10 career criminals racked up nearly 500 arrests since NY bail reform began

Kathy Air: Gov. Hochul leaves taxpayers with $250K tab for flights around NY

How New York got an entire ‘Let them loose’ justice system

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul blames judges for rising NYC crime, not bail laws

Hochul urges judges, DAs to take bail changes into account  Maybe Governor Hochul should follow Gov. De Santis’ example:  DeSantis Suspends Woke, Soros-Backed State Attorney, instead of not acknowledging her role in the crime wave that is taking place in New York.

Hannah E. Meyers, writing in City Journal discusses New York City’s Growing Behavior Gap/The removal of swift consequences for criminal behavior has led to an explosion of violence for even trivial slights.

Don’t give up New Yorkers, hope is on the way:  GOP has real shot at NY gubernatorial victory with Lee Zeldin.  Polls show Lee Zeldin on track to win — if voters learn the stakes

Biden’s economy failing, he deserves to recede into the past/A ‘recession’ Americans crave

Biden Executive Order on Abortion Travel Funding Appears to Violate Hyde Amendment

Excusing Illegal Immigration Comes Back to Bite Mayors of DC, NYC

Sinema May Not Be the Only Democrat Unsure About Build Back Better Junior

Democrats’ minimum corporate tax would hit these industries the hardest

Barrington Martin II, a former Democratic congressional candidate in Georgia, and Gabriel Nadales, a former Antifa activist in California, are co-national directors of Our America and have a well thought out op-ed in today’s NY Post:  Let’s stop loud radicals from drowning out the pro-American majority

Wray says he finds allegations FBI mishandled Hunter Biden info ‘deeply troubling’

‘What Are Y’all Doing?’: Cruz Scorches FBI Director for Targeting Patriotic Symbols

Why Freedom Needs a Philosophy

Higher ed unites against Asian students in Supreme Court’s Harvard discrimination case

Christopher F. Rufo writes about The Dismantlers/San Diego public schools want to overthrow “heteronormativity” and promote “genderqueer,” “non-binary,” “pansexual,” and “two-spirit” identities, in City Journal.

Legalising euthanasia is a betrayal of compassion.  (From our Australian friends, there are some left who have not lost their moral compass.)

The UK cracks down while the US doubles down on ‘gender affirming’ care

Judge rules transgender surgeries must be covered by Medicaid.  (This is the result of an activist judge not knowing anything about the medical world.  So sad.)

David Keene and Rick Hinshaw have each written about their friendship with Mike Long; both will put a smile on your face as they recall their friendship with Mike.

The only inflation-fighter in Dems’ new bill is the name

Manchin’s Support May Hand EPA Power to Throttle Coal Industry

Manchin secures $6.6B W.Va. natural gas pipeline in side deal with Schumer.

Rich Lowry writes that Manchin’s double talk shows what a counterproductive mess his ‘inflation’ deal is

Joe Manchin pressed by Harris Faulkner on Inflation Reduction Act: I won’t ‘roll over’ to far left

Democrats rely on misleading messaging to sell Manchin-Schumer bill/Manchin-Schumer bill will bring tax hikes to most Americans, study says, despite Biden’s past promises.

This is one of those articles you should read; and then you will really want to drain the swamp!  Private Equity Giant Taps Schumer’s Son-in-Law as Lobbyist.

Cash Bonanza: Iran Has Made $44.7 Billion in Illegal Oil Sales Since Biden Took Office

Whoops! Department of Education Makes $300 Billion Accounting Mistake on Student Loans

Jerry Nadler Has a Bizarre Excuse for Why Students Shouldn’t Pay Their Bills

Timothy P. Carney opines in the Washington Examiner that Every high school, middle school, and elementary school should ban smartphones this school year

GOP now leads Democrats on the issue of education

Nicole Gelinas reminds us that Gov. Hochul is now just Andrew Cuomo 2.0

NYC murders, shootings spiked in July as part of 40% jump in major crimes in 2022

Soros can’t save soft-on-crime prosecutors.

Milton Ezrati writes in City-Journal:  Paper Tiger/Though it has achieved impressive historical growth, China’s centralized economic system is headed for trouble.

Andrew Cuff writes in the City-Journal:  Ohio’s Political Transformation/The former swing state is no longer up for grabs.

Robert Knight writes in the Washington Times: ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ is the latest example of the left’s outright lying

Why She Gave Her Baby Life After Being Raped at 14.

Delusional Democrats subsidize biz in one bill, then tax it in another.

Joe Manchin’s anti-‘Made in America’ bill.

Most Americans will feel tax pain from Dem inflation bill despite Biden’s past promises: analysis.

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required):  The Schumer-Manchin Tax Increase on Everyone/Their Senate bill hits U.S. manufacturing especially hard, and it raises taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year.

Big Government Socialism Is Destroying America. Newt Gingrich Explains How You Can Help Save Us.

Pot use fueling rise in traffic fatalities, highway safety advocates warn

California Dems want mental-health warnings on pot — New York should heed the lesson.

Into the weeds: Here’s what’s in Senate Democrats’ long-awaited marijuana bill.

Rafael A. Mangual writes in City-Journal:  What George Soros Gets Wrong/“Progressive” approaches to law enforcement carry a steep price for the victims of violent crime.

The question is, would he have won the bid without the donation? It is much easier to fund raise when people have business interests in the administration. The state should consider NYC’s law that limits donations from bidders and/contractors, who have businesses in NYC,  to the Mayor $400, to prevent the appearance of pay-to-play   Hochul campaign donor lands multi-billion dollar state contract.

NY’s leaders just ignore Post’s proof that no-bail feeds soaring crime.

The only thing hypocritical Dems are producing on climate is hot air.

My guess is that Harvard expected a much higher number:  Harvard Study: Only 8% of Capitol Rioters Wanted ‘Insurrection’

Unbelievable! Paul Krugman lives in his own world. ‘Dystopian Myths’: Paul Krugman Shames Americans for Believing BLM Riots Happened in 2020. As the Daily Signal points out, we are in The New Age of Orwellianism.

SCOTUS Investigation Has ‘Narrowed Down’ List of Potential Leakers

Another elitist who practices do what I say, not what I did:  ‘Woke’ billionaire who trashed the Founding Fathers has profited off Natives, oil.

The Antidote to Tyranny is Liberty, Not Democracy or International Government.

Jeff Minick writes in Intellectual Takeout: Word Salads No More.

Michael R. Long, the long time chairman of the NYS Conservative Party, was laid to rest on Friday, July 29, 2022, after devoting most of his life to helping make our state and nation a better place for all of us to live. There was never any doubt in our minds of the impact that Mike had in the political world and the world outside of politics. Mike was loved. His passing has left us with a profound sense of loss. Mike was always there when we needed answers, from the young men who worked for him in the ice cream parlor, to those who sought elective positions, to the customers who would stop by his liquor store to discuss the burning issues of the day; Mike made time for all of us.  Mike Long was our anchor, a man whose moral compass did all that was necessary to set the state and nation back to the visions of our Founding Fathers.

Michael had his own anchor, Eileen, his wife of 59 years. Their love, their shared goals, their nine children, who emulate their lives, their 24 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren are a testament to a simple fact:  Mike and Eileen Long lived their lives as devout Catholics, treating all who crossed their paths with respect and love.

It was a tribute to Mike and his family to see the long lines waiting to pay their respects at Clavin’s Funeral Home on both Wednesday and Thursday. Our Lady of Angels Church was filled to capacity with family and friends. Monsignor Kevin Noone and Father James Delvin were co-celebrants, while Bishop Edmund Whalen, Bishop James Massa, Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio along with 6 other priests assisted is celebrating the High Mass on Friday morning.

As Chairman of the Conservative Party, I noted earlier this week, “The loss of Mike Long is immeasurable. We have lost a good man, a close friend, mentor and outstanding political leader; a void for me and many has been created that cannot be filled. “The countless number of people who learned from Mike can today be found throughout the political (and non-political) world and will act as his legacy for many years to come.”

We salute you for a job well done. Rest in Peace, Chairman Emeritus Michael R. Long. Rest in Peace.

The Spectator tribute for Mike Long.

From Newsmax:  Remembering Mike Long.

John Gizzi writes in Newsmax:  Mike Long, N.Y. Conservative Party Chairman, Dies at 82

George J. Marlin:  New York’s lost a working-class champion with the death of Mike Long, who helped depose Mario Cuomo.

Carl Campanile:  Former NY Conservative Party leader Michael Long dead at 82.

The New York Times:  Michael R. Long, N.Y. Conservative Party Stalwart, Dies at 82.

The Citizens’ Auburn:  ‘A force’: Michael Long, longtime NY Conservative Party chair, dies.

For more tributes scroll through our Twitter account @cpnys or Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cpnys

Economy in recession range, with GDP contracting 0.9% in second quarter.  From National Review:  GDP Contracts for Second Straight Quarter as U.S. Economy Enters Recession Territory

Schumer Strips Anti-China Security Provision From Major Semiconductor Bill

Andrew McCarthy writes in the NY Post:  Democrats are pressuring Merrick Garland to make an anti-Trump case he doesn’t have

Biden’s plan to boost inflation

The question is, will she stay strong since Sen. Joe Manchin caved?  How Sinema Responded to Senate Dems’ Tax Hike Plan

Mayor says justice system has made New York state a ‘laughingstock’

Zeldin’s new ad gets national attention:  Zeldin Runs New Ad Ripping Hochul and Cashless Bail

The Times’ ludicrous suggestion that Zeldin’s attacker was freed to help his campaign

Top NY Dems have no answers on crime, so they just tell blatant lies

Hysteria and greed make for expensive energy policies that won’t save the planet

So, It Turns Out That Biden Video Was Worse Than We Initially Knew

Did they think no one would notice their flip-flops?    When Clinton, Biden and Schumer Defended Marriage Against Ted Kennedy

Five times House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to answer for Paul Pelosi’s stock trades

FDA Warns of Brain Swelling and Permanent Vision Loss in Kids Taking Puberty Blockers

Chloe’s story: puberty blockers at 13, a double mastectomy at 15

How much will this cost taxpayers? Biden won’t restock oil reserves until late 2023 but wants to make repurchase deals now.

Biden’s energy devolution.

White House announces sale of additional 20 million barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Wouldn’t it be interesting if, at the very least, one person would present the “other” side? Fossil fuels: essential to human flourishing

Is anyone shocked by this? Whistleblowers: FBI/DOJ Deep State Working Overtime to Protect Hunter Biden

ICE developing program to give ID cards to illegal immigrants, as border crisis rages

Why Some Votes Count More Than Others

It doesn’t matter to Congress…it isn’t their money being used, it is ours:  Congress’ Vote on Delphi Pensions Bailout Shows Problem With Putting Unions Above Law

File this under Revising the Facts:  Fauci: ‘I Didn’t Recommend Locking Anything Down’ During COVID

Dennis Prager:  Why My Friends and I Had More Wisdom When We Were 12 Than College Students and Faculty Have Today

Government should be more concerned about addiction problems than collecting tax dollars to feed there self-serving programs designed to keep them in office. Marijuana consumers worldwide becoming addicted due to high potency pot, studies suggest

Government should realize that putting up signs that areas are gun free are just making those places a sitting target. Good guys with guns: Concealed carry saves lives.

Another place where government has created unintended consequences:  Vaping Taxes Had Lethal Unintended Consequences, Yale Researcher Concludes

LinkedIn’s ‘misinformation’ policies are an attack on science and by denying differing opinions it has a tendency make things worse. After Covid: unhappiness is worse among single and non-religious Americans.

Monkeypox’s Inconvenient Truth.

Dr. Siegel: There are a lot more monkeypox cases than we know

Jeff Minick writes in Intellectual Takeout:  The Dutch Are Awake. Are We?

The John Bachman Newsmax show has One more tribute to our Chairman Emeritus with Chairman Jerry Kassar on John Gizzi.

Michael Goodwin writes in the NY Post about:  AG Merrick Garland’s kid gloves vs. Hunter Biden

Who says crime doesn’t pay; it certainly does for some people:   Ghislaine Maxwell can enjoy movies, yoga after transfer to Florida prison.  Your federal tax dollars at work. Absolutely disgraceful…could it be a payoff so she will keep her secrets?

Matt Vespa makes a point. It isn’t that everyday people are not concerned about the environment, we are, but the hyperventilation while ignoring the immediate problems of today, end up falling on deaf ears.  COOL IT: Al Gore’s Latest Global Warming Remarks Are Why This Issue Goes Nowhere.

The problem with career bureaucrats, is that they are bureaucrats; seldom working in the real world, never really knowing how to balance the books by making the necessary adjustments. They do however play with words, try to change accepted economic definitions and spin it to keep in power. Team Biden: You Know, Maybe We Should Reimagine the Definition of a Recession.

Somebody, please send this to the Biden Administration:  8 Ideas That Will Teach You to Think Like an Economist.

How Did Democrats Become So Out of Touch With the American People?

How CHIPS for America Act Chips Away at America’s Economic Freedom.

The Washington Examiner editorial board writes:  Bipartisan electoral reform is possible.

Seth Barron writes in City-Journal:  New York’s Supreme Gun Distraction/State and city leaders condemn a high court decision on legal firearms, saying that it will worsen rising violent crime—but that’s a problem in their own power to solve.

Just a few of the articles about our Chairman Emeritus Michael R. Long:

From the NY Post:  Former NY Conservative Party leader Michael Long dead at 82

From Newsday:  Michael Long, longtime state Conservative Party chairman, dies at 82

From the NY Times:  Michael R. Long, N.Y. Conservative Party Stalwart, Dies at 82

From the Yonkers Times:  A NEW YORK POLITICAL GIANT, CONSERVATIVE PARTY CHAIRMAN MIKE LONG, DIES AT 82

From the Auburn Citizen:  ‘A force’: Michael Long, longtime NY Conservative Party chair, dies

From AM NY:  New York State Conservative Party leader Michael Long dies at 82

Vote NO on November’s $4.2 Billion Dollar Environmental Bond Act

This November, a tax increase is on the ballot.

New York is addicted to spending and borrowing, and state taxpayers are drowning in debt, thanks to some of the highest taxes and fees in the nation and a financially devastating 9.1 percent inflation rate that shows no signs of abating.

Now, predictably, the State wants to borrow and spend even more, as Empire State families find themselves forgoing simple necessities like milk, cereal, and eggs because they just don’t have enough money to pay for them.

It’s a hard slap in the face when you consider that Albany increased the State Budget from $177 billion to $220.5 billion — a $43 billion increase! — in the past two years alone. Unsatisfied, Democrats in Albany want more. Always more.

Governor Kathy Hochul and her Democrat colleagues in the State Legislature are now promoting a $4.2 billion Bond Act that voters will decide on in November. It’s being trumpeted in the loftiest terms — “The Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022” — but in reality, it’s a vague and amorphous ballot proposal that’s more about politics than it is about clear environmental goals.

It’s no coincidence that Mrs. Hochul is promoting this Act in the same year she’s running for governor. The Bond Act would provide millions of dollars to various environmental interest groups that Mrs. Hochul wants in her corner. Call it pork barrel borrowing.

What Governor Hochul and her Democrat colleagues in Albany don’t want you to know is that money from New York’s 1996, $1.75 billion Environmental Bond Act remains unspent. If it’s so essential to borrow an additional $4.2 billion this year, why haven’t we spent down the environmental funds we borrowed 26 years ago?

The New York State Conservative Party cares about environmental conservation. But it also cares about working- and middle-class families that are having trouble making ends meet. Almost a million and a half financially beleaguered New York families have fled the state for friendlier tax climates over the past dozen years, and Albany Democrats still don’t get it. The Conservative Party does because it is rooted in reality.

To get a sense of how out of whack New York taxing and spending has become, consider this: Florida and Texas each have larger populations than New York with annual budgets about half the size of ours. And Texas and Florida enjoy faster growing economies than New York’s. That’s no coincidence.

You’ll soon see ads extolling the urgent necessity of borrowing billions more this year. It’s a sham. How about using the billions we’ve already borrowed first?

Another Hochul Emergency Order

In the world of Governor Hochul, the COVID emergency never goes away. As Hochul, like her predecessor Andrew Cuomo, renews pandemic-related emergency orders, she is also suspending many state checks and balances designed to keep government honest.

The Empire Center’s Bill Hammond recently addressed the dangers of these executive orders.

The Conservative Party together with the State Senate and State Assembly Republicans have been advocating since early 2021 that all special executive authority that emanates from renewing pandemic-related emergency orders come to an end. The State Legislature has the authority. The Democrats who have the majority in both houses appear not willing to take back the responsibility that comes with being an equal branch of government. Its high time they do.

Biden Again Misses the Point

 We certainly hope President Biden overcomes his bout with COVID soon. Maybe the time he is resting will give him an opportunity to better see the sad ongoing failure of his foreign policy.

His trip to Saudi Arabia can best be described as sickening. The United States has rightfully held the leader of Saudi Arabia responsible for ordering the killing of Jamal Khashoggi within the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Now we have the President of the United States coming close to begging for increased Saudi energy support through a visit with the Saudi leader that has the two acting like the best of friends. A sad state of affairs for America and the Biden Administration.

Maybe if Biden had allowed the continuation of American energy independence achieved under President Trump with the Keystone Pipeline and offshore drilling, we would not have the President of the United States graveling to Mohammed bin Salman.

Alleged Lee Zeldin attempted attacker charged with felony, immediately released just as congressman predicted

White House Says It Doesn’t Matter Where Biden Got COVID-19.

Biden-era Democrats learn to love emergency powers after hating them under Trump

Van Jones makes revealing admission about black Americans under Biden: ‘The pain is more intense’

When did the Democratic Party become the Party that puts China before our own citizens? House Dems Block Vote to Ban Strategic Oil Sales to China.

Federal judge blocks Biden’s attempt to reinterpret discrimination laws.

Jill Biden hates half of America.

Roger Pielke Jr., a professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, opines in today’s NY Post:  What you really need to know about heat waves — and why it’ll surprise you.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz opines on How ‘abdication’ on crime, homelessness is killing businesses, also in today’s NY Post Op-Ed page.

Miranda Devine: Mayor Adams’ wake-up on migrant flights.

Are We Living Under a Kakistocracy: Government by the Worst?

House-Passed ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ Isn’t About Marriage. It’s About Complying With Woke Ideology.

Will the Feds Charge Hunter Biden?

Hunter Biden probe: ABC, NBC and CBS skip damning ‘critical stage’ report that charges are on table.

House GOP bets on assemblyman’s run to oust DCCC chair in New York congressional district.

This article was written in September, 2021 and it seems as if, nothing has been done to correct the abuse of the STOCK Act.  Wolf of Washington: Pelosi Is Poised To Score Big From Semiconductor Bill. Mark Kelly Says Lawmakers Shouldn’t Use Their Offices for Profit. He May Have Done Just That. The current leaders of the House and Senate have, as of this date, done nothing to pass STOCK Act 2.0 that was introduced in February 2022. The House Bill’s sponsor is Katie Porter (D-CA) and has 3 co-sponsors; the Senate Bill’s sponsor is Kirstein Gillibrand (D-NY) and does not have any co-sponsors.  Both Bills have been introduced by Democrats, in a Democratic controlled House and Senate, and are still languishing in committee. Speaks volumes, doesn’t it?

Teachers’ union survey backfires, turns into ‘epic self-own’ for Democrats, says education policy expert

An update on the heartbreaking article about a young girl who went from Ohio to Indiana to have an abortion. 10-Year-Old Rape Victim’s Mom Is in Domestic Relationship With Child’s Alleged Illegal Alien Rapist.

This headline writer has a sense of humor:   Poll: Even Zoomers Want TikTok Banned.  Do Zoomers know they just have to remove the app and not use it if they are upset their confidential information is being accessed by employees?

Andrew McCarthy writes:  Biden is a gaffe-ingstock: The decline of the prez — and the presidency.  This is a very depressing headline and article for all who love America.

More grim border numbers suggest Team Biden has simply given up.

Biden’s Attempts at Abortion Workarounds Fueled by Midterm Dreams, Constitutional Nightmares

The Left Is About to Pay for Its Energy Insanity. That isn’t stopping President Joe Biden: Biden to declare ‘climate emergency,’ flex executive muscle after Congress failed, Dem lawmakers say.

Three Bad Signs for the Economy.

Being forewarned is forearmed: How the Left Hopes to Seize Control of Local Election Offices.

Dennis Prager is known for his columns that makes one think:  The Banner on Boston’s Church of the Covenant and the Decline of Christianity.

‘Woke’ Tour Guides Now Mangle History at Monticello.

Really, AOC? How gauche! AOC fakes being handcuffed after arrest at abortion rights protest.

DA Bragg has been in office for 199 days; he finally did something right! Murder charges dropped against bodega worker who stabbed customer in New York City.

Another reason we have to Save Our State by electing Lee Zeldin and Allison Esposito:  Judicial Moves/Governor Kathy Hochul’s next high-court appointment could bolster the Democrats’ one-party rule in Albany.  Need another reason?  Here it is: Kathy Hochul’s New York Sent $600 Million in No-Bid COVID Contracts to Dem Megadonor’s Company.

So disappointing; we could have used the distractions with his run:  De Blasio drops out of NY congressional race.

Will overturning Roe send voters to the polls in New York?

Parents be aware and discuss with your pediatrician:  FDA Violated Own Safety and Efficacy Standards in Approving COVID Vaccines for Children

Study: Natural Immunity Offered More Protection Against Omicron Than Three Vaccine Doses

An uplifting article about a man who has a legitimate reason to be angry, yet has turned his experience into something very positive:  Steve Wenger, Vaccine Survivor.