Daniel R. Alonso

My new article in the @NYSBA Bar Journal explores the federal and New York systems for fighting public corruption. "Although it is generally 'easier'to prosecute public corruption in federal court rather than state court, it is certainly not easy."

The man who reportedly dug through mortgage data to get revenge against Trump’s enemies… …will now be in charge of all of America’s spy powers.

Up until last night, Brad refused to step on to the same stage as me to debate the issues. If Brad Lander is so afraid to stand up to me, how can New Yorkers trust that he will stand up to Donald Trump? NY-10 deserves a leader who fights for them (and doesn't fold).

Right now we have a fascist in the White House. Our neighbors are being abducted by Trump's secret police. The system is rigged by his billionaire buddies. This is not the time for a career politician desperately looking for a job and who, up until tonight, hasn't even had the courage to face me one-on-one.

Pulte's only qualification is that he is willing to abuse his authority to destroy Trump's political enemies. He has zero national security experience. He's going to DNI to spy on Trump's opponents ahead of the election. Period. Stop. And Trump doesn't care if you know it.

Rough times for Trump in court: His name has to come off of the Kennedy Center by 6/12, the Pentagon's anti-trans policy got blocked, an Alabama judge lectured prosecutors about their duty, & Trump's slush fund is imploding. It's Hard to keep track of all the losses, so I did it for you: open.substack.com/pub/joycevance…

Yeah, no. This is the same unserious guy who was doing nothing but digging up documents on Schiff and Letitia James looking for mortgage fraud (didn't find anything) and was pushing 50-year mortgages. Now he's being put in charge of 18 different intelligence agencies despite having ZERO military or intelligence background. He's a corrupt hack just like you. Side note - how are you still saying "justice is coming"??? Lmao

The gaslighting here is remarkable.👇

Pulte is a clown, but also the one who allegedly illegally pulled all the loan files to investigate Tish James, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, and Lisa Cook. Pretty alarming to make a guy willing to turn the state apparatus against citizens the Director of National Intelligence.

Actually, Brad, here’s the full clip you’re trying to spin. Are you seriously arguing that we shouldn’t do literally everything in our power to win back the majority? I know what it takes to beat Trump, and you are proving that you are simply not ready to meet the moment of beating a Republican Party that is wholly controlled by a fascist.

A message to all sane Republicans: He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals. You said nothing. He bulldozed the East Wing. You said nothing. He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing. He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing. He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing. He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing. He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing. He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing. His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing. He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing. His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing. He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing. He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing. It’s time to start talking.

Good. Damn good. Thread.👇

It is legitimately a tragedy that the 250th anniversary of this country's birth will be presided over by a president who is EVERYTHING the founders warned us against -- a partisan demagogue who fundamentally loathes the separation of powers and denies election results he dislikes

A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT. He knows his time is running out. So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour. He died 5 months later. This is that lecture. The most important hour you'll watch this week. 👇 Bookmark it for later

Ooooh, are we sharing fables? I got one for you. So, there's this frog that enters public service, presumably for the right reasons. He spends years as a district judge, then gets elected to the state supreme court, then attorney general of that state. Wouldn't you know it, that frog makes his way up to the U.S. Senate and gets reelected a few times. He seems to have a great path ahead. Well, along comes this scorpion who's running for president and saying outright: if you don't support me, I'm gonna sting you. The supposedly wise frog warns everyone else about the scorpion, tells them this scorpion is bad news, tells them this scorpion is gonna sting them with no regard for their support. Alas, the scorpion is elected anyway, and the frog, despite knowing the scorpion is going to sting, keeps supporting the scorpion. The frog, once wise, spends a decade defending the scorpion stinging others even though the frog knows there's a damn good chance he's gonna get stung himself because the scorpion doesn't do loyalty. The frog, you see, is too chickenshit to speak out against the scorpion and decides to just wait out the scorpion's time. He's okay with others getting stung, though. He figures if he can appeal to the scorpion's ego and support him, he'll evade the eventual sting. So, he spends years pandering to the scorpion and looking the other way while others get stung. And after a while, he figures he's gonna make it out okay. Well, along comes this other frog who panders even harder. A truly corrupt and nasty frog. No integrity at all. Seems to have no soul. And the frog thinks: there ain't no way the scorpion is gonna favor this other frog. I've bent over backwards for the scorpion. I've been loyal. This other frog is ugly as sin. No one likes the other frog. The scorpion ain't gonna choose him over me, right? The frog is now neck-deep in delusion. He thinks the way to get out of this pickle is to pander to the scorpion even harder. He even tries to get a highway named after the scorpion. Well... it didn't work. One day, the scorpion thanked the frog for his loyalty and then repeatedly stung him into oblivion. Stung him over and over. Seemed to enjoy it, honestly. I think I read that in Aesop's or somewhere.

#BREAKING: Psaki: “…I have to start tonight with a story that in any other administration, would be grounds for opening an impeachment inquiry, because today ProPublica reported that the White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied to President Trump’s adult son @DonaldJTrumpJr…the deal in question involved a startup focused on rare earth magnet production called Vulcan Elements and last Summer, Don Jr’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in that company, and wouldn’t you know…three months later, the Pentagon announced that it was giving Vulcan Elements a $620 million loan.”🙄🤦‍♀️

These days I’m at a loss for words. The new corruption scandal is just bananas. Trump has been using inside information to trade stocks and make millions. And the scale of the trading is just mind blowing. Here’s what we know.

This is what Trump's done to the people's house: A third of it is rubble. Another third is a cage match. What a metaphor.

One of the reasons I spend more time criticizing the Right than the Left is that the Right keeps evoking honorable people (Reagan) and good ideas (conservatism) in defense of dishonorable people, gross conduct, and terrible ideas.

This is just so mindblowingly corrupt. And there's something new like this almost every day. The corruption is beyond staggering. It's bottomless.

@hnejr Dismissal versus trial is not the topic at hand. If you can’t understand the juxtaposition of what the guy said and what the criticism was, I can’t help you any further. BTW, I was a prosecutor for 18 years and I don’t constantly wave it around to show that I must be right.

@DanielRAlonso I did listen and that’s not what he was saying or Ship was contesting. Ship was a federal prosecutor for more than 20 years. He knows about pretrial disclosure. What happened to the whole indictment will be dismissed on motion as insufficient?

It’s bad form to call someone dumb, so I won’t. But anyone who actually *listened* to what MacFarlane said would have heard him say “they go to trial Oct. 21 if the calendar holds up, the DOJ is going to have to show some of its cards in that case.” He didn’t say that would happen at arraignment, so criticizing him as “dumb” had no basis.