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Matt Butler retweeted
“Instead of delivering a gracious victory speech and working to unite the district, Anthony Constantino launched into a profanity laced tirade, had a reporter removed and stood by as his friend tried to lead the crowd in profane chants against the media. Constantino then spent the early morning hours sending vile text messages to Republicans and elected officials, including me, around 3:15 a.m.
I will not be intimidated into resigning because he demands it on X. My fellow chairs and I work tirelessly for our committees and candidates, and we will continue that work.
Leadership requires building bridges, Constantino continues to burn them. He bears responsibility for turning a heavily Republican district, with nearly a 100,000 voter Republican enrollment advantage, into a race he barely led by two- percentage points, despite spending $17 million.”
Here is a screenshot of what unhinged congressman elect Constantino sent to me in the early morning hours after election night. This is not leadership….
Anthony Constantino crashed out on Twitter and in his text messages to local Republicans last night as he had the worst margins for a Republican in #NY21 in 12 years.
A battle between the presumptive Congressman and his local party leaders is brewing.
nny360.com/news/ny21-margins…
Matt Butler retweeted
That’s when @constantino turned up the heat, and revealed the real theme of his remarks: Attacking the press, and calling out individual reporters from the stage.
I was the first.
“Sometimes the evil media, particularly Kate Lisa, they call (Stone) an ‘asshole,’” Constantino said, referring to a story I wrote last week about Stone encouraging him to exude more kindness to woo voters.
“He’s probably the nicest person I met in politics, and I got to be honest with you, I think Kate Lisa is an asshole,” Constantino continued less than 3 minutes into his celebratory remarks. “She is. You shouldn’t call people assholes, Kate. It makes you an asshole.”
cityandstateny.com/politics/…
Matt Butler retweeted
.@Constantino’s victory speech last night is making waves and being widely shared online — and for good reason.
A thread:
Matt Butler retweeted
AC is not telling the truth about his decision to remove a reporter from his election night party. I watched Garrett stay neutral as AC attacked him and as a party-goer got in Garrett’s face aggressively.
Anthony wanted to look tough, and picked on the first reporter he saw.
Matt Butler retweeted
These are the first post-victory posts from the Congressman-Elect for #NY21, crashing out about the general GOP failures in NY last night and the media.
Matt Butler retweeted
From my point of view, Domblewski handled this difficult (and utterly insane) moment as gracefully as could be expected.
Matt Butler retweeted
Drama at the Constantino party; after calling him an asshole, Constantino has the reporter here for WWNY, Channel 7 removed.
Matt Butler retweeted
Some early results in #NY21 that are good for Democrat Blake Gendebien:
++ He leads overall in numbers that include lots of early voting
++ With all precincts reporting, Gendebien has beat Republican Anthony Constantino in Herkimer and Washington counties
timesunion.com/projects/2026…
Matt Butler retweeted
Big Red of Western Kentucky pressing a Delaware WR after a touchdown is the most Tuesday night college football thing ever
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…
Matt Butler retweeted
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.
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.
teapawt.net/VoteHub/status/2100030…
Matt Butler retweeted
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?
Matt Butler retweeted
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
Matt Butler retweeted
🚨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…
