Barbara Keating-Edh 1938-2021

Conservative Party friend & supporter Herb Stupp prepared the following obituary for the late Barbara Keating-Edh.

The Conservative Party of New York sadly announces the death of Barbara Keating-Edh, on January 30th.  Barbara is best remembered by Conservatives as the party’s 1974 candidate for U. S. Senator.   Left out of many statewide polls through September 30th that year, Barbara shocked many observers by garnering nearly 823,000 votes statewide, or 17% in the three-way race.   Her strong showing held three-term liberal Republican Senator Jacob Javits to well under 50%, with radical Democrat Ramsey Clark polling a distant second.   Keating TV commercials took a strong pro-life stance.

After a stint on the staff of U. S. Senator Jim Buckley, Barbara helped to found “Consumer Alert,” a non-profit policy group emphasizing free market competition over big government as the best way to protect American consumers.  During a speech for the organization in California, Barbara met her future husband, Lennarth Edh, who survives her.

Her marriage brought her from Westchester, New York to Modesto, California, where she lived with Lennarth for nearly 40 years.    She almost won a state legislative seat as a Republican and ran the county office of Catholic Charities.  Barbara also served on the Board of the American Conservative Union, as well as on the transition team for President-elect Ronald Reagan.

Born in 1938 as Barbara Galvin, she married Marine Corps officer Daniel Keating, and they welcomed five children.   Major Keating was killed in action in Vietnam in 1968, leaving Barbara to raise their children alone.

She joined the Conservative Party and began speaking about the importance of Vietnam, debating the likes of Bella Abzug, William Kunstler, Ramsey Clark, Black Panther leaders and other radicals and liberals.   Although she never attended college, Barbara was quick-witted and well-informed, always “schooling” her debating opponents on the left.   Her gleaming smile and fresh-faced beauty surely disarmed many of her opponents.

In addition to husband Lennarth, Barbara is survived by a large family of children, stepchildren, their spouses, 19 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.   Please keep them, and Barbara, in your prayers.

Nursing Home Crisis Continues

 A judge ruled Wednesday that Governor Cuomo’s Health Department broke the law by refusing to give the total number of nursing home deaths to a Government watchdog organization.

In the decision, acting Albany Supreme Court Justice Kimberly O’Connor voiced her displeasure with the DOH for repeatedly denying the Empire Center for Public Policy the information.

“We’re very pleased but we don’t have the data yet and there’s still a chance that they will appeal and tie this up for potentially months longer — and given the way they’ve behaved so far, I wouldn’t be surprised,” said The Empire Center’s Bill Hammond, who also referred to the ruling as a “great victory.”

However, in their efforts to shield Governor Cuomo from taking responsibility and answering for his failures, New York’s Democrat supermajority on Monday blocked a motion to subpoena records of the Cuomo administration. The motion was made by Sen. Thomas O’Mara, the ranking Republican on the Investigations Committee panel during a virtual meeting, but the Democrats put up a roadblock and did not even allow members to make a vote.

As dominos continue to fall, it is clear there will be attempts to pass the buck on the nursing home crisis as State Democrats will follow their pied piper and continue to disregard decency and common sense.

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 2021 Legislative Agenda

New York State Conservative Party released the Party’s 2021 Legislative Program earlier this week. We publicly submit our Program each year to make clear our beliefs and priorities for the annual legislative session in Albany.

Political parties have a duty to spell out the ideas and legislative measures they support, and we are pleased to do so again in 2021. Unsurprisingly, we continue to call for fiscally sound, pro-economic-growth policies; respect for human life; strong public safety laws; religious and other constitutional freedoms; free-market solutions to healthcare and housing shortages; accountability in education, and government reforms, including the return of powers to the State Legislature, a co-equal branch of New York State government. We urge members of all political affiliations to review and consider these recommendations for a better state.

You can access the full 2021 Legislative Program here:

 No, We Shouldn’t Launch A ‘War On Terror’ Against Trump Voters

Local New York reporters urge Gov. Cuomo to be more transparent, answer hard-hitting follow-up questions

Pence will be ‘very active’ in 2022 elections amid new partnerships with conservative groups: ex-VP’s adviser

Politico: California Gov. Newsom Recall Now ‘Unavoidable’

AOC, aka the Drama Queen, showed her true manipulative side:  AOC blasted for exaggerating her ‘trauma’ from Capitol riot experience.  It really is pathetic that a fellow human being tried to exploit the terrible circumstances that occurred on January 6.  She should hang her head in shame, but I doubt if she will even apologize to those who were there let alone all those who watched her self-serving video.  Now we learn that AOC DEMANDS FOLLOWERS REPORT CONSERVATIVES MAKING FUN OF HER TO BIG TECH.  AOC, in case you can’t tell the difference, I am not making fun of you, just letting our readers know what a unscrupulous egomaniac you really are.

Here’s how much Cuomo’s COVID ‘mountain’ prop really cost the state.   It’s good to know that the Cuomo Administration “fudged” the original cost of Governor Cuomo’s COVID-19 mountain; however, the bigger question is: if 40,000 copies were purchased for $11.50, (plus tax, shipping and handling) for the 22-inch-by-28-inch painting, I find that something is amiss with the “fact” that says state officials claim they’re making no profit on [the sales] as the poster is being produced “at cost.” Who is producing the poster?  One of the many agencies the Governor controls?  Many similar sized posters are produced by private companies and they make a profit [otherwise they wouldn’t be selling posters], so how is it that the state isn’t making a profit?  Or is the profit going to the Governor’s campaign since they paid for the original mountain?  Where exactly is the money going?  Certainly, the taxes being collected are going to NYS.  One small rather insignificant – when compared to the real problems facing New Yorkers -article, so many questions.

A Letter from Washington Shrinks New York’s Budget Gap by $2 Billion or More.  But it doesn’t help in the long run because the state now thinks it has carte blanche to keep spending.

Kudos to acting Albany Supreme Court Justice Kimberly O’Connor:  Cuomo Health Dept. illegally withheld COVID nursing home death toll: judge.  New Yorkers may finally get some real answers.  Cuomo Dealt Another Blow on N.Y. Nursing-Home Death Controversy.

Defunding Police Isn’t Answer, Say Black Mothers of Slain Children.

Help me understand this:  It is okay to destroy statutes of Americans that contributed to the freedom of Black Lives and good ideals to America – for example, Frederic Douglas and Abraham Lincoln – as many in the Black Lives Matter movement did this summer and now that same group wants to teach young students in the name of their “week of action” about, and thereby elevate, Joanne Chesimard, convicted of the 1973 execution-style murder of a New Jersey state trooper, Werner Foerster. Welcome to the New York City school system: Lessons inspired by a cop-killer: Another fail by the NYC Department of Education.

Another failure of our American schools:   Science Betrayed/The propaganda infecting K–12 science curricula, especially on the environment, won’t go away.

Part 2 from Larry Elder:  Democrats Want a ‘Return to Civility’; When Did They Practice It?

The NYS Conservative Party works with Conservatives across America:  MRS. PELOSI, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL (did you ever think such a headline would be appropriate in the United States of America, the Left is out of control.) and  FOLLOW THE SCIENCE AND OPEN THE SCHOOLS

Biden’s Empty Environmentalism/Shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline shows the new president’s preference for symbolism over substance on environmental policy.

From the Daily Signal:  9 Election Reforms States Can Implement to Prevent Mistakes and Voter Fraud.

President Biden and all those who support his edict on transgender sports are wrong.  Yes, transgenders have the “right” to participate in sports, and the playing field will be level when they compete against other transgenders.  And if they do not accept that as a solution, they are not being honest in what they want.  For Female Athlete, Biden’s Transgender Executive Order Is ‘Heartbreaking’   The new nominee for Secretary of Education had this to say Schools Have Responsibility to Let Biological Males in Girls Sports If They’re Trans; I beg to differ, but school has the responsibility to educate students and that does not include changing the playing field.  This executive order is anti-women and should be rescinded asap.

Ben Shapiro opines on The Inequality of ‘Equity’

It is becoming very evident that a person who has spent his entire working life in government as an elected official is not qualified to be an elected official with the power of an Executive Order as they have no concept of what the real working world is about: meeting payrolls; the true cost of health insurance and the other important decisions made to run a successful business.  Companies Are Preparing to Cut Jobs and Automate if Biden Gets $15 Minimum Wage Hike, Reporting Shows.

Sen. Robert Ortt speaks for all of us who have lost loved ones from COIVD+19 while in nursing homes.

It’s Not Just ‘Gender Dysphoria.’ It’s Now ‘Rapid Onset Marxism.’

Biden brood already cashing in on Joe’s presidency: Goodwin.

Nine N.Y. Public Health Officials Quit amid Feud with Cuomo over Vaccine Rollout.

We Hear You: Rallying Around 1776 Commission After Biden Disbands It.

1776 Commission Director: Abolishing the Commission Won’t ‘Get Rid of These Principles’

Biden is the most radical left-wing president in US history, period.  And he kept his true plans to himself until after he was sworn in!

Larry Elder writes: Liberals Want a ‘Return to Civility.’ When Did They Practice It?

BTW:  Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address Was Awful.

Biden Admin Asks Supreme Court to Cancel Asylum, Border Wall Arguments.

How ironic would it be if the legal case that stopped a Trump initiative would be the case that stops this Biden Executive Order?  This Legal Hurdle Could Trip Up Biden’s Cancellation of Keystone XL Pipeline  We can only hope that Justice Roberts stays consistent with his previous decision and save the jobs associated with the Keystone XL Pipeline.

File this under “the bar can’t get much lower” Senate Confirms Biden’s DHS Nominee with a History of Corruption.

File this under “Whitewash Coming”  Acting head of DOJ criminal division is a former associate of Hunter Biden’s lawyer.

File this under “disappointing” Durham probe focused on FBI, but prosecution of high-level officials like Comey ‘unlikely’: sources.  Still trying to understand why Kevin Clinesmith, after pleading guilty, only received 12 months of probation and 400 hours of community work.

File this under “what took you so long?”  Police, allies fight back as Soros-funded liberal DAs oversee big-city bloodshed.

Finally, file this under “What?”  Bulletproof Backpack Makers, Retailers Slam New York Confiscation Legislation

Imagine the outrage if she were a republican:  Waters Has Shoveled Over $1 Million in Campaign Cash to Daughter.

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to speak with Ralph C. Lorigo, one of our state vice-chairs and the Erie County Chairman, who has been quite busy saving lives lately.  Mr. Lorigo sent me an article in the Buffalo News about the drug “invermectin” and how it has been helpful treating COVID-19 patients.  The Buffalo News is behind a fire-wall and even though we have a paid subscription, I cannot access the article.  However, here is a very similar article in the Desert News, and it does mention that Ralph Lorigo saved Judith Smentkiewicz’s life.  Kudos to Ralph and questions for the federal government as to why the delay in not approving this drug for treatment of COVID-19.  Google “Invermectin” and “Dr. Pierre Kory” for more information.  Gov. Andrew Cuomo look at the science before we lose more New Yorkers to this insidious disease.

Cuomo callously addresses COVID nursing home report: ‘Who cares!’

Cuomo: AG report on nursing home deaths ‘affirms everything’ we’ve said.

Churchill: New York’s AG just shredded Andrew Cuomo’s credibility.

From National Review:  Andrew Cuomo’s Shame.

Empire Center’s Kingsbury to Legislature: Cuomo’s budget exacerbates spending problem.

E. J.  McMahon: New York’s proposed state budget calls for a huge debt hike.

President Biden, are you listening?  San Francisco archbishop responds to Pelosi: ‘No Catholic in good conscience can favor abortion.’    Cal Thomas opines:  Certain Truths Won’t Be ‘Imposed’ by Biden, a ‘Devout Catholic’.  From National Review:  Joe Biden’s Abortion Extremism.

Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Deceptions.

Newt Gingrich: Biden says ‘unity’ but he really means ‘conformity’ – here’s what the real deal would look like.

The progressive wing of the Democratic Party is certainly acting like the bully they are!  Progressives push controversial proposal on budget reconciliation

Gordon C. Chang opines in Gatestone Institute:  China Doesn’t Have to Lift a Finger to Push Biden Around.

Cancelling Schilling Is a Bloody Mark on Baseball.

Iran Regime’s Agents and Illegal Activities in the US.

Robert Knight writes in the Washington Times:  ‘Groundhog Day’ meets ‘1984’: Democrats continue perpetual loop of Trump hate.

From the Daily Caller:  Does DC Statehood Require A Constitutional Amendment, Or Can Congress Pass It Via Legislation? It’s Complicated.

Rafael A. Mangual writes in City-Journal about Soft on Crime/A Biden administration policy of weak policing and lax prosecution would be a disaster for the nation’s cities.

Interesting article in the Washington Times:  Mike Rowe’s ‘Returning the Favor’ dropped by Facebook; preview highlighted hope during pandemic.

Rest in Peace (former) NYS Assemblyman John Behan.

NY Attorney General Releases Bombshell Report

 I knew it, you knew it, and the Governor knew it. Now, he cannot hide it.

According to a new report released Thursday by Attorney General Tish James, the Cuomo administration under-reported COVID nursing home deaths by nearly 55%. An absolutely astonishing number.

For months, grieving families have searched for answers. Why did Cuomo’s Health Department order nursing homes to accept COVID positive patients? They knew the disease to be deadly, yet they placed them amongst the most vulnerable residents of our state, all while the USNS Comfort remained empty on the Hudson and a field hospital at the Javits Center went unused.

“Government guidance requiring the admission of COVID-19 patients into nursing homes, may have put residents at increased risk of harm in some facilities and may have obscured the data available to assess that risk” the report from the Attorney General said.

While you searched for answers, Governor Cuomo wrote a book and was nominated for an International Emmy. You grieved for a loved one, while he posed for the camera. He gleefully sat in front of the camera daily, smiled, cracked jokes, and lied straight to our faces while we spent day and night worrying about our elderly parents.

What the Governor did is beyond shameful, despicable, and dishonest, even for him. To add insult to injury, he has taken repeated victory laps for months and been showered in praise by his lackey’s and sycophants in Albany.

I have called for a full federal investigation into Governor Cuomo and his cover up of thousands of deaths. Additionally, it is time the Governor and his Health Commissioner do right by the people of New York and resign immediately. They are not fit to lead our state, in any capacity, any longer.

Lincoln Project

Rino’s masquerading as real Republicans, or Democrats undercover as Rino’s? No matter how you look at the Lincoln Project is nothing but an organization built on grifting, led by people no longer of any political importance to the world, who can’t quite come to terms with one simple reality; they are not wanted professionally. Anywhere.

If it were up to them, we would have 100 less conservatives walking the halls of Congress and no hope of taking back control of the House of Representatives or Congress in 2022. Instead, they would have us many political cycles, maybe even a decade behind. With what has transpired in Washington in just one week of the Biden administration, I cannot even begin to imagine what multiple years of Democratic control would look like.

The Lincoln Project set out to influence the 2020 elections and propel Democrats to victory over every Trump supporting candidate running for election or re-election to the House. In doing so, they spent $67,000,000 by convincing liberals from all over the country to give them money to run cheesy, non-effective television ads. As we all know now, Republicans would go on to make unexpected gains and give Nancy Pelosi the smallest majority to work with since World War II.

As the Lincoln Project burned left wing money on  expensive stunts, like a Times Square billboard in one of the most uncontested districts in America, New York City’s 12^th Congressional, Trump had support from 91 percent of Republicans and voters who lean Republican, according to a Fox News Voter Analysis . Although Joe Biden outperformed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 suburban numbers, Donald Trump won a higher percentage of white women in 2020.

Perhaps the Lincoln Project should be spending more time in sensitivity and ethics training following the revelation that co-founder John Weaver resigned after admitting to sending sexually inappropriate messages to at least 30 young men, attempting to trade sexual favors for political favors.

It may be time for the Lincoln Project to take on a more suitable name, perhaps naming themselves after another one time American leader, Benedict Arnold.

The Benedict Arnold Project has a more honest ring to it.

Biden Signs Executive Order Effectively Ending Women’s Sports

President Joe Biden wasted no time issuing an Executive Order “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” This political move became instant news in the sports world. Why? Because of one clause, “Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports.”

“There is no comparison, especially between adult females and males, males are just more dominant. They are stronger,” said Dr. Linda Blade, a sports performance specialist.

The Biden administration avoids one very inconvenient point on the topic: how muscle mass, bone density, and lung capacity of biological females give them an unfair disadvantage. Biological men will be competing on a vastly uneven playing field on their way to wins, trophies, championships and college scholarships.

In 2018, Craig Telfer competed for the Franklin Pierce University Mens’ Track Team, he finished eighth in a field of nine competitors. A year later, Telfer competed as CeCe and defeated seven biological women, winning an NCAA women’s track national championship. This is just one example of biological females who have dedicated their life to training and perfecting their craft only to have it taken away by a biological male.

De Blasio promises State of the City speech, then fails to show up

Red-State Governors Lead COVID Recovery After Blue-State Tyrants Tanked the Economy

Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office

Democrats condemn Maxine Waters words when they’re alleged to be against Cuomo—but she said them about Trump in 2018.

Yikes: Liz Cheney Trails Primary Challenger By 33 Points In New Poll By Trump PAC

This appears to be a poor choice by President Biden.  This Biden pick for a top civil-rights job has an ugly history of hate.  Her history, as reported in the op-ed, is not one that seems to understand that one does not correct a wrong by creating another wrong.  I hope that Kristen Clarke practices the “golden rule” in her professional life.

Governor Cuomo is not having a good press day:  How Cuomo would undermine his own smart offices-to-housing plan

The major news articles, across the nation, for today are regarding Attorney General Trish James report on Gov. Cuomo’s nursing home disaster.  Cuomo undercounted COVID-19 nursing home deaths by up to 50%: NY AG James.  Our statement on the report is here.  (Does anyone think Gov. Cuomo will write a revised book on his handling of COVID-19…neither do I)

The Empire Center’s Bill Hammond, who has been following the nursing home disaster since the very beginning has another eye-opening column on the Cuomo Administration’s withholding data on the number of vaccines as well as the deaths.

File this under good news:  Federal Court Upholds Conscience Protections for Doctors.

File this under not so good news:  Biden Creates Commission to Study Supreme Court Reform, Report States.

File this one under not good at all:  Senate Democrats Reintroduce Statehood Bill, Would Make DC The 51st State

John Stossel writes in the Daily Signal about what Thomas Sowell can teach us about standing up to the mob.

Rich Lowry opines in yesterday’s NY Post:  All of a sudden, much of the press has turned against free speech

City Journal opines about a trendy new book recycles the same old case for normalizing drug use. Drug Fiends and Fools.

Joe Biden’s magic COVID plan turns out to be more of the same.

Manhattan’s most privileged kids play victim — and their teachers cave.

What Americans are seeing from their new president is a person who would rather cater to the progressives of his political party instead of showing concern for all of those who are struggling to keep their jobs.  As if it isn’t enough that closing businesses due to COVID-19 restrictions cause millions to be out of work, the newly inaugurated president revoked the permits for the Keystone Pipeline putting hundreds out of work (and others dependent on them will also lose jobs), raised the minimum wage for federal workers (raising the minimum wage for non-federal workers is also on the progressive agenda and that will cause others to lose their jobs), the federal government isn’t concerned about raising the wages of their workers because they will just raise your taxes to pay for the increase while private businesses will lose business when they are forced to pay in the increased wages and possibly have to close up shop.  It is disheartening that a man who preaches unity and pretends to be there for the “working man” begins his term by hurting those who he promised to help.  Another question for President Biden; what is fair and evenhanded about having a transgendered man compete against a woman in school sports?  Not to mention that he embraces the debunked NY Times 1619 project while decommissioning the 1776 Commission.  Does anyone wonder why his political handlers prevented him from campaigning all fall long?  Seventy-four million American were not fooled by his campaign absence; unfortunately, eighty-one million people didn’t care and we will all pay the price.  As the NY Post editorial noted in today’s paper:  Biden gives up on ‘unity’ for his first action item.

President Biden isn’t backing down on his progressive agenda; here are his plans for this week.

And then there is this:  Making America California/ The Biden administration seems determined to run the country on the ruinous model of the Golden State.

Conrad Black asks if President Biden really wants unity?

On the bright side, President Biden is right on this:  Biden Acknowledges the Votes Aren’t There to Convict Trump.

The Left Wants to Transform and Nationalize Our Election System.

The progressives want government to run everything; this is the results of them trying to “help” with the pandemic crisis:  City, state and federal leaders are all giving us pandemic chaos.

You must be so proud of this headline Governor Cuomo since you continue to do nothing to make the  economics of New York State better:  New York ranked 2021’s 2nd worst state to retire.

Another black-eye for New York State.  CBS 6 Investigates: Almost a year, and many unemployed still can’t reach labor department.

Bob McManus, well said.  The push to decriminalize ‘streetwalking’ follows a deadly run of NYC ‘reforms’

Ideological Alignment Pushing America Toward Totalitarianism, Experts Warn.

The Wages of Cynicism.

States Can Reject Critical Race Theory.

Victor Davis Hanson has some thoughts on the 1776 Commission and its report.

Mike Gonzalez opines in the Daily Signal that Biden’s Disbanding of 1776 Commission Shows Left’s War on US History.

New York lost 1 million jobs in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Six Questions About Masks Our Overlords Refuse to Answer.

Really, President Biden, not the best way to begin your four year term, for many reasons.  Alberta premier: Biden disrespected America’s closest friend by canceling Keystone Pipeline.

Do the democrats really care about the cost of medicine?  Biden Stops Trump Order to Slash Price of Insulin, EpiPen.  Why wouldn’t one re-evaluate the order first, then decide?

Should we begin to call President Biden, President By-Fiat?  Biden to Sign New Round of Executive Orders on Abortion, Immigration.

Pro-Life Leaders Condemn ‘Devout Catholic’ Biden Over His Vow To ‘Codify’ Roe V. Wade.  (As we noted last week, if one is not faithful to their faith, how can they be faithful to anything?)

Biden’s First Signal on China: Fond Memories.

Senator Sanders:  Where is the money coming from to pay for all the federal giveaways you want?  Sanders Vows Dems to Use Budget Reconciliation to Pass $1.9T COVID Bill if GOP Balks.

Amazing.  Does Amazon understand what it is communicating here?   Amazon Trying to Block Voting by Mail in Unionization Election.  Really Amazon?  What you pushed for our nation isn’t safe for your company?   You should hang your head in shame. Clearly, another case of do as I say, not as I do, and people are really beginning to say: enough of this.  “We believe that the best approach to a valid, fair and successful election is one that is conducted manually, in-person,” an Amazon spokesperson told news outlets. “We will continue to insist on measures for a fair election, and we want everyone to vote, so our focus is ensuring that’s possible.”

Isn’t it rather arrogant of CNN’s Jim Acosta thinking he is the nation’s sage, when in reality he is nothing more than the national buffoon?  CNN’s Jim Acosta: Trump supporters, Fox News remain ‘a threat to our democracy’

Liberal authoritarians like John Brennan are real threat to democracy.

Journalists celebrate the destruction of freedoms on which their profession depends.

Sen. Hawley: It’s time to stand up against the muzzling of America.

From Gatestone Institute:  Your Government is Afraid of You.

Get vaccinated, Cuomo urges worshipers at 3 Black churches.  It is good advice; but did you also mention that New York is short on vaccines?   Biden administration can’t say how many COVID-19 vaccines US has in reserve…but it is the previous administration that is at fault according to Jen Psaki.  (If the Biden Administration didn’t know how many vaccines are available, why has he been promising 100 million shots in 100 days.)

File this under:  Afraid of Recall.   In huge step, California governor lifts stay-at-home orders across the state.

Biden Presidency Embracing America Last

It took less than 12 hours for President Biden cancel over 40,000 working class jobs when he halted all work on the Keystone XL pipeline. He followed up that decision to eliminate jobs immediately by re-joining the disastrous Paris Accord which unfairly, and unjustly hurts America.

With the stroke of a pen, President Biden fired an estimated 42,000 American workers who were either employed directly or indirectly to the project. The layoffs will result in over $1.5 billion dollars in lost wages.

Additionally, President Biden did the environment no favors. It is environmentally more friendly for oil to pass through pipes, resulting in 42% less emissions, rather than be transported by rail which increase emissions by nearly 50%. To make matters worse, the cost of a barrel of oil increases between $5 and $10, causing more financial burden on you, the consumer.

That was followed up by his decision to rejoin the Paris Accord which will undoubtedly lead to more American jobs lost while putting an unfair burden on the United States.

Finally, President Biden ordered deportations be halted for 100 days and to open travel from states considered as terrorist hot spots. Caravans are already forming from South America and thousands are heading towards America, during a pandemic, looking to take advantage of the United States and their newly implemented plan to grant undocumented travelers’ entry.

This is just the tip of the iceberg and the ultimate example of elections having consequences.

Attorney General James Attacks NYPD

New York Attorney General Leticia James joined forces with rioters earlier this week when she introduced a lawsuit against the NYPD for responding with force to a destructive mob hellbent on doing damage to city and private property.

Eleven New York City police offers were injured in what James called “peaceful protests.” Conveniently, this summer Attorney General James was MIA as rioters and looters were costing the city of New York tens of millions of dollars.

With early murder rates and shooting victims already outpacing 2020’s dangerous numbers, the NYPD are the only ones serving this city to seem to have any interest in keeping it safe. This attack is asinine and unconscionable.

While thousands have left New York City, leaving the city as an impasse that even Governor Cuomo believes could take 5 years to recover from, it remains unclear to me just how bad the situation here needs to get before voters open their eyes. As a lifelong New Yorker, I can assure you todays inhabitants don’t want to experience the city the way I did in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Ignorance is bliss until the “not in my backyard” crowd experiences it in their backyard.

Cuomo’s Short Sided Budget

 Governor Cuomo made it very clear earlier this week that if New York does not receive a federal bailout to the tune of $15 billion, he will sue the federal government then take the states shortcomings and reckless spending out on the taxpayer by way of massive tax hikes.

The new tax rate for top earner would be nearly 11% in New York State, a number that will surely lead to high earners once again packing their bag and heading for friendlier tax pastures. These individuals have a right to save and provide for their families without being the Governors personal piggy bang.

As Senate Minority Rob Ortt stated earlier this week, New York’s overtaxing and reckless spending far predate the financial complications brought on by COVID. “This is poor financial management and poor governing” the Minority Leader said after the budget proposal was released.

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay echoed Senator Ortt’s thoughts on twitter “Yesterday was not a budget presentation. It was the same finger-pointing rhetoric we have heard for months. Federal help is necessary but threatening legal action if your demands aren’t met is far from a reliable strategy.”

New York has been wildly spending money they don’t have since day 1 of the Cuomo administration, never once stopping to consider the situation the state would be in during a time of crisis. The Governors inability to responsibly plan for our state’s future has put us in a deficit it could take a decade to recover from.

Pete Buttigieg Floats Raising Federal Gas Tax: ‘All Options Need To Be On The Table’

Ted Cruz spars with Buttigieg over loss of jobs after Keystone XL cancellation

WATCH: Press sec shrugs off question about Biden breaking mask rules: ‘We have bigger things to worry about’

Get Ready for 4 Years of Media Sycophancy

Biden’s Executive Order on Transgender Rights ‘Unilaterally Eviscerates Women’s Sports

Cuomo’s ‘budget’ rant was the opposite of ‘leadership’

Cuomo proposal would raise top tax rate for New York City to 14.7%, highest combined rate in nation.

Seeking Bigger Federal Handout, Cuomo Proposes Record Budget.

Governor Cuomo’s budget proposal leaves the Medicaid throttle open.

How to encourage more New Yorkers to leave New York;  Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins: “We Have an Opportunity to Reset”

Tish James sides with goons against the NYPD

Brilliant piece by Angelo Codevilla in American Greatness:   Clarity in Trump’s Wake

Another brilliant piece, this one by Victor Davis Hanson:  Stabbing Hector’s Corpse.

A reminder that there were good people in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021 that the main stream media will not tell you about:  What So Proudly We Hailed.

Heather MacDonald:  Words of Division.

In fractured country, Left determined it will define ‘unity’ and punish dissenters.

It is even worse than reported:  Biden to Swiftly Unwind Trump Policies on Immigration, Health.

Why would an American President choose a person who ranked murderous Communist dictator Mao Zedong among her “favorite political philosophers?”    And why would President Biden do this?   EXC: Biden Just Picked A CIA Director With a 7-Year-Long Relationship with Chinese Communist Party Fronts  (Should we ask Hunter these questions?)

Really, Mr. President?  What are you afraid of? Biden’s Disbanding of 1776 Commission Shows Left’s War on US History

If you are not faithful to your faith, how are you faithful to anything?

Good advice President Biden:  To move on, drop the Trump impeachment trial.

The Pelosi-Clinton Treason Commission.

Michael Goodwin may very well be the best political analysist of these troubled times.  Mitch McConnell’s betrayal hurts the nation: Goodwin.

Kay C. James writes about 3 Ways Congress Tested Its Commitment to Constitution Over 7 Days in the Daily Signal.

8 Strategies for exiting the Biden Years Stronger than the Right went in.

Trump’s Foreign Policy Legacy.

Trump Delivers Long-Awaited Triumph for Criminal Justice Reform in Last-Minute Executive Order.

I was always under the impression that colleges were for raising the bar, now I must ask how much lower will colleges bring the bar down?  College Board scraps key parts of SAT to ‘reduce demands’ on students. Expert questions that logic.  Then there is this:  University says correct gender pronouns ‘matter more than grammar rules’.

Oregon Democratic Party offices vandalized amid post-inauguration protests.  Some of their signs say it all:  We don’t want Biden, we want revenge and We are ungovernable.

Yesterday at noon America’s future began a journey backwards instead of embracing what should have been her brightest future yet.