I read this piece twice and for some strange reason the Post doesn’t identify which political party the disgraced councilman belongs to. Anyone want to take a guess? - ThreadSky

notgoinback.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hmmmm I’m going con for sure. I swear it’s a whole damn party of child abusing pervs.

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thadmessenger.bsky.social•4 days ago

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katrina-cheshire.bsky.social•4 days ago

He has a red tie?

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dunnersmads.bsky.social•4 days ago

R , 11th caught

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mschiz.bsky.social•4 days ago

They'll love him in prison.

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randall1972.bsky.social•4 days ago

Let me guess ....... Republican.

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jogwei.bsky.social•4 days ago

Literally do they just *not know* that this isn’t normal, godfearing behavior?

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msbureaucrat.bsky.social•4 days ago

OH MY. IT'S ANOTHER NOT-A-DRAG-QUEEN.

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sophiethebear.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yet another one who is ... NOT a drag queen

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pianoplayer.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also it’s written to imply he is a Democrat.

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lindazawislak.bsky.social•4 days ago

Glad he’s off the streets!

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tdwright.co.uk•4 days ago

Surely not the party of law and order? 😲

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virginianx.bsky.social•4 days ago

Tesla?

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sammypotatoes.bsky.social•4 days ago

Never heard of him but 'New York' so got to be a pinky liberal coastal-elite Dem, right?

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kelly-d-d.bsky.social•4 days ago

The only one that wants to beat/rape women and children without accountability.

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myposeygirl.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you for pointing this out. I wish more people would call out “news” reports with dubious intentions. The Post does this a lot. We need to stand up for truth and fact based journalism. We need to take a stand against the real faux news and call it out when we see it.

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asteroidx.bsky.social•4 days ago

Does he own a pizza shop ?

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shestheone.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤔

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altanibooklizzer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Checked the Wiki.

REPUBLICAN

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victoriousyankee.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m guessing he’s a conservative christian too…

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blake105.bsky.social•4 days ago

GOP

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coleencallagy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Republican Christian?

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mbpnw.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not all Republicans are pedophiles, but all pedophiles are Republican?

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anonymousvc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Green Party?

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liberalgigi.bsky.social•4 days ago

They call the Dems pedophiles all the time…it’s projection folks. They are the actual pedophiles.

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cubsgirl.bsky.social•4 days ago

Let me guess?? Republican?? 😂😂

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beachboundblue.bsky.social•4 days ago

Disgusting human!

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cjndfan1.bsky.social•4 days ago

Because it goes against their narrative that everything White and conservative is all good.

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mmkeefe.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s a feature not a bug with their brand 😡😡

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clevernickname23.bsky.social•3 days ago

If it was a Democrat, it would have been in the headline.

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coupie99.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hmm, the one with the deviant child sexual abusers? Oh, led by a rapist?

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persephone2008.bsky.social•4 days ago

THIS needs to be shared:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mangione-trial-federal-prosecutors-death-penalty-1.7498995

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elle-yung.bsky.social•3 days ago

If he was a Dem, it would have been the first word of the headline.

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winwan.bsky.social•4 days ago

I don’t know but my educated (because 99% before him have been) guess is a Repug?

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experimental22.bsky.social•4 days ago

MAGA is misogynistic. MAGA is pro-rape. MAGA is pro-pedophilia. Consistently and always.

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reliablenarrator.bsky.social•4 days ago

Bull Moose?

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oldbrownshoe.bsky.social•4 days ago

White + double-chin + red tie = MAGA

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cubicdan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Kinda looks like a fat(ter) Elon Musk.

They always do wear their ugly on the inside AND outside.

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sparklejenn.bsky.social•4 days ago

Dirt bag, POS !!!!!!

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boldsea.bsky.social•4 days ago

He's a Republican, and check this out, an Eagle Scout. 🙄

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marianlederman.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thinking it starts with “R”?

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denisloubet.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well, I just assumed…

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perceptivemolecule.bsky.social•4 days ago

(From the Lesbian Herstory Archives' digital button collection)

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mheido.bsky.social•4 days ago

So off to El Salvador with him, right?

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dezy71.bsky.social•3 days ago

His name is Dan, not Juan. Pardon loading

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methodnull.bsky.social•4 days ago

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cruff1853.bsky.social•4 days ago

When will rump offer him a job?

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magiprocessioner.bsky.social•4 days ago

Pedocons theory, please miss just once

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jer6.bsky.social•4 days ago

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sureican2.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2025/04/01/disgraced-ex-nyc-councilman-caught-with-child-sex-abuse-videos-at-miami-airport-feds-say/. Republican

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mhweber.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mhweber.bsky.social/post/3ljq36hvdjs2z

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sverre-auestad.bsky.social•4 days ago

My guess is the GOP (Groomer Oligarch Party)

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skiskamp.bsky.social•3 days ago

I read this twice and couldn't figure out if the search was based on an ongoing investigation or just some random phone search of someone entering the country.

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mdola.bsky.social•4 days ago

Should we be concerned about this part of the story from a privacy perspective? Is DHS/TSA doing this now without warrants?

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mdola.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article303270416.html

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positivesubway.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes, Wired has a good piece about how customs has ramped up device searches and seizures https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

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mdola.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thank you for this info! Angry that we need it

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rbtec.bsky.social•4 days ago

Has Felon47 offered him a job yet?

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swede1961.bsky.social•4 days ago

Republican- bio online guess they can add this to it

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crone42.bsky.social•4 days ago

Not a Drag Queen

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tonyvillanova17.bsky.social•4 days ago

A proud convicted felon of the Republican party the do as we say not as we do party.

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techno-oenophile.bsky.social•4 days ago

DISGUSTING

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jifty.bsky.social•4 days ago

Whig?

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transitfossil.bsky.social•3 days ago

white.

male.

Republican.

christian.

family man.

all the usual suspects.

not trans or LBGTQ+ or atheist or Democrat.

every accusation is a confession.

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jobpolak.bsky.social•4 days ago

Notable, the senator he went to jail for did get his affiliation (dem trying to run as repub) mentioned.

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1miss-daisy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Rethuglican, of course.

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thebriandavidson.bsky.social•4 days ago

Women and children are STILL safer in bathrooms with transgender people than with Republican men.

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seamiracles.bsky.social•4 days ago

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pattysanchezthomas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Repugs … it’s who they are.

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judithkh1951.bsky.social•4 days ago

Of course it's a Republican. Fits their modus operandi.

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jenniefields.bsky.social•4 days ago

A total aside here… It was detected by customs doing a device check upon reentry to the country? Is this a regular practice now or was he flagged? Just curious.

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positivesubway.bsky.social•4 days ago

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

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jenniefields.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thanks. It just struck me reading the article (that article had so much going on).

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danreidnelson.bsky.social•4 days ago

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americanarchitect.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good Ole Pedophile party?

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juryst.bsky.social•4 days ago

No, really? But aren't they the party of family values? I'm so shocked..

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bigpicart.bsky.social•4 days ago

WIKIPEDIA: Halloran was elected to the New York City Council from the 19th district, in Queens. He was endorsed by the Republican, Libertarian, Independence and Conservative parties.

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hrdcpy.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-csam-scanning-heat-initiative-letter/

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jharsin.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes, why the silence on this one fact? He is a Republican from Queens, fiscal conservative, strict libertarian, opposed to the Affordable Care Act.

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walterdragon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Pedocon theory should be elevated to a scientific fact at this point.

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ginnyrusch-mills.bsky.social•4 days ago

The original fat bastard. Look at those chins!!

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nccaniac.bsky.social•3 days ago

Daniel J. Halloran III is a former member of the NYC Council & convicted felon. He was indicted on corruption charges in 2013, did not run for reelection, was convicted in July 2014,& is currently back in the private sector on Long Island.
Born: 1972 , Queens, New York, NY
Party: Republican Party

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darkoverlordofdata.com•4 days ago

you surely don't expect unbiased reporting from the post do you 😸

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americaninlisbon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Interestingly enough, they named Malcolm Smith as a Democrat.

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wiggles008.bsky.social•4 days ago

Throw away the key.

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chromaticgravity.bsky.social•4 days ago

it’s darker than people even realize.

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naitruc.bsky.social•4 days ago

oh that is horrid..stomach churning

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danziger.bsky.social•4 days ago

It reads like he's a member of the Disgraced Party.

(Which he is.)

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vigeo93.bsky.social•4 days ago

Uh, lemme think. If it acts like a Trump, and quacks like a Trump, and gets arrested like a Trump….

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credle.bsky.social•4 days ago

and there it is

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j-e-l1.bsky.social•4 days ago

No surprise
MAGA!!!!!

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chrislhayes.bsky.social•4 days ago

the funniest part is that they mention party affiliation only once, when referring to the other guy who was indicted with for the bribery scheme who was a Dem.

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interestingchips.bsky.social•4 days ago

He only got in trouble for...helping a Democrat. Take that libs! Oh right, all the other stuff.

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jenniefields.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Funny” how that happens! I’m just wondering if he’s on deck for a cabinet appointment when Trump gets angry at one of them and fires them.

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gregory9.bsky.social•4 days ago

Let's see: pudgy, white, middle-aged male, red tie, self-satisfied look of universal impunity on his face--that describes Trump, except that he was middle-aged when earth was forming a solid crust. So I'm gonna go out on a limb here: Republican?

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digita1b0y.bsky.social•4 days ago

You know how I can tell he's a Republican? Because if it was a Democrat, the headline would tell me in bolded size 30 font that it was a Democrat.

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nwgarcia.bsky.social•4 days ago

They're obviously running cover, but it's so weird to be old enough to remember there was a time when you genuinely didn't know which party he'd belong to. Now you can see the headline and be right every time saying, "Oh it was a Republican"

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wethepatriots.bsky.social•4 days ago

Republican.🤔

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twoells.bsky.social•4 days ago

If Dems were media savvy there would be a copy pasta list of all the GOP freaks caught with CSAM

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bluestatedon.bsky.social•4 days ago

If I was in charge of Dem messaging, @antifaoperative.bsky.social would have been conducting a weekly press conference highlighting the Republican Pedophile of the Week for the last four years.

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neselyn.bsky.social•4 days ago

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irish-seanchai.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fiscal conservative and libertarian are completely meaningless when affixed together.

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deedabird.bsky.social•3 days ago

Another churchy predator. It’s a national sickness

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normp.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wait
Let me guess
Does it involve an elephant ?

Oh look !!!!!!!
Thank you wikipedia !

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junglemay.bsky.social•4 days ago

He's also a convicted felon.

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naveman.bsky.social•4 days ago

Well based on the ‘Do you know who my daddy is?’ energy from his photo I’m going to guess Republican.

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deaconbluesagain.bsky.social•4 days ago

Insert Jeff Goldblum narration:

“Birds of a feather….ahh…Flock together “

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foolwatcher2025.bsky.social•4 days ago

That's a maga !

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tuvozmellama.bsky.social•4 days ago

Gee, let me guess....

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all-a-mort.bsky.social•4 days ago

Let me guess: Grand Old Pedos?

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stahl.bsky.social•4 days ago

pedocons pedocons pedocons

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ditch-lily.bsky.social•4 days ago

Pizzagate: every accusation is an admission

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chatsubo657.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m putting 800 dollars on him not being a drag queen?

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an-elk.bsky.social•4 days ago

The Republican Communist Party (RCP)

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njtovarish67.bsky.social•4 days ago

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sandy2950.bsky.social•4 days ago

After he is released from jail, he should apply for a job with the current administration. He will fit right in!!

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lumpyspacetim.bsky.social•4 days ago

@antifaoperative.bsky.social

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newdealboomer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah, well, The Post? Hmmm?

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thatac.bsky.social•4 days ago

Imma gonna go with the Nazi party

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suenarayan.bsky.social•4 days ago

Unfortunately, this kind of offense knows no political boundaries.

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kosherart.bsky.social•4 days ago

🎊🔔Ding ding ding!🔔🎊
🐘

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billymac1964.bsky.social•4 days ago

Grand old paedophiles party?

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elmheart.bsky.social•4 days ago

THOUSANDS of videos?

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its-albert.bsky.social•4 days ago

Pretty sure this will get him a Cabinet Level position shortly

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wombat2k.com•3 days ago

It’s always the ones you expect the most.

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scienceprof.bsky.social•4 days ago

still.not.a.drag.queen

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4seasonstl.bsky.social•4 days ago

I mean, did they really need to identify his party? Everyone knew it just by seeing the headline.

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anr1211.bsky.social•4 days ago

He'll swear fealty to Trump, get a pardon, and be put in charge of Children's Healthcare.

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bassetdon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ran as a rethuglican.

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poewing.bsky.social•4 days ago

This guy gives Pagans a bad name

“Halloran was known for holding the title of “prince’’ in a pagan order that included public floggings.”

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naitruc.bsky.social•4 days ago

eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww

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thebaroness.bsky.social•4 days ago

He just looks Republican.

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naveman.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s the chins.

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atrapter.bsky.social•4 days ago

okay the article just drops in this line with no explanation:

"When he was in office in Queens, Halloran was known for holding the title of “prince’’ in a pagan order that included public floggings."

but umm....what the fuck. what is that.

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alwaysadorecats.bsky.social•4 days ago

The first time I had ever heard about him, it was because he was one of the first neopagans in an elected office lol

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hellianne.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m not surprised his religion is Theodism. It’s maybe not explicitly white supremacist or Nazi, but it does give me “it’s an *ethnic* religion of *Northern Europe*, so it just makes sense that it’s for white people” vibes. (And no, it does not make sense.)

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