NY Times beclowns itself by normalizing court-packing ‘to balance the conservative majority’

It is still a bonehead idea, Congressman Nadler:  Dems Introduce Bill to Pack Supreme Court, Claim Conservative Majority ‘Hostile to Democracy Itself’.

Read Chairman Kassar’s statement court-packing here.

The Conservative Party does not agree with Speaker Pelosi an 99.9% of what Ms. Pelosi stands for in Congress.  However, as the saying goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day.  On this one issue, we believe the Speaker is right.  Pelosi rejects fellow Democrats’ ‘court-packing’ bill, will not bring it to vote. We sincerely hope that whatever the Biden created bipartisan commission on Supreme Court reform decides, Ms. Pelosi will stand firm in not supporting it either since it is stacked with partisans despite being labeled “bipartisan.”

It is during times like these that we must remember the words of the late Barry Goldwater’s acceptance speech as the republican candidate for president in 1964:

• “The growing menace in our country tonight, to personal safety, to life, to limb and property, in homes, in churches, on the playgrounds and places of business, particularly in our great cities, is the mounting concern, or should be, of every thoughtful citizen in the United States.  Security from domestic violence, no less than from foreign aggression, is the most elementary and fundamental purpose of any government, and a government that cannot fulfill this purpose is one that cannot long command the loyalty of its citizens.
• “History shows us, demonstrates that nothing– nothing– prepares the way for tyranny more than the failure of public officials to keep the streets safe from bullies and marauders.”
• “Now, we Republicans see all this as more–much more–than the result of mere political differences, or mere political mistakes. We see this as the result of a fundamentally and absolutely wrong view of man, his nature, and his destiny.
• “Their mistaken course stems from false notions, ladies and gentlemen, of equality. Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
• “It is, further, the cause of Republicanism to restore a clear understanding of the tyranny of man over man in the world at large. It is our cause to dispel the foggy thinking which avoids hard decisions in the delusion that a world of conflict will somehow resolve itself into a world of harmony, if we just don’t rock the boat or irritate the forces of aggression–and this is hogwash.”

As we all know, Senator Goldwater lost in a landslide to Lyndon B. Johnson, who went on to usher into America government programs that were designed to placate the unrest and injustices America was facing.  Today, fifty-seven years later, we face worsening unrest and yes, there is still some injustices; but the generations that have followed have made great strides to make certain that everyone is guaranteed the right to life, liberty and happiness.  That every American has an equal opportunity does not mean that every American has the voice of an angel, the ability to be on a major league sports team, the creator of a multimillion dollar App or to take an idea and turn it into Amazon, Facebook or Google.  It is time every American stands up for the American Dream:  The opportunity to build a dream, not destroy others because you do not have what they worked so hard for.  It isn’t easy, ask David Hogg who had the opportunity to start Good Pillow in February, 2021 and walked away in April. 2021.

These are difficult times; but we are Americans, we have pulled together before and we will now.

Joy Pullmann opines in The Federalist that the Americans who complain about America should be appreciative  that they live in America.

Another George Soros prosecutor:  Meet Kimberly Gardner, the Rogue Prosecutor Whose Policies Are Wreaking Havoc in St. Louis.

Americans Still Support English as Official Language.

Amazon, Google Join Hundreds of American Corporations in Signing Letter Opposing Voting Limits

New York Times accused of ‘activism’ after shaming CEOs who didn’t sign ‘big defense of voting rights’

On Iran, Biden Administration Ready to Undo Former Administration’s Work, whether It is Good for the World or Not?

Here We Go Again/Biden’s infrastructure plan will fail for the same reasons that Obama’s did.

Biden Wants to Underfund Defense Department While Asking It to Do More.

Republican Attorneys General Plan to Create Legal Roadblocks for Biden Agenda.

I Refuse to Stand by While My Students Are Indoctrinated.

The Left Wants Kids to See White Supremacy Everywhere, and It’s Destroying Pop Culture.

Study: A Manly Father Is Good for Children.

The American Spectator writes about Daunte Wright’s death…while tragic — every death by unnatural means is appalling and unfortunate — and an alarming mistake was made, it could have been different.

FEE (Foundation for Economic Education) has two  articles worth the read: A 75-Year-Old Warning about Those Who Say ‘Listen to the Science’ and Panic Has Led to Government “Cures” That Are Worse than the Disease, History Shows.

Gavin Newsom Taken to the Legal Woodshed at SCOTUS. Again.

Democrats are redefining ‘infrastructure’ to justify Biden’s slush fund.  When you read some of what Sen. Gillibrand describes as infrastructure, you ask yourself, does she really think we are that ignorant to believe her, or is she that uneducated that she believes it herself?  Either way, the fact that Ms. Gillibrand is New York’s US Senator – writing and voting on laws that have the ability to change our lives – is a problem.   A review of her time in Congress (Since 2007 in the House, then appointed to the Senate in 2009) Sen. Gillibrand has only had one bill signed into law.  In 14 years, one bill signed into law and that was designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4558 Broadway in New York, New York, as the “Stanley Michels Post Office Building”.  Her overall rating by the American Conservative Union is 4.44 %; while the Americans for Democrat Action gave her a 95% for 2019.  More information from Americans for Democrat Action can be found here.   After reviewing her record, I believe Senator Gillibrand actually believes what she tweeted.  New Yorkers deserve better, unfortunately she is not up for re-election until November, 2024.

Liz Peek: Biden’s fake economic news – this is how Democrats justify their radical spending binge.

Is this a good use of your tax dollars?  If federal employees can take off four months for this, why is it they have a job with the federal government if they can take a four month paid leave?  Biden Administration Offers Four Month Paid Leave to Federal Employees Who Care for Illegal Alien Children.

Roger Kimball opines about the Grasping for Raw Power Behind the Biden Chaos.

2 Students Who Grew Up in Venezuela Warn About Danger of Socialism.

Cal Thomas writes in the Washington Times:  What loss of liberties looks like under the Biden presidency.

China: Compromising U.S. Elected Officials.

Donald Devine sees positivity in America’s religious congregations; not the decline that the secular media reports.

How Far Left Infiltrated Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It.

File this under:  You can’t make this bizarre New York law suit up.   New York parent seeks OK to marry their own adult child.

Good for him!  Herschel Walker considering US Senate bid in Georgia.

60 Minutes Shows Absolutely No Remorse for Its Corrupt DeSantis Smear.

ICYMI: Actually, Cuomo Knew the COVID Nursing Home Death Toll…And Still Cooked the Books.

The New York Times magazine shows the Emperor’s warts while giving all a peek at what made him the person he has become…a man who believes he is above the law, or as he once noted “I am the government.”

“Not easily dismissed by hospitals that refuse to treat the elderly patients, New York families have turned to a couple of attorneys, including Ralph C. Lorigo and Jon F. Minear, both with West Seneca, NY-based Law Office of Ralph C. Lorigo” to help save their loved one’s lives with ivermectin.  Read more about what our State Vice Chair Ralph Lorigo is doing to help save lives.   More about ivermectin here —   Peer-reviewed study: Ivermectin cuts COVID infections, deaths by 75% and Ivermectin and the Virus.

The Chesterton Option: America Is Worth a Crusade.  “There lies in conservative populism a great opportunity, not just to turn the tide sooner rather than later, but to restore that foundational element that America cannot do without.”  Excellent essay by Joseph Mackinnon.

Team Biden caves on Iran — and gets nothing in return.

Biden’s gun control policies would treat everyone like a criminal.

If it ain’t broke, Joe Biden will break it: Goodwin.

Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package is totally unnecessary.

Byron York writes in the Washington Examiner:  The border is even worse than you think

Biden’s atrocious opening to packing the Supreme Court.

It Only Took 74 Days Before Hunter Biden Was Trading Off the Presidency, Beginning His Book Tour.

ICYMI:  Hunter Biden: I was so crack-addled, I forgot pants — but I was also very qualified for Burisma.

Wow, talk about outlandish statements:  Buttigieg Claims Racism Is ‘Physically Built’ Into U.S. Interstate System.

How many different scandals must unfold before Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns or is impeached by his colleagues…or will his colleagues keep moving the goal posts to give themselves leverage for what they want as they did in the bloated, unsustainable NYS Budget?  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s government staff did work on ‘super PAC’s’ poll.

Stuck in Limbo—but Spending Lavishly/The vagueness of the plan to expand Penn Station didn’t stop Albany from appropriating $1.3 billion to rush it along.

Failure to lift the charter-school cap hurts NY’s most deprived kids.

‘Drinktator’ Andrew Cuomo extends no-alcohol-without-food rule.

In case you have forgotten that the NYS Legislature is helping New York’s exodus, here is a reminder of the taxes we pay:  Combined local-state tax rate in New York highest in US.

Robert Knight opines in the Washington Times that Georgia’s citizens and baseball fans deserve an apology from Rob Manfred.

The Schoolyard Bully Morphs into the Corporate Bully.

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required)  CEOs Plan New Push on Voting Legislation Companies from PayPal to AMC have signaled they will support joining effort for voter access, people say.  Since this article seems to indicate that they are all calling for greater voter access, they must want handouts from the government, why else would they become involved in a state’s right to be certain that those who vote are citizens of these United States.  It doesn’t make sense to me why they would take an active role in voting rights.  Are they looking for cheap labor as well as tax incentives? Is it a way to pressure the US Senate to pass HR-1, the federal takeover of voting in the United States while the US Constitution specifically leaves it up to individual states?  Is it about appeasing employees? What they should realize is that they really do not want to anger those who purchase their goods, especially when many CEOs are not fully aware of what any pending legislation will do.  After all the Bill passed in Georgia, that began this upheaval was completely misrepresented.  Even the ultra-liberal Washington Post gave President Joe Biden 4 Pinocchio’s for his take on the bill – yet, he continues to distort it.

New York State Budget tops $212 Billion; Comes with Massive Tax Hikes

Late, expensive, and using taxpayers to bail New York out of another mismanaged state budget. I wouldn’t expect anything less from this Governor and State Legislature.

The state budget is a liberal’s dream and taxpayers’ nightmare; it throws all fiscal responsibility right out window while it continues to set a dangerous precedence going forward.  A balanced budget does not matter to the Governor, as long as he has taxpayers to place the burden on, he will continue to recklessly spend.

For years, far before the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been spiraling out of control, writing checks and spending money we do not have. After a federal bailout to the tune of $12.6 billion, Governor Cuomo and the Democrat controlled State Legislature raised taxes by an additional $4 billion, making New York perhaps the most taxed state in the nation and further providing more reasons for residents and businesses to explore other options in friendlier states.

To add insult to injury, $2.1 billion of the state budget was allocated for illegal immigrants while less than half that amount was allocated to help small businesses survive.

The priorities of Democrats are beyond misplaced. They have, once again, prioritized those most willing to break laws over the hardworking taxpayers who wish to live in New York State, operate a small business, or simply provide for their family.

Zeldin, Schmitt Announcements

Congressman Lee Zeldin and Assemblyman Colin Schmitt announced their intentions to run for Governor and Congress respectively in 2022 this week.

Their entry into the Governors race and what is now New York’s 18^th Congressional District is welcome news as both have been excellent representatives to their districts.

Congressman Zeldin, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army, served in the New York State Senate from 2011-2014 before defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman Tim Bishop in 2014. Lee is currently serving in his 4^th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Assemblyman Colin Schmitt, a Corporal in the Army National Guard, was elected to the State Assembly in 2018. Colin easily won re-election in 2020. The seat was previously held by the Democrats until Colin flipped the open blue seat red.

We welcome them both and look forward to working with their teams.

Disorder at the Border

President Joe Biden wasted no time creating chaos at the border as illegal crossings are on pace to reach the highest levels in 20 years.

Shockingly 172,000 immigrants were apprehended in March alone under the Biden Administration. That represents an increase of 71% from March 2020 under the Trump Administration.

In addition to the humanitarian and public health crisis at our Southern Border, grave national security threats are a growing concern as two men on a terrorism watch list, and no fly list, were arrested after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into California, officials from the U.S. Border Patrol announced Monday. The men were apprehended in separate incidents, one on January 29^th and the other March 30, signaling the utter disregard for our immigration laws and weakness portrayed by the Biden Administration.

Many members of the New York Congressional delegation have visited the border, or will shortly, to see firsthand the disorder President Biden has caused through the undoing of Trump era policies by executive order.

Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis posted this video taken in McAllen, Texas last night as she toured the border with Whip Steve Scalise and other members of Congress.

Congressman Chris Jacobs was also touring the border last night. His initial observations can be heard here.

In March, House Homeland Security Ranking Member, Congressman John Katko, with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led a delegation to the Southern Border for a tour and discussion with Border Patrol Agents to assess the dire situation on the ground. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney was also among those who visited; you can watch some of that here.

“As a federal organized crime prosecutor back in the 90s, I was charged with going after the drug cartels. I had a fundamental understanding then, and I do now, that the cartels know when to exploit the southern border, and they’re doing it now masterfully. They’re doing it because President Biden rolled back a lot of the orders of the previous administration that were working” said Congressman Katko.

MLB commissioner decided to move All-Star Game after pressure from Stacey Abrams on voting issues: sources

Arizona AG says Kamala Harris hasn’t responded to his invitation to tour the border.

EXC: New York Times Staff Admit Previously Working For Chinese Communist Party – “It Has It’s Benefits.”

Chicago Teachers Union blocks reopening… again.

Biden’s border crisis is the worst since 2006, blowing Trump’s out of the water.

They Came, They Saw, They Taxed/New York’s progressive legislators want to make the nation’s heaviest tax burden heavier still.

NY’s $212B budget shows how Gov. Cuomo’s scandals have drained his power.  Unfortunately, all New Yorkers will be forced to pay the price of his arrogance as the progressive-left walks all over him.  We had our differences with Governor Cuomo’s budget agreements (and legislation) throughout his administration, but what has happened this year is irrefutably the most irresponsible waste of taxpayers’ dollars ever adopted in the long history of the New York State Legislature.  After Albany’s off-the-chart budget and monster tax hikes, NY needs a voter rebellion.

Governor Cuomo please explain this:  Cuomo administration tracked nursing home deaths despite claims they couldn’t be ‘verified,’ document shows.

Jeff Bezos says Amazon supports Biden’s proposed corporate tax hike.  Well why wouldn’t he?  It does not affect his bottom line, corporations just pass increased taxes along to their customers by increasing prices.

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required): New York Is in Trouble.  From the Empire Center:  Spending to skyrocket under budget deal.    Also from the Empire Center:  Empire State’s new budget is a bridge to nowhere.

NY Rep. Zeldin launches 2022 gubernatorial campaign amid Cuomo controversies.  Congressman Lee Zeldin, has a great background  and is good on issues: we wish him success in his latest endeavor.

Mike Pence writes about Building on the Trump administration’s victories to advance American freedom.

From the Gatestone Institute:  Biden Is Determined to Create Jobs… in China.  Also, from Gatestone:  China’s Exploitation of Western Academia.  And this: China Boycotts Western Companies Over Uyghurs.

Biden’s Weakness Allows China to Surround Taiwan with Air and Sea Military Exercises.

Biden’s Trojan Horse.

9 Things You Need to Know About Biden’s ‘Infrastructure’ Spending Plan.

American Bloat Plan.

Voters Don’t Trust Political News, Say Most Reporters Want to Help Biden.

Looking Beyond Headlines to Outsmart the Propagandists.  (As we have noted many times in this blog, headlines are written to grab your attention, but one must read the article to hopefully gain the truth.  However, we must take ever article with a grain of salt as far too many reporters have become opinion writers instead of reporters; Intellectual Takeout strives, and for the most part succeeds, to provide the truth.)

The Heritage Foundation also strives and succeeds in providing truth in their articles and website reporting.  When the Daily Signal produces articles, you can rest assured it is as accurate and truthful as possible and only has the interest of Americans committed to the beliefs this great country were founded on.  Green Bay Official Warned Boss She Wouldn’t Break Law in Election.

Democrats Flip-Flop on Preserving Filibuster.

Turn Off the Spigots.

The Tyranny of Cancel Culture and Its Attack on the Soul.

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano opines in the Washington Times on Enduring the tyranny of the Democrats’ majority.

In case you missed Colion Noir: Gun control measures ‘don’t do anything to keep anybody safe’.

E. J. McMahon opines in the NY Post: Will the last high earner to leave New York please turn out the lights. It is mindboggling how the democrats are so ill-informed of the damage they will impose upon all New Yorkers as the exodus and loss of tax receipts trickle down and affect all New Yorkers.   And it isn’t only E. J. McMahon who believes New Yorkers and corporations will leave New York.  Here is what Don Pebbles told Maria Bartiromo this morning.  Fear of exodus over $4B in tax hikes as New York hammers out budget deal

Read Chairman Kassar’s statement on the NYS Budget here.

Why Andrew Cuomo’s Cover-Up Scandal Isn’t Just a Case of One Bad Apple,

With apologies to William Shakespeare: Something is rotten in Washington, DC!  First we learned this:  Two Yemeni men on the FBI’s terror watchlist arrested at southern border  Then we learned that there is Nothing to see here: DHS deletes announcement of terror suspects arrested at border.

Why did Biden put Harris in charge of the border crisis?   While the article will not come out and say why, we all know it is because President Biden wants an “Open Border” and VP Harris will give him what he wants.  But he is wearing sheep’s clothing again.

If only he hadn’t worn sheep’s clothing while in his basement prior to the election:  Biden wants to be the most progressive president yet, and he’ll spend trillions to prove it.  But he did, and far too many believed his deception.  Remember the old saying:  Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

The March to Appeasement/There will be no peace between Iran and its enemies.

This is not good news:  Senate parliamentarian rules Democrats can sidestep two more GOP filibusters.

David Keene opines in the Washington Times:  Biden embarks on frenzied campaign to block election reform.

Conservatives Call Foul on Baseball’s Hypocrisy Over Georgia Election Law.

Rubio Rips MLB Commish for League’s China, Cuba Ties.

President Biden, Stacy Abrams and all the “Woke” CEO’s, look at these numbers:   75% Say Voter ID Necessary, Majority Oppose Georgia Boycott.

REVEALED: China’s State Propaganda Group Boasts Control Over Western Think Tanks, ‘Election Integrity’ Groups, And Even Joe Biden’s National Security Team.

Justice Thomas Suggests Section 230 May Be Unconstitutional.  More on this in The Federalist.

This Teacher Says Left Has Turned Public Schools Into ‘Indoctrination Centers’

It is refreshing to know that not all politicians are biased and will stand for the truth!  Florida Democrats Defend DeSantis Against Attack From ’60 Minutes’.  And it is good that it is reported by those who expect news agencies to be honest.  Democratic Florida Officials Explain How 60 Minutes Twisted DeSantis-Publix Story.

Cuomo’s $4M book deal is looking like yet another crime.

Democrats in the NYS Legislature need a crash course in basic economics, but alas, it is probably too late for them to understand that all this will do is create an even greater exodus of our wealthy and job-producers from New York State.  NY budget will likely hike taxes on state’s top earners to highest in the country.  Seriously, why would they want to stay in a state who punishes them for being successful?  Many New Yorkers may believe this massive tax increase will not affect them; nothing could be farther from the reality of massive tax increases.  When the exodus takes place (it has and will continue) who is left to pay the bills?  You are; and most likely you will not be able to flee the high rates.  Senior citizens, young working couples, parents with children who depend on grandparents to help watch children, most in these groups will be tethered to New York because to get up and move is not within their financial means.  The democrats refuse to acknowledge economic facts; and those left in New York will continue to watch the once Empire State become the Exodus state.  On the bright side and being an eternal optimist, the average New Yorker understands New Yorkers cannot and will not sustain these massive taxes and will change the political outlook in 2022 to save our state.

NY lawmakers rush to blur the difference between legal and illegal immigrants.

Apparently, it isn’t only the democrats in New York.  Democrats in Washington, DC are living in their own world also;  The Memo: Biden’s bet on taxes.  Do the democrats really think we are that ill-informed and we will believe the malarkey they are trying to sell?  “Raising taxes …  will not slow the economy at all,” Biden said in response to a question from Kelly O’Donnell of NBC News at a White House news conference Friday. “Asking corporate America to pay their fair share will not slow the economy at all.” Mr. President, perhaps you should rethink the disaster of the Obama Administration which was exactly why Donald J. Trump was elected.

This is our wake-up call; Elections have consequences.  We are feeling the consequences of the 2020 elections across the country; 2022 is barreling toward us; be prepared, stay informed and make it your goal that your taxes are not being squandered. America doesn’t punish success; America, has always been a country that celebrates your hard work and financial success.  Ask those who escaped from socialist countries; the countries you and your progressive friends are trying to turn America into.  Utopia is a myth.

ICYMI:  Victor Davis Hanson opines on the 10 Radical New Rules That Are Changing America.

Why State Election Reform Bills Don’t Signal a New Jim Crow Era.

Fact-Checking 6 of Opponents’ Claims About Georgia’s Election Law.

County That Overwhelmingly Supported Biden Gets What They Paid For, Loses $100 Million All Because Of Him.

Wokeness Is No Laughing Matter.

I’m the Last One.

This Can’t Be Real: Politifact, CNN, and Fauci Are Joining Forces for Something Only Liberals Would Celebrate.

Guy Benson writes in Townhall.com:  Endless: Media Falsely Attacks Florida Man, Yet Again.

6th Circuit Reaches Right Conclusion on ‘Preferred Pronouns.’ Other Courts Should Follow Suit.

How Hunter Biden’s Interests ‘Overlapped’ With Banned Ukrainian Oligarch.

Less Is More: Restoring the Founders’ Original Vision for Our Constitutional Republic.

4 Reasons Gun Control Can’t Solve America’s Violence Problem/These 4 underlying sociological problems, not guns, are the key drivers of American violence.

Robert Knight’s writes in the Washington Times:  Easter proclaims that Jesus is Lord of all.  A beautiful message this Easter Week, especially after the year we just went through that doesn’t even minutely equal the excruciating death Jesus suffered for each of us.  Thank you, Robert Knight for writing this column and the Washington Times for printing this column, and for reminding us of the freedom that America stands for…at least for now.

Cop Killer Leading NY Police Reform

In 1981, Richard Rivera murdered off-duty officer and dad-of-four Robert Walsh. Now, Rivera sits on a panel in Ithaca and Thompkins County trusted to help create police reforms.

The program to “reimagine” police departments was formed at the request of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo and his New York Parole Board have been active in releasing cop killers from prison, demonstrating a clear lack of respect for police, the victim’s families and public safety.

You may have also read about the vicious attack that took place on West 43^rd Street in Manhattan or have seen the disturbing video. Based on what we know to be the priority of the far-left liberals in the State Legislature and Governor’s mansion, I am sure it won’t surprise you to hear the attacker, Brandon Elliott, was on parole for the murder of his own mother in 2002.

Rehabilitated he is clearly not, as shown by his disgusting attack on a 65-year-old woman whose only crime was walking down the same sidewalk as him. Video shows Elliott punch her, kick her in the stomach, and then stomp on her head. An abhorrent scene made possible by a misguided parole board hellbent on releasing violent criminals back on to the streets of New York.

Now, another convicted cop killer, Paul Ford, is set to be paroled. Ford was one of three men convicted of the 1980 murder of Police Officer Harry Ryman.

For years I have had a personal interest and have written many letters in support of keeping Paul Ford behind bars.

Another man convicted of killing, Barrington Young, 62, was released last year and deported. The third convicted killer, Cornelius Bucknor, 59, has also been granted a parole hearing.

Unconscionably, 20 cop killers have been released from prison in New York since 2017. An unfathomable, concerning number and dangerous precedence.

NYC Council, Mayor Turn Back on Police Again

An already tough and dangerous job became more tough last week as the New York City Council voted to end qualified immunity for its officers.

Common sense and protections for those who risk their lives to protect us no longer exist in New York City. Mayor de Blasio and the City Council continue to kowtow to the left, bending at the knee to every demand from liberal activists, no matter the consequences and negative affects it will have on law abiding citizens.

“New Yorkers are getting shot, and police officers are on the streets day and night, trying to stop the bloodshed” said PBA President Pat Lynch.

There was a troubling increase in crime in 2020, specifically murders, shooting victims, and shooting incidents. In 2021, we are on pace to far surpass those unacceptable 2020 numbers.

Under no circumstance should we be working to promote criminals and those willing to cause harm and destruction while diminishing the role of the police and putting the men and women who protect our city at further risk.

Marijuana Legalized in New York State

To say New York is going to pot may be the understatement of the decade. Legislation to create the ‘New York Office of Cannabis Management’ sounds like a bad joke. If only it were funny.

Democrats in Albany, led by scandal-scarred Gov. Andrew Cuomo, know that legalizing recreational marijuana will come at significant human cost, but all they seem to care about is more tax revenue. Their indifference to human suffering is unconscionable.

Study after study has shown that marijuana use among teens — make no mistake about it, teen use will go up — can cause significant psychological damage and lead to use of even more dangerous drugs. We also know that traffic injuries and fatalities will increase because of stoned drivers on our roads, and a percentage of first-time marijuana users will become addicts.

We also know from other states that black-market drug sales actually increase after legalization, and those illicit drug pipelines often include counterfeit prescription pills and deadly narcotics like heroin and fentanyl. The cost of treating the addictions that will ensue from this legislation will likely cost far more than any revenue it would generate. Indeed, for every $1 of tax revenue in alcohol and tobacco tax revenues, society loses $10 in social costs according to SAM-Smart Approaches to Marijuana.

Mark Twain said the darnedest thing: “It’s easier to keep out of something than to get out of something.” He was, of course, right, and Twain’s advice is our advice to the New York State Legislature.

Keep out of the drug business. It will not end well.

Conservative Party Reception to Return May 26, 2021

We are excited to announce the return of our annual reception this spring which will be held in Tappan, NY, May 26^th from 6:00 – 8:00pm at The Old ’76 House.

The ‘76 House, America’s oldest restaurant, is a three-hundred-year-old structure lovingly restored to pristine condition by the Norden Family. It is listed as a National Landmark and holds significant historic value. In fact, the original water painting of Benedict Arnold remains hung upside down. Just as George Washington left it.

We are expecting an exciting list of distinguished guests and honorees. We will be awarding our J. Daniel Mahoney Award, and Legislator of the Year Awards for 2020.

We are very much looking forward to gathering once again to visit with familiar faces and support the party.

Tickets for the event are $500 per person. More details are to follow in the coming week.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Biden floats biggest tax hike since Clinton, who paid the price

Biden’s new $2 trillion spending plan is Green New Deal in ‘disguise,’ GOP lawmakers say

Trump says he is considering first rally since leaving office as he floats 2024 run.

President Biden’s American Job Killing Tax Plan.

Georgia governor hits back after Delta CEO criticizes state election law as ‘unacceptable’.

President Biden has many “slips of the tongue” however, this was no slip:  Biden Calls the Republicans ‘Un-American’.  Some advice, Mr. President:  Stop lying about wanting to unite America.  In the 69 days you have been president, sorry to say, you have not uttered one word that has helped unite our country, unless, of course, you believe that America has abandoned her US Constitution and delved into a progressive movement that will never succeed.    Why are you so fearful of states requiring Voter ID, after all, you want everyone vaccinated, and an ID must be provided to get vaccinated.

More proof that the Biden Administration is out of step with Americans:  Biden to announce up to $4 trillion infrastructure plan with massive tax hikes.  There is no doubt that our infrastructure needs repairs, but something tells me that there are more progressive dreams coming in this proposal and they will get precedence over the needed repairs.  Necessary repairs must take priority and be passed as a stand-alone bill.  Obama’s shovel ready boondoggle should have taught Biden that lesson.  If you think you will escape the proposed new taxes, think again.

Mr. President why are you doing this:  Biden admin asks for government volunteers at the border amid crisis, when you and your administration keep telling us there is no crisis at the border.

Kamala Harris’ schedule shows Team Biden’s true border priorities.

Hmmm, Biden Nominates Gayle Manchin, Joe Manchin’s Wife, For ‘Key’ Co-Chair of Federal Commission.  Interesting.  Read about the Appalachian Regional Commission here; hopefully Mrs. Manchin is a good match for the Commission.

Andrew C. McCarthy writes in National Review about the case for prosecuting Hunter Biden.

Opinion: Tim Scott: Let’s set the record straight on ‘woke supremacy’ and racism.

Victor Davis Hanson writes in American Greatness:  Is Racism Moral Now?

From the Daily Signal: 6 Goals in Black Lives Matter’s New ‘Impact Report’

From Gatestone Institute:  China Grabbing Whitsun Reef: ‘Sudetenland’ in Slow Motion and US, China, Russia and Thucydides Trap.  From Victor Davis Hanson writing in the Daily Signal: China Continues to Show Its Contempt for US.

The Democratic-controlled Legislature plans are providing more reasons for New York’s wealthiest to move out of state.

Albany’s race to pay off friends — while shunning everyday New Yorkers.

This is how the Democratic-controlled Legislature computes math equations to balance budget needs:  School enrollment declines; Legislature provides more money.

File this under completely misguided:  If you live in San Diego, the education of migrant children is placed ahead of our own students.  Jen Psaki Fails to Explain Why Illegal Immigrant Children Are Getting In-Person Instruction.

From Bad to Worse in New York/ The city council’s new reform package offers little hope of getting crime under control.

Mail-In Voting Audit of Montana’s 2020 Elections Finds Significant Number of Irregularities.  Yet Congress (and their partners in the main stream media) are demanding HR 1/S 1 be adopted.

Cal Thomas opines about Jim Crow and the Georgia Voting Law.  Rich Lowry’s has this to say:  Comparing Georgia’s new voting law to Jim Crow is a disgusting smear.

The New York Times Can’t Get Basic Facts Right on Election Reform.

David Harsanyi:  No to DC Statehood.

If the Excelsior Pass Wallet app (Nation’s first ‘vaccine passport’ coming to New York) is going to be required to attend concerts etc., why is a Voter ID not required for voting?