We keep getting snippets of what the totally democratic controlled state legislature is willing to enact and unfortunately, it is going to cost taxpayers more and more of their hard-earned dollars.   The question becomes, how many New Yorkers will stay and pay the increased cost democrats are willing to inflict on their constituents.  Empire Center’s Bill Hammond explains the pitfalls of the currently popular single-payer health care plan embraced by democrats here. 

Rich Lowry writes in today’s NY Post that Trump’s critics were dead wrong about the caravan.  after all.

Don’t blame Border Patrol for clashing with caravan migrants. 

Flash Back:  When the democrats said the caravan wasn’t dangerous. 

Dallas Morning News: Illegals Storming the Border Make the Case For Trump’s Wall. 

The Daily Signal looks at 4 problems in the latest climate change report.    They also link to a Daily Caller article that exposes that the research going into the latest climate change report was funded by two major democratic donors.

Here is a college professor that should be emulated by all professors.   Unfortunately, it will never happen.   

A Judge Will Likely Rule Against Obamacare. Here’s What Should Happen Next.

Sen. Tom Cotton spells out his concerns with the criminal justice reform bill. 

Robert Knight opines on Trump and the ongoing culture war. 

Larry Horist had a few words (before Thanksgiving) for the left-wing media.

The latest news from Albany is sure to make you wonder if there are any real consequences for breaking laws that fall into the felony categories.  We understand the need for second chances, however, if people who have served their time were rehabilitated, we would not have had the need to pass the three strikes bill (even the current proposal for criminal justice reform, keeps a minimum of 25 years for 3 strikes).   Senator Benjamin will be introducing legislation to allow felons to serve on jury duty.  The voir dire process, could easily become comprised with the prosecutors running out of challenges early on; as the article notes, Chairman Long thinks it is a “bad idea.” 

Yesterday’s NY Post editorial gave us more information on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s leftist agenda. 

Ken Lovett writes in today’s NY Daily News that Progressive victories in early 2019 could propel Cuomo if he runs for President. 

Tom Basile writes in Empire Report that the NY GOP needs ditch diggers. 

The Washington Times has an analysis by S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan that Trump is more right than Roberts on ‘Obama judges’. 

‘Federal Jobs Guarantee’ Idea Is Costly, Misguided, And Increasingly Popular with Democrats. 

What will it take for NYCHA to stop delivering no-heat holidays? 

Lindsey Graham Makes a Suggestion for Ocasio-Cortez After She Defends Migrant Caravan. 

Poor Chuckie Schumer: Still known by two names

Oh Barbra, you are so very wrong. 

After the hustle and bustle of last week, the news is slowing down just a bit as we welcome the Thanksgiving season.

It’s not all quiet, of course – we’re still seeing possible Cabinet shakeups for the Trump White House; Democratic efforts to steal elections they can’t win; and more bitterness from Hillary Clinton. This week Andrew Cuomo managed to speak the truth about New York’s tax burden, and we’ve seen what a raw deal New Yorkers got in the election of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (and the left seems to be having buyer’s remorse as well).

Our new Weekly Poll questions share a Thanksgiving theme, and we’ll start with one focused specifically on politics – what are you MOST thankful for in the political realm right now?

President Trump is in the White House, and Hillary is not – that fills me with gratitude for sure. I’m thankful that Brett Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court, and that Chuck Schumer did not win the power to block President Trump’s judicial nominees.

And here at home, I’m so glad we had strong, principled candidates like Marc Molinaro and Chele Farley who were willing to take the fight to the liberals and stand up for conservative values.

I look forward to seeing your votes on this question, and our second one as well: What are you most thankful for as an American right now?

We can’t totally avoid politics here, because much of what we as patriots cherish is under attack from the new left-wing majority in the U.S. House – from religious liberty, the 2nd Amendment and the Constitution itself, to the economic prosperity our country enjoys.

I am of course thankful for the U.S. military, and the brave service members who will stand guard far from home this year so that we can celebrate in peace. To me that should absolutely, always be a non-partisan position.

At any rate, there’s plenty to choose from – evidence of our abundance of blessings – and I look forward to seeing what makes you give thanks this year!

And finally, a fun question to wrap things up: What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition? I know food, family, friends, and football are on a lot of people’s minds right now – tell me what you believe makes Thanksgiving great.

Let me close by saying that I am thankful to be the leader of your Conservative Party. I can’t think of a more dedicated group of citizens and patriots, who care about our state and our nation.

Thank you for your dedication, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

Trump Is Leading the Way on Conservative Criminal Justice Reform. Here’s the Proposal. The Daily Signal looks at the Senate amendments to the House version of the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (First Step Act). 

Larry Horist asks the question, Whitaker, Acosta, Snipes and Abrams. What do they have in common?    His answer will have you appreciating the “consequences” of elections. 

One thing is certain about this ousted Assemblywoman:  she has plenty of chutzpah. 

It Sure Looks Like Democrats in Florida Altered Ballots.  Then there is this from USA Today. 

Is it possible that Mia Love is actually the winner in Utah’s 4th Congressional District? 

According to the Wall Street Journal, New York’s governor will have to defend his assault on the liberties enumerated in the Bill of Rights.

Steve Cuozzo writes don’t let Amazon build an uninviting HQ in Queens. 

Governor, is there any reason why you didn’t say this before the elections?   Or this?  It is pathetic that you kept certain things quiet just to run up your numbers. 

Be prepared for rate hikes if you use any MTA services. 

Conservative Action Project wants all nominees confirmed before adjournment  and list their priorities for the Lame Duck session. 

Governor Andrew Cuomo says the $3B giveaway to Amazon “costs us nothing.”    While Governor Cuomo obviously believes what he is saying, however, his history of being correct falls short. 

Nicole Gelinas doesn’t think NY should be begging for Amazon’s new jobs.    The NY Post editorial board calls the Amazon deal “no win for New Yorkers”  while E. J. McMahon says we can blame the unions for New York’s pricey giveaway to Amazon

Does anyone believe Amazon  or Mayor de Blasio? 

Who could have foreseen the irony with this deal?  Amazon HQ2 deal brings conservatives and Ocasio-Cortez together. 

The Beat writes that Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza is misinformed on school funding and on the serious problems with single-payer health care.

NYC’s so-called investigation of yeshivas is a farce.

Victor Davis Hanson opines on the Present American Revolution.. 

Podcast: What You Need to Know About Florida Recount, Georgia Vote Tallying. 

Trump Is Right: Poor Land Management Is Leading to Bigger California Fires. 

Climate Scientists Discover Error in Major Ocean-Warming Study. 

Michael Goodwin is a very perceptive writer and he may very well have some good advice for President Trump in this column. 

Wednesdays with Walter E. Williams.

Little by little, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the democratic controlled legislature, are telling New Yorkers’ of their plans for the future.  Had they been honest prior to the elections, the results would, most likely, have been different.   Maybe if there was more than one debate —dominated by The Bully who was too afraid to tell us his plans — County Executive Marc Molinaro would be Governor-Elect. What is strange is that he thinks letting illegals have driver’s licenses  – that open the door to other privilege’s  – will play well in the 2020 elections.  Will the driver’s license the Governor and the democratic controlled legislature plan to allow undocumented immigrants have, be obviously NOT Real ID  compliant to all it may be presented to?

The democratic controlled state of New York should also be aware of the fallacy of single-payer health care. 

Investor’s Business Daily examines recent reports on poverty in America. 

Perhaps in the future this will actually happen,  since it requires a referendum by the voters.  We can only hope that voters would eliminate this unnecessary office and the inflated budget that goes with it.

Thankfully, members of his own party believe he has a problem with what he posted. 

Kirsten Gillibrand’s ridiculous ‘moral compass’ claim. 

Nancy Pelosi is desperate to maintain her hold on being the Speaker of the House. 

As a practicing catholic, this breaks my heart;   and this makes me justifiably angry. 

If you don’t watch Saturday Night Live you missed this newly elected Congressman, Dan Crenshaw, who has a lot of class! 

Long Island City will gain jobs  and Buffalo loses some. 

Rest in Peace, Dr. Herbert I.London.

Lots of ground to cover this week – starting with the midterm election results. It was a tough night for New York, and the House fell to the Democrats as expected, but nationwide results offered rays of hope, namely the expansion of the Republican Senate majority.

Let’s start with New York – the election results here showed a deeply divided state, with Cuomo winning an empty victory; he actually lost most local counties. I believe it’s up to the Conservative Party to make sure those counties, and the voters who delivered them to Marc Molinaro, continue to have a voice in our state.  That’s just one of many reasons why I am determined to keep up the fight.

How about you? What do you think is the most important reason for conservatives to keep speaking out against Andrew Cuomo? That’s the first question in our new Weekly Poll.

Meanwhile, the Democrats’ blue wave turned into a blue ripple (though some GOP victories are at risk of being stolen), and the left’s well-financed “green wave” also failed to materialize, even in liberal strongholds.  Now that they control the House, will Democrats overplay their (relatively weak) hand? We’ll see – but there’s little question that the left is poised to double down on violence and incivility and undermine our current economic boom.

President Trump is unbowed, and of course livened things up Wednesday with an epic news conference addressing the midterm elections.  Rush Limbaugh offered a play-by-play that you can read here, and you can watch the whole event here.

I haven’t had any luck finding an actual transcript of the President’s remarks, but I pulled together what I think are some of his most interesting quotes. Which one is your favorite? That’s the second question in our new Weekly Poll.

President Trump also kept things interesting by shaking up the Justice Department after the midterm, with Jeff Sessions out as Attorney General. Who will be his replacement?

Various reports have the top contenders as Chris Christie, Rudy Giuliani, Lindsey Graham, Chris Kobach of Kansas, and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Judge Janice Rogers Brown, and Trey Gowdy. 

Who would you pick? That’s the third and final question in our new Weekly Poll – I look forward to seeing the responses!

Have a great weekend – and remember to thank a veteran on 11/11! This special day has a fascinating history, and its true meaning should never be forgotten.

Before the elections on Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo did not put forth what he hoped to accomplish in his third term, we now know his leftist agenda. Governor, the Republican majority passed ethics reform, what did you do to encourage Speaker Heastie to pass ethics reform?  If I remember right, you claimed you passed the strongest ethics reform early in your first term …and we all know how well that turned out.

Bob McManus has always called them like he sees them and his column, posted yesterday, does not disappoint.  Can bigfoot Andrew Cuomo survive the new all-blue Albany? 

Queens sends a former DREAMER to the New York Assembly.  This, and the fact that New York is dominated by democrats, will change the dynamics of the debate in Albany and expect it to happen early in the session.     

Californians Double Down on Progressivism. Here’s Why It’s a Problem for Red State Neighbors.  Will California Blue Wave Lead to Insolvency Faster? 

The Beat enlightens us about the MTA’s underwater problem. 

Michael Goodwin tells us how Jim Acosta violated one of the oldest rules of journalism. 

Will Democrats Overplay Their (Relatively Weak) Hand? 

What simply amazes me is the extremes that the Left pursue in their disapproval of President Trump’s tweets and some of the aggressive ways he handles himself and his perception of others.  They criticize his unique style and call him unpresidential.  Well, this mob is obviously  oblivious to common courtesy , and incapable of seeing that what they are doing is completely unamerican.  In fact, not only is it unamerican, it is very close to being illegal; free speech does not protect mob rule.  Guy Benson has the latest on this atrocity. 

Election day is in the books.  On the positive side, all the campaign commercials are over.  New York City elected the Governor for the whole state and as the NY Post editorial points out, it is an empty victory; and upstate is now in the hands of progressive democrats who control both legislative houses as well as every state wide position 

Marc Molinaro won in 44 counties and to the people who voted on the Conservative Party Line, we THANK You for keeping us on Row C. 

Kudos to all our candidates for fighting the good fight despite the main stream media’s bias that displays itself constantly and the not so subtle jabs from the entertainment world.  It is not easy to run for office – not that it should be – but being a conservative republican in a deeply blue state is akin to being that last morsel of food in the desert being eyed by various starving animals.

If you read this article covering Gov. Cuomo’s election night speech, you will notice how he hammers President Trump immediately when he says, “We know his type too well. The president has defrauded this nation two years ago when he said he was for the middle class…”  Governor, apparently you have forgotten how you pulled the wool over New Yorkers eyes when you claimed to be for the middle class and for the last 8 years how you have gone on to disparage that same middle class.  President Trump has kept his promises – you have not, but I imagine you will now that your true progressive colors have been put on full display. 

New York City approves all 3 City Charter Revisions.   Great, more tax dollars to be used by politicians to get elected to pass laws that will cost even more tax dollars. 

The Democrats have taken the House and this is what we have to look forward to:  House Dems poised to slam Trump with subpoenas. 

The Daily Signal reports on 7 of Pelosi’s Priorities as Democrats Take Back the House. 

‘Blue wave’ turns out to be ordinary election, rather than an extraordinary rebuke to Trump. 

Investor’s Business Daily opines on this:  Can Dems Reverse Trumponomics After Winning Back The House?

Florida is heading for an automatic recount in its US Senate race.

Wednesday’s with Walter E. Williams. .

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The NY Post editorial opined on Cuomo’s pre-election payoff to a major union.   The editorial ends with this: “Cuomo’s excuse for staying off the campaign trail, even skipping the League of Women Voters debate in Albany last week, is that he’s too busy doing state business. Too busy making the state government do his business is more like it.” 

Governor Cuomo no longer looks at the voters of New York as constituents he can help, we have become constituents that serve HIS needs and wants.  .  It is time to remind Gov. Cuomo that our government was founded as We the People; not for elected officials who believe they are supreme and can do as they wish.

We the People have to make our voices heard tomorrow:  GOVERNMENT SERVES US, WE THE PEOPLE DO NOT SERVE GOVERNMENT.  Send the message, vote on the Conservative Line.   

The two major newspapers in New York City believe Jonathan Trichter should be the comptroller of New York State.  In case you missed this yesterday, here is what the NY Daily News said on Sunday and the NY Post said on October 29, 2018. 

As a quick reminder, the NY Post also endorsed Marc Molinaro , Chele Farley, and Keith Wofford.  Please forward to your family and friends and ask them to also send a message by voting on the Conservative Line.

The Syracuse Post also endorsed Marc Molinaro  stating, in part, that “Cuomo had his chance. In 2013, he appointed a Moreland Commission to investigate Albany’s culture of corruption. He disbanded it in 2014, before it could finish its work. Out of Moreland’s ashes came this year’s corruption trials over the Buffalo Billion, the film hub and the LED lighting factory in DeWitt. The hard-charging governor demanded results; testimony revealed how far his staff would go to deliver. The end result was a series of ill-conceived projects in Central New York and an embarrassment for his administration.”

E. J. McMahon lets us know that a Key Cuomo budget update is late—again   Certainly not because the Governor was preparing for debates , rather he was quietly raising hospital Medicaid rates  and paying off his union buddies (see above.)

The Empire Center also opines on the Tax Cap. 

The Beat looks at what will happen if Albany is completely blue. 

The Daily Signal has a short synopsis about the 3 big differences between conservatives and progressives. 

How Trump’s helped people with pre-existing conditions and major health issues. 

Mayor de Blasio is another elected official that does not understand the concept of We the People. 

Will Hillary run again in 2020? We can’t trust her answer to this question, but Hillary still wants to be President – maybe she thinks the third time will be a charm.

President Trump, of course, loves the idea of a rematch against Hillary. I can see his campaign slogan now: “Make Hillary Lose Again!”

What would be the craziest part about a Hillary 2020 presidential campaign? That’s the first question in our new Weekly Poll – and I think the word “craziest” gives us a lot of leeway in the answers.

Marc Molinaro and Chele Farley both picked up key endorsements this week from the New York Post, as Andrew Cuomo continues to chicken out. 

For the midterm elections, the question for voters should be: “Are you better off than you were two years ago?”  Knowing the answer for most Americans is a resounding YES, the Democrats are sinking deeper into the gutter as they try to take back the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Perry Gershon’s despicable mailer attacking conservative Lee Zeldin is the most recent example – make no mistake, it’s Democrats who are the extremists… and the media are their enablers.

Once all the votes are counted, President Trump will still have a job to do, no matter who controls Congress.  Taxes, the economy, health care and a host of other issues will be in play. What do you think President Trump’s top priority should be after the midterm elections? That’s the second question in our new Weekly Poll.

With the migrant caravan – a foreign-financed, leftist-led violation of U.S. sovereignty – charging our border, immigration will have to be a major post-election focus for the Trump Administration.

Fortunately, we have a President who is not afraid to tackle this issue, as we saw in this week’s new debate over birthright citizenship.

According to one expert, “The president is correct when he says that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution does not require universal birthright citizenship.”  And as I said this week, we are the best and most generous country in the entire world, and if we want to continue that we have to have control of who’s coming into our nation.

There are many reasons why birthright citizenship is problematic – it’s open to abuse, it makes a mockery of our system of legal immigration… the list goes on.

I’ll make this the third question in our new Weekly Poll: What do you believe is the WORST aspect of birthright citizenship? I look forward to your answers.

Have a great weekend – and remember to vote Line C on Tuesday!