Congressman Peter King Announces Retirement

Long time New York Representative and friend of the Conservative Party, Congressman Peter King, announced he will not seek re-election to New York’s 2^nd Congressional District in 2020.

Rep. King’s illustrious career includes holding the title of Ranking Member and Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee. He took a leadership role in helping keep New York and America safe following the horrific September, 11^th 2001 terrorist attacks.

Most recently, he led a ferocious bipartisan effort that allowed for full funding of the 9/11 Compensation Fund to care for first responders who have developed major illnesses from their time working at Ground Zero.

Rep. King worked tirelessly for his constituents and I wish him the best of luck. Long Island, New York and America will surely miss Peter King. I am proud to call him a friend.

Kangaroo Court Convenes for Impeachment Hearing, Stefanik wins the day.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH 4^th District), who was appointed to the House Intelligence Committee last week, led the charge, asking tough questions to Ukraine Ambassador William Taylor and laying into him over his claims that he knew President Trump to be withholding aid as he sought an investigation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company in which Hunter Biden was a board member.

Ambassador Taylor had stated that he had a “clear” understanding that aid would only be released to the Ukraine if President Zelensky requested an investigation into Hunter Biden. Rep. Jordan referred to three meetings that took place between President Zelensky and Ambassador Taylor in which Taylor confirmed “there was not discussion of linkage” between aid and an investigation at any point in those meetings.

“Now, with all due respect, Ambassador, your clear understanding was obviously wrong, because it didn’t happen” Jordan said while Taylor grinned in his direction.

“Ambassador Taylor recalls that Mr. Morrison told Ambassador Taylor that I told Mr. Morrison that I conveyed this message to Mr. Yermak on September 1, 2019, in connection with Vice President Pence’s visit to Warsaw and a meeting with President Zelensky,” Jordan twice read out loud from Ambassador Sondland’s statement.

“We got six people having four conversations in one sentence, and you just told me this is where you got your clear understanding,” Jordan said before confirming with Taylor that he was not on the call between President Trump and President Zelensky.

However, it was not Rep. Jordan who was the strongest voice of the day. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-C NY 21^st District) came out firing and earned high praise from pundits around the country as the most effective questioner of the day.

“Number one, Ukraine received the aid,” and “number two, there was in fact no investigation into Biden,” Stefanik said in her opening.

She did not stop there. She then took on U.S. Diplomat George Kent regarding the corruption at Burisma Holdings, the aforementioned gas company that paid Hunter Biden in excess of $50,000 a month to simply be a member of their board.

Kent, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the State Department, continued to receive a grilling from Stefanik, “You testified that the issue of corruption in Burisma was in the U.S. interest because, and this is from your deposition, that we had made a commitment to Ukrainian Government in 2014 to try to recover an estimated tens of billions of dollars of stolen assets out of the country.”

“That is, the stolen assets there were in the name of the owner of Burisma,” Kent responded.  “He was the one who we believed had stolen the money.”

Stefanik, staying with the no quid pro quo hardline, and subsequent questions asked of Kent, proved to be more productive than any of her colleagues on Capitol Hill Wednesday.

Stefanik’s intelligence and preparation was on full display. I have come to expect nothing less from our Congresswoman from the North Country.

Governor Cuomo, JCOPE in joint effort to protect Cuomo Advisor Joseph Percoco

 While I have come to expect these types of antics from Governor Cuomo, I am surprised the NYC Joint Commission on Public Ethics would stoop to these levels.

The Times Union reported Wednesday that insiders at JCOPE provided the Governor with information regarding the potential investigation into Joseph Percoco, Cuomo’s top aide. Strong evidence previously showed Percoco to have improperly conducted work out of the governor’s office while not a public employee.

These allegations of a leak come after either a member of Cuomo’s staff, or Cuomo himself, was provided with information regarding a private vote into the decision to investigate Percoco.

JCOPE board member, Julie Garcia, said she was contacted after the board’s vote by a member of State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s staff.

“I was alarmed when I was contacted so quickly after that meeting,” Julie Garcia said

“I was being told the governor knew how I voted in executive session, even though I was unable to confirm whether or not the information was accurate.”

One thing we know for certain, Governor Cuomo believes himself to be above the law as evident by his continuous disregard and attitude towards the rules. Yet more reason for Conservatives to rally around our statewide candidates and take back the New York State Senate in 2020.

Adam Schiff cracking under 'point of order' pressure.

Jordan calls Pelosi accusing Trump of bribery 'ridiculous'.

New York has no grounds to revoke gas license, says National Grid CEO.

Cuomo criticized after alleged leak from ethics panel while probing disgraced former aide Joseph Percoco.

IG won't say if Cuomo, Heastie interviewed in ethics' leak probe.

There is an old saying that If you tell a lie long enough, people will come to believe it.

Cuomo Says Upstate Is Booming, New Report Shows More of the Picture.   Governor Cuomo, did you not see this column:  After years of failed promises, SUNY Poly sells former Kodak facility.   I guess you missed this also:  Buffalo Billion Goes Bust; Now Worth 8¢ on the Dollar, Empirezuela Is Next.

Cuomo’s latest bid to dodge blame for Long Island’s natural-gas crisis.

Cuomo blows a natural gasket.

Cuomo’s AWOL in saying what he’ll do about New York’s huge Medicaid problem.

It is time for you, Governor Cuomo, to face reality:  You’ve lost your “Mo-Jo” and it is time for you to face the reality that New York is in deep financial trouble due to your unsustainable need to please progressives and your inability to continue to pull the wool of the eyes of New Yorker’s.

Kearns Continues to Challenge Green Light Law, Moves Forward with Appeal.

Angry GOP, Conservative officials seek early election for Collins seat.

Goodwin: Adam Schiff’s dull impeachment hearings are a flop.

Adam Schiff is wasting the nation’s time with impeachment hearings.

10 reasons why this impeachment ‘inquiry’ is really a coup.

Dems trot out new charge as initial focus of impeachment hearings falls flat.

 Democrats’ word games show they can’t find a true impeachable offense.

Fred Lucas writes about 6 key moments from the first day of public Impeachment Hearings, for the Daily Signal.

Roger Kimball writes about a tale of two quids.

Revealed: Millions in payments to Hunter Biden.

Lo and behold can this be?  CNN Legal Analyst: You Know, Schiff’s Witness Testimony Is Actually Problematic.

John Tierney writes in City Journal about Journalists Against Free Speech; Once unswerving defenders of the First Amendment, members of the press increasingly support restricting expression.

Take it from a man who knows the health care industry:  How ‘Medicare for All’ Would Make Your Health Care Worse, Not Better.

Clarence Thomas: An exceptional American who defied the odds

Words of wisdom from Walter E. Williams:  Young People Ignorant of History.

This is very unsettling.  First the US had concerns about Huawei, now the Feds charge a New York firm with illegally selling Chinese-made security equipment as American-made…to resell to our military.  Very unsettling to say the least.

Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees…makes a huge difference, outside of New York.

We are not a party that supports more government; however, we certainly understand why the District Attorney’s in New York State need more money to comply with the extremes the democrats included in the criminal justice bill.  DAs say they need more funding to carry out criminal justice law changes. (see additional articles in the weekend round up.)

Entitlement Liabilities Are a Graver Threat to the Next Generation of Americans Than Climate Change.

So, is the HIPAA Law no longer law, or is Google (and others) defying the HIPAA Law?  Technology knows too much about personal lives and may soon be in a position to dictate to government who should stay and who should go.  Yet, we just keep giving Big Tech more and more information.  CNBC is not as concerned as others; Google’s hospital data-sharing deal raises privacy fears — here’s what’s really going on.

Great article by Bob McManus:  NYC’s would-be mayors give the NYPD the churro.

Fr. George Michael Rutler and his words of wisdom makes a lot of sense in his weekly column of November 10, 2019.

In case you missed these articles from the weekend:

Cuomo’s deep denial on New York’s coming criminal-justice crisis.

Criminal justice reforms receive calls for repeal

The gov’s well-paid wind-power liars.

AOC was even more wrong about Williamsburg than we’d thought.

Elizabeth Warren Thinks Voters Are Stupid.

Just 29% Of Americans Support Allowing Biological Males on Girls’ Sports Teams. A Democratic Bill Would Require It.

Transgender agenda fought by unlikely alliance: Radical feminists and conservative women.

Reality Check: After Huge Tax Cuts, Revenues Increased. The Deficit is Spiking Because of Overspending.

Pension Bailouts Could Raise the National Debt by $7 Trillion

Under Socialism the Worst Get on Top 

Next Generation of Americans Will Embrace Socialism If We Lose ‘War on History’

The Left Doesn’t Really Believe ‘No One Is Above the Law’

RECAPPING STATE-WIDE NEW YORK ELECTIONS FROM NOV. 5

The Conservative Party has a lot to celebrate from this week’s local elections, as we explained in our press release issued on Nov. 6.

Here are some of the highlights we have singled out:

• Taking back the Town of Hempstead – the largest town in the United States with 800K people;
• Winning a civil court seat in Richmond County on the predominately Democratic North Shore;
• Flipping the town of Yorktown in Westchester County with 33 year- old Matt Slater a true     rising star;
• A landslide victory for returning Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro against Governor Cuomo’s handpicked candidate;
• Flipping the Clinton County Legislature together with many other gains in the North Country;
• Taking back the City of Canandaigua;
• In Wayne County every single non-Judicial election was won by a candidate supported by the Wayne County Conservative Party;
• Our candidate George Scaringe is holding a lead in the Town of Colonie;
• In the Fourth Judicial District all 4 of our candidates won with the Conservative Party    providing the margin of victory to Michael R. Cuevas;
• In the Town of Southhold (Putnam County) registered conservative, John P. O’Connor, was elected to the Town Board;
• In the Town of Gilboa (Schoharie County) registered conservative, Alicia Terry, was elected Town Supervisor;
• In Erie County, registered conservative Joseph Lorigio, was re-elected to the County Legislature where he serves as the Minority Leader;
• In Ulster County, Michael J. Kavanagh, is leading by 3 votes, due to the votes cast on the Conservative Party line.

Unfortunately, Monroe County Executive candidate Cheryl Dinolfo lost her race. She would have been a spectacular public official, but we did make gains in other races throughout Monroe County to somewhat off-set that unfortunate result.

We would like to thank Governor Andrew Cuomo and the out-of-control Democratic state legislature for rallying the people of New York against them, and sending voters in our direction!

MEDICAID PERIL IS ANOTHER STAIN ON CUOMO’S ALREADY TARNISHED LEGACY

The New York state government continues to come apart under Gov. Cuomo’s far-left stewardship, with Medicaid being in the red by the billions largely due to his fiscal recklessness.

The state is planning to kick the can down the road by allocating $2 billion in Medicaid spending for next year’s budget, but the only problem is they are still $3 billion in the red in the current year. Cuomo will have to cut at least $1.5 billion out of Medicaid by March for the program to remain afloat according to analysts.

Cuomo has finally mustered the courage to admit that Medicaid is in crisis mode, although he still severely downplays the severity of the crisis.

“We have a reduction in federal aid, we have an increase in the labor costs, we have an increase in coverage for the program — which is a good thing. They’re all good factors besides the reduction in federal aid, but it is gonna be a major financial issue for the state for next year,” the governor said.

Bill Hammond, who works as the health policy director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, puts the blame squarely on Cuomo for the crisis.

“It was Cuomo’s good idea, at the very beginning of his first term in 2011, to impose an inflation-based cap on Medicaid spending growth, bringing a modicum of fiscal discipline to the notoriously bloated program,” Hammond explained.

However, Cuomo eventually weakened his own policy which is what ended up leading to the crisis.

“Cuomo and the Legislature weakened the policy with carve-outs and loopholes. The biggest exemption applied to expenses from a major minimum-wage hike, to as high as $15 an hour. That is now costing Medicaid about $2 billion a year,” Hammond said.

“Medicaid is state government’s costliest program and most awesome responsibility. The millions who depend on it for care, and the taxpayers who foot the bill, deserve better from their chief executive in Albany,” Hammond concluded.

Unfortunately for New Yorkers, they will ultimately end up footing the bill for Cuomo’s jaw-dropping profligacy and incompetence.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOW APPOINTED 1/4TH OF ALL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES

 President Donald Trump has achieved an incredible milestone in his goal to make America great again. He has now appointed 25 percent of all circuit court judges who are currently serving on the bench.

“As of this afternoon, one in every four judges on the federal courts of appeals will have been nominated by [President] Trump and confirmed by us here in the Senate,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced in a Twitter post on Thursday.

“That’s 45 new lifetime appellate judges committed to the key principle that judges should apply our laws and the Constitution as they are actually written, not as the judge might personally wish they’d been written,” he added.

Trump made the announcement on Wednesday during an event at the White House that he had already appointed 150 federal judges and expects for that number to be as high as 182 within a couple months.

“In terms of I’d like to say quality and quantity we are going to be just about number one by the time we’re finished,” Trump said.

Conservative hard-liners in the Senate are proud of the President’s tremendous accomplishment and the lasting ramifications it will have on the nation.

“Few legacies will be longer lasting than this judicial one. These new judges are principled constitutionalists who have demonstrated excellence and professionalism throughout their legal careers,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wrote in an op/ed on Wednesday.

Liberals are extremely angry about the progress that Trump has made.

“These judges are a way of advancing conservative political goals that cannot be achieved through the proper means,” said Sam Berger of the liberal Center for American Progress.

“Under Obama, they prevented him from appointing judges and when Trump became president, they changed the rules so they could rush through a number of ideological and in many cases unqualified judges to the bench,” Berger added.

“As a senator, I have now worked with four separate administrations, Democrat and Republican, on the appointment of federal judges,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said. “I can say with perfect confidence that over the last three years, President Trump has nominated — and Senate Republicans have approved — the most unqualified and radical nominees in my time in this body.”

Elections have consequences, and Trump is making great use of his time in the Oval Office by completely remaking the judiciary. This may be the most compelling reason of all for conservatives to pound the pavement and re-elect him as President next year.

OTHER NEWS

– Whistleblower’s Attorney Cheered on ‘Coup’ Against President Trump in 2017: ‘We Will Get Rid of Him’
– Rand Paul blocks Senate push to protect Trump whistleblower
– NY Bail Reform Would Be Curbed Under GOP Proposals in State Legislature
– The Right Way to Talk About Rights
– Bill De Blasio Defends Plan to Give Accused Criminals Mets Tickets, Gift Cards to Show up to Court
– Liberal Policy Failures Are the Reason for Socialism’s New Appeal
– Congressman Lee Zeldin: Yovanovitch ‘Did Not Accurately Answer’ My Question Under Oath in Impeachment Inquiry

Is the Press Corps getting tired of Gov. Cuomo’s coveting publicity?

New York is facing a severe budget shortfall.   This is a bombshell related to the fact that Medicaid is facing a real funding problem.  And it isn’t only the fiscally conservative Empire Center that is reporting the bad news.  Read Crain’s New York Business on the looming budget deficit here.

This is so typical of Governor Cuomo:  Cuomo says no new funding for criminal justice reforms.  NY law enforcement has reasons to be worried about the new reforms.  And counties cannot keep absorbing the costs of unfunded mandates; residents cannot afford any increases in taxes, and the 2% barely covers the naturally occurring increases.  The exodus of New Yorkers will continue.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the defense in his Op-Ed countering Michael Goodwin’s  November 2, column.  Fortunately, for all New Yorkers, the NY Post editorial board, stand by their “intrepid columnist.”  Alas, the Left will never accept the facts, to their own detriment.

But there is hope.  Some are beginning to see the facts; for example, Candace Owens, who in 2016 was a self-described liberal.  Now she is the leader of the Blexit (Blexit means the exit by black Americans from a Democratic Party that takes their vote for granted) movement, and the worst nightmare for democrats.  Watch out Al Sharpton, there is a new, attractive spokesperson making her mark in African-American communities and Ms. Owen is making it by recognizing the virtue of HOPE.  Kudos to Candace Owens.

More bad news for democrats:  State Elections Aren’t All about Trump.

Congressman Adam Schiff explain this:  ‘Coup has started,’ whistleblower’s attorney said in 2017 posts calling for impeachment.   Mark S. Zaid wrote on his certified Twitter account on Jan. 30, 2017, Mr. Trump’s 11th day in power, that “#coup has started. First of many steps. #rebellion. #impeachment will follow ultimately. #lawyers.”

Another blow to Congressman Schiff’s impeachment quest.

Then there is this:  The Whistleblower’s Other Attorney Also Called for President Trump to Be Removed from Office

Before Donald J. Trump was president, he did this.

About early voting in New York State; New York needs to rethink early voting and Less than 20% of NYC voters cast ballots this year.  Your tax dollars pay for early voting, is it worth the expense?  Next year is a Presidential election, we will see if there is an improvement.

Good news regarding Tuesday’s elections.   John P. O’Connor was elected to the Town Council in the Town of Southeast (Putnam County)  and Alicia Terry was elected the Town of Gilboa (Schoharie County)   Supervisor.   Joseph Lorigo was re-elected to the Erie County Legislature .  Mr. Lorigo  serves as the Minority Leader.  All are enrolled conservatives.  As we get more information, we will let you know.

More hypocrisy by a leading liberal newspaper:  A Massive New Study Says the Washington Post Often Underpays Young Women and People of Color

Words of wisdom from Walter E. Williams.

Election Day!  If you have not voted yet, please vote now.  Send a message by voting on the Conservative Party line.  If you don’t know where to vote, click here.  Remember, all politics are local, so make you voice heard in today’s local elections.

Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech.

Why is it that our youth are drawn to socialism?    Here is a video, that provides hope that not all our youth is lost.  It was made by a young man who lived under a socialist regime and explains why our system of government is still the shining light on the hill.  If we do not exercise our right to vote, we will be the cause of extinguishing the shining light on the hill.  The same one George Soros – who used our free market system to become a billionaire – is doing his best to smother.   George Soros plays where it really makes a difference – the safety of residents.

How despicable is it when government purposely hurts their citizens in order to keep control?  Unfortunately, this article is not about a Third World country, rather it is about our own.  Charles Hurt opines in the Washington Times on how deep in the swamp Pelosi Bonaparte really is.

Betsy McCaughey writes that Pelosi’s impeachment rules guarantee a partisan circus.

Andrew McCarthy: Trump impeachment inquiry’s sneaky next chapter – Get ready for THIS.

Chris Farrell writes in the Gatestone Institute International about a corrupt resolution’s damning consequences.

Robert Knight writes in the Washington Times that the left looks to own all three branches of government in 2020.

Senator Ben Sasse Just Issued a Terrifying Warning About Mexico.

Mark Mills opines in the NY Post on why Chuck Schumer is completely wrong about electric cars.

Nation’s Report Card Shows Why We Should Get Washington Out of Education.

Bob McManus’ latest column:  With O’Neill’s resignation, who’s going to clean up de Blasio’s mess now?

Governor Cuomo reverts to his “I didn’t know anything” when slammed by politicians of all stripes for the early release of prisoners.

Ken Girardin writes in the Empire Center’s NY Torch that the state blows smoke to hide wind costs.

More about The Devine Plan that we wrote about yesterday.  It is only playing tomorrow, see it, if you can.

Research Finds Conservatives Are More Happy, Generous, And Purposeful Than Liberals.

Two headlines in today’s NY Post are disheartening, to say the least, as to the future of New York: Nearly 900 city inmates may be freed even before bail-reform law takes effect and Bronx judge releases ‘gun-blasting thugs’ with no bail.  Total democratic control, in New York City and New York State, is doing long term harm; who would want to open a new business, keep their families here or travel to see all that New York has to offer, when we have a government that protects predators rather than the innocent?  The old saying, “you get what you pay for” is playing out.  Tomorrow is Election Day, vote as if you future depends on it, because it does.  Written for Pennsylvania readers, but true in every state.

NYC lawmakers to speak at kink-themed fundraiser for sex workers’ rights group.

Commissioner James O’Neill stepping down from NYPD and NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea to be named next commissioner.  Does it really matter, as long as Mayor de Blasio and the NYC Council continue to tie NYPD’s hands behind their back?  VOTE NO ON NYC BALLOT PROPOSAL # 2. (For a complete list of our recommendations on the NYC Ballot Proposals click here.)

As voters, you make a difference when you vote on the Conservative Party line.  It really does send a message to those elected that you support the common sense values that protect the innocent and want a government that allows the entrepreneurial spirit to soar.  Fusion voting in New York State carries that message loud and clear.

The Daily Gazette Editorial: Voters win when they have more choices.

The Times Union Editorial:  A good cause, corrupted.

Fred LeBrun opines in the Albany Times Union:  Cuomo’s faults all his own.

Seriously, Gov. Cuomo?  How could you even think, let alone, say this?  Oh, I forgot, you need to pander to the left.

Goodwin: De Blasio, Cuomo show sneering hostility as Trump leaves New York.

Democrats are stealing old ideas from Europe just as Europe abandons them.

Bill Hammond lets us know who benefited from Medicaid hikes.

Rich Lowry has a lesson in history for the leftist;  Surprise ‘Hamilton’ fans: the Founding Father was a nationalist

This woman is a disgrace to womanhood; cold and heartless.

Here’s How Poor Land Management Is Leading to Bigger California Fires.

If you can, make plans to see this movie, at the present time, only available on November 6, 2019: A president and a pope: an unlikely pair who combine deep faith with political acumen and a shared revulsion for the evil of Soviet Communism.

Cayuga County recently lost a steadfast conservative who will be sorely missed.  RIP Billy Kufs.