

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Adrienne Adams, Jeff Coltin, Letitia James, PoliticoCorruption, Crime