One week from today you have the opportunity and responsibility to vote, do you know where your polling place is located?  Click here, to be sure you know where to go to vote on Tuesday, November 7.

The final NYC Mayor’s debate is tomorrow, Wednesday.   The debate will be broadcasted live from CUNY TV Studios, located at 365 5th Ave. in Manhattan, between 7 and 8 p.m. on CBS 2 News, WLNY-TV 10/55, 1010 WINS radio and Newsradio 880. To the best of my knowledge, there is no audience for this live debate.

For the first time in 50 years, Citizens Union will not endorse a mayoral candidate.  This speaks volumes since they endorsed Bill de Blasio 4 years ago.  Bill isn’t worried, he had socialist Bernie Sanders endorse him while he promises his base a chicken in every pot – even as he taxes the middle class beyond their means. Who will be left in New York City to pay for his promises?

The NY Post editorial asks a very important question Why can’t de Blasio disprove any of those ‘lies’?  Even the NY Daily News questions de Blasio’s damning silence. 

Jim Geraghty writes in National Review that the Manafort-Papadopoulos drama is relatively unsurprising. Wesley Pruden opines in the Washington Times on a lot of noisy ado about nothing much yet.  Jonathan Tobin calls it (the Manafort indictment) an earthquake that shouldn’t shake Trump.  Larry Horist has this to say Manafort indictment good news for Trump … so press turns to Papadopoulos.  But, Paul Sperry says it best with Robert Mueller’s big catch was low-level, unpaid intern.  Rich Lowry has this advice for President Trump:  Just ignore Mueller’s moves, Mr. President. 

Who is Tom Steyer?  This billionaire hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, progressive activist, and fundraiser is the man behind the impeachment ad and has over a million signatures on his Impeach Trump petition. 

E. J. McMahon lets us know that Governor Cuomo is tardy again…the 7th year in a row. 

Dennis C. Vacco has an excellent Op-Ed piece in the Buffalo News on New York officials pick energy winners and losers. 

Cal Thomas, always good, is exceptional today.  Read his column, Shocking but not surprising, here.   Then ask yourself, how can this boorish, base sub-human have the unmitigated gall  to  think so highly of himself?

Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer endorses Pay-to-Play with his endorsement of Mayor Bill de Blasio. 

Nicole Malliotakis, on the other hand, sees “pay-to-play” for what it is, an elected official letting everyone know you are “for sale.”  Why is it that when progressives get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, they never recall putting it there.  Both de Blasio and Hillary seem to have a “selective memory chip” designed to protect them from admitting  facts that could land them in prison. 

Fortunately, for residents of New York City, you can end the “pay-to-play” cons of Mayor de Blasio and follow the advice found in today’s New York Post editorial endorsing Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis for Mayor.   The Staten Island Advance editorial also endorses Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis , while bestowing some faint praise on Mayor de Blasio, they still believe Assemblywoman Malliotakis will be a better advocate of Staten Island’s citizens. 

You still have a week to help Nicole Malliotakis in the final stretch.  Surprise the Manhattan Institute and let them know that voter interest is high, not low, and that not every city resident is willing to let the “corrupt, business as usual political culture” continue to chase citizens out of our city. 

Assemblywoman Malliotakis will be in a much better position to help end the hidden budget time bomb that Mayor de Blasio helped create. 

Congressman Chris Collins has one of the best Op-Ed pieces in today’s New York Post that I have read in ages.  His last paragraph sums up his honest assessment of Governor Cuomo’s administration: “Only a governor who wanted to curry favor with radical liberals would call lowering taxes treasonous. Instead, if King Andy really wants to be a legitimate leader, he should lead his own effort to cut taxes, stop wasteful spending and end the ridiculous regulatory burden for every New Yorker.”

Your 401(k) is safe.

For those who check facts and rely on certain popular sites, beware.  Read Robert Knight’s weekly column, ‘Whackapedia’ and its error fest, here. 

Stephen Moore give us the five biggest reasons to hate the IRS tax code. 

Here is the list of felonies that Paul Manafort faces.  If guilty, he is facing a long time in prison.  It is important to note that not once in the indictment is the Trump campaign mentioned.  Katie Pavlich also lets us know that Tony Podesta resigned as Mueller closes in on Clinton circle. 

The Auburnpub.com says state constitutional convention would be a waste. The Niagara Gazette says Con Con won’t lead to reform.  And former Assemblyman Jerry Kremer opines in Newsday that there is no need to open up NY’s constitution.   

We began today’s daily update with saying that Sen. Schumer endorses pay-to-play and we will end today’s daily update by noting that Sen. Schumer should research all his previous statements prior to giving a speech on the Senate Floor (or in his weekly press releases/conferences).  Otherwise, sharp analysists will continue to write headlines like this:  Democrats Have Done a 180 on Corporate Taxes. Here’s What They Said Last Year.

This week we saw explosive testimony about the corruption that plagues the de Blasio administration. One donor’s “pay-to-play” saga is the proverbial smoking gun. Mayor de Blasio was bought-and-paid-for, and as Nicole Malliotakis puts it, “There’s literally a ‘For Sale’ sign at the gates.” 

In your opinion, just how corrupt is Mayor Bill de Blasio? That’s our first question in our new Weekly Poll. 

The question now is whether New York City voters will give their approval to this corruption by reelecting the Mayor. I agree with Ms. Malliotakis – “We need to change this culture,” and “We don’t have to accept this.”

Nicole is hitting Mayor de Blasio hard over this corruption, and he deserves it. Which of her statements do you agree with the most? That’s the second question in our new Weekly Poll.

Now onto more corruption, this time – surprise – from Clinton Inc. Hillary’s Russian scandal keeps getting worse, to the point that we now should seriously consider if we’re talking treason. Any way you cut it, the Clinton campaign lied – no doubt about that.  

At best, Hillary had no idea what was going on with her campaign – that according to CNN’s always-trusty anonymous sources. In Washington, it seems, ignorance is truly bliss.

Team Hillary has sure played the media for fools on the Russia question, but of course the pro-Hillary press corps played right along.

President Trump is talking collusion, and ironically (for the left, anyway) it’s starting to seem like everyone but the President is in league with Russia – it’s the so-called “deep state” run amok, and it goes way beyond Hillary and points to corruption in the Obama Justice Department. 

From informants to threats to spies, it’s hard to keep up with all this drama, which leads me to the third and final question in our new Weekly Poll: What classic film do you think would make the best title for Hillary Clinton’s political dealings? I look forward to seeing your answers!

This week the Conservative Party released our ratings for the 2017 legislative session. They’re in the news, and I discussed them on Capital Tonight – you can watch it here.

Have a great weekend!
 

Chairman Michael R. Long will be on

Capital Tonight with Liz Benjamin tonight at 8:00 PM.

 Check your local listing for the station.  

John Solomon’s explosive articles in The Hill continue with this one breaking last evening  FBI informant in Obama-era Russian nuclear bribery cleared to testify before Congress.   And with this news, the protective wall surrounding Hillary, the Clinton Foundation and family members, is cracking much faster than expected.  Glenn Thrush said on MSNBC last night, that the democrats want you to believe the  dossier came from Intel community.  Well, of course they did!  If anyone thought Hillary’s campaign or the DNC paid for it, who could possibly believe it.  The NY Post editorial board asks the question  Clinton’s collusion: Who will investigate the new Russia scandal?  And then there is this:  Clinton campaign accused of violating election law by funding anti-Trump dossier.  Suzanne Field writes about what happens when the hunters become the hunted.  

Typical Hillary:  Of Course I Had No Idea We Paid For The Russia Dossier or That It Existed

When it rains, it pours.  When it rains, it really pours!

Trump administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court Wednesday for permission to argue on behalf of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding ceremony, in a case that promises to test the limits of gay rights and First Amendment freedoms.

The Post-Journal (Jamestown area) gets it right:  Vote ‘No’ For Constitutional Convention.  The Empire Government also says: Let’s not mess with the State Constitution.

Surprise, Surprise!  Mayor de Blasio admits his statue removal tribunal is nonsense.  With all the other news this week, I may have overlooked Michael Goodwin’s article De Blasio hiding his true intentions until after Election Day. Mr. Goodwin gives us various good reasons to just throw him out of office.  Here is another good reason.

House paves way for Trump tax reform plan by passing $4T budget.  This from the NY Post on the House Vote.  

“As evidence grows of actual collusion and possible illegal pay-for-play ties between Hillary Clinton, her closest political allies and Russian officials, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate declares on C-Span “it’s the same baloney they’ve been peddling for years, and there’s been no credible evidence by anyone.” She called the stories “debunked.”  Thus begins the Investor’s Business Daily editorial and no one is surprised with Hillary’s response to the two new investigations in Congress, but her reaction was before the explosive Washington Post’s article late last night.  The Washington Post has a follow up piece this morning , reminding us of Hillary’s disingenuous dossier outrage.   Fox News confirmed the Washington Post piece, here is National Review on-line’s assessment of the breaking story,  the New York Post’s Michael Goodwin’s opinion and Joe Tacopino’s news article in the NY Post. Is anyone surprised that it may just be the “tip of the iceberg?”

Tammy Bruce writes about the liberal media’s meltdown. 

We, the taxpayers of New York paid Harvey Weinstein’s company how much in subsidies?  Every citizen in New York State should demand that every single penny in tax credits should end immediately!  

When you keeping repeating an untruth, some people begin to believe it is a truth.  Governor Cuomo seems to believe that upstate New York’s economy has turned around under his leadership…the only way it will truly turnaround is when the taxes and regulations that strangle our businesses are lowered and removed.  Two Cuomo Administrations have done a significant amount of damage. 

This is true for Suffolk County — Suffolk can’t hide tax hikes by calling them fees – and it is true for the rest of the state.  Governor Cuomo are you reading and listening to editorials like today’s NY Post editorial above? (The new Government Justice Center filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming Suffolk county illegally imposed $66 million in fee hikes.)

And here is some advice for Mayor de Blasio:  Experts say his traffic plan won’t work.

Be forewarned: according to the American Culture and Faith Institute, liberals are more committed than conservatives in believing that there is a need for significant cultural change in the U.S. 

Wednesday’s with Walter E. Williams. 

This headline grabs your attention:  To Mend a birth defect, Surgeons Operate on the Patient within the Patient.  Dateline Huston.  The patient, still inside his mother’s womb, came into focus on flat screens, in a darkened operating room.  Fingers, toes, the soles of his feet – all exquisite, all perfectly formed.

Now one would think you were reading from a Pro-Life news site or pamphlet.  What is surprising is this is an article in the New York Times.  It is an article about a new experiential technique for spina bifida. The infant is at 24 weeks gestation and the headlines “patient within the patient.” acknowledges this baby is alive and they are trying to make his life better.   The article also indicates that they administered anesthesia to the infant before they began the actual operation.  The New York Times may be seeing the light that the pro-live movement will always shine to protect the innocent unborn.  And it is refreshing to fine good news, a special thank you to Kathleen Gallagher for sharing this uplifting article. 

DOJ says it’s settled ‘contraception mandate’ cases.

Michael R. Strain writes in National Review online that birth is the great equalizer. 

In 1968 Virginia Slims  had a commercial extoling  women smoking cigarettes saying “you’ve come a long way baby,” 49 years later the transformation of women seems to be complete as Pentagon advocates requiring women to sign up for military draft. 

Nolan Peterson writes in the Daily Signal that apathy is the greatest insult to the memory of fallen soldiers. 

The Daily Signal examines if religious faith can make a difference in opioid abuse. 

John Mannion points out the dangers of holding a Constitutional Convention in response to Syracuse.com’s call for a Con-Con.  Speaking of the Constitutional Convention, Chairman Michael R. Long appeared on the Road to City Hall last night with other members of the coalition to Vote No on the Con-Con. 

Now Democrats have a Russia problem.

This proposal is a great idea, but why stop with the NFL?

Pay attention to who is teaching your children, especially on the college level.

This should be interesting, with any amount of luck, former AG Holder will be called in also to explain his role. 

Did you read Michael Goodwin’s Sunday column Leave John Kelly Alone?  Mr. Goodwin has excellent insight in the political world and his columns are perceptive, provocative and pensive.  This one is all of that rolled into one and even humorous at the very end. 

Charles Hurt writes about a clown in a sequined cowboy hat distorts greatest sacrifice. 

Sunday’s NY Post editorial reinforces the need to be prepare for the possibility of a state budget crisis. 

Steve Cuzzo opined on how de Blasio and Cuomo made NYC a rotten suiter for Amazon.

Governor Cuomo, about those casinos that were going to save New York economy…how’s that working out?   

City Journal writes about De Blasio and Cities Without Civitas. 

Robert Knight opines on the ACLU’s selective compassion.  His column is a powerful affirmation of how precious an unborn life is.  Meanwhile, a federal tax loophole let Planned Parenthood build clinics financed with ‘abortion bonds’. 

Katie Pavich writes about how a Russian spy got close to Hillary Clinton and the FBI watched it happen.  Katie also writes that one of Hillary’s inner Circle,  John Podesta’s brother, is being investigated by Mr. Mueller the Special Council set up to investigate President Trump’s supposed Russian ties. 

One News Now explains most of the main street media is silent on the bombshell revelations pointing to the collusion revealed between the Russians and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign last year. 

This week President Trump blasted the fake-news media for ignoring the real Russian scandal – the transfer of cash to the Clintons in exchange for uranium.  

Now the Senate is investigating (it’s about time!), a whistleblower is ready to testify, and the so-called mainstream media is being forced to cover up for the Clintons and cover real corruption instead of all the Trump/Russia duds that have been reported.

What outrages you the most about the Clinton/Russia uranium scandal? That’s the first question in our new Weekly Poll – and there’s plenty of outrage to go around.

A budget vote this week sets the stage for tax relief – let’s hope Republicans get this done, because failure shouldn’t be an option if they care about the economy. (Of course, we have “independent” Democrats like Bernie Sanders who fail to understand the story of Robin Hood, which makes GOP leadership even more critical.) 

This week the Democrats politicized a soldier’s death and a President’s “sacred call” to a grieving widow – but nothing is sacred for the left, especially not when a congresswoman can parlay tragedy to become a self-described “rock star.” I’ll take John Kelly’s word over a politicians’ any day.

As this silliness unfolds, President Trump (and of course our military men and women) continues to be more aggressive against ISIS in nine months than the Obama Administration managed in eight years. 

So what do you think about President Trump’s leadership as Commander-in-Chief so far? That’s the second question in our new Weekly Poll.

As much as liberals like to take money and freedom from the American people, you would think a shoplifting charge would make a candidate more qualified to run for Congress as a Democrat, but apparently not. 

There’s not much leadership to speak of from the liberals in New York this week, as Chuck Schumer flip-flops, Kirsten Gillibrand cozies up to the anti-Semitic left, Bill de Blasio barely pretends to do his job (and a flip-flop of sorts for him too), and upstate New York continues to be left behind by Andrew Cuomo (whose sanctuary-state madness threatens all of New York). 

Which of New York’s “progressive” bosses do you believe is setting our state back the MOST? That’s the third and final question in our new Weekly Poll. 

Right now when I think of leadership and progress, I think of Nicole Malliotakis. Let’s give her all the support we can – and have a great weekend!

The New York Times surprises some of its readers with a, dare I say – positive – article, introducing their readers to Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis.   Even the headline grabs the reader’s attention:  She’s a Conservative Who Loves Cher. Could She Be New York’s Next Mayor?  You know you are having an impact when the NY Times gives a conservative republican a fair and balanced article. 

Eleni Stamatinos writes in the Odyssey why Nicole Malliotakis should be the next mayor of New York City.    Help Nicole by forwarding these articles and her latest TV Ad  to family and friends, or, if possible, by donating to her campaign.  Nicole is just shy of meeting the $1,000,0000 threshold to force another debate with Bill de Blasio so funds are needed.    New York City deserves a Mayor of Nicole’s stature and only you can help make that happen. 

Investor’s Business Daily calls the Senate compromise on Obamacare’s insurance markets an ObamaCare Bailout, Pure And Simple.   The Daily Signal lets us know that many conservatives call it unacceptable.   National Review’s analysis is not as adamant about rejecting it, but cautions that its approval should be contingent to acceptance only if states are allowed to waive the mandate for individuals enrolled in the STLD plans they regulate.

Cheryl K. Chumley writes that the NFL missed a golden opportunity. 

Senator Mitch McConnell is more than a swamp dweller writes David Keene in the Washington Times. 

Remember this name:  Jeff Tien Han Pon,  he is the Trump nominee poised to be point man on draining government swamp.

The NY Sun editorial on War and Condolence;  the latest looney liberal craze trying to divide our country. 

Dan Boylan and Guy Taylor write in the Washington Times that Putin’s rage was triggered by Obama’s moves.   It is an interesting article that gives some background information missing in the sensational articles making news. 

Trump Talks Russia in Joint Presser With the Puerto Rican President. 

Breaking:  Senate Judiciary Will Investigate Clinton-Russia Uranium Corruption.

How many times have you hear progressive liberals say you shouldn’t censor books?  A school board vice-president in Biloxi, Mississippi has pulled the book To Kill a Mockingbird from its reading list because it makes people uncomfortable.   Daniel Davis explains why this hurts students. 

Can we trust social media?