Anniversary of the Afghanistan Withdrawal

A year later the United States remains under the very dark cloud of the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. The loss of American lives was senseless, and to this day, continues to churn my stomach. To add insult to injury, billions in military equipment was left behind and is still in the hand of the Taliban.

It has been discussed, and is fair to speculate, that Russia felt empowered to invade the Ukraine as a result of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and reaction to the weak decision making that came from the

Biden administration.

America prospers when we are at peace through strength, and we have showed no interest in being strong with those most willing to wish harm to our country. As a strong America goes, the world goes.

We must never have a repeat of Afghanistan.

National Affairs Conference

The NYS Conservative Party held our National Affairs Conference this past weekend filled with speakers and followed by a reception in beautiful Greenwood Lake, Orange County.

The conference began with the release of the Conservative Party’s updated National Affairs platform. Our full platform can be found here.

We were happy to be joined by expert speakers on China, Manufacturing,

Constitutional Law and the Ukraine. Additionally, we were very pleased to be joined by Congressional Candidates Colin Schmitt and Mike Lawler.

Early Voting Continues

The Conservative Party has endorsed the following candidates running in the August 23^rd Republican Party:

• NY-01 Nick LaLota
• NY-02 Andrew Garbarino
• NY-11 Nicole Malliotakis
• NY-22 Brandon Williams
• NY-23 Nick Langworthy
• NY-24 Claudia Tenney

We have also officially endorsed Michael Lawler who is in both the Conservative and Republican primary.

Finally, we have endorsed Marc Molinaro and Joe Sempolinski who are running in Special Elections for Congress. It is important to remember,

Conservatives can vote in the Special Election and may very well be the difference in winning and losing.

We must mobilize Conservative voters August 23^rd!

Lee Zeldin Yard Signs

Our order of Lee Zeldin for Governor Vote Conservative yard signs has arrived!

If you would like a sign, please call our headquarters at 718-921-2158 and we will make arrangements for one of our county organizations to deliver a sign, or signs, to you.

Half of US companies preparing to cut jobs, survey shows.

Ron DeSantis announces 20 charged for voter fraud in Florida

Labor Day Flights Will Cost 23% More Than Last Year.

Families Need A Rein On Inflation, Not Shortsighted Spending Gimmicks

 

 

 

BREAKING: Judge Rules on Release of Trump Raid Affidavit   — Bruce Reinhart says he’s inclined to partially unseal the Trump Mar-a-Lago affidavit.

This is devastating news:  Census Errors Will Distort Elections, Funding for Next Decade.  Then there is this:  Inflation Reduction Act Increases Washington’s Power.  The US Government is a body that is elected by the people and answer to the people; not a bunch of ignorant bureaucrats whose only loyalty is to the elected officials who hire them. Don’t let the WOKE take over our lives; we have 82 days to take back the reigns that run America, and if we don’t, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Obviously, not an embedded war correspondent, albeit he would like you to think he has been. Journalist: Trump Supporters Are the Most Dangerous Animals I’ve Ever Covered.

Status of Global War against Terrorism.

There are days when I am looking for articles for the blog that are very dismal, then there are days that you see a headline and just laugh aloud. This is one of those headlines:  Liz Cheney ‘Thinking about’ 2024 Presidential Run after Losing Primary to Trump-Backed Challenger.  News flash for Liz Cheney, when those you know you best reject you, even after you ask those from the opposing party to vote for you, how will you mount a presidential run? Thanks for the laugh, Liz.

CDC Director Walensky to reorganize agency after admitting Covid pandemic response fell short. A reorganization isn’t all it needs; it needs to have a variety of experts to discuss all the possible solutions and then speak as one; not as individuals who listen to whom they are beholden to.  For example, why did Randi Weingarten dictate the protocol for students? What was the basis of her expertise in public health? By the way, Ms. Weingarten only taught for 6 years in the early 1990’s and full time for only half that amount.  Since then, Ms. Weingarten has been a teacher’s union executive earning $426,000 in 2020-2021.

Hochul announces statewide ‘VaxtoSchool’ initiative.

Speaking of teacher’s unions:  Aren’t We Better Than Minneapolis Teachers Union’s Racist ‘Fire Whites First’ Policy?

New Jersey teachers’ union condemns parents as ‘extremist’ in new ad.

Michelle Malkin writes:  Beware of Big Bathroom Brother.

Congestion-Pricing appears to be in the fast lane again.  Nicole Gelinas writes in City-Journal All Stuffed Up/The MTA’s congestion-pricing plan needs fixing.

While The New York Times explains Why Drivers Could Soon Pay $23 to Reach Manhattan.

3 Previous Presidential Records Act Controversies

How America’s Unsecured Border Contributes to Fentanyl Crisis, Deaths.

Bringing the Fun Home: Five Family Outings for Tight Budgets.

From the Washington Times editorial page: Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act diminishes prospects for human progress.  “Hope is contagious, optimists are fond of reminding. So is doubt, unfortunately. The Democratic Party’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act, supposedly packed with smart policy remedies for an ailing nation, is the work of doubters bent on extinguishing the material progress that has made America exceptional. It serves the aims of the “degrowth” movement, which is to reduce the imprint of human progress upon the globe.”

White House not saying when the Inflation Reduction Act will begin to cut inflation.

To say this is outrageous is an understatement:  Biden’s new Title IX rules deputize teachers to override parents on gender identity.  “Biden’s proposal is an invasive use of federal power to deputize teachers and school administrators to override parental decision-making. And while some states have passed laws to protect parental prerogatives, the administration will claim that its federal rules take precedence.”

‘No I’m not’: Hochul rebuffs calls to halt congestion pricing.

Christopher Wrey, aka Oligarch (An oligarch is one of the select few people who rule or influence leaders in an oligarchy—a government in which power is held by a select few individuals or a small class of powerful people) Wrey, FBI director visited ADKs/Wray would not extend Senate hearing, flew to Adirondacks, on a private FBI jet to land at the Adirondack Regional Airport for a long weekend.

Merrick Garland looks set to indict Trump — despite his glaring conflict of interest.

Trump raid shows that FBI, Justice Department want to decide who can be our president.

Minnesota Public Schools Changes Rules To Lay Off White Teachers Before Minorities. Yes, you read the headline right and the article confirms its accuracy. Imagine belonging to that union!

Seriously? Simply mindboggling that this article  — The Atlantic Contributor Espousing Anti-Catholic Hatred Is an ‘Anti-Hate Expert’—made it past the editors, then again, nothing should shock us when we have celebrities preaching about climate change while jetting across America, crime soaring while prosecutors look the other way and when once respected government agencies revert to political acrimony to destroy their perceived enemies all the while the main stream media praise their activities.

Gatestone Institute writes about The Fall of Faucism and the Return of Common Sense.

Christopher F. Rufo writes in City-Journal about Putting Parents Back in Charge/An interview with Arizona governor Doug Ducey on the state’s first-of-its-kind universal school-choice legislation. This is the second state that has taken back their education system; New York can begin the retaking of our education system if we elect Lee Zeldin, Governor on November 8, 2022

‘Advocate Rather Than a Scientist’: The Compromised Research of Child Gender-Transition Doctor Jack Turban.

The Woke Disney Company is turning its back on family values.

Jonathan Barnes writes about Standing on Principles, Protecting Our Children.

FYI: From The Kiplinger Washington Editors: New York State Tax Guide / State tax rates and rules for income, sales, property, fuel, cigarette, and other taxes that impact New York residents.

In an error when crime is escalating, Progressive groups tell Hochul next chief judge must not be former prosecutor.  Among the progressive groups signing the letter was the Working Families Party, a political organization that endorses legislators who have voted for legislation that has help create the surging crime rate.  Since Governor Hochul has dug her heels in on the progressive cashless bail and will not remove NY’s AD Bragg, rest assured the 100 organizations who were signatories, have her ear.  Even  more reason to Save our State by electing Lee Zeldin the next governor of New York State.

Need another reason?  After a rough June primary in New York, insurgent progressive candidates are doubling down.

Lee Zeldin’s Op-Ed in today’s NY Post says Hochul congestion pricing hike puts struggling New Yorkers in a jam.

Just when you think Andrew Cuomo can’t have any chutzpah left, he shows a little more:   Cuomo’s clueless chutzpah in demanding taxpayers fund his sex-harassment defense.

Gov. Kathy Hochul hopes you do compare her chutzpah to Andrews:  Gov. Hochul knows the immigrant crisis is national — why won’t she act like it?

Why the Public Is Skeptical of Garland’s Mar-a-Lago Story.

American Stasi.  With all  the problems facing America today, it is important to remember that our Constitution created a Republic and as noted by Benjamin Franklin, “if we can keep it.”

An example of what happens when people get power and think they are above ordinary citizens:  FBI Director Under Fire for Government Plane Travel.

This will always be Joe Biden’s legacy:  The anniversary of our Afghanistan withdrawal will be a moment of lasting shame.  From the Daily Signal:  ‘Humanitarian Tragedy’: One Year After the Taliban Captured Kabul.   Former Green Beret: ‘Moral injury’ suffered in Afghanistan exit that Biden admin is trying to ‘move past’

Twitter thought police prepare for elections so they can censor political opponents.  The Daily Signal also writes about Twitter’s plans:  Twitter Vows to Fight ‘Election Misinformation.’ More Censorship Incoming.

From the Daily Signal:  4 Facts About IRS Gun Arsenal.

I Lost a Child to Miscarriage. New York Times Essay Likening Miscarriage to Abortion Is Despicable.

Once Champions of Working Class, Journalists Now Represent America’s Elite.

MAR A LARGO RAID

So far, the Justice Department and FBI have failed to explain why they needed to break 200 plus years of precedence by raiding a former President’s home for purposes of locating documents that were part of ongoing discussions.

Most Americans, including myself, looked at this action as an overreach of federal authority on a potential political opponent, much like you’d see in a third world country. It is also abundantly clear a double standard exists when it comes to the Justice Departments action with individuals like Hunter Biden being shielded from investigations.

Please read my full statement here.

Texas Sends Migrants to New York

 I had hope for Mayor Adams. That hope is fading as he trips over his own polices and then moves to blame others. He wanted a sanctuary city, and he got one. Now when Texas and other southern border states look to send some asylum seekers to places like New York, he suddenly wants to have nothing to do with them.

Make no mistake about it, I am not at all encouraging New York to welcome buses of illegal immigrants looking to use poorly constructed federal laws to allow most anyone crossing the border that turns themselves into authorities to claim some form of asylum.

Adams should be focusing on Biden border policies and the issue of unchecked immigration over our southern borders. Even better, he should give Vice President Harris a call and suggest that they board one of those NYC bound buses and take it back to Texas to see the border for themselves.

Hochul Doubles Down

 I will not discuss changing the bail laws until a new legislature is seated in January, Governor Hochul recently declared. I have two comments on her line in the sand:

1.) we would all be better off having Lee Zeldin in office January 1st so that we really will have a repeal of the supposed criminal justice reform that makes it difficult to keep most criminals in jails

2.) having more Republican/Conservative Senators and Assembly-Members would complement Lee’s efforts as our Governor very nicely.

Hochul is just awful. She wants to keep the extreme left of her party in line and does not care how out of touch that makes her with the majority of New York residents on law and order issues. She knows it is reaching a tipping point, causing her to punt to next year. Let’s make sure Hochul does not have a next year in government.

Early Voting and Primary Day

 Early voting begins tomorrow Saturday, August 13 and runs through Sunday, August 21. It is imperative we get our family and friends out to vote for Conservative Party endorsed candidates all over the state.

We are asking Republicans to vote for Nick LaLota, Andrew Garbarino, Nicole Malliotakis, Brandon Williams, Claudia Tenney, and Nick Langworthy in their primaries!

Special Elections

 There are two Special Elections August 23 in New York’s 19^th and 23^RD Congressional Districts that are must wins for the State of New York.

Conservative Party members will play a pivotal role in electing Marc Molinaro in NY-19 and Joe Sempolinski in NY-23! Early voting begins TOMORROW August 13^th and runs through August 21^st.

EXCLUSIVE: Computer repairman claims FBI agents threatened him and told him to say NOTHING about Hunter Biden’s laptop when they came into retrieve it – two months after he said he was willing to hand it over

True Rate of Inflation ‘Much Higher’ Than Official Government Figures Show: Expert

New Poll Shows Liz Cheney Getting Absolutely Crushed

What if this is the only article people read today (and missed the one below) Newsweek: AG Garland Had ‘No Prior Knowledge’ of Mar-a-Lago Raid. Granted, Guy Benson, had a lot of “ifs” in his take on all the assumptions swirling in newsrooms, but it begs the question…with all the reporters relying on breaking the Pulitzer Prize winning article, who do we put our faith in when needing the truth? Guy Benson is a good reporter and didn’t fall for all the rumors from those on the “inside,” but I am certain far too many did. (This no way  infers that all the below articles are seeking a Pulitzer.)

DOJ asks court to unseal Mar-a-Lago raid warrant; AG Merrick Garland personally signed off on Trump search

The FBI’s Mar-a-Lago ‘Raid’: It’s about the Capitol Riot, Not the Mishandling of Classified Information

FBI Trump raid exposes Washington’s secrecy shams

If Merrick Garland doesn’t give a solid, fast reason for raiding Trump’s home, he’s probably just re-elected him.

The Establishment Has Emerged From the Shadows. They’re Betting That You Won’t Care.

BREAKING FROM AG GARLAND:  DOJ asks court to unseal Mar-a-Lago raid warrant; AG Merrick Garland personally signed off on Trump search

Latest Inflation Report Shows Americans Won’t Get Relief From High Prices Soon

From the Empire Center:  “Inflation Reduction Act” Holds the SALT

Democrats’ Inane Stock-Buyback Tax

Recession Deniers Will Give Us a Depression.

The US Must Ditch Its Incoherent Policy on Taiwan

File this under “I need more IRS agents to force me to pay because I am apathetic and won’t unless someone makes me:” Tax Delinquent Dem Backs Plan To Hire Army of New IRS Agents.

How Democrats’ IRS Expansion Would Empower Ruling Elites to Target Americans

The Demonization of Dissent

Teachers Unions Politicized U.S. Schools, Not Parents

Fact-check: abortions bans in US will NOT increase maternal mortality

Reproductive choice is a choice to have children. Anything else is a fraud. Period.

Trans: a threat to my daughter, my family, and women’s healthcare.

Mayor Adams take note:  No sympathy for sanctuary cities.

Was the FBI’s Raid on Mar-a-Lago the Biggest In-Kind Contribution to Trump’s 2024 Bid?

Russia Hoaxer Spills the Beans: FBI Raid All About Rigging 2024 Against Trump.

Andrew McCarthy writes:  Trump raid not about classified documents — it’s about Jan. 6

New Details About Judge Who Approved Mar-A-Lago Raid Raises All Sorts of Red Flags

Three quick thoughts on what we know about Mar-a-Lago raid so far

Hunter Biden double standard on display in wake of Trump FBI raid, GOP says.

Jeff Minick writes in Intellectual Takeout:  The ‘American KGB’ Goes to Work

Miranda Devine opines:  FBI Director Christopher Wray is guiding the agency the wrong way, fast

Biden Admits He Has No Idea What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Middle-class Americans to bear brunt of IRS audits under Dem inflation bill, analysis shows

New York will no longer use ‘inmate’ for people in prison. Governor Hochul’s remarks included the following:  “In New York, we’re doing everything in our power to show that justice and safety can go hand-in-hand,” Hochul said. “We can make our streets and communities safer by giving justice-involved individuals the chance to complete their rehabilitation program and work at the same time. By treating all New Yorkers with dignity and respect, we can improve public safety while ensuring New Yorkers have a fair shot at a second chance.”  My question to Governor Hochul is:  Where was the dignity and respect for the victim? Let me know when you can answer that question, Governor. Every New Yorker knows hardly anyone goes to prison as a first time offender (except if the crime is heinous) so by giving an accused person the benefit of a second (or more) chance, it sends a signal that the offense wasn’t all that offensive.  Instead of accepting that as their “second chance” many continue their crime spree. (Just read the papers there are too many articles to list.)  So, Governor Hochul, where was the “dignity and respect” for the innocent victims whose lives were disrupted by the “incarcerated individuals”? Hochul must go, her wokeness and desire to be the first elected female governor, is what drives her, when her first priority should be the safety of all New Yorkers. Elect Lee Zeldin on November 8, 2022.

Ken Girardin writes in today’s NY Post:  State senators to get a harsh reality check as their own workers unionize

Nicholas Capaldi writes about The Joke That Is Higher Education

Arizona Dem Praised Radical Immigration Group That Harassed Sinema; you should also know that Kirsten Engel is a law professor at the University of Arizona. Can’t help but wonder what she is teaching her students.

Public School System in Need of Major Reforms—or Burial

Back-to-School Blues: Droves of Americans Ditching Public School

Jeffrey H. Anderson writes in City-Journal that Masks Still Don’t Work/More than two years on, the best scientific evidence says that masks don’t stop Covid—and public health officials continue to ignore it.

The reality is that all this pollster had to do was to read any paper that still reports the news to learn the this:  Progressive Pollster Finds That People Oppose Progressive Policies.

The Democratic Party elites continue to portray themselves as the Party that believes what is preached as right for you isn’t remotely good for them. For example, the NYC and Washington, DC Mayor’s had no problem with the Biden Administration letting, make that encouraging, people to cross our southern borders without restrictions and staying in the southern states.  The ever-increasing influx of people crossing the southern border illegally, who need a place to live, need health care, need an education, need fundamentals like food, transportation and a job, didn’t have an impact on their sanctuary cities, so they have remained silent about the constant flux of illegals.

Things have changed, instead of the federal government flying these illegals – in the dead of night without any notice to the local governments – Governor Abbott and Governor Doug Ducey are bussing them to NY and DC, during the day and in the open and letting officials know.  What also speaks volumes is that Mayor Adams expected 40 illegals and only about 14 got off the bus.  “The mayor suggested that the most likely reason was because of the fear that something was going to happen to them if they came to this location, people got off earlier.”  The Mayor may be right, which is even more upsetting to those who live in New York City because his “marquee campaign promise is to make the city safer while ensuring that policing is done appropriately and without racial bias.”  Instead, the NYPD is seeing an ever increasing exodus of officers and brazen crime increasing.   Alas, 8 months have gone by, and the city is not safer; and he cannot even get Governor Hochul to understand the need to  eliminate the most obvious reasons.

Mayor Eric Adams and Mayor Muriel Bowser are crying foul;  they have failed to visit he southern border and not have any concept of what the southern states have been going through since Joe Biden took an oath of office to uphold the laws of the United States. Both mayors are hypocrites (Mayor Adams went so far as to condemn Gov Abbott)  for believing that it is okay for Texas and Arizona to be flooded with illegals and not the cities who celebrate their self-proclaimed sanctuary status.

Only YOU can change the narrative:  If you have never been involved in an election, now is the time to change that. Get involved and Save our State. From Newsmax:  Zeldin Blames ‘Pro-Criminal Push’ For Fueling Crime Spike.  Follow @leezeldin daily to see how dedicated he is to Saving our State. Lee Zeldin will be the next Governor of NY if we work together to Save our State.

Here’s the Truth About What ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Would Do.  This is a must read and distribute to family and friends, then vote everyone who voted for it OUT OF OFFICE, starting with New York’s own Senator Charles Schumer. Chuck Schumer’s only job in the private sector was during 3 years in high school working a mimeograph machine and getting dinner for his boss, Stanley Kaplan, the creator of Kaplan, Inc., the scholastic test preparation business. (It is often rumored that Schumer scored 1600 on his SAT’s…and I’m guessing the future politician certainly learned a lot working there…)  He has never had to run a business, meet payroll demands, provide benefits to employees or close a business due to a pandemic. Taxpayers have been paying his salary for 47 years and quite honestly will pay him until he passes on. His retirement check is guaranteed, unlike so many workers whose businesses have closed leaving the former employees with no retirement income. Over the weekend, his “leadership” just made it more difficult for every American to make ends meet. That is what Oligarchs do; take care of themselves (cater to those who would primary them; make colleagues beholden to them by giving a select few what they want in secret negotiations) without regard to the people who made this country the best in the world.

Senate Increases Government Spending by Passing $740 Billion Bill.

Casey B. Mulligan’s:  The Negative Economic Effects of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Nixing nitrogen in fertilizer means less food, more hunger.

Seriously? Did they all fail biology? Democrats reject Rubio amendment declaring only women get pregnant.

CBS News Scrambles to Memory-Hole Documentary Claiming Just 30% of Ukraine Aid Makes It to Front Lines.

Heather Mac Donald writes about The Corruption of Medicine/Guardians of the profession discard merit in order to alter the demographics of their field, in City-Journal.

Pete Hoekstra writes in Gatestone Institute US: The New Real Hoaxes?

Next Saturday, August 13, 2022, the Conservative Party is releasing our 2022 National Affairs Platform that discusses the national topics that effect our daily lives, including, but not limited to, the US Constitution, the Economy, Foreign Affairs, National Defense and Immigration. Our platform lets the readers know what we support to remedy the obvious problems and renew America’s commitment to the vision of our Founding Fathers whose wisdom help create the one nation that people still seek to live in to better their lives.

Registration for the conference begins at 11:00 AM in the Arthur Finnegan American Legion Post #1443, 40 Mountain Lakes Lane, Greenwood Lake, NY 10925 (Click here for directions); our platform will be released at Noon. And there is no charge to attend the National Affairs Conference!

We have an exciting line up of speakers beginning at 12:15 PM with my welcoming remarks. Taiwan has been in the news this week and our first panel discussion will be on Taiwanese relations with the US, with members of the Taiwanese US Chamber of Commerce and the Taiwanese Cultural Center.

National Education policy, another timely subject with school beginning next month, will be presented by Ed Cox, a board member of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.

Border Security, an issue that effects every village, town, city and state, will be presented by Allen Roth, President of Secure America Now.

Other topics of interest include the economy/inflation and continuing problems with the supply chain, the Supreme Court and the New Federalism, and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

It will be lively, informative and arm you with talking points (which can be used to write letters to the editor of your local newspapers to spread knowledge) as we approach the November elections and beyond.

After the conference, beginning at 5:00 PM, there will be a reception with US Senate Candidate Joe Pinion who will be our featured speaker. Also slated to be present is Marcus Molinaro, candidate for the 19^th Congressional District, Colin Schmitt, candidate for the 18^th Congressional District and Michael Lawler, candidate for the 17^th Congressional District. The cost to attend the reception is $75.00 per person. You can register for both events here or you can just stop by for an educational day with old and new friends.

 

The dam breaks, and key Dems run away from Biden ’24

With So-Called Inflation Reduction Act Looking Likely to Pass, Poll Shows Few People Actually Believe in It.

Agents seize 29 ladders at U.S.-Mexico border.

The Post’s latest reporting on career criminals is more reason Hochul must call a special session on bail reform. Gov. Hochul, just so you know, the author is a democrat and the longest-serving active New York City Council member.