Good Luck, New York City, moving from capitalism to socialism. I hope everyone watches what happens!
Dot
Future judicial “retention” votes should alternate between the status quo “Yes to Retain” and “Yes to Do Not Retain.” Unfortunately, most voters’ default answer to questions is “Yes.” I would bet the proverbial farm that if the wording were changed on the ballot, the Pennsylvania judges would be out the door, and only because a “Yes” vote is more likely than not, from the voters.
“Dutch”
It looks like New York doesn’t care about Trump’s preference for mayor. They elected the person who they felt was concerned about their lives. Trump has already threatened, even before the election, that he would withhold federal funding for New York if Mamdani got elected. Now, this is just a guess, but the paperwork for a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from following through on his threat is probably already completed.
Dementia Donny is wrong again. Mamdani is not a communist but a democratic socialist. Communist societies are not democratic, while democratic socialism exists in European democracies like Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Socialism already exists in this country, in the form of Medicare, Social Security, and many other programs.
RealAmerica
Diana, you asked what happened to moderate Republicans like Ronald Reagan. That’s easy, we elected President Trump. The question you should be asking is where are people who want to become Americans, to come legally, to speak and read the English language, to discard Mexican, Palestinian, and Dominican Republic flags, and to celebrate the USA!
Sam Tasik
I hope the shutdown is over by the time this is printed. There seems to be no urgency to end it by either party right now. We need a new rule. Every day of a shutdown, the President should pick a name from a box, and that Congressman or Senator should have to resign. Failure is not tolerated in the private sector.
Logical Bob
Sandy Loven writes an Op-Ed citing something Hillary Clinton said (and apologized for saying) nearly a decade ago to berate Democrats while tacitly ignoring the constant, daily, divisive verbal attacks and tirades Trump spews against his fellow Americans. It’s so obvious it shouldn’t even have to be said, but here we are, how utterly hypocritical and to coin a phrase, deranged.
KC
Women who are afraid to walk alone on city streets at night are the ones who vote for policies that put more criminals on the streets. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
As the saying goes, you can’t make this stuff up. Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s father is a Columbia University Professor and a video clip from his class has surfaced where he was teaching students that Abraham Lincoln inspired Adolf Hitler’s genocide. Then we have an aide to the Democrat Governor of Massachusetts being arrested for possession of 21 Kilos of Cocaine and firearms.
Michael Stern
Steve Roberts’ article in The Mercury and other people make it sound like the subsidies on ACA are being eliminated when only Biden’s enhanced subsidies are being removed. He complains about people’s costs for healthcare in the ACA going up to $1,904/year (@ $158.00/month), when a lot of retirees pay more than that for their medicare supplement on fixed incomes! Jay Miller, children being handcuffed put out by NBC, was proven to be a lie.
“MARINE FOREVER”
Democrats seem to have one everything everywhere on November 4. Governors. mayors. school boards. State utility commissions. Citizen propositions. State Supreme Court. Obviously, the voter fraud goes even deeper than we thought.
MendaciousD
Joe Frank recently took me to task for my Erika Kirk comments. Fair enough, Joe, but let’s be clear. The Kirks and Turning Point have swindled millions of dollars from these dumb high school and college students over the last eight years.
Lefty, God Bless America
Asbestos mitigation! When a building of the age of the White House is being destroyed, there are requirements to protect those in the area from contamination of asbestos and other dangerous chemicals. The manchild said be damned. He said mitigation was not required. You saw the video!
Jay Miller
Democrats condemn Trump’s rhetoric but ignore their own leaders’ dehumanizing language. President Biden called Trump supporters “garbage” and compared Republicans to racists and traitors. Vice President Harris agreed that Trump is a fascist and claimed his election threatens democracy. This rhetoric paints opponents not just as wrong, but evil — fueling division and justifying violence from their supporters. It’s hypocrisy that undermines unity and escalates political hostility.
Slim
Can I just get my Fudge Rounds?
Former Democrat
So now Felony Don the Lying Con is pardoning a crypto guru who pleaded guilty to his crimes. Hmmmmm. Also, Craig, you state that you saw a peaceful protest on January 6th. What were you watching? Probably Trump sitting in the White House that he’s now destroying by doing nothing. TDS Trump Devotion Syndrome at its finest.
JR
Illinois’ governor continues to deny that his state and Chicago, our third-largest city, have a crime problem. Compare this to the governor of Louisiana, who recognizes that his state, including New Orleans and Shreveport, as well as other cities, has a crime problem, and he asked the federal government for help. One governor wants to make his citizens safer, and the other is fueled by hate and denial.
RO in NHT
A recent article on the Skippack supervisor facing sex charges. The very first thing in the article is that he is a Republican. The article was sure to get that in, but when a Democrat is charged with something, it doesn’t start with so-and-so is a Democrat. I sure don’t agree with his type of person, but political affiliation has nothing to do with it, except for the writer of the article.
Thomas Sowell said it best, “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” The people of New York City wanted to hear free buses, free food, free housing, and no work, and Zohren Mamdani was happy to oblige, and it worked for him.
Billy G.
I tell everyone, “I realize I’m an acquired taste. If you don’t like me, acquire some “real” taste!”
Jim Fitch
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