Reapportionment Maps Released

Initial maps were released Wednesday afternoon for congress and the state legislature by the supposed independent commission and as we quickly learned, nothing was independent about the process. The end result was two maps, a democratic version and a GOP version.  The GOP version reflected provisions of the New York State constitution and jurisprudence over the past decade.  The democratic version had the fingerprints of New York and National Democrats all over it.

National and State Democrats are aware their chances of retaining the majority in DC at the ballot box are unlikely, so they implemented a New York power grab in an attempt to cling on to power in Washington, DC.

The GOP had been working with the democrats to produce fair lines, but those communications broke down late last week after outside democratic forces intervened to make the entire process political. The bottom line is that the democratic maps were egregiously drawn in such a manner that they violate the spirit of the State Constitution’s reapportionment provision, if not the law outright.

The Conservative Party will be working with its allies in the GOP to produce fair, more representative legislative lines.

NYC Council Bill Puts Tenants at Risk

The Conservative Party organizations representing the five counties of New York City stand strongly against City Council Intro. 2047 which would prohibit landlords from conducting criminal background checks on residential tenants, including those in co-operatives and condominiums.

Intro. 2047 is a typical progressive agenda item that gives zero thought to the resulting consequences to landlords and tenants alike.

“With crime already on the rise, this proposal only further endangers the safety and security of our communities,” said Kings County Chairwoman Frances T. Vella-Marrone.

Tenants should expect landlords to have done their due diligence in providing a safe environment. And property owners have the right to all background information both financially and criminally when making decisions concerning potential tenants.

The City Council continues to invent new ways to prioritize everyone except the law abiding residents of New York City. This is another recipe for disaster.  Read the press release here.

 General Milley Accused of Secret Calls with China

 In a bombshell revelation General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, is accused of holding two secret phone calls with top Chinese military officials while serving under Commander-In-Chief Donald Trump.

According to the Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, General Milley went as far as to promise to tip off Beijing if the United States was planning an attack. If these accusations are true, Milley must resign or be fired immediately with treason charges to follow.

Woodward and Costa didn’t stop there as they go on to say General Milley ordered senior military officials not to take any orders from President Trump unless he approved them first.

These are accusations not becoming of a top military official and the Biden administration should take the accusations serious as they could have major national security implications.

For weeks since the beginning of the Afghanistan debacle, I have been calling for General Milley, SECDEF Austin and Secretary of State Blinken to resign over the lies they have delivered to the people, the American citizens they left behind, and overseeing the biggest foreign policy failure this nation has seen in more than a decade.

BREAKING: Biden admits that Americans are struggling financially under his presidency

GOP Sen. Sullivan: ‘Increasingly Clear’ from Testimony That Biden ‘Rejected’ Military Advice on Afghanistan Pullout, ‘Chaos’ Was Predicted

Sen. Paul: Gen. Milley’s calls to China could have sparked ‘accidental nuclear war,’ wants polygraph

Twitter censored Hunter Biden laptop stories after ‘rumors’ from US intelligence warned of ‘a hack-and-leak operation’ that would ‘involve’ him.

‘Ethics’ panel clearing Cuomo exposes Hochul as part of Albany corruption problem.

Some things never change (as noted above in today’s NY Post editorial); if you believe Gov.  Hochul, we have a bridge to sell you.  Hochul ‘literally’ doesn’t know appointee who let Cuomo keep $5.1M book deal.

Seriously, aren’t you a little late Governor?  Hochul calls for changes at New York’s ethics commission

New York state government ponders whether it can police itself.  (It hasn’t been able to so far…the only time they react is when criminal charges are impending; the ethics commissions are a joke and have been stacked with those who sweep problems under the rug the exception are the few that resigned.)

Pols are rolling over for Big Pot, having learned nothing from opioids.

Politics Are Killing Medicine.

Border Agents Encounter 200,000 Migrants in August as Crisis Drags On.

Rick Hinshaw:  Texas Law is Saving Lives.

Abortion Clinic’s Supreme Court Defense Rests on Debunked Study.

From Gatestone Institute:  Surrendering Afghanistan to the Taliban: Who Is Managing Biden?

Also, these are from the Gatestone Institute:  Why Arabs Do Not Trust the Biden Administration; China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Bad News for Human Rights.

Democrats propose ‘exceedingly regressive’ tobacco and nicotine tax hikes.

3 Glaring Problems With Congress’s Plan to Raise Taxes on Cigarettes and Vaping. How High Tax Rates Make Poor People Government Dependent.

White House chief of staff tells Wall Street titans $3.5 trillion spending plan will ‘cost zero’.  Ron Klain must really think the Wall Street titans and the rest of America live in his make-believe world that increasing taxes will “cost zero.”  Klain said “We have found a way to pay for every part of the spending with taxes.”  ”The proposal unveiled by House Democrats on Monday looks to hike taxes substantially (emphasis added) including raising the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 26.5 percent, hiking the capital gains tax rate from 20 percent to 25 percent, and increasing the top individual income tax rate rate from 37 percent to 39.6 percent.   But according the Mr. Klain, the spending plan will cost zero.  Another Biden Administration person who lives in Never-Never Land.

There’s (Cradle to) Grave Waste in Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan.

From National Reviews editorial board:  Revenue and Revenge.

Polling about country’s direction raises red flags for Biden and Democrats.

McLaughlin Poll: Biden Numbers ‘Crater,’ US Worried, Kamala Not Liked.

Biden has made the world’s deadliest terrorists great again.

If you were Hunter Biden’s father, wouldn’t this be reason enough to end the border crisis?  Fentanyl Smuggling Surges at Border

From City and State’s headline –  surprisingly honest:  The bipartisan commission released draft maps that were, well, pretty partisan.  More on redistricting here:  GOP fears Dem leaders will steamroll independent redistricting; New York redistricting commission releases two sets of maps; Draft NY plan would merge districts of GOP Reps. John Katko, Claudia Tenney; Partisan stalemate emerges in New York’s redistricting; How CNY congressional districts would change in proposed NY maps; A look at Democratic and Republican redistricting plans for New York; Democrats look to cut half of NY’s GOP House members under gerrymander; Dems, GOP on NY Redistricting Panel Can’t Agree on New Maps, Release Competing Versions; Dems seek to ‘knock out’ up to five GOP members of congress in NY; Competing maps released as redistricting panel splits along partisan lines; Takeaways from New York’s (competing!) redistricting draft maps; NYPIRG’s Blair Horner weighs in on draft redistricting maps; and finally this article:  ‘Weird stuff:’ New York releases rough drafts of new district lines which Joe Mahoney clearly states “It’s clear that they’re far from a finished product.”  Stay tuned.

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required):  Europe’s Climate Lesson for America

Leaked Zoom Video Reveals Hospital Officials Discussing COVID-19 Scare Tactics.

Dr. Fauci, ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’.

Free Speech Is the Ultimate Truth.

There was a time when the ACLU would have been in court over this:  Amazon Blocks Ad for Book Investigating Black Lives Matter.

Apple couldn’t find anyone else?  Apple hires ex-Cuomo PR chief who helped gov fight sex-harass allegations  (His job description is unknown.)

If anyone thought things would change in New York with Andrew Cuomo gone, you were sadly mistaken.  Gov. Hochul apparently has the same disdain for the First Amendment that made Andrew Cuomo so arrogant and self-righteous.  NY Governor Calls on Facebook to Crack Down on Pro-Lifers.  Governor Hochul: New Yorkers do not have the patience for another elected official who believes they are morally superior to those they serve.

FEC defends Twitter over Hunter Biden censorship in a decision based on lies.

The Myth That Hurricanes Are Getting Worse (Because of Climate Change).

Biden’s clashes with own experts over COVID booster shots undermine promise to ‘follow the science’

House Progressives Unveil Massive Multi-Trillion-Dollar Tax Hike—Here’s How It’ll Impact You.

Don’t Lose the Forest Through the Trees: Tax Hikes Will Harm the Economy and American Workers

Rich Lowry opines in the NY Post:  Dems’ bid to tax $2.2T from rich and big biz will be middle class warfare.

Charles C. W. Cooke writes:  Dear Democrats: Kill the Spending Bill.

Larry Kudlow asks the question:  Could Common Sense Yet Prevail Over Biden’s Plan for Taxing and Spending?

Blinken hearing: Democrats rush to defend Biden’s deadly Afghanistan withdrawal.

Republicans Grill Blinken on Afghanistan, Democrats Blame Trump.

Blinken left tongue-tied over Hunter Biden question during House hearing.

Blinken slammed for testifying virtually: ‘Couldn’t be bothered to come down here’.

Blinken faces Congress on Afghanistan withdrawal amid GOP criticism.

Blinken Admits: ‘Several Thousand’ Americans Stranded Behind Enemy.

Rep. Lee Zeldin Has a Suggestion for Blinken on How He Can Show Leadership.

Top Democrat Blasts Defense Secretary After Failing to Show Up for Testimony.

Senate Democrats unveil new voting rights bill.

Giving the Taliban International Legitimacy Would Be a Disastrous Mistake

Nearly 8 Million Illegal Immigrants to Get Amnesty Under Biden’s Budget Resolution Says House GOP.

Dinesh D’Souza opines on 4 Glaring Inconsistencies in progressive and liberal condemnation of the Texas (pro-baby) law.

Wokeness: An Evil of Our Age.

I’m not a big fan of Bill Maher, but lately he is saying somethings I agree with:  Bill Maher Hits NFL Over Black National Anthem Performance: ‘We Should Have One National Anthem’.

Enjoy this incredible half-time tribute by the Michigan Marching Wolverines performed on Sept 11. 2021.

Today’s Daily Update attempts to catch up on the last few weeks with the following articles you may have missed.  Since there are so many articles (some will make you remember 9/11’s terror and some will hopefully make you realize how great our America is) I’ve kept commentary to a minimum.  For those who did not know the late Paul Harvey (perhaps the original Rush Limbaugh), there is an awesome link at the end.

What Made Them Do Their Duty? At the Twin Towers, cops and firemen showed they really were New York’s Finest, New York’s Bravest.

Protecting New York/Born in the ashes of 9/11, the NYPD’s counterterrorism program remains the envy of the world.

Year 20

9/11 memorials are a reminder of how far the country has fallen: Devine.

Gov. Kathy Hochul takes a sharp turn left.

ICYMI:   Rep./Cons Gubernatorial hopeful writes in the NY Post:  10 steps Gov. Kathy Hochul should take to get New York moving in the right direction.

Deroy Murdock: Nice guy Joe Biden has morphed into a mean man who is calculating, callous and cruel.

Republicans in Congress, Statehouses decry Biden vaccine mandate.

Biden’s employer vaccine mandate will make our hiring crisis even worse.

From ‘trust the science’ to ‘trust the tyrants’.

It’s now obvious that Biden doesn’t even want to stop the ever-growing border surge.

‘Build back’ blunder: The U.S. economy is worsening under Biden’s watch.

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) House Democrats Consider 26.5% Corporate Tax Rate  Related article from The Hill:  House Democrats eye 26.5 percent corporate tax rate.

Biden’s Ammunition Ban Is Part Of The Left’s Plot To Disarm Americans.

CDC needs to leave guns alone, stick to diseases.

Unpacking the first eight months of the country’s most self-destructive presidency.

How Kabul became an evacuation bottleneck and a prime terror target: The Last 96.

Team Biden’s lies pile up as Taliban hold abandoned Americans hostage.

Afghan Fallout: Biden Ruins America’s Most Important Relationship — India.

What Should the World Expect of Gifting Afghanistan to Fundamentalists?

This is President Biden’s bid to destroy our military by removing patriots and replacing with those who are “woke.”  Absolutely shameful action by the Commander-in-chief and those who will do their best to make it happen have a special place in Dante’s Inferno!!!!  Biden White House moves to oust Trump appointees from advisory boards.

Biden Is Stuck in a Bind of His Own Making.

Democrats make case to Senate parliamentarian for 8 million green cards.

Covering up Fauci’s role in COVID leak: Devine.

Fauci-Funded Wuhan Lab Viruses 10,000 Times Stronger Than Usual, Documents Show.

Biden Letting China Get Away with Crime of the Century.

Is the U.S. Intelligence Community Putting the World at Risk?

Leftists Put Trigger Warnings on Founding Documents.

Larry Kudlow opines on the Sum of All Fears and The Democrats’ Leviathan Is on the Loose.

Conservatives Can and Must Save America From Biden.

Conservative principles demand we restrain government.

Democratic leaders betting Manchin will back down in spending fight.  I must ask, is the reason why they are betting on Sen. Manchin’s backing down because President Joe Biden appointed Gayle Conelly Manchin the federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission which pays $160,000 a year?  This is the latest regarding Sen. Joe Manchin:  Manchin says he can’t support Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending plan.  Good for him, one should respect a man who will not allow himself to be bullied by his fellow democrats; send him a message to stand strong, after all, it is your money they are talking about!  Hey Sen. Sanders:  It is your obsession with government spending that is not acceptable.     Last time I checked, you and I live in America, not your favorite communist Cuba!

Antifa Teacher’s Indoctrination Attempts Should Outrage—and Mobilize—Public School Parents.

Islam and Its White Slaves.

Texas Gets Election Reform Right, ‘Mainstream’ Media Gets It Wrong.

18 States Passed Election Reforms This Year. Here’s What They Did.

Texas Heartbeat Law Is Now in Effect. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Dems’ #TexasTaliban slander of pro-lifers is downright obscene.

Victor Davis Hanson: Our new woke Pentagon is hell-bent on losing America’s trust – and wars.

Does America Still Work?

Michelle Malkin opines about Ivermectin: Horse Hockey Versus Truth.

Delta is Dying/New CDC findings show that we’re closer than ever to the end of the pandemic.

How Society’s Search for Identity Spurred Sexual Revolution, Gender Ideology.

From National Review:  What Would Frank Say?

Justice Breyer issues warning on remaking Supreme Court: ‘What goes around comes around’

The Convocation Address You Will Never Hear Delivered.

Remembering Paul Harvey’s Optimism, Wisdom, and Common Sense.  Be sure to click on to his masterpiece “If I were the devil.”

Tomorrow marks the 20^th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that forever changed our world.

It was like any other normal September day in New York City. Nice weather and clear skies as residents from the Tri-State poured into lower Manhattan for work. Just as I assume was happening with residents from the D.C. metro area on their way to the Pentagon to start their workday. What would happen next was unimaginable, unthinkable, and unforgiveable.

I remember September 10, 2001 like it was yesterday. I had finished lunch with a friend in City Hall Park, I recall the Twin Towers shining in the cloudless sky, a site I had seen thousands of times. A mere 20 hours later I found myself, along with many others, on Veterans Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn looking directly onto the burning towers.

I remember hearing the blaring sound of FDNY, NYPD, and EMT sirens. I remember being both saddened and angered by what was transpiring in the city I have called home my entire life.

2,977 innocent fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends and co-workers were taken from us that day. It was the darkest day our nation had ever seen, a day I knew would change America forever.

Though we suffered tremendous losses that day, New Yorker’s proved they were what we always knew they were—resilient, caring and capable of more than we could ever imagine. The stories of heroism that day never ceases to amaze me, and I was never prouder to be a New Yorker than I was in the days following the attacks.

To all 9/11 was 20 years ago, but to many 9/11 was yesterday, tomorrow, Sunday, Monday and every day after.

We vowed to “Never Forget,” but it saddens me to say we have. We now villainize the very men and women of the NYPD who selflessly ran into the burning towers to save lives, we carelessly stroll by the very firehouses that once housed the men and women who remained in WTC 1, knowing WTC 2 had collapsed, but refused to evacuate because they still had a mission inside.

Not a day has gone by that I haven’t, if even only for a second, thought about September 11. Not a day will go by where I won’t think about September 11.

I, like all of you reading this, will never forget what I felt in my heart that fateful day. I will never forget the sacrifice our heroes made, I will never forget that when staring in the face of danger, no one responds like a New Yorker.

I do not take the phrase “Never Forget” lightly, I do not take all those we lost for granted, and I hold on dearly to what I felt in the days following—proud to be a New Yorker, proud to be an American.

Rent Moratorium Renewed

The New York State Democratic majority in the Assembly and Senate convened a special session this week to renew the rent moratorium that will certainly cost some landlords their property, decrease affordable housing, and sets the stage for rents to become astronomical at the end of the moratorium.

This needs not be the case and is evident by this morning’s jobs report, there are millions and millions of jobs to be had around the country, many of them right here in New York State.

The moratorium extension is an attempt to cover up the state’s failure to disburse rental assistance funds. Nationally, $1.7 billion was made available by the Federal Government and nearly 90% has yet to be distributed. In July New York’s own $2.7 billion funds, consisting of both Federal and State money, had barely been touched. This is yet another massive failure by the State of New York to do its job.

The results of their incompetence could spell more disaster for New York and will certainly lead to skyrocketing rental prices all over the state.

No Vaccination Mandates

Currently, there are several lawsuits making their way through the judicial system to stop government efforts to make the COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for teachers and health care workers.

“My body my choice” is a war cry amongst the liberal left, unless they’re the ones telling you what to do. Hypocrisy and the ultimate lack of self-awareness.

There are also a number of lawsuits pending that would block NYC’s requiring of indoor venues, such as restaurants, to show proof of vaccination before dining within their establishment.

The Conservative Party supports these efforts. In no way shape or form will we ever side with those weaponizing the government to infringe on your civil liberties.

While I am fully vaccinated and think getting one is a good idea, it is becoming all too easy for our freedoms to be trampled upon on this issue and so many others.

Texas Signs new Abortion Law

I was pleased with Texas’s implementation of a ban on abortion after 6 weeks. I was also gratified that the United States Supreme Court sided with Texas with a 5 to 4 vote in refusal to block the law.

This is an indicator that Roe v. Wade could be reversed, sending the issue on abortion back to the states. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pledged to return to Washington to codify Roe v. Wade, furthering how important it is to take back the House of Representatives in 2022.

Sadly, with one of the most left-wing governments in the nation, this will do little for us in New York, but I take solace in knowing that as we move forward this national tragedy will receive a solid push back with many states reportedly looking at the new law in Texas as the potential for their own.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/regrets-youve-had-a-few-20-want-biden-vote-back

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/03/jobs-report-august-2021.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-pledges-roe-v-wade-vote-after-supreme-court-allows-texas-abortion-law-to-go-into-effect

https://www.newsmax.com/us/harris/2021/09/02/id/1034844/

New Lt. Governor Wants to Defund the Police

Governor Hochul has selected her Lt. Governor, and it’s much of the same. Not surprising from the woman who turned a blind eye towards Andrew Cuomo’s misdeeds for years.

“I support the movement to defund the police” current State Senator and incoming Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin said in January of this year. 2021 has seen a 7.1% increase in shooting incidents while murders are on pace to surpass the 2020 total.

Senator Benjamin has been on the wrong side of every issue plaguing our city from criminal bail reform, to defunding the police. He has taken every far left political position possible and his selection as Lt. Governor is indicative of the type of Governing we can expect from Governor Hochul.

Speaking of Governor Hochul, her admission that 12,000 more New Yorkers have perished from Covid-19 than previously reported — bringing the current grim tally to more than 55,000 — begs the question: Why is she only telling us now?

Governor Hochul served as New York’s Lt. Governor from 2015 until yesterday, and, as the state’s second in command, she clearly had to know — or should have known — the true Covid death toll in the state. So why did she stay silent as Governor Cuomo hid these numbers? Did her pledge to be transparent begin only yesterday?

Read my full statement on Senator Benjamin here.

GOP Votes no on 3.5 Trillion Spending Plan

 Our eight Conservative Party endorsed members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted no on Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi’s latest tax payer funded wish list.

The New York eight joined 204 of their GOP colleagues, falling just short of killing the bill as no Democrats joined with Republicans. More evidence to support how crucial the 2022 election cycle is for Republicans.

The bill includes $100 billion for amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants, doubles the size of the IRS, taking more of your money to pay for their operations, and increases the national debt to $45 trillion by the year 2031.

Party leaders say they hope to finish work on a spending bill by Oct. 1, leaving just weeks to address serious concerns among moderates over the cost of Biden’s spending plans.

Disaster in Afghanistan

 On behalf of the Conservative Party, I extend our deepest condolences to the families of the 13 service members lost in yesterday’s suicide bombing attacks. We remain eternally grateful for our men and women of the United States Armed Forces.

The truth of the matter is this, this entire calamity in Afghanistan was completely avoidable. Joe Biden’s plan and execution was inept, hastily done, and ignored the advice of many military leaders and experts.

Under Biden, America feels less and less like a superpower every day. Under Biden we are openly mocked and laughed at on the world stage, this after only 7 months of his administration.

We have gone from eradicating ISIS and putting fear in terrorists everywhere, to taking orders from the Taliban on what they will and will not allow Americans to do.

In the face of immense pressure, our President hides within the confines of the White House while the American people receive more updates from foreign government than their own Commander-In-Chief.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio said it best, “This morning the President of the United States should inform the Taliban that we will be in Afghanistan until everyone we & our allies plan to evacuate is accounted for & out of the country. If they cooperate it should be swift & orderly.

If they get in the way they will be killed.”

Pentagon Bracing for More Attacks After Troops Killed at Kabul Airport

Former President Donald Trump blasts US leadership: ‘We’re being led by people that have no idea what they’re doing’

‘KILL LIST’: US officials gave the Taliban names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies

Republican Jackie Walorski Calls for ‘Immediate Resignation’ of Biden’s National Security Team

 

So typical of Andrew Cuomo:  Disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo decries ‘unfair’ treatment as he bids farewell.  Bye Andy, you won’t be missed.

All eyes are on Afghanistan but the border crisis hasn’t gone away.

From the Gatestone Institute:  Night Falls on Afghanistan: Again.

Massive veterans group uses intel, satellite images to direct Afghan interpreters around Taliban checkpoints.

Iran Mullahs Closer Than Ever to Obtaining Nuclear Weapons.

Gordon Chang: China-Taliban connection – we must hold Beijing accountable for Afghan militants’ crimes.

As a person who loves and respects America, it saddens me to link to this article.  I did not vote for Joe Biden, we disagree on most policy issues almost all the time, yet, seeing this headline, grieves me. Today’s world that has seen far too much terrorism and the debacle happening in Afghanistan now, tells our enemies that we are weak.   Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal shows a disengaged, befuddled president.  We did not become the beacon of freedom because we had a president so disengaged from his own appointees that he overrides their advice.  Americans must come together and save our nation from the possibility of another catastrophic September 11^th attack on our land or any other place.  Graham Allen lays it out well in his accurate and excellent August 21 Op-Ed in the NY Post:  Our polarized country needs to rebuild the unity we felt on Sept. 12, 2001 for if we don’t, America will collapse from within.

The First Step in Saving Our Military.

Guy Benson writes in Townhall.com:  The ‘Science’ Behind School Masking Suffers Another Blow.

Well, this is unsettling:  Nearly 15 Million Mail-in-Ballots Unaccounted for in 2020 Election, Report Says.

It’s still true: the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

While all the news these days are discouraging and gloomy, remember this:  Freedom Always Wins.