#Biden’s bald-faced baloney and more

#Biden’s bald-faced baloney and more

“Biden’s bald-faced baloney and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions Spot the difference: How Are You Coping With Inflation? — New York Times, June 2 179 Reasons You Probably Don’t Need to Panic About Inflation — New York Times, Aug. 18, 2021 Inflation May Have Already Peaked. The Fed Needs to Step Gingerly….

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#Rainy days are coming, Mayor Adams: Save big now

#Rainy days are coming, Mayor Adams: Save big now

“Rainy days are coming, Mayor Adams: Save big now” Citizens Budget Commission chief Andrew Rein rightly calls on Mayor Eric Adams to put more than half of $4.5 billion in newfound revenue (over two years) into reserve funds to ensure that essential public services are protected when the next recession hits. We’d be happy if…

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#This poison-pill mayoral control bill demands a veto

#This poison-pill mayoral control bill demands a veto

“This poison-pill mayoral control bill demands a veto” Mayor Eric Adams’ so-called “friends” in Albany are doing him, and the city’s schoolchildren, dirty with the Legislature’s proposal to grant him only a two-year renewal of mayoral control of city schools — with poison-pill strings attached. As we feared, this bill badly undermines mayoral control. It…

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#Hochul and legislature get something done on guns

#Hochul and legislature get something done on guns

“Hochul and legislature get something done on guns” Kudos to Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature for acting fast after the tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde, with a package of new gun legislation headed for passage in the final days of the session. Two provisions stand out among the 10 bills.  One would raise to…

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#Hochul’s electric-bill posturing and other commentary

#Hochul’s electric-bill posturing and other commentary

“Hochul’s electric-bill posturing and other commentary” Eye on NY: Hochul’s Electric-Bill Posturing Gov. Kathy Hochul may support “the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s (CLCPA) goals, but she clearly doesn’t want anyone to link her to its costs,” snarks the Empire Center’s James E. Hanley. She “declared it ‘outrageous’ and ‘unacceptable’ ” for utilities “to ask…

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#Biden is fiddling around while Ukraine burns

#Biden is fiddling around while Ukraine burns

“Biden is fiddling around while Ukraine burns” As usual, the Biden administration dithers while the world burns. Is it any surprise that officials who didn’t see inflation coming, who couldn’t handle a baby-formula shortage and kept pushing legislation although members of their own party said no, can’t properly arm Ukraine, despite a bipartisan push to…

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#Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary

#Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary

“Right turn vs. free speech and other commentary” Conservative: Right Turn vs. Free Speech Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) and Greg Abbott (R-Texas) are not “marginal actors” in “the conservative movement,” notes Paul Matzko at The Dispatch. So their recent anti-speech moves against Disney and Big Tech suggest the “old fusionist detente between social and business conservatives…

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