#Biden administration lifting Trump-era restrictions on Cuba flights

#Biden administration lifting Trump-era restrictions on Cuba flights

“Biden administration lifting Trump-era restrictions on Cuba flights” The Biden administration lifted Trump-era flight restrictions that prevented U.S. airlines and chartered flights from going to other cities in Cuba besides Havana on Wednesday.  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said revoking the prohibition was in support of the Cuban people and in the “foreign policy interests of the…

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#Millions of new faces in Biden’s foreign-born boom

#Millions of new faces in Biden’s foreign-born boom

“Millions of new faces in Biden’s foreign-born boom” In a new analysis for the Center for Immigration Studies, my colleague Karen Zeigler and I show that the total foreign-born or immigrant population reached 47 million in April 2022 — the highest number ever in American history, and an increase of 2 million in just the…

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#Gas prices keep soaring to record highs across country

#Gas prices keep soaring to record highs across country

“Gas prices keep soaring to record highs across country” Gas prices across the country keep shooting up with the average nationwide price a now-record $4.67 per gallon. A gallon of regular unleaded gas nationwide jumped 49 cents from a month ago with summer about to get underway, according to AAA. New Yorkers were paying on…

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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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#The US loves a winner, not a whiner, Joe Biden

#The US loves a winner, not a whiner, Joe Biden

“The US loves a winner, not a whiner, Joe Biden” It is a poor worker who blames his tools, though apparently that wisdom hasn’t reached the Oval Office. That’s where widdle Joey Biden is crying about his predicament and blaming the help.  He believes his aides are failing him and it’s their fault he’s as…

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#Rarely have so few had to clarify so much

#Rarely have so few had to clarify so much

“Rarely have so few had to clarify so much” The president of the United States is a blowhard — again. If the country thought that it was getting a buttoned-up, by-the-books communicator after four wildly undisciplined years of Donald Trump, it knew nothing about Joseph R. Biden’s long career as Washington’s standout long-winded, seat-of-the-pants, poorly…

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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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