#Trump Organization indictments are a travesty of justice

#Trump Organization indictments are a travesty of justice

“#Trump Organization indictments are a travesty of justice” It’s a travesty, not a triumph: Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s long-running investigation (with New York Attorney General Letitia James) into the Trump Organization just produced … indictments for minor offenses that almost never bring criminal charges. But this is Donald Trump (well, his company), so normal…

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#Randi Weingarten’s chutzpah, NYT’s revisionism

#Randi Weingarten’s chutzpah, NYT’s revisionism

“#Randi Weingarten’s chutzpah, NYT’s revisionism” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions: THIS ARTICLE: The New York Times claims that restrictions on teaching bogus ideas about racism and slavery are themselves racist.NY Post composite We say: The Times has been waging “war on history” ever since its “1619 Project” (slammed as factually inaccurate by historians…

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#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem

#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem

“#Fix the NYC Board of Elections or face endless mayhem” Here’s the silver lining in the latest grand screwup by the city’s Board of Elections: By inadvertently including 135,000 test ballots in Tuesday’s preliminary report on results of the June 22 Democratic primary, the BOE all but ensured it won’t make that same mistake in…

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#Racism’s no cure for racism and other commentary

#Racism’s no cure for racism and other commentary

“#Racism’s no cure for racism and other commentary” Iconoclast: Racism’s No Cure for Racism Lori Lightfoot’s decision to talk only to “POC reporters” on her anniversary as Chicago’s mayor, Stanford’s “ ‘whiteness-accountability’ affinity groups” and President Biden’s debt relief for minority farmers are all “variations” on the debate “between newfangled equity and old-fashioned equality,” argues The…

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#New York’s Board of Elections is a travesty

#New York’s Board of Elections is a travesty

“#New York’s Board of Elections is a travesty” New York’s Board of Elections keeps finding new definitions of the word “fail.” The group that bought voting machines that didn’t work when it was too humid, that couldn’t keep track of its own technology, that disqualified more than 80,000 mail-in ballots in the 2020 primaries, admitted…

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#If you miss to-go alcohol, blame the Legislature

#If you miss to-go alcohol, blame the Legislature

“#If you miss to-go alcohol, blame the Legislature” Here’s hoping you enjoyed your last chance at liquor-to-go from your local bar or restaurant. Too bad lobbyists got the Legislature to skip on making the temporary pandemic privilege into a permanent one. Sadly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s surprise lifting of all COVID-19 emergency mandates left the battered…

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#Justice Thomas’ Pot Rebuke and other commentary

#Justice Thomas’ Pot Rebuke and other commentary

“#Justice Thomas’ Pot Rebuke and other commentary” Libertarian: Justice Thomas’ Pot Rebuke Sixteen years after the Supreme Court ruled the federal marijuana ban applies even when individual states have legalized it, Justice Clarence Thomas “is back with another blast” at the federal government’s “half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana,”…

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#End the anarchy at Washington Square Park, Mr. Mayor

#End the anarchy at Washington Square Park, Mr. Mayor

“#End the anarchy at Washington Square Park, Mr. Mayor” “I called the cops. They didn’t want to come,” said Abdo Mansour, one of three food vendors attacked by mobs Sunday night outside Washington Square Park. “The cops stayed right there.” “The cops stayed right there” is a statement that should fill New Yorkers with dread….

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#Biden’s about-faces on infrastructure deal suggest his words are meaningless

#Biden’s about-faces on infrastructure deal suggest his words are meaningless

“#Biden’s about-faces on infrastructure deal suggest his words are meaningless” A weekend of whiplash in Washington prompts the question: Is President Joe Biden a bad-faith negotiator or just completely confused? Biden celebrated Thursday outside the White House alongside 10 Republican and Democratic senators, announcing they’d reached a deal to spend $1.2 trillion on infrastructure over…

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