I was in a city council hearing today, and the chair introduced Jumaane Williams as “our public advocate…for now”; and you could SEE the waves of self-restraint it took most of the room not to shriek with glee.

I know, I hate the idea of publishing newsletters on Friday afternoon; no one wants to read stuff like this after their punishing week. But there's some crucial Iraq developments at work and this material was embargoed.

U.S.' Military Future in Iraq 'Is Not A Withdrawal,' Officials Declare

The Iraqi PM wants the U.S. out. The U.S. instead negotiates a "transition" to an "enduring bilateral relationship."

And that’s gonna be it for Adams after this Hochul statement. As someone who used to have Jumaane Williams as his city councilman, I can’t believe we’re about to go from Crooked Cop Mayor to as close to a mayor for the people as I’ve ever had, and I’m 44.

No one has ever called these drugs Belushi or NY Undercover and it doesn’t even register in the top 15 embarrassing things Eric Adams has done

OK, never mind, this is my favorite detail! BRIANNA WHAT ARE YOU DOING LMAO

Maybe my favorite detail is Adams' cronies, surely at the direction of their boss, referring to him, the Brooklyn borough president at the time, as "Mr. President."

Lmao “Businessman-3 agreed to contribute $50,000 or more to the 2021 Campaign, believing that ADAMS might one day be the President of the United States…”

When you're definitely not a criminal

The same people who pushed Eric Adams on us New Yorkers will do the exact same thing again and again. Anything to stop this city from being controlled by its people

Important to remember Eric Adams’s campaign and election was meant to signal and celebrate the defeat of any popular demands to rein in policing and incarceration.