Empire Center Experts React to the 2023 State of the State

Hochul wants more changes to bail laws, Democratic lawmakers reluctant.  As the column notes, Democratic lawmakers are reluctant to make changes to the bail reform legislation that went into effect in 2020; you could change their minds.  Contact your local legislator, both Assembly and Senate, and let them know crime is out of control and changes are absolutely necessary; while phone calls are okay, a written letter is better.  If you do not make your voice head, how will they know this is important to all New Yorkers.

White House Refuses to Explain Curious Timeline of Biden’s Classified Document Fiasco

Additional documents marked classified found in Biden’s Wilmington garage

Biden spars over classified documents in garage with Fox News’ Peter Doocy

Guess Who Had Access to Classified Information in Biden’s Garage?

AG Garland Announces Special Counsel to Probe Biden’s Classified Document Scandal  “While it’s too soon to say for sure, the fact that the initial investigation necessitated Biden’s attorney general appointing a special counsel to investigate his own boss suggests that there was some “there,” there worthy of further scrutiny.”

Why the Biden Administration Is So Interested in Your Gas Stove

Meanwhile, Gov. Hochul quietly sneaks in proposal to ban sale of gas stoves, fuels outrage across New York.  The NY Post’ editorial page reaction:  Gas stove fight is more elite culture-war nonsense

Guy Benson writing in Townhall.com:   Another One: That Time Pete Buttigieg Took a Private Government Flight from DC to New York

Pro-Abortion Dems Remind America They Don’t Care About Violence Against Newborns or Pro-Lifers

Over 200 Democrats Vote Against Condemning Attacks on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

Victor Davis Hanson asks:  What Caused the Political Hysteria?

DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene Bemoans Rising Housing Costs While Profiting From Rent Hikes

A glimmer of hope that Congress will work together on what is best for our nation:  Dems join GOP in vote to block Biden from selling strategic oil reserves to China.

New Inflation Report Shows Insane Grocery Price Increases

Supreme Court Leaves New York Gun Control Law in Place for Now

U.S. Attorney Probing Classified Records from Biden’s VP Tenure Found at Private Office

Four Questions About Biden’s Emerging Classified Materials Scandal

FLASHBACK: Biden Shocked Anyone Could Be ‘Irresponsible’ Enough to Unknowingly Possess Classified Docs

John Kirby Insists Biden Didn’t Get a ‘Sanitized’ View of the Border Crisis

Forget Biden’s Border Photo-Op. Real Crisis Demonstrated by Democrat Governor Who Bused Illegal Immigrants Out of State.

Numbers Don’t Lie: America’s Border Crisis Is Biden-Made

Biden Promised To Refill Oil Reserves at a Profit. Now Prices Are Too High.

House Passes New Rules Package to ‘Restore the People’s House’ With Sweeping Reforms

Fight: Two GOP Governors Go to War Against Twisted ‘DEI’ Social Engineering

Steven Malanga writes in City Journal that Black Ink Brings Red-State Tax Cuts.  It also tells us that some states will not suffer as much as others if there is a recession.

Read Chairman Gerard Kassar reaction to Governor Hochul’s State of the State here.

New York ranks 3rd best state to raise a family.  When you read the article, you will find that last year WalletHub had NY in 2^nd place; and this year 14th for education and childcare and 46th for socioeconomics.  With 14^th for education and 46^th in socioeconomics, It is any wonder that Population loss could put NY on track for further losses in Congress.

Fascinating:  I’m a video game developer but this technology to drop your energy bill $820 per year is no fantasy.  With the probability of fusion energy in just 10 years, one would hope that wind turbines, solar panels and other sources of clean energy would rethink their excessive push to replace fossil fuels.  When they are no longer necessary, where will they end up…your local landfills or…?

The Most Important Scene in ‘Sin City” Reveals a Dark Truth about Violence and Power

Finding the Value in Hard Work

El Paso cleans up migrant camps before Joe Biden border visit

Cynical El Paso cleanup before Biden’s visit perfectly sums up his pathetic border policy

Biden’s ‘sanitized’ border view was ‘nothing more than politics’: Brandon Judd

Will Cain: El Paso cleaned up ahead of Biden’s arrival

Victor Davis Hanson writes about The Coup We Never Knew

Guy Benson’s column is a should read:  Surprise: New Data Shows IRS Disproportionately Targets Non-Rich for Scrutiny, Audits

The Senator Who Saved America From FDR’s Court-Packing Scheme

New York Republicans credited with helping end House speaker stalemate

House Republicans Set to Launch Probe into ‘Weaponization’ of FBI, Intel Agencies

Another result from the progressives in the NYS Legislature:  ‘Bleeding blue’: Cops flee NYPD in biggest exodus since 9/11

Pregnancy Center Hires Private Investigators to Find Pro-Abortion Firebombers

An interesting lawsuit that should be followed:  Seattle Public Schools Sue Social-Media Platforms for Intentionally Harming Children

Detroit takes Woke to the extreme by doing this: Detroit School Board Removes Ben Carson’s Name from School for His ‘Crime’ of Serving Under Trump.  As the school board noted when they named it after Dr. Carson, he is a person to be admired and emulated.

What Exactly Is Conservatism?

T.S. Eliot as Conservative Mentor

Biden Administration Touts Drained Emergency Oil Reserves as Top 2022 Accomplishment. Great accomplishment, draining our emergency oil reserves and selling it to our nemesis.

Biden Tells Supreme Court Veterans Law Gives Him ‘Clear Authorization’ To Cancel Student Debt; Seriously? Biden is living in his own little world thinking he is a folk hero by giving away OUR money.

It’s Biden who doesn’t care about migrants — or NY’s lack of ‘room at the inn’.  No one cared about the border towns being overrun with illegals, but now they understand better what has been going on since Biden opened the flood gates. The people coming into our country are beholden to the cartels helping them and our citizens are paying far too high a price. Housing, schools, medical care simply cannot absorb the ever increasing numbers flooding America. America has always and still is a country that welcomes immigrants; the difference now is that those flooding the border towns, no longer respect the rule of law. Ask us if we have the means to help you; don’t demand/assume that we adjust to your needs.

Biden Reveals New Plan to Finally Address Raging Border Crisis. At this point here is the only plan that is guaranteed to work Mr. President:  Build. The. Wall.

Biden says he intends to visit southern border on Mexico trip  It simply amazes me that Biden calls for the end of finger pointing, them blames Republicans. For a person who has been an elected official since 1973, has he not learned how to negotiate?

If moderates don’t rally behind Gov. Hochul and her chief judge pick, the hard left will rule the state; the unfortunate reality is that the moderates are afraid to be primaried, so they will fall in line and the hard left will get its way.

NY state Democrats pack key panel to sink Gov. Hochul’s top-judge pick Hector LaSalle; if the democrats “stack the panel” it proves that one party rule in New York (or any locality) has no or little regard for governing; they want what they want and they will do whatever it takes. Governor Hochul should have vetoed the pay raise bill to prove 1) she has a backbone and 2) is willing to fight for what she thinks is best for New Yorkers.

Beijing Threatens ‘Countermeasures’ After US Restricts Travel From China

Soros Doubles Funding to Left-Wing Legal Group Working To Upend Supreme Court

Cal Thomas asks the question:  Where have all the thinkers gone? No wonder our politics is a mess; (obviously they are watching The View.)  ‘The View’ is the biggest source of misinformation in America

Paul Ehrlich: Wrong on 60 Minutes and for Almost 60 Years

The New-Normaling of Blackouts

What the Feds Are Teaching in Diversity Training

The FDA Is Making Abortion Even More Dangerous for Women

American Made: What Sort of Worker Are You?

How Comedy, Laughter, and Humor Can Improve Your Life

Hoping your holidays were filed with happiness and the New Year is your best yet.  Here are some articles you may have missed over the holidays.

“We Are Going to Kill You and Destroy Your Church”: The Persecution of Christians, November 2022

Beware aggrieved would-be emperors — like Putin and Xi

Europe’s ‘anti-hate’ laws and arrests a warning for free speech in US

Cal Thomas writes:  It’s a new year but nothing’s new — except for the decline in good journalism and real leaders

Will the Fed blink in 2023 and extend our economic agony?

What’s another $1.7T in the omnibus when you’ve taken the national debt to $31.4T?

Biden Opens Door to China Sabotage in North Dakota

Biden administration overstated Q2 job growth by 1 million: Philadelphia Fed

How feds use charities to hide the true cost of the US border crisis

Illegal Immigrants Aren’t Just Swarming the Southern Border

Kamala Harris whines media doesn’t focus on ‘strength of my leadership’

Sorry, Kamala: It’s not the media’s fault no one thinks you’re a strong leader — it’s your own

Michelle O’s Moment of Unscripted Honesty – Oops!

Unleashing Clean Fusion Power Is America’s Best Defense against Tyranny

Deroy Murdock writes that Democrats’ Gasophobia Will Kill Americans

Scoping Plan Doesn’t Secure Reliable Electricity for New York  (This is one of the must read articles you may have missed over the holidays.)

Gov. Kathy Hochul fails to tie NY lawmaker raises to tougher bail law: sources

New York pols gift themselves epic pay raise — but shrug off crime and migrants

Hochul Can Block Legislative Pay Raise;  however, as we know, she chose not to and signed it at the last minute.

Federal omnibus deal has big implications for New York Medicaid

NY must prune its bloated Medicaid program — and focus on improving low-quality care

NYC has lost 781 chain stores — including Duane Reade — since 2019

Kathy Hochul’s laughable excuse to push her flawed Penn Station makeover

What Gov. Hochul must do to prevent a coming fiscal crash

Adams’ focus on career criminals is a no-brainer: Will Albany’s soft brains listen?

New York has all it needs to reverse the crime crisis — except leadership

The price tag for COVID school closures that led to historic learning losses for kids could top $28 trillion

Rachel Levine ripped for demanding censorship of ‘misinformation’ on ‘gender-affirming care’ for kids

CDC Urges Teachers, Administrators, School Nurses to Adopt LGBT Curriculum, Endorse Transgender Identity.  The CDC made many mistakes informing the public regarding COVID-19; and they are completely wrong on having teachers, administrators and school nurses endorse transgender identity!

Dr. Ben Carson Diagnoses American Schools’ Greatest Ailment as ‘Loss of Vision’

University of Minnesota Med School Gives Leg Up in Promotions to Pro-DEI Faculty

The woke university implosion — and what comes next

My New Year’s resolution: Make college leaders wake up to anti-Semitism on their campuses

Why I’m leaving college and choosing education over indoctrination

New year, new justice/Lake Placid resident Allison McGahay celebrates election to state Supreme Court

The Tax Man Cometh

Three Steps to Make the Best of 2023

 

A ray of hope, finally: Supreme Court Pauses Expiration of Title 42

Title 42 must be upheld — for public health, not politics

What Steps Has Biden Taken to Reduce Illegal Immigration?

Liberal Writer Perfectly Describes What the January 6 ‘Criminal Referrals’ Really Mean

China’s Deal with Saudi Arabia is a Disaster for Biden

From National Review:  FBI Pressured Twitter to Share User Data outside Search-Warrant Process, Records Reveal

From the directly impacted NY Post: FBI pressured Twitter, sent trove of docs hours before Post broke Hunter laptop story

New York lost more high-earning taxpayers in pandemic-wracked 2020

These two articles, (from Empire Center) NY lawmakers want to be nation’s highest-paid and the (New York Post) Albany Dems introduce bill to raise legislative pay before likely special session this week shine the light on the absolute arrogance of the democratic “leadership” in New York State.  If they had an iota of a backbone, this would have been announced prior to the elections, but they don’t.  Nor do they have any empathy for the taxpayers who pay their salaries and are currently trying to make their own salaries (average salary in NYS according to ZipRecruiter is $51,453 for full time work) cover the inflation experienced this year.  $142,000 for a part time job is ludicrous; making it full time is also ludicrous, as the idea of the legislative body was to have part time legislators working in other jobs, to understand the impact of the legislation they passed.  This is a perfect example of how the government has (and continues) to run amok.

Stanford releases guide to eliminate ‘harmful language,’ cautions against calling US citizens ‘American’ It is important for parents to guide their children in deciding which college they should attend.  Learn more about Stanford (and their Woke Agenda) here

Interesting article:  The Quarter-Century Childhood

NY plans to change the way you heat your home. Gas, oil, propane furnaces to be phased out.  From Politico’s article:  The Climate Action Council, dominated by executive administration officials, on Monday OK’d a final roadmap to cut emissions to 50 percent of 1990 levels by 2030 and 85 percent by 2050.  So, the question I have is this:  Since the CAC was dominated by executive administration officials, is the roadmap realistic and financially sustainable for those who , or is it just a roadmap to please the administration?

Woman pleads guilty after being charged with sex trafficking alongside GOP strategist  Most of the repulsive things occurring in today’s world is that people lack a moral compass. And when lacking a moral compass abhorrent actions permeate throughout society without regard to consequences because for the most part there are very little consequences.

What is going on in the “Fashion” world?   Gucci and Harry Styles slammed for ‘sick’ ad with child’s bed and teddy bear shirt

CPNYS wishes you a blessed, happy and safe Holiday Season! 

And that 2023 is the year that the world finds Peace and your health, wealth and happiness increases tenfold.

 The Daily Update will return in early 2023.

Eric Adams Is Defying Decades of Hands-Off Homeless Policy: ‘The Pendulum Swung Too Far’

Private payroll employment in NY continues to lag US post-pandemic recovery

Churchill: For New York’s lawmakers, the ultimate Christmas present

Biden Administration and the Two-State Delusion

Texas to resume border wall construction after reaching deals with private property owners, Abbott says

Tens of Thousands of Illegal Migrants Are Heading for the Border

6 Falsehoods From DHS’ Post-Title 42 Immigration Plan

El Paso’s migrant state of emergency is a taste of what nation faces as Biden shrugs at border crisis

It pays not to work in Biden’s America — and here’s the proof

Biden Admin Says Its Natural Gas Phaseout Will Save Taxpayers Millions. It Will Do the Opposite.

Here We Go Again: Biden Invents Another False Story About His Past

From Open the Books:  BREAKING: $16 BILLION IN CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS — MAPPED BY STATE ACROSS AMERICA

Peter Murphy writes in the Washington Examiner that The incoming Congress will be more pro-school choice than ever

Steven Malanga writes in the City Journal; Why the Middle Class Flees States That Tax the Rich

Conservatives we lost in 2022

These are two must read articles in today’s daily update: Gatestone Institute’s The War for Eight Billion Minds and Ben Shapiro’s The Slippery Slope Never Ends

Vote Recount Flips Massachusetts Midterm Race From Republican to Democrat by 1 Vote. The point is never underestimate the value of your vote.

Words of Light In Dark Times

One of the most humble and generous people in show business (and a great actor) talks modestly about his Gary Sinise Foundation .org.  This isn’t an advertisement for money, just an interview with Neil Cavuto last week, one that is uplifting and wishful that more people would emulate Gary Sinise.

Is Thomas Sowell one of the most important thinkers of our time? (This is a reprint from June 7, 2022, I included it because it is a terrific book if you are looking for that last minute gift.)

We heard throughout the just ended 2022 political cycle that democracy is in danger.  The following FEE article is an appropriate inclusion in today’s blog as we celebrate the 231^st anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights that confirms the fundamental rights of American citizens.  Celebrate the genius of our Founding Fathers and all those who have sacrificed so much for the greatest nation ever created by man.  We have struggled and continue to struggle to keep this young nation what our Founding Fathers envisioned; it is up to us as we approach another crossroads in America’s journey.

Democracy is Dead, and Democracy Killed it

Political and scientific censorship short-circuits the quest for truth

The Extremists the Biden Administration Does Not See

Biden’s return to ‘normalcy’ brought us crazy instead — like Sam Brinton

Tillis Amnesty Deal Is Dead

Yes, it is an invasion

Biden Immigration Narrative Debunked Again by Massive Border Bust

Eric Adams seeks $1B from Biden as NYC migrant crush swells to 30K.  “Mayor Eric Adams has asked the federal government for $1 billion to handle the crush of migrants who’ve surged into the Big Apple this year — but the cost was calculated when the population was far less than it is now and before a judge decided to open the floodgates at the southern border, The Post has learned.”  We all understand the cost that NYC is hammered with by the crush of migrants; however, does anyone consider the cost that has been placed on the southern border towns…ever since Biden took office?  Do they care??  Certainly, the Biden Administration doesn’t care…unless they are bussed to Martha’s Vineyard.  President Joe Biden has made a mockery of our immigration laws; it is his legacy and a very discouraging one at that.  The fact that the President of the United States of America does not respect the law, is disgraceful, especially knowing how many lives have been sacrificed to keep America the greatest nation ever created.  The financial burden being placed on our citizens is appalling.

The latest injustice from the Biden Administration:  Justice Department Sues Arizona over Governor’s Shipping Container Border Wall

Another Reason to Lift the Charter Cap

Oregon governor commutes sentences of all inmates awaiting state execution,  and that is not all she did with less than a month left in her official capacity.

‘Weapon of choice’: Americans on alert as tech-savvy criminals use tracking device to stalk, steal, this has been common knowledge for at least a year, so if you hear an unknown chirping find where it is emanating from and get rid of it.

This Christmas Season, I’ve Become a Hallmark Man

Massive Weekend Migrant Caravan Overwhelms Texas Border Town; and it is only going to get worse. Does Biden even watch the news to know what is happening? Does he even care about how the towns cannot absorb the influx of people in need? No need to answer, if he did, he would go see for himself.  And then there is the amount of drugs being smuggled into our country that creates another serious problem: Fentanyl and a stronger form of meth now driving American homeless crisis.  Here is another invitation to keep migrants coming using your tax dollars:  HHS approves Washington state request to offer health insurance to illegal immigrants, citing ‘health equity’.  And we know it won’t be limited to just Washington state.

James Bovard writes how Twitter Files reveal how federal censors made mail-in ballots sacred — boosting Biden.

Peter Schweizer writes about Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Dump in Gatestone Institute

Rich Lowry writes in the NY Post Op-Ed pages that Elon Musk has trumped Trump as America’s foremost culture warrior

A new Siena poll notes that New Yorkers give Kathy Hochul low marks on meeting policy goals in 2022. So, someone please explain to me why they voted for her. If you didn’t like the job she was doing, why would you award her 4 more years so she can disappoint you?

James E. Hanley, reports in Empire Center: The Market Can Drive Electric Vehicle Sales.  It’s summary: it appears that the market will work in meeting the state’s long-term climate goals, insofar as light-duty vehicles are concerned, and will do so without imposing costly mandates on individuals who cannot afford them.  That’s why it should be allowed to work without interference and the state should repeal its 2035 zero-emission vehicle mandate.

Saving Lives or Ruining the Neighborhood? East Harlem Locals at Odds as America’s First Safe Injection Site Turns One. (I sincerely believe giving drugs, in the name of saving lives, only sends the wrong message to America’s youth.)

There was a time, not that long ago, when this would be unheard of:  Drag Queen Story Hour Performer To Attend White House Ceremony

Biden Pledged To Support US Miners. Now He’s Looking To Outsource Their Work to Foreign Green Energy Mines. It really is pathetic that the President of the United States is so willing to outsource jobs and put Americans out of work.

Inflation eases more than expected in November to 7.1%, but consumer prices remain elevated; better, but still creating a genuine problem for families.

Senate Poised to Vote on Whether to Protect Charter Schools. “Although the Biden administration may not like them, charter schools are welcomed in blue states and cities because they serve students, including minority students, so well.”  Let’s see if the Senate will do right for our children, or cave to those opposed to Charter Schools.

Leor Sapir writes in City Journal, about The Placebo Is the Point/A new paper highlights the fundamental bias in the world of “gender-affirming” research.

Richard K. Vedder, writes in American Spectator about The Most Selfish Generation/ Americans today can’t match the achievements of the Greatest Generation.

I am shocked that this could happen since we have such a diligent press corps:  Biden official hid info about meetings with George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi from public

How did she obtain her teacher’s credentials to teach? Minnesota science teacher claims cell biology lessons are part of ‘capitalist indoctrination’

US scientists make major breakthrough in ‘limitless, zero-carbon’ fusion energy: report

US Foreign Aid: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

We can all rest easy now; the Biden Administration has purchased new needed equipment to protect America’s freedom (yes, I am obviously using sarcasm) Biden Admin Buys U.S. Navy Luxury Bidet Equipped With ‘Effective Enema Function’

Another Biden Administration’s dubious idea:  Biden administration funds study on how to train drug addicts to distribute COVID tests

Book Review in Washington Free Beacon:  Coming to America  (Unfortunately, this happens when people move within America, they flee big cities and bring their voting habits – what caused them to flee—with them.)

Fact Check by Guy Benson: Dem Congressman Claims ‘All Evidence’ Points to Alito Leaking Own Draft in Abortion Case

Steven Malanga writes in City Journal about Local governments are spending hundreds of billions of dollars in federal handouts for dubious needs.

Jonathan Turley writes how Biden allies move to intimidate witnesses ahead of GOP’s coming Hunter probe

Elon Musk Annihilates Two Leftist Shibboleths With A Single Five Word Tweet, And They Are Big Mad

The media’s silence on the ‘Twitter Files’ is shameful

Was GOP Latino Outreach in the West All Smoke and Mirrors? Latest Story Isn’t Encouraging.  Also early enough to fix the outreach program.

Awful news on kids’ weed use should slow legalization roll; but government doesn’t care one iota; it is all about government filling its coffers and “social justice.”  Weed licensees could soon start delivering right to your door

Nicole Gelinas writes in the NY Post:  Hochul and other Dems want to normalize violent crime

Yes, Mayor Eric Adams’ mental health plan is humane and necessary

Parents, grandparents and guardians must protect their children!  Take note of all the negative articles on transgendering:  Liberal media refuses to tell full truth about transgender kids

Retired Navy SEAL made famous after coming out as trans announces detransition: ‘Destroyed my life

‘State-of-the-Art’ Video Reveals Beauty of Unborn Baby Growing in Mother’s Womb