Democrats have been “Russian” to judgement, but the left’s “tinfoil-hat brigade” of conspiracy theorists and sore losers continue to lose credibility with their claims of collusion between President Trump and Russia.

And the sorest loser of them all, Hillary Clinton, is stumbling back into the political arena with a new group aimed at taking down President Trump – a task that Hillary’s had problems with before, you may recall. Hillary claims she’s now part of “The Resistance,” but can she resist scandal? 

Hillary’s new PAC is said to be called “Onward Together,” based on her oh-so-successful campaign theme “Stronger Together,” but I’ve come up with some names that I think would be better – pick the one you like best in the first question of our new Weekly Poll. 

We’ll keep with this theme for the second Weekly Poll question, too: How do you plan to “resist” Hillary’s latest venture into politics? (Standing strong with the Conservative Party is one option – we’ll be working hard for you here in New York to support candidates and ideas that I’m sure will be dismissed as “deplorable” by Ms. Clinton.)

Unemployment is down and Obamacare is on its way out this week. Many are saying good riddance to a system that’s already collapsing in on itself.

Now it’s time for the Senate to act, and it’s also time for the GOP to think far beyond just replacing Obamacare. 

President Trump marked this week’s National Day of Prayer with an executive order protecting religious liberty – a very good start to his second 100 days.

And we learned more this week about Andrew Cuomo’s “incredible shrinking free college program” and all the strings attached. If Cuomo was teaching a college class on his fake free tuition giveaway, what do you think would be the best name for it? That’s the third and final Weekly Poll question this week. 

Have a great weekend!
 

Fox News looks at what is in the revised American Health Care Act as the House is set to pass it. The Senate will have opposition to it led by Sen. Charles Schumer, so this is most likely not the final version.  It may end up in a Conference Committee, but it is the first step in ending Obamacare. The Washington Times gives us another look at the proposal.  

CNBC covers the Bill and vote.  How did your Congressman vote?  Click here to find out.  

It passes…217-213 20 Republicans voted no and as well as every democrat.  

Apparently, democrats have a short memory.  

Director Comey, while I understand your statement that Huma Abedin “had no criminal intent”, certainly she knew that her husband did not have security clearance.  Isn’t there a moral obligation to hold those in esteemed positions to a higher standard?  This is twice that (we know of) you refused to hold people of stature accountable for their actions.  Explain that to the hundreds of people in prison convicted of lesser transgressions.  But, I will give you credit for letting us know of this reckless behavior.  Anyone surprised by this?  Remember what Bill and Loretta said about the Phoenix meeting…we just talked about our grandchildren, golf, and travel.  Thank heavens, the American voter saw through the fake news.  

Guy Benson asks the question:  Why Wasn’t Huma Abedin Charged for Verifiable, Criminal Mishandling of Classified Material?  

How sick is this?    But, there is hope that things like that will change! Kellyanne Conway: First Few Months of Trump Admin Should ‘Give Great Heart and Comfort to Pro-lifers Nationwide’.  Be sure to RSVP for our dinner and to take an advertisement in our journal to let the administration know that you appreciate their positive position on pro-life matters and religious freedom.  

Nicole Gelina states the obvious:  De Blasio may be the first mayor to defend public corruption.  

The National Review calls on Congress to pass the current version of the health-care bill even though they still have serious reservations regarding the bill.  You can read why here. Obviously, the health-care issue must be resolved as people’s frustrations are understandable.  National Review also offers a solution to insuring the uninsurable, which is a major portion of the inability to come to an agreement.  As the AMAC (Association of Mature American Citizens, the alternative to AARP that supports Obamacare) notes:  Repeal and Replacement of Obamacare Will Happen Because There is No Alternative.  

Tammy Bruce opines in the Washington Times that President Donald Trump is being tested by Obama’s leftover priorities.  

Hillary:  You LOST, enough of your whining.  All of the items/people you try to blame for your loss were directly related to things that you did.  You are your own worst enemy; driven by the blind lust of wanting to be the first female president and not focusing on wanting to be the leader of the greatest nation in the world and what you could do to make it even better.  

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has lost her mind!  Does the Speaker really think that tax-payers are willing to give over their hard-earned money to hire attorneys to help violent felons fight deportation?  She has crossed the line once again and has no regard for the safety of New Yorkers.  Ms. Mark-Viverito has said on many occasions that when she retires she will return to her native Puerto Rico.  Obviously, she has the same spending problems Puerto Rico has had for years and she will be living the life at home spending the money you have paid into her pension.  

The NY Post editorial is rightfully calling of Ponte’s resignation…we all know Mayor de Blasio will not fire him.  

If you have our Mobile App, you would have read this earlier:  John Flanagan stands up for the New York City kids.  

Jimmy Kimmel comes under fire for using his infant son’s very serious health problems to push an extremely partisan emotional call for something he really is not qualified to discuss, especially when his emotions are still so very raw.  That is part of the problem we taxpayers are facing; we are forced to pay for things based on emotion, not reality.  We pray for infant Billy Kimmel; and for Bret Baier’s son Paul (who has never used his son’s health problems in a partisan manner) and the thousands of other children who have serious health conditions.  They are so very blessed that they have been born in a country that can save them medically and that government has NOT become socialized…yet!  

Wednesday’s with Walter E. Williams.  

All taxpayers should be relieved that DOC Commissioner Ponte will be repaying the City for the abusive misuse of his city issued vehicle.  What is absolutely appalling is the explanation by the spokesman of DOC:  Peter Thorne said Ponte’s misuse of the agency-assigned vehicle was in part due to top officials not fully understanding city rules. (Yes, you read that right.)  Read more here. Unfortunately, Commissioner Ponte is not the only person to abuse the use of a city-owned car.  

The Daily Signal explains why conservatives are disappointed in the massive spending bill Congress agreed to to keep government open. The White House and Speaker Ryan are stressing what was good in the budget.  However, if Congress does not cut spending in the new fiscal year, rest assured, the citizens who put them in Congress, will not hesitate to take them out.  Spending is out of control; we did not become the greatest nation in the world by having government pay for our every need, nor will we remain the greatest government in the world if is allow government to continue its spending spree.  What has happened in Venezuela conceivably could happen here.  Venezuela was at one time a democracy, but since 1998 the rapid change has devastated the once beautiful country.   Was yesterday’s May Day violence  in America a precursor of our future if we do not take control of spending back?

When government is so out of control, things like this are inevitable.  

The Daily News editorial is right:  Renew Kendra’s Law now and protect all of us. 

John Crudele writes in the NY Post that De Blasio’s war on cigarettes should focus on smugglers too.  

This is heartbreaking:  The Syracuse Post Standard reports the counties with the highest number of babies born with a drug addiction.  

Wes Pruden opines on the pity party of the unloved press. 

Thank you, Thomas Sowell for another brilliant article.  

Chris Matthews, the longtime liberal host of Hardball, agrees that the Democratic Party has moved too far left on cultural issues.  His remarks came in response to Matthew Continetti’s column in the Washington Free Beacon on Friday that examined the democrats’ first 100 days.  

Hollywood icon Richard Dreyfuss leaves Tucker Carlson almost speechless with his defense of the United States Constitution.  Kudos to Dreyfuss for stating quite clearly that he is a constitutionalist. The American Thinker also reviews the segment on Tucker Carlson Tonight.  

Sen. Schumer appeared on Fox News Sunday and slammed the idea of repealing Obamacare and indicated that President Trump’s first 100 days was hardly a success.  He complains about the President Trump is going it alone.  Well Sen. Schumer, do you remember when President Obama essentially said “I won, deal with it!”  Where were you then about bi-partisanship?  The Senator quotes the NY Times and the Washington Post….when did they become bipartisan?  Sadly, Sen. Schumer is an obstructionist without a bipartisan thought in his mind.  

Nicole Gelinas writes about a tax cut to save the city’s businesses., and E. J. McMahon and Josh B. McGee opine on diffusing the city’s pension bomb.  . 

Naomi Schaefer Riley opines on the only way to stop the college revolt against free speech.  Robert Knight gives us his thoughts on the method to PC madness.  

Assisted suicide distorts doc’s duty.  The author, John Rhee, has a master’s degree in public health and is a fourth-year medical student at the Ichan Medical School at Mount Sinai and explains that what drew him to medicine, and what he hopes draws future generations, was the responsibility to protect vulnerable, hurting patients — including those who need and deserve our help from harming themselves. New York now threatens that precious contract.

Another 255 New Yorkers losing their jobs in upstate New York.  

There has been endless speculation and analysis about President Trump’s first 100 days in office, but to me the most fascinating take is from the President himself – read what he has to say here.

President Trump has amassed a number of accomplishments since his Inauguration – there are promises kept and not kept… the good, the bad, and the ugly, as one commentator puts it.  But overall, I think it’s fair to say that America’s “downhill trajectory” has been reversed under our new President.

Our new Weekly Poll is focused on this topic. The three questions I have for you this week are: 

1. How would you rate your satisfaction with President Trump’s First 100 Days in Office? 
2. Which issue do you think President Trump has made the BEST progress on since he took office? 
3. Which issue do you expect to see the MOST progress on over the next 100 days of the Trump Administration? 

It certainly has not been a good 100 days for the political media, and the Democrats’ “resistance” has only resulted in “disunity, obstruction, incoherence, obsession, and obliviousness.”

Tax relief is the next big fight, and the Daily Signal says President Trump’s plan is a strong starting point for reform – but getting the job done will take a major effort.

Have a great weekend!

The Daily Signal explains why high tax states like New York and California will disproportionately affect wealthy people.  It is a fact that his federal deduction basically encouraged states to hike taxes – which New York and California took advantage of. Don’t count on it being added back into the proposed tax changes.  Here is E. J. McMahon’s quick analysis of the proposal., and  Charles Gasparino’s opinion in the New York Post. 

The NY Post editorial has this to say about the President’s plan:  Trump’s tax plan aims to deliver the jobs America needs.  

National Review believes the “devil is in the details” but says lower corporate tax rates would be good for everyone.  

This is good news: President Trump to pull feds out of K-12 education.  

Mayor de Blasio has lost his mind.  This is what happens when you are a progressive, you become so wrapped up in running other peoples lives with other peoples’ money you just lose all sense of what is real.  $16.4 million of our hard-earned dollars for immigrant legal services.   Mr. Mayor, do you understand the oath you took???  You have no right to take our money to help people who are here ILLEGALLY!!!  Another $1.6 million to ramp up Airbnb. enforcement? Seriously?  Opioids are killing people and you want to spend $1.6 M on Airbnb enforcement?  

George J. Marlin on Governor Cuomo’s presidential budget.  

Obamacare repeal is being resuscitated.

Here’s What Ronald Reagan Did When College Kids Went Ape At UC-Berkeley.  

Robert Knight lets us know what the ACLU is up to; like me you will probably think it really crosses the line.  

Trump’s unconventionally successful first 100 days. 

Thursdays with Cal Thomas.  

National Review slams Mayor de Blasio’s need to increase the taxes on a pack of cigarettes.  Calls it unfair, ineffective, and bad policy.  It is all of that and more; each increase in price only encourages bootlegging cigarettes that in turn helps terrorists.  

Republicans should support President Trump’s 2018 budget proposal.  We signed on with other leading conservative/republican groups that are driven by fiscal conservatism.  Look at the list of what President Trump is completely cutting from the budget and the programs that he proposes major cuts in.  President Trump is keeping his word.  

Mr. President, here is another place to look for savings:  Government Employee Salaries Outpace Private-Sector Salaries by Double Digits for Similar Work.  

Here is what Investor’s Business Daily has to say about President Trump’s tax proposals, seeking to make it simple, easy and fair.  Townhall.com gives us what we need to know about the President’s plan. 

Betsy McCaughey explains that the tri-state area may have trouble with President Trump’s tax plan.  Of course, the devil is always in the details.  

Anthony Figliola writes in the Long Island Press:  Don’t be cajoled into a Constitutional Convention. 

Planned Parenthood Doc Who Wanted Lamborghini for Selling Aborted Babies Caught Selling Baby Parts Again.  

Alfred J. Regnery opines on taking the cuffs off the cops.  

David Keene writes how candidate Rob Quist (running in Montana) is hiding his socialism under his Stetson.  The Washington Free Beacon lets us know Mr. Quist is also a regular performer at a nudist resort, albeit he does wear clothes while performing with is daughter. The democrat is running on a platform of bringing the “values of Montana” to Washington, DC.  Hmmm…

As we have learned repeatedly, Judges matter!  President Trump prepares to seat Judge Thapar in the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Good conservative choice.   

The Daily Signal tells us how wrong past environmental predictions have been. 

Brian Frankle writes in the Federalist that morality rates are increasing and wonders if Obamacare is responsible.  

The Washington Examiner explains what today’s fascists do not understand.  

The NY Post asks the question that all of us should ask:  When will Obama have made enough money?

Round Six of Governor Cuomo’s Hunger Games. 

Wednesday’s with Walter E. Williams.  

Mayor Bill deBlasio has such naked ambitions…that we taxpayers end up paying for, not only with our money, but also with the fact that education in NYC is just not up to par. 

YAF is back, and this is great news!

Dennis Prager opines on the cowards of academia.  

A free press should liberate minds, not enslave them.  

Surprise, Surprise:  A NY Times reporter says press conferences are more democratic under President Trump than they were under President Obama.  

President Trump’s first 100 days; what the main stream media won’t tell you!

Guy Benson examines the truth behind the polls that indicate Americans want bigger government.

Grotesque: This Is The Message Bill Nye The “Science Guy” Is Sending Your Kids.  (You may not want to watch the video as it has nothing at all to do with science; rather it lets people know who the real Bill Nye is.)  Here is Rich Lowry’s take on Bill Nye’s march for science.  

Have you heard of Antifa?  It is a shadowy extremist group responsible for the riots at Trump rallies.  Read about it here. 

Former Obama Official Says Bureaucrats Manipulate Climate Stats to Influence Policy.  

More on Obama’s bad Iran Deal in today’s NY Post editorial.  And what Judge Napolitano had to say on Fox and Friends this morning.  The Federalist weighs in also. 

U. S and North Korea flex their military muscles.  

Did you watch Kellyanne Conway on Fox and Friends this morning?  If you missed it, click here. Be sure you RSVP early for our 55th Annual Dinner on June 1, 2017 when Kellyanne Conway will be our honored guest speaker.  

The 10th edition of Rich States, Poor States has been released by ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) and again New York State last in the 50 states for its economic outlook.  Today’s NY Post editorial examines why and the Nation Review explains how business friendly states are growing at the expense of those who tax and spend.   (National Review also notes that high taxes did not give us democracy.)  As troublesome as this news is to those of us who live here, this declaration by the national democrats to turn the New York State Senate to the left, should send shivers down our spines.   

The Empire Center’s new report Prevailing Waste shows us how New York drives up the costs of public construction placing hirer tax burdens on New York’s citizens.   

The hypocrisy of the city council campaign-finance program.  The campaign-finance program should just be eliminated. Period.

Senate GOP leader wants to raise city’s charter school cap.   Sen. Flanagan and Betsy DeVos have the right idea.  

John Daniel Davidson opines in the Federalist that college students should know there is no such thing as hate speech.  CUNY on the other hand, is giving a woman that promotes hate speech,  a platform that will most likely be filled with hating America.  

Robert Knight opines in the Washington Times that voter fraud oughta be a crime. 

Sweden Accepted More Migrants Per Capita Than Any Other European Country. Why That’s Changed.  

A new poll says Donald J. Trump would win again.  (Stop crying Soros et al!)

More Obama Lies About The Iran Nuclear Deal Exposed.  

President Trump continues to succeed where President Obama failed, but he’s hindered by a “do-nothing” Congress. What is the one MAIN issue you wish Congress was doing more to address? That’s the first question in our new Weekly Poll.  

Republicans should know better, but it’s hardly surprising that Democrats have done everything they can to ruin Trump’s first 100 days. Is “The Resistance” futile? There’s still a runoff election to go, but this week the Democrats failed in their effort to immediately flip a Georgia house seat. Still, it’s clear that Republicans need to hone their nationwide strategy before 2018.

Meanwhile, why are Republicans making tax reform so difficult? (Almost as difficult as it is to simply pay taxes!) The Treasury Secretary and D.C. insiders say tax cuts are coming soon, though the deadline that’s been set is looking unrealistic. Democrats, of course, are muddying the waters with their Trump hatred. 

What do you think is the biggest reason that tax relief and reform need to be enacted right away? That’s question #2 in our new Weekly Poll.

Free speech is not on the menu on college campuses – so maybe new management is needed? 

New York schools are no strangers to liberal indoctrination, hysteria, hatred and exclusion – when it comes to stifling free speech and hatred of conservatives, how do you think New York colleges and universities compare to schools in other states? That’s the third and final question in our new Weekly Poll.

Have a great weekend!
 

Michael Goodwin writes in today’s NY Post that it is a shame top democrats are too afraid to challenge Mayor de Blasio.  He writes, “It’s the shame of New York Democrats that they can’t produce a dynamic challenger against a lackluster mayor who spent the last year under criminal investigation.”  Mr. Goodwin — the democrats may be afraid to run against him, but there is an up and coming republican woman — Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis — who is considering making the run.  Imagine for a moment what that race would be like.  A young and energetic Assemblywoman — who truly understands the immigration issue — against an old and laid-back Mayor who is more interested in using his office to pursue his own agenda.  What an interesting race this would be.   

Tom Precious ask the question that is on the mind of many:  How did Governor Cuomo make $783,000 on a memoir that sold just 3200 copies?  

The NY Post editorial questions Gov. Cuomo’s choice for Secretary, not because she isn’t qualified, (she is) but they are concerned about her family ties as we noted yesterday.  

Where is the American Civil Liberties Union when it comes to the dignity and fairness of every child in the locker room.  

Joseph Best writes in the Federalist that President Trump should run, not walk, away from the Paris Climate Treaty.  

Mark Weiner writes in the Syracuse Post Standard that upstate GOP congressional members have a dilemma:  who are they loyal to President Trump, the party, or voters?  Chairman Mike Long gives his opinion here.  

The Fox is changing.

Wednesday’s with Walter E. Williams.