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Nolte: Survey Reveals ‘Only Half of New Yorkers Plan to Stay’ in Democrat-Run City
JOHN NOLTE 19 Mar 2024 3:49
“Only half of New Yorkers plan to stay in the city, according to the survey of more than 6,600 New York City households,” reports the far-left New York Times.
But-but-but His Fraudulency Joe Biden received 76 percent of the New York City vote in 2020???
But-but-but Democrat Eric Adams received 66 percent of the New York City mayoral vote in 2021???
Why’s everyone so unhappy in New York City when they are getting exactly what they voted for?
Oh, but unhappy these Democrats are, especially compared to seven years ago.
“Only 39 percent are content with the state of public education,” reports the Times. “Only 37 percent are happy with the level of public safety in their neighborhood, and only 34 percent are satisfied with their neighborhood’s cleanliness.”
“Less than a third rate the city’s quality of life as excellent or good. Less than a quarter are content with the overall quality of government services.”
When asked, “How would you rate the quality of life in New York City overall?” only 29.8 percent said “excellent” or “good.” That’s down from 51.2 percent in 2017 and 50.9 percent in 2008.
As you can imagine, safety is a major issue. When asked to “rate how safe or unsafe you feel … riding a subway during the day,” only 49 percent said they felt safe during the day. The day! That is a catastrophic drop from 82 percent in 2017 and 86 percent in 2008.
When asked to “rate how safe or unsafe you feel … riding a subway at night,” only 22 percent said they felt safe, compared to 46 percent in 2017 and 45 percent in 2008.
When asked to “rate how safe or unsafe you feel … walking alone on a street in your neighborhood at night,” only 51 percent felt safe, down from 70 percent in 2017 and 69 percent in 2008.
Guess what’s getting the blame…? Yep, the pandemic:
“The drop is stark,” said Andrew Rein, president of the Citizens Budget Commission, even as he stressed that context matters. In 2017, New York City was “seven years into a really robust recovery,” he said. In 2023, New York City was still emerging from a pandemic that brought economic and social upheaval.
Is the coronavirus like a zombie that turns people into criminals?
To its credit, the Times does at least mention that crime might sortakindamightprobablybe a bit of an issue:
Of particular note were New Yorkers’ feelings about crime. There were more murders, robberies, felony assaults, burglaries and grand larcenies last year than in 2019, before the pandemic began, and the survey questions reflected a marked unease in how people felt riding the subway or walking the streets at night.
The same Democrats complaining about this voted for this. (Or else they didn't vote. NYC is reputed to have low turnouts.) They voted to end stop-and-frisk. They voted for politicians who declared New York a sanctuary for illegal aliens. They voted to release violent criminals. And now they are all, Ohnoes, our city sucks. How could this have happened?
And now half of them want to leave.
Idiots.
Sure glad I live here.
(He's in North Caroline.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/19/nolte-survey-reveals-only-half-of-new-yorkers-plan-to-stay-in-democrat-run-city/
Supreme Court allows Texas law permitting state law enforcement to arrest border crossers to take effect
By Reuters Published March 19, 2024, 2:33 p.m. ET
Let's hear it for the great state of Texas and the Supreme Court! Too bad Texas doesn't have permission to shoot the illegals fouling our country.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a Republican-backed Texas law allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden’s administration.
The administration had asked the justices to freeze a judicial order allowing the Texas law to take effect while the U.S. government’s challenge to the statute proceeds in the lower courts.
The administration has argued that the law violates the U.S. Constitution and federal law by interfering with the U.S. government’s power to regulate immigration.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott last December signed the law, known as SB 4, authorizing state law enforcement to arrest people suspected of entering the United States illegally, giving local officers powers long delegated to the U.S. government.
Abbott said the law was needed due to Biden’s failure to enforce federal laws criminalizing illegal entry or re-entry, telling a Dec. 18 press conference that “Biden’s deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself.”
The Democratic president’s handling of the record numbers of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border during his presidency has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans.
Abbott and other Republicans have said Biden should have kept the restrictive policies of former President Donald Trump, their party’s candidate challenging Biden in the Nov. 5 U.S. election.
The Texas law made illegal entry or re-entry into Texas a state crime, with penalties ranging from 180 days in jail to 20 years in prison. Under it, Texas magistrate judges will be required to order migrants to return to Mexico, with up to 20-year sentences for those who refuse to comply.
The Justice Department sued in January to block the measure, which was originally set to take effect on March 5. Biden administration lawyers argued that it violates federal law and constitutional provisions giving the U.S. government the power to regulate commerce with foreign countries and among states, and runs afoul of a 2012 Supreme Court precedent.
Texas-based U.S. District David Ezra on Feb. 29 sided with the administration and agreed to preliminarily block Texas officials from enforcing the law, saying that it “threatens the fundamental notion that the United States must regulate immigration with one voice.”
But the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused Ezra’s ruling in an order that would have let the Texas law take effect on March 10, prompting the administration to file an emergency request to the Supreme Court.
Justice Samuel Alito, who handles certain emergency matters involving cases from a group of states including Texas, on March 4 halted the 5th Circuit ruling – and thus the law – from taking effect, giving the Supreme Court more time to consider the matter.
Texas has pursued a range of measures to deter people who cross illegally under its Operation Lone Star, including deploying National Guard troops to the border, blocking migrants with concertina wire and installing a floating barrier over a stretch of the Rio Grande.
Republicans in February scuttled a bipartisan Senate deal that would have bolstered border security and tightened immigration laws after Trump pushed members of his party to reject it. Biden said blame for the bill’s failure lay with Republican lawmakers who bowed to political pressure from Trump who “thinks it’s bad for him politically.”
An analysis of exit polls conducted by Edison Research following primary election voting in early March showed alarm among many voters over the situation along the border. Many called it their top voting issue. Reuters/Ipsos polling showed Biden’s public approval level at 37% as of Feb. 28.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/19/us-news/supreme-court-wont-halt-texas-law-allowing-state-law-enforcement-officers-to-arrest-border-crossers/
Four years on, COVID damage remains while Fauci & Co. pay no price
By Glenn H. Reynolds Published March 18, 2024, 8:43 p.m. ET
We just passed the fourth anniversary of “15 Days To Slow the Spread,” the start of the COVID lockdowns that did damage from which we still haven’t recovered.
I’m embarrassed to admit I fell for it.
I was a COVID hawk in the early days. It seemed right at the time.
The Chinese called it a “grave” threat, and they almost always downplayed bad things in China.
There were reports of death rates ranging from 4% to 10%.
Sure, Anthony Fauci, Nancy Pelosi and Bill de Blasio were telling us not to worry, to take cruises and go visit Chinatown, but I lacked confidence in them. (Hey, I was right about that.)
They reversed course like a week later.
It turned out, of course, COVID’s mortality rate was significantly less than one-tenth of those early reports, and those deaths were mostly concentrated among the obese, the elderly and those with heart failure and diabetes.
(And the deaths often resulted from too-aggressive use of ventilators, which are themselves quite dangerous.)
Neither the lockdowns nor the masking requirements did any good, though they caused a lot of trauma, inconvenience and colossal economic destruction.
(Even “long COVID,” which we heard a lot about, turns out to be no different from the flu’s long-term consequences, scientists just confirmed.)
Then there were the deaths caused by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s program of moving still-contagious COVID patients into old-folks’ homes, exposing the most vulnerable people to infection.
In short, the government response to COVID was probably more destructive than the virus itself.
In retrospect, I should have been more skeptical.
It’s hard to believe I, of all people, trusted the government too much, but there you are.
Public-health officials admitted later they didn’t consider the collateral damage from lockdowns, quarantines and the like in making their plans: They focused solely on preventing COVID’s spread.
Not only were they ineffective at that — COVID spread widely and just about as fast as everywhere else — it’s the opposite of what public-health officials should focus on, since their job is, you know, public health, not the prevention of a single disease at all costs.
The economy still hasn’t recovered from the distortions COVID measures introduced; binge drinking and alcohol-related liver disease are up; children’s educations and development have been retarded — and the nation has suffered a deep and widespread loss of trust in institutions, which, to be fair, is entirely justified.
Even The New York Times now sees sense: “The more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid,” a Monday piece declares.
The architects of these disastrous policies, figures like Fauci, Francis Collins, and Deborah Birx, escaped any reckoning.
Politicians like Cuomo, Pelosi and California Gov. Gavin Newsom cheerfully flouted the rules they imposed on the little people, going to dinner parties and otherwise cavorting in defiance of social-distancing and mask mandates.
As left-leaning blogger Nate Silver observed, “It’s kind of crazy (and tells you a lot about who was writing the restrictions) that churches in some jurisdictions were subject to more restrictions than museums!”
The final blow came when public-health “experts,” who had been condemning family Sunday dinners as inconsiderately dangerous, did a 180 and endorsed massive Black Lives Matter protests on the specious ground, “Racism is a public-health problem.”
So is obesity, but one doubts they would have endorsed a March Against Fatness.
(Chuckle. Chuckle. Great line.)
They made very clear politics came before science, even as they accused their opponents of being “anti-science.”
The Committee to Unleash Prosperity, which includes some of the experts who were skeptical of lockdowns, has released a “Lessons Learned” report with 10 main points, including:
“Leaders should calm public fears, not stoke them.”
“Lockdowns do not work to substantially reduce deaths or to reduce viral circulation.”
“Lockdowns and social isolation had negative consequences that far outweighed benefits.”
“Government should not suppress dissent or police the boundaries of science.”
As the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of government-induced speech suppression, that last is a particularly timely point.
These experts are worth paying particular attention to because they didn’t fall for the hysteria.
In the beginning I did fall for it, and I’ve made my mea culpa elsewhere.
But since I followed the data instead of the governmental diktats, I changed my mind pretty quickly.
Because I became skeptical, Google demonetized my blog — which is a bigger punishment than any lockdown advocate or enforcer has faced, despite being wrong, arrogant and guilty of causing great harm.
Well, if there can’t be any punishment — and in today’s America, the very idea of consequences for the nomenklatura runs the risk of being called “white supremacist” or “insurrectionist” — there can at least be remembrance.
The “expert” class blew it, sold out or gloried in putting people under its thumb.
And it paid no price.
Next time — and there will be a next time — ignore those people.
And if they won’t let you ignore them, make them.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds is a professor of law at the University of Tennessee and founder of the InstaPundit.com blog.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/18/opinion/four-years-on-covid-damage-remains-while-fauci-amp-co-pay-no-price/
Best headline of the day:
Confirms what I've thought all along. Men think with their...
Viagra Could Be Good for Your Brain
Artificial intelligence is allowing scientists to discover new uses for old medications.
By Allysia Finley March 17, 2024 4:09 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/viagra-could-be-good-for-your-brain-repurposing-medications-artificial-intelligence-5fd054cd?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
Trump can’t get bond to appeal $454M civil fraud judgment: lawyers
By Reuters Published March 18, 2024, 11:12 a.m. ET
@Bull_Dolphin @Gmenfan @pos_stock_hoarder @SkeBallLarry
The left has gone full tilt boogie commie playbook. This is reprehensible. I cannot print what I want to happen to Letitia James or what I feel like calling her.
Donald Trump has so far been unable to obtain a bond that would allow him to appeal a $454 million judgment against the former U.S. president in a New York civil fraud case without posting the full amount himself, his lawyers said on Monday.
Trump must either find the cash or post a bond to prevent the state’s authorities from seizing his properties while he appeals Justice Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 16 decision ordering him and co-defendants to pay $464 million in penalties and interest for misstating property values to dupe lenders and insurers.
In a court filing on Monday, the Republican presidential candidate’s lawyers urged a mid-level state appeals court to delay enforcement of the judgment, arguing the amount was excessive.
They said the defendants had so far approached 30 surety companies through four separate brokers to obtain a bond.
“Enforcing an impossible bond requirement as a condition of appeal would inflict manifest irreparable injury on Defendants,” Trump’s lawyers wrote.
The lawyers asked that he instead be allowed to post a $100 million bond while he appeals the judgment. A bonding company would be on the hook for any payout if Trump loses his appeal and proves unable to pay.
Trump’s lawyers included a statement by Gary Giulietti, an executive with insurance brokerage the Lockton Companies, which Trump has hired to help get a bond.
Giulietti wrote that a bond for the full $464 million “is not possible under the circumstances presented,” noting that many sureties would not issue bonds above $100 million and were willing to accept only cash or securities – not real estate – as collateral.
Trump denied wrongdoing in the case, which was brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James in New York state court in Manhattan.
Trump earlier this month posted a $91.6 million bond to cover an $83.3 million defamation verdict for the writer E. Jean Carroll while he appeals, in a case that arose from his branding her a liar after she accused him of raping her decades ago.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/18/us-news/trump-cant-get-bond-to-appeal-of-454m-civil-fraud-judgment-lawyers/
RFK Jr. to name wealthy attorney Nicole Shanahan as running mate in prez run: report
By Patrick Reilly Published March 16, 2024, 6:38 p.m. ET
(This chick is not a selling point for me. On the bright side she'll take more votes from Biden than she will from Trump.)
Nicole Shanahan is a lawyer and entrepreneur from California. (Love her professional attire.)
Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to tap California attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his running mate, according to a report.
Shanahan, a Democratic donor who was once married to Google cofounder Sergey Brin, funded Kennedy’s pricey Super Bowl campaign commercial, Mediaite reported Saturday.
The pair “align on numerous issues,” including his condemnation of vaccines, and she can help funnel money into Kennedy’s long-shot bid and get him on ballots in all 50 states, sources close to the campaign told the outlet.
The pick notably keeps New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, whom Kennedy said was considering as his Vice President, off the November ballot.
Kennedy’s campaign declined to confirm that he’s made a decision.
“There has been a lot of speculation in the media about Mr. Kennedy’s pick of vice presidential running mate,” his campaign’s press office told The Post in a statement.
“The official announcement will be on March 26 in Oakland, CA. We hope to see you there.”
Shanahan, 38, told The New York Times last month she had given $4 million to the super PAC, American Values 2024, to fund the $7 million 30-second Super Bowl commercial.
While claimnig to not be an “anti-vaxxer,” she said she shared Kennedy’s constant attacks on vaccines. She also describes herself as a progressive who cares about children’s health.
She donated to President Biden’s campaign in 2020 and gave the maximum $6,600 to Kennedy’s campaign in May 2023 while he was still seeking the Democratic nomination, according to records obtained by The Times.
The Bay Area attorney was married to Google’s Brin in 2018 — but they officially divorced last summer after she was reportedly romantically involved with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Musk and Brin were previously longtime friends, and Musk frequently stayed over at Brin’s home, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2022.
However, the two reportedly had a falling out following Musk and Shanahan’s brief fling in December 2021, when Brin requested that his financial advisers sell his personal investments in Musk’s companies.
Musk and Shanahan have denied the allegations.
“This is total bs,” Musk posted on X in July 2022, in response to a user who shared the WSJ article.
“I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic,” he added.
Brin filed for a dissolution of marriage from Shanahan in January 2022. The couple shares a young daughter together, according to People.
Kennedy initially ran as a Democrat against President Biden before announcing an independent bid in October. He has been polling as the top third party candidate in the field, consistently cracking double-digits behind President Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Others on Kennedy’s short list included former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, who, along with Rodgers, was “at the top of his list,” he told the New York Times this week.
Kennedy has been working to secure funding to get on the ballot in every state as an independent, which his campaign says it will cost them $15 million. So far, he’s only qualified for the ballot in four states: Hawaii, Nevada, New Hampshire and Utah.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/us-news/rfk-jr-to-name-nicole-shanahan-as-running-mate-in-white-house-run-report/
lol... Whatever keeps you safe.
Is it warm enough to open a window???
Ahhh... corned beef and cabbage. Sounds heartily Irish.
That should ward off those devilish leprechauns.
Enjoy your leftovers.
Good grief. That pool does not look big enough for a 750 lb. alligator.
Disgusting.
JMO... The owner is a sick pup. Yuck.
Forgive the lapse, Mr. G. This old gray mare ain't what she used to be.
Happy St. P's Day.
Are ya wearing the green?
I am. Don't want to get pinched by those pesky leprechauns.
Stay safe.
Have fun.
One can only hope...
and vote.
Good luck to the Fractured States of America.
Proofreading is a dead art...
Sounds like you folks are having fun out there... especially your little peanut.
Bundt bread. I love it.
Good work, Flo-zee.
I wonder about this myself...
The biggest question of another Trump presidency is: Who will work for him?
By Douglas Murray Published March 7, 2024, 3:05 p.m. ET
(There are two opinions here. The second is about AI and its effect on the 2024 election.)
That looks incredible, Flo-zee. Kudos, Kiddo.
What exactly is it? Bundt bread? < g >
How's your little snow hound?
What was the total snowfall?
And are you due for snow melting temps soon?
Stay safe and good luck.
Longtime NYC broadcast news anchor Bill Jorgensen dead at 96
By Deirdre Bardolf Published March 16, 2024 Updated March 16, 2024, 2:43 p.m. ET
Longtime New York City broadcast news anchor Bill Jorgensen, known for coining the tagline, “It’s 10 p.m. — do you know where your children are?” died on Wednesday at age 96.
Jorgensen was recruited from Cleveland in 1967 to be the founding anchor of the Ten O’Clock News on WNEW, now Fox 5 New York, which he hosted for over 12 years, always signing off with his signature, ““Thanking you for your time this time, until next time.”
“His ‘never-give-up’ spirit lasted until his end of life, and I just hope to be able to follow his example as long as possible,” his daughter, Rebekah Jorgensen, wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday.
She did not share his cause of death.
Bill Jorgensen was recruited from Cleveland in 1967 to anchor the Ten O’Clock News on Channel 5 in New York, and then went on to co-anchor at PIX11.
(Photo by New York Post Archives /(c) NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images)
“I grew up knowing him, behind the scenes, as a man deeply committed to finding the story that put people and their rights in danger, intent on finding innovative ways of telling it,” she said.
His daughter recalled his coverage of environmental stories including Cleveland pollution, as well as the story of Robert Manry, a copy editor from Ohio who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1965 in a 13-foot sailboat.
He also reported on the famous case of Dr. Sam Sheppard, who was accused and then acquitted of his pregnant wife’s 1954 murder.
The Sheppard case is said to have inspired the television series and later movie, “The Fugitive.”
Rebekah recalled her dad letting her stay up late to attend nighttime broadcasts at just 5 years old, and his role in what she called the “Golden Age of News Broadcasting.”
An old newspaper clipping from his time as a radio host in Ohio called him a “busy newscaster and a busy husband” in a photo alongside wife, Kit, and daughters Jill, Rebekah and Wendy.
Jorgensen was recruited to New York City from Cleveland’s KYW-TV.
“The Ten O’clock News was ‘must see’ each night,” one former radio anchor commented on Rebekeh’s post. “Reportage done well and right … His kind will not be seen again.”
The New York Times television critic Jack Gould in 1967 described the newscast as “a thoroughly professional news summary” thanks to “Mr. Jorgensen’s durably pleasing style and demeanor.”
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“He suggests authority without affectation,” Gould wrote.
“We loved his serious style of delivery, as well as the line he used to end his newscasts,” a PIX11 archive page wrote in a post in 2016.
Jorgensen’s show also coined the well-known public service announcement tagline, “It’s ten o’clock — do you know where your children are?”
Read by the late Tom Gregory, it aired from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
Jorgensen moved from WNEW to WPIX-TV in 1979, where he anchored national and local segments, and was one of the co-founders and first anchors of the Independent Network News, which was produced at WPIX.
The nightly broadcast was helmed by Jorgensen, Pat Harper Steve Bosh.
Jorgensen was succeeded at WNEW by John Roland, who died last year. “Bill Jorgensen played a major role in establishing Channel 5’s 10 o’clock news as the most successful prime-time news in America,” the station said when he left.
Jorgensen retired in 1987 and settled in North Carolina.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/us-news/longtime-new-york-city-news-anchor-bill-jorgensen-dead-at-96/
Like I said...
Hey @Gmenfan Head west, Young Man. Looks like you're in easy driving distance for the big show.
Eclipse express: $4K gets you a seat, gourmet meals on NYC-Niagara Falls train to view the full solar event
By Dean Balsamini Published March 16, 2024, 9:34 a.m. ET
All aboard the solar eclipse express.
Four thousand dollars will get you a set on one of two vintage trains heading from New York City — where the eclipse on April 8 will only be a partial 90% event — to Niagara Falls, where the full solar spectacular can be viewed.
The Pullman cars Blue Ridge Club and Berlin will depart Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station just after 10 a.m. Sunday, April 7 on the rear of an Amtrak.
They’re scheduled to pull into the Niagara Falls station around 7:45 p.m., in plenty of time for the next day’s rare celestial event.
The eclipse — when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, blocking the view of the sun — will start at 2:04 p.m. and last for about two and a half hours.
The full eclipse will occur between 3:20 and 3:23.
The total solar eclipse will be visible along a narrow track stretching from Texas to Maine on April 8. A partial eclipse will be visible throughout all 48 contiguous U.S. states.
NASA
These sun-gawking straphangers will travel in style.
“The cool thing is you don’t have to worry about getting hotel rooms, ” explained Bill Gray, 66, president of the Pennsylvania Pullmans.
The trains accommodate 18 overnight guests in six master suites and three double bedrooms.
Travelers stay aboard Sunday and Monday nights and return to NYC on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
An onboard chef will serve gourmet lunch and dinner, and hors d’oeuvres at night — with a side order of stunning landscapes.
“The journey itself is fantastic, going up the Hudson River and following the Erie Canal essentially all the way to Buffalo. We’re praying for good weather, but even if it’s cloudy, we can assure it’s gonna get really dark.”
Included in the fare are a Gray Line bus tour and time to explore Niagara Falls.
The itinerary includes the 130-foot-high Cave of the Winds, Goat Island and Terrapin Point.
Lunch will be available at the Hard Rock Cafe and there will be a guided walking tour around Prospect Point.
Guests will check out the eclipse in Niagara State Park.
The Blue Ridge Club was built by the Pullman-Standard Company in Chicago in 1950 for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway’s Streamliners.
The Berlin was built in 1956 and served the Union Pacific Railroad.
The long-distance sleeper car spent most of its life traveling back and forth from Chicago to the West Coast.
The Pullman cars Blue Ridge Club and Berlin will depart Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station just after 10 a.m. Sunday, April 7 on the rear of an Amtrak. They’re scheduled to pull into the Niagara Falls station around 7:45 p.m., in plenty of time for the next day’s rare celestial event.
Courtesy of Bill Gray
The train’s claim to fame is transforming in 1977 to the “Peanut Special,” a charter train carrying President Jimmy Carter to his inauguration.
“This is a way for guests to immerse themselves in 1950s streamlined modern styled interior with period food and good company and beautiful scenery as we roll along the Hudson and the Mohawk Rivers,” Gray said.
There is one bedroom — double occupancy — still available on the Blue Ridge Club. For information, reach out to the NY Adventure Club.
Sun-gazing glasses are included.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/us-news/4k-gets-you-seat-on-train-to-view-the-full-solar-event/
I found it... Pence: ‘I Will Not Be Endorsing Donald Trump’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/03/15/pence-i-will-not-be-endorsing-donald-trump/
No surprise here.
lol Now what happened?
I'll find out tomorrow.
It's almost time for Mama June: Family Crisis.
Nighty Night. Sleep tight.
Final edit: Never mind... Night, All.
House May Refer January 6 Committee Members for Prosecution
JOEL B. POLLAK 14 Mar 2024 2:44
(Not holding my breath.)
House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) said Wednesday that he may refer members of the January 6 Committee to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution for hiding and destroying documents.
Loudermilk has been investigating the work of the January 6 Committee, and discovered last year that the Committee had destroyed documents and other records, despite being warned by then-incoming Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to preserve all of the evidence it had collected in months of investigations and closed-door testimony.
He told John Solomon of JusttheNews.com that it was possible members of the committee could face prosecution:
The House Republican leading the current review of security and intelligence failures during the 2021 Capitol riot put former lawmakers and staff on the now-defunct Democrat-run Jan. 6 committee on notice Wednesday that he may make referrals for criminal obstruction or House ethics violations.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga,, the chairman of the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee, told Just the News he is frustrated that videotapes of interviews, transcripts and other evidence that Congress gathered under the prior Jan. 6 inquiry run by Democrats was deleted, destroyed, moved to other federal agencies or locked behind passwords that have not been recovered, and he believes some form of accountability is warranted.
“As far as holding people accountable, yes, they should be,” Loudermilk said during an interview with Just the News, No Noise television show. “But I think that’s going to be a little ways down the road, because there is so much more information that we need to get. And we need to build not only this, to get the truth out to the American people, but see just how big this case potentially is for obstructing.”
Loudermilk said that censure or ethical sanctions could also be applied instead of prosecution, given the immunity that members of Congress often enjoy regarding their work due to the separation of powers under the U.S. Constitution.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/14/house-may-refer-january-6-committee-members-for-prosecution/
Justice is no longer blind... unless you're of the beleaguered minorority persuasion.
Morning, Bull.
What a mess this country is in.
Don't park on the lower level. < g >
The video that follows the one in the link is more condemnatory of Fani.
Regardless. The lying c-sucking itch-bay should be disbarred... jmo.
The most interesting thing to me was how they pronounced her name...
Faw-nee.
I thought it was pronounced Fanny.
It will stay Fanny in my mind.
She is one big, stick out a.z.z.
Electric vehicles release more toxic emissions, are worse for the environment than gas-powered cars: study
Story by Shannon Thaler • 1w •
(Here you go, Gmenfan. The details. Pictures and charts are at the link.)
Electric vehicles release more toxic particles into the atmosphere and are worse for the environment than their gas-powered counterparts, according to a resurfaced study.
The study, published by emissions data firm Emission Analytics, was released in 2022 but has attracted a wave of attention this week after being cited in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Sunday.
It found that brakes and tires on EVs release 1,850 times more particle pollution compared to modern tailpipes, which have “efficient” exhaust filters, bringing gas-powered vehicles’ emissions to new lows.
Today, most vehicle-related pollution comes from tire wear.
Because EVs are on average 30% heavier, brakes and tires on the battery-powered cars wear out faster than on standard cars.
Emission Analytics found that tire wear emissions on half a metric tonne of battery weight in an EV are more than 400 times as great as direct exhaust particulate emissions.
For reference, half a metric tonne is equivalent to roughly 1,100 pounds. The most popular EV in the US, Tesla’s Model Y, boasts a lithium-ion battery that weighs in at a hefty 1,836 pounds.
Another sought-after electric model, Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup truck, also has an approximately 1,800-pound battery.
The study throws doubt on the practicality of the Biden administration’s EV mandates, which tout electric cars as “zero-emissions vehicles” in a quest to force two-thirds of new cars in America to be all-electric by the year 2032.
California lawmakers have similarly referred to EVs as producing “zero emissions” because they don’t have tailpipes, per the Journal, which added that the label is “deceptive.”
Electric cars still use tires made from petroleum that create particle pollution as they wear.
Still, “this will not be something that stops electrification,” Nick Molden, the founder and CEO of Emissions Analytics, told The Post.
“You have a tradeoff. At the moment, the political agenda is very strong towards climate change reduction. EVs do deliver about a 50% reduction in CO2 — that [affects] climate change.”
“But you have this downside of EVs that increases particle pollution. Air pollution is about what we breathe and the health effects,” Molden said, assuring that the toxins in tires have much less impact on climate change than they do on “what we eat and are ingesting.”
Increased exposure to these toxins “can increase the risk of health problems like heart disease, asthma, and low birth weight,” according to the New York Department of Health, which noted that pollution from sources including vehicle exhaust can travel long distances from its source and still cause health issues at unhealthy levels.
“A lot of it [chemicals] goes into the soil and water, affecting animals and fish. And we then go and eat the animals and fish, so we are ingesting tire pollution,” Molden added.
“Tires are made up of a lot of nasty chemicals.”
Molden said that “the best first thing” to do to address this problem is to “change the recipe, minimize a number of toxic chemicals in the tires — then you got the best of both worlds.
Even so, California’s air agency used a model that assumes electric and gas vehicles have the same amount of tire wear when analyzing the effects of the ban, according to the Journal.
The public was quick to note the error, but the agency doubled down on its stance, saying it’s “speculative” to assume electric cars will always be heavier than their gasoline counterparts.
California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) insisted in its “Final Statement of Reasons for Rulemaking” that automakers could “offset” the weight of heavy batteries with “weight reduction in other components or the vehicle body,” though the agency didn’t specify how.
The Environmental Protection Agency has also shared plans to ratchet up emissions standards starting with the 2027 model year to force automakers to sell ever fewer gas-powered and even hybrid cars.
The Post has sought comment from CARB and the Environmental Protection Agency.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/electric-vehicles-release-more-toxic-emissions-are-worse-for-the-environment-than-gas-powered-cars-study/ar-BB1jmXsg
Watch out where the Peanut goes.
And don't you eat that yellow snow.
Hey Flo-zee. Is the snow over your head yet?
I just checked your weather.
Looks like you folks are getting slammed and
it won't stop any time soon.
Stay safe and warm.
Don't lose Peanut in a drift.
Battle Lines Drawn in Ohio: Establishment Goes All In for Dolan While America First Movement Rallies for Trump-Endorsed Bernie Moreno
HANNAH BLEAU KNUDSEN 13 Mar 2024 5:35
The establishment is going all in for Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Matt Dolan while the America First movement is overwhelmingly backing conservative candidate and businessman Bernie Moreno in the upcoming Senate primary race in the Buckeye State.
The primary is less than a week away as Moreno — who is backed by former President Donald Trump and top conservatives in the movement — faces off against former globalist institute fellow State Sen. Matt Dolan. Dolan has a controversial history. He once served as a fellow for the Aspen Institute — a Soros-funded globalist institution — which the Economist described the as a “mountain retreat for the liberal elite.” He has also accused those of wanting to end the war in Ukraine of being appeasers of Vladimir Putin, appearing to put that issue above securing the United States’ southern border.
And in 2020, Dolan backed the idea of racism being a “public health crisis.”
He is backed by the likes of former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who deviated from Trump and the America First movement by backing Dolan over Moreno in the three-way race, which also includes Frank LaRose, who has described himself as a “pragmatic moderate.”
But the America First conservative movement is all in on Moreno, and endorsements continue to roll in for the businessman.
“Thank you @ted.budd for your support and endorsement!” Moreno said on social media, announcing his latest endorsement and noting that he has over one dozen conservative senators formally backing him.
“I am honored to have 15 of the top conservative Republican US Senators supporting my campaign,” he said.
That list includes Sens. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tommy Tuberville (R-AR), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and John Barrasso (R-WY).
Vance backed Moreno nearly a year ago, making it clear that Moreno, whom he described as his friend, is “committed to securing our southern border, getting tough on China, and taking the fight to the woke corporations waging war against our conservative values. “
“It’s time to turn the tides on the establishment insiders who sell out our country to special interests and elect more political outsiders like Bernie, who will always put America First in Washington, DC. I’m looking forward to having Bernie as a colleague in the U.S. Senate,” he added.
Similarly, Sen. Lee endorsed Moreno later that year, describing him as a “political outsider.”
“I am proud to join my colleague J.D. Vance in endorsing Bernie for the US Senate because we both know that we desperately need to elect more principled conservatives who have the courage to stand up to the establishment in both political parties,” he said at the time, adding, “I’m confident that Bernie will do exactly that.”
Sen. Blackburn offered her endorsement in January.
“Thrilled to endorse @berniemoreno for the United States Senate in Ohio,” she said, describing Moreno as a “a true conservative, and I am confident that he will fiercely defend the American values that make our country so special”:
The clear divide between those supporting the establishment candidate and the conservative candidate became even clearer after Trump jumped into the mix. Notably, Moreno was not among those who waited to gauge the political temperature before endorsing Trump for president, doing so in February of last year.
In December, Trump formally endorsed Moreno, describing him as “exactly the type of MAGA fighter that we need in the United States Senate.”
This week, Trump’s campaign announced he would appear at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, in support of Moreno, just days ahead of the Tuesday primary. And on Wednesday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, another of Moreno’s backers, announced that she will be in attendance as well:
Support for Moreno in the conservative movement does not end there, either, as former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has also campaigned for Moreno, describing him as an “America-First patriot”:
Moreno spoke to Breitbart News last July, where he predicted Trump would be the GOP nominee and also detailed his fight on taking on the establishment.
“They know that I’m not gonna go down to D.C. to just toe the line and the same old, same old. They know that I’m gonna go down there to actually change things, not just tweak things,” Moreno said, describing D.C. as “fundamentally broken.”
Tweetx, Trump's Truth Social Statement, & videos at the link:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/13/battle-lines-drawn-ohio-establishment-goes-all-in-dolan-america-first-movement-rallies-trump-endorsed-bernie-moreno/
I can only be held responsible for the northeast, Flo-zee.
Looks like you folks are in for a doozy.
Stay safe. Maybe it won't be as bad as they are predicting.
Sad and astonishing considering all he accomplished in his life.
Reminds me how lucky I am to be in the shape I'm in.
‘Polio Paul’ Alexander, who spent 72 years inside iron lung, dead at 78
By Andrew Court Published March 13, 2024, 10:21 a.m. ET
(Just a reminder to say a thank you prayer for every healthy, independent day we have. Rest in blessed mobility, Mr. Alexander.)
A polio survivor who spent more than seven decades living inside an iron long has died at 78.
Paul Alexander, widely known as “Polio Paul,” passed away Monday in Texas, according to Christopher Ulmer, the organizer of his official GoFundMe account.
“Paul, you will be missed but always remembered,” Ulmer wrote. “Thanks for sharing your story with us.”
A cause of death has not been officially disclosed, but Alexander was hospitalized late last month after testing positive for Covid, according to his social media manager. He was later able to return home but was having trouble eating and drinking.
Alexander, who was paralyzed by polio as a child, was widely revered as an inspirational figure, obtaining a law degree and starting his own legal practice, defying doctor’s expectations.
In 2020, he published his memoir, “Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung,” which took five years to complete, given that he wrote the manuscript while confined to the cumbersome contraption.
Alexander used a pen attached to a stick held in his mouth to write every word of the tome.
In March of last year, Guinness World Records declared him the longest iron lung patient ever.?
“No matter where you’re from or what your past is, or the challenges you could be facing, you truly can do anything,” Alexander exclaimed in a 2021 video interview with YouTuber Mitch Summers. “You’ve just got to set your mind to it and work hard!”
Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was 6 years old and living with his family in suburban Dallas
“I lost everything: the ability to move, my legs would not hold me up and then I couldn’t breathe,” he once recalled in a video shared by Reuters.
The youngster was rushed to hospital and placed in an iron lung, in which he would remain for the rest of his life.
The iron lung is an airtight capsule that sucks oxygen through negative pressure, allowing the lungs to expand and the patient to breathe, Medscape reports. The contraption is large and cumbersome and requires the person using it to lay fastened inside during operation.
The ventilators — which were invented in the 1920s — lined hospital wards amid polio outbreaks that plagued the US until the second half of the last century.
In 1959, 1,200 Americans relied on an iron lung to stay alive, but the machines gradually became less common after widespread distribution of the polio vaccine. In 1979, the US was declared polio-free, and by 2014, there were only 10 Americans left using an iron lung.
Given Alexander’s paralysis, and his reliance on the bulky machine, doctors diminished their expectations for his future — but “Polio Paul” was not about to surrender.
Alexander, who claims he “hated just watching TV” all day, started studying and went on to graduate from high school with honors.
His dreams of becoming a lawyer suffered a setback when he was initially denied entry to college because of his disability. However, after two years of constant persistence, he was admitted to Southern Methodist University on a scholarship.
Alexander graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin Law School in 1984. He subsequently went on to open his own practice.
The polio survivor spent decades working in the legal field, and was eventually able to leave the iron lung for minutes at a time after learning how to “frog breathe.”
However, towards the end of his life Alexander was completely confined to the contraption on a 24/7 basis once more. He required around-the-clock care at a facility in Dallas.
In his 2021 interview with Summers, the polio survivor remained modest about the success he achieved in spite of his setbacks.
“My story is an example of why your past, or even your disability, does not have to define your future,” he declared.
Pictures at the link:
https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/lifestyle/polio-paul-alexander-who-spent-72-years-inside-iron-lung-dead-at-78/
Downfall of America’s children starts with the selfishness of parents
By Adam B. Coleman Published March 12, 2024, 10:33 p.m. ET
(I am a huge fan of Mr. Coleman. IMO... he is 100% correct in this opinion piece.)
The war against our children’s prosperity is not just occurring on the front lines of schools across this nation and isn’t singularly perpetrated by activists and politicians.
The real downfall for America’s children began as a consequence of selfishness of parents who fail to be moms and dads.
Worse, this tragedy of dereliction of parental duty gets socially rationalized by enablers who empathize only with the happiness of the adults and overlook the needs of the kids.
The United States has the world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households, with nearly a quarter of American children (23%) under the age of 18 living with just one parent and no other adults.
This was the story of my childhood, and it was primarily authored by my father, who penned it with his absence.
The man who created me was essentially a stranger, with visits years apart and his phone calls were just as infrequent.
When we did see him, it wasn’t because he missed his children but because he needed a place to stay for a few days while visiting New York City.
As a father, I now know what parental love should look like, and can say with confidence: My father did not love me more than himself, if he even loved me at all.
Yet, as in every war, there are war mongers who don’t care about the victims.
They beat the drums of conflict no matter the cost to the victims.
Studies show the children of two-parents families are more likely to graduate high school and college, less likely to go to jail, and are better positioned to have a successful career.
Yet opponents of the “normalization” of two-parent families ignore all this, and say the model is outdated, even prejudicial.
It’s old-fashioned, patriarchal, even “white supremacy” to encourage nuclear families.
We’ve lost our shame
These parental war propagandists say we should do everything to support, even encourage, single-parent households.
The worst of them are adamant about convincing us that fathers are optional and unnecessary to keep around outside of extracting resources from them.
But as a child, I didn’t care about receiving money from my father, I just wanted my father to embrace me like a father should.
I wanted his wisdom about the world, protection from negative influences, and instilling confidence in me that I can become a greater man than himself.
The problem is that our culture surrounding family has drastically shifted to where we allow the adults to act like impulsive children and we expect the children to respond like adults.
Where we once shamed the parent who neglected their children and ridiculed the parent who drove away the other, we now shrug our shoulders and mutter about how we accept that relationships sometimes fail.
Our children will always be under attack from ideologues and bad actors, but they’re not designed to fight the world alone.
Protecting families is how we protect children.
Adam B. Coleman is the author of “Black Victim to Black Victor” and founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. Follow him on Substack: adambcoleman.substack.com.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/12/opinion/downfall-of-americas-children-starts-with-the-selfishness-of-parents/
Dear Big Chief Winter-Hater,
True confession time and please forgive me when the Spring Snow Storm of the Century hits.
Yours truly just put her snow shovel away for the season.
In the meantime, get outside and enjoy this glorious weather while it lasts.
Even I will admit to loving it. Take care.
Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some charges against Trump
By Associated Press Published March 13, 2024, 10:19 a.m. ET
The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but others remain.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in an order Wednesday that six of the charges in the indictment must be quashed, including three against Trump.
But the order leave intact many other charges in the indictment and the judge wrote that prosecutors could seek a new indictment on the charges he dismissed.
The six charges in question have to do with soliciting elected officials to violate their oaths of office. That includes two charges related to the phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, on Jan. 2, 2021.
“All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have,” Trump said.
The case accuses Trump and 18 others of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump has pleaded not guilty.
The ruling comes as McAfee is also considering a bid by defendants to have Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis removed from the case. Defendants have alleged that Willis has a conflict of interest because of her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/us-news/judge-overseeing-georgia-election-interference-case-dismisses-some-charges-against-trump/
Yep... long live your Bomber, possh.
Low tech is best.
My 2007 Lucerne has OnStar.
I never activated it.
There is no true privacy in this day and age.
So annoying.
Trump, Biden Officially Clinch Respective Parties’ Nominations
PAUL BOIS 12 Mar 2024 2:10
(I feel ill.)
Both former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden have clinched their respective parties’ nominations, further putting America on a path to a rematch come November of this year.
President Joe Biden earned the title “presumptive nominee” on Tuesday following his primary victory in Georgia, which put him over the delegate threshold.
“Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee by securing a majority of the 3,933 pledged delegates available during the primary process. Maryland businessperson Jason Palmer is the only other individual to earn delegates to the convention so far, though 20 delegates will arrive as ‘uncommitted’ following protest votes in Michigan, Minnesota and Hawaii against Biden’s handling of Israel’s war against Hamas,” Politico reported.
Should the months unfold per usual, the president will be named the nominee at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago this coming August.
As predicted, former President Donald Trump earned the Republican nomination on Tuesday.
“Donald Trump secured the 1,215 delegates needed to make him the Republican Party’s nominee,” announced the Washington Post.
BREAKING: Donald Trump has officially eclipsed the delegate threshold to become the 2024 Republican nominee for president.
— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) March 13, 2024
Joe Biden & radical Democrats are destroying America.
November is coming & it is time for ALL AMERICANS to unite. Together we will Make America Great… pic.twitter.com/HMKmiLG5mk
Your car is secretly spying on you and driving your insurance rates through the roof: report
By Ariel Zilber Published March 12, 2024, 4:15 p.m. ET
Drivers of cars manufactured by General Motors, Ford, Honda and other popular brands say that their insurance rates went up after the companies sent data about their driving behavior to issuers without their knowledge.
Kenn Dahl, 65, is a Seattle-area businessman who told The New York Times that his car insurance costs soared by 21% in 2022 after GM’s OnStar Smart Driver computerized system installed in his Chevy Bolt collected information about the particulars of his driving habits.
Dahl said that his insurance agent told him the price increase was based on data collected by LexisNexis, which compiled a report tracking each and every time he and his wife drove their Chevy Bolt over a six-month period.
According to Dahl, the 258-page report contained information about the start and end times of his trips, distance driven and other data detailing possible instances of speeding, hard braking and sharp accelerations.
The report contained information about one particular trip in June which lasted 18 minutes and spanned 7.33 miles
During that same trip, the LexisNexis report recorded two instances of rapid acceleration and two incidents of hard braking.
No evidence that automated-driving tech used by Tesla, rivals has real-world safety benefits: IIHS study
The LexisNexis report indicated that the details it had cobbled together were gleaned from the OnStar Smart Driver, the GM-owned subscription service that records driver information such as total miles driven, hard braking incident and other aspects of driver behavior.
According to its web site, OnStar Smart Driver “provides driving insights on how you can become a smarter, safer driver” while enabling users to “earn badges by completing challenges, build on streaks specific to different driving habits and view all your data in an intuitive dashboard.”
“It felt like a betrayal,” Dahl said. “They’re taking information that I didn’t realize was going to be shared and screwing with our insurance.”
It’s not just electric vehicle owners who are complaining.
A Cadillac driver based in Palm Beach County, Fla., told the Times that he is considering a lawsuit against GM after he was denied car insurance by seven different companies in December.
He said he is planning to sell his Cadillac and that he will never buy another GM-made car again.
The decision was based on a LexisNexis report which detailed six months of his driving behavior, including numerous instances of hard braking, hard accelerating and speeding.
“I don’t know the definition of hard brake. My passenger’s head isn’t hitting the dash,” the unnamed Cadillac driver, who like Dahl was enrolled in the OnStar Smart Driver subscription service, told the Times.
“Same with acceleration. I’m not peeling out. I’m not sure how the car defines that. I don’t feel I’m driving aggressively or dangerously.”
GM, whose portfolio of brands includes Chevy, GMC, Cadillac and Buick, isn’t the only car company that is gathering data through internet connectivity and then providing it to insurance companies.
Subaru, Mitsubishi, Honda, Kia and Hyundai also offer drivers the option of turning on similar features without them being aware that the data is being sold to brokers similar to LexisNexis.
Verisk said it has accessed driver data from millions of vehicles including those made by Ford, Honda and Hyundai.
A Ford spokesperson told the Times that the company “does not transmit any connected vehicle data to either partner” — a reference to Verisk and LexisNexis.
Ford will only share driver behavior data with an insurance company if the driver give explicit consent via an in-vehicle touch screen.
Kia, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Honda and Acura enable drivers to turn off data collection relating to on-road behavior in their apps.
But Honda requires drivers to accept a 2,000-word “terms and conditions” screen on its app that specifies the company will share data with Verisk.
The Post has sought comment from Honda.
“GM’s OnStar Smart Driver service is optional to customers, who give their consent three times before limited data is shared with an insurance carrier through a third party,” a GM spokesperson told The Post.
“Customer benefits include learning more about their safe driving behaviors or vehicle performance that, with their consent, may be used to obtain insurance quotes,” the spokesperson said, adding: “Customers can also unenroll from Smart Driver at any time.”
A LexisNexis spokesperson told the Times that the information it takes in from OnStar is “for insurers to use as one factor of many to create more personalized insurance coverage.”
https://nypost.com/2024/03/12/business/your-car-is-spying-on-you-and-upping-your-insurance-rates-report/
Colorado’s Ken Buck Resigning from Congress at End of Next Week in Blow to GOP Majority
NICK GILBERTSON 12 Mar 2024 2:19
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) announced on Tuesday that he will resign from Congress at the end of next week, further eroding the already razor-thin GOP majority in the House of Representatives.
Buck made his announcement Tuesday in a press release shared on X.
“It has been an honor to serve the people of Colorado’s 4th District in Congress for the past 9 years,” Buck wrote. “I want to thank them for their support and encouragement throughout the years.”
“Today, I am announcing that I will depart Congress at the end of next week,” he continued. “I look forward to staying involved in our political process, as well as spending more time in Colorado with my family.”
Buck was one of eight Republicans who voted in favor of the motion to vacate former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). He also opposed Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid to be McCarthy’s successor and announced soon thereafter that he would not seek reelection. In late December, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) revealed she would be running for reelection in Buck’s district, blaming Democrat “dark money” for trying to unseat her in the Third Congressional District, which she currently represents.
Republicans will hold a five-seat majority of 218-213 once Buck is gone. His looming resignation is accompanied by several other Republican departures in the 118th Congress, including those of McCarthy and expelled Rep. George Santos (R-NY).
After being ousted from the speakership in a motion to vacate in October, McCarthy left Congress in December. McCarthy’s exit followed Santos’s expulsion on the heels of a damning November ethics report about his campaign and a 23-count federal indictment in October. And former Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) resigned from his seat in January. It remains vacant.
Santos’s exit, which marked the first time a member has ever been expelled based merely on criminal allegations and not a conviction, allowed Democrats to seize his seat in a special election in February, which Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) won; they held 212 seats before that.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/12/colorados-ken-buck-resigning-from-congress-at-end-of-next-week/
Thanks. I have a fence to mend. Lots of wind yesterday.
I'll have to hunt down a transcript.