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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that the state will file a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to block New Yorkers from participating “trusted traveler programs” in retribution for a new state law that could hinder federal immigration enforcement.

New York can spit in the face of DHS but they have to kiss New York’s ass in response.

Not under Tramp.

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Here are the details.

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Trump’s comments came in a Friday tweet after Fox News host Tucker Carlson had posted:

“Lawmakers are trying to make life worse for people across America. The New Way Forward Act protects serious felons from deportation and gives previously deported criminals a ‘right to come home’ at your expense. And that’s not all.”

Trump, replying to Carlson’s tweet, wrote: “Don’t worry, it won’t happen!”

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The audit found the reason so few taxpayers use the Free File program, a public-private partnership between the IRS and companies such as Intuit and H&R Block, is because of the confusing design and complexity of the program — and lax oversight by the IRS, Pro Publica reported.

Imagine how fine your life will be when the government is running your health care.

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If they were getting better value for their money (or if government employees weren’t the dregs of the gene pool), they wouldn’t need such high rates.

And that’s not including what Democrats actually steal.

John Hinderaker at Power Line flushes the toilet.

Impeachment must be viewed in the context of the Democrats’ effort to destroy Donald Trump that began prior to his inauguration. For more than three years, their get-Trump campaign has dominated the news. Mostly, it was the Russia hoax. The Democrats originally intended to use that as the basis for impeachment. When the Mueller report negated that plan, they switched–literally overnight–to the much weaker Ukraine theory. No matter. It was impeachment or bust, if only to continue filling up the nightly news with purported Trump “scandals.”

Now the smoke will begin to clear, and I don’t think the Democrats will like the landscape that comes into focus. Their Iowa caucuses were a laughingstock. They made fools of themselves (Nancy Pelosi, especially) during Trump’s State of the Union speech. And, most seriously, they don’t have a presidential candidate. Joe Biden is in freefall, and the party’s elders, such as they are, concede that Bernie Sanders would be a disaster. Will they turn to “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg? Will Michael Bloomberg be their savior? Or will Hillary Clinton or John Kerry come out of retirement? I think they are grasping at straws.

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Californians like to complain about high taxes, and who can blame them? California may have more millionaires and billionaires, but the tax cost of living in the Golden State has always been high. The current top 13.3% rate—which is the same on ordinary income and capital gain—dates from 2012. But with the 2018 federal tax law changes, paying 13.3% in non-deductible state taxes (after a $10,000 cap) is even more painful. The tax law is causing an exodus of high-tax state residents to no tax or lower tax states. Lower tax means just about everywhere.

If you aren’t careful, though about how you do it, you could end up leaving California and yet being asked to keep paying California taxes. There’s also the fact that California has a very broad reach into other states. In some cases, California can assess taxes no matter where you live. Should this discourage you? Not hardly, but it pays to know what you are up against in a fight. If you live in California, you probably know how aggressive California’s state tax agency can be. In fact, even if you live somewhere else, you might have heard of the Golden State’s aggressive tax rules.

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

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I assume that includes homeless people and illegal aliens,

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It’s a ritual. After the Iowa caucuses, those with a “ticket out,” and those who just want to prolong the agony, fly to New Hampshire to campaign. Elizabeth Warren, who has half a ticket out, followed this practice.

She did so by private jet. Nothing wrong with that. There are probably few, if any, direct commercial flights from anywhere in Iowa to anywhere in New Hampshire. Anyway, after an exhausting Iowa campaign and a late night of waiting for results that didn’t come, why not fly privately if you can afford to?

However, Warren supports the Green New Deal. It calls for reductions in air travel, and for working towards eliminating such travel, because of the adverse effects jets have on the environment.

Is it hypocritical to support the Green New Deal yet fly by private jet when there are more environmentally friendly, though less convenient, alternatives? Probably, to a small degree.

In any case, we know that Elizabeth Warren sees the inconsistency. She was caught trying to use an aide to shield her from cameras as she got off of her private jet in New Hampshire. At least that’s how it plainly looks to me. Check out the video below and see if you agree.

Warren seems pretty agile as she pulls a reverse Chuck Schumer by dodging the camera. She also displays quick thinking. Too quick.

The Democrat Party is turning into a classic meme of science-fiction dystopias, the privileged upper-class ruling establishment who don’t suffer under the same constraints as the remainder of the herd population. It is a popular notion on the Left that ‘Trump will lead us into a Hunger Games society!’ whereas that society resembles far more what Democrats are already putting into place.

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We’re still cleaning up the messes left by Obama and Eric Holder.

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When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up her copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, she destroyed an official document, not just a printout, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday.

“It’s not some printout,” the California Democrat told Fox News’ “Fox and Friends.” “The president walks in and hands that to the speaker of the House and to the vice president. Those are the official documents. He signs those.”

What does Nancy Pelosi care?

UPDATE: Newt Gingrich Slams Pelosi for Ripping Up Trump’s Speech

UPDATE: Kellyanne Conway: Nancy Pelosi Should ‘Be Censured’ For Her State Of The Union Behavior

UPDATE: Mike Pence Blasts Pelosi After SOTU: ‘I Wasn’t Sure If She Was Ripping Up The Speech Or Ripping Up The Constitution’

UPDATE: Pelosi Shredded After Tearing Up SOTU Speech; Offers Lame Excuse

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Let’s all look for the quid pro quo….

Looks like John Gotti’s dimwitted uncle. Would you trust this guy? With anything> I wouldn’t.

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Ronald Reagan was so far our oldest president. Opponents derided his age and purported lack of attention to governing. Yet President Trump will be 74 in June, a year older than Reagan when he sought reelection in 1984.

Trump’s leading challenger, Joe Biden, is 77. Bernie Sanders is 78, Michael Bloomberg is 77, and Elizabeth Warren is “only” 70, older than Reagan when he was first elected.

President Trump was impeached recently in the House, where “senior“ leadership means just that. Nancy Pelosi, soon to become the oldest House Speaker ever, is 79, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is 80, and Majority Whip James Clyburn is 79. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is 77, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is 69.

The Supreme Court has two even older justices. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 86, and Stephen Breyer at 81 are members of that small, elite group who are the deciders on many of the major policy issues of our day.

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The Maryland House Environment and Transportation Committee on Tuesday heard testimony about a bill that would prevent local governments from outlawing children’s lemonade stands on private property.

Yes, you read that right. It’s illegal in Maryland for children to run lemonade stands in their families’ yards unless they obtain all the licenses, permits, and inspections needed to run a food-service business.

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A Republican, of course.

UPDATE: Russia Closes Border With China Over Coronavirus Outbreak

UPDATE: “Racist” Video Shows Commuters Covering Their Faces Near Chinese Woman

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The U.S. government on Tuesday sued five U.S. companies and three individuals, alleging they were behind hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls that scammed elderly Americans and others into “massive financial losses.”

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Northern California homeowners were upset to discover that they have to pay $300 each for the cleanup of trash and waste from a homeless camp that had been cleared away, the Washington Examiner reported on Monday.

Well, that’s what happens when Democrats run your state.

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Built at a cost of $51 million, St. Louis’ streetcar line made its last run in December, 2019 when the organization operating it ran out of funds. Fittingly, it broke down on its very last run and its passengers had to walk the last few blocks of the route.

Built at a cost of $51 million, the trolley opened in November, 2018 after a decade of planning and construction. Proponents predicted it would carry 400,000 riders in its first year. In fact, it carried only about 20,000 and fare revenues didn’t come close to covering operating costs.

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The Trump administration on Friday gave California a “notice of violation,” threatening to cut federal healthcare funding for the state if it continues to insist that insurance plans cover abortions.

According to Axios, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said the requirement is illegal, violating a law that prohibits the U.S. from giving funding to states or other entities that discriminate against health providers that don’t want to provide abortion services.

I love having a Federal government that is willing to get into these pissing contests with proglodyte state governments.

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Prediction: Nobody will get fired, nobody will go to jail.

The Antiplanner brings the heat.

Fifty years ago, housing was affordable everywhere in the country. The 1970 census found that the statewide ratio of median home prices to median family incomes was greater than 3.0 only in Hawaii (where it was 3.04). Price-to-income ratios were under 2.5 in every other state, and under 2.2 in California, New York, and other states that today are considered unaffordable.

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It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

I’m waiting to see what happens if he attempts to prosecute ICE agents.

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Anyone who looks seriously at the available evidence, including the evidence David has produced at PJ Media and on Power Line, will conclude that Omar is an unprecedented fraud. The Star Tribune labored mightily to find a shred of evidence supporting Omar’s story, such as it is, in its June 23 article. Read the article closely; the Star Tribune was unable to find a shred of evidence supporting Omar. We have never seen Omar’s likes before, at least not in the upper reaches of American politics.

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Your reality is whatever the government decides it wants it to be.

Proto-fascist states to avoid: California, New York, Illinois, …

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A U.S. government program spends more than $15 million per year in order to help foreign students attend community college in the U.S.

According to the program’s website, students will “return home with new skills and expertise to help them contribute to the economic growth and development of their country.”

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The funds have paid for free daycare for kids too young to have been impacted by the main crisis, according to state records, and for basketball, according to a book; residents are even being paid $50 to sign up for other government benefits.

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a Flint activist, said the money has enabled “the stuff progressives dream about,” and a state budget spokesman said local officials are lobbying to keep services even as the water problem fades.

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That’s what happens when Democrats run your city.

But it’s comforting to know that strict gun control laws really work.

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The so-called “ghost guns,” and their unassembled components, require the purchase of necessary parts to be shipped to a buyer for assembly, under his proposal. Law-abiding citizens and gunsmiths regularly order parts to repair and rebuild their firearms on their own or their customers. Some buy unfinished lower receivers and complete the fabrication and that’s legal in New York State as long as those parts comply with New York’s 2013 SAFE Act. That’s didn’t stop N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James from sending cease and desist letters to sellers last year attempting to stop the practice.

The governor, though, is attempting to circumvent this all by requiring serial numbers on nearly every component and part that comprises a finished firearm.

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And what could be more American than that?

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I bet you didn’t know that America had a Somalia policy, other than importing troublemakers into Minnesota.

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This is what ‘Medicare For All’ would be like. Don’t go there.

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In case you’re interested.

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Some victims are more equal than others.

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A few days ago, Steve wrote an important and insightful piece called “The Genealogy of Free Stuff.” Citing a Wall Street Journal editorial, Steve stated that Elizabeth Warren’s agenda is so far beyond extravagant that “socialism” seems an inadequate adjective.

Steve offered two explanations for the leftward lurch he described. First, hard-left Democrats are convinced that anyone can beat President Trump, and thus see this as the time to go for broke (no pun originally intended). Second, Trump has abandoned fiscal restraint, and therefore Democrats need to offer ever more goodies to remain ahead in this department.

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Police Commissioner Michael Harrison announced during a news conference at City Hall with Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young that of the 347 homicide cases that have been reported in the city this year as of Tuesday morning, only 32.1% have been cleared, meaning that a suspect or suspects were arrested or died before trial, among other factors. In 2010, the clearance rate was 56%, the national average for a city the size of Baltimore. However, that rate dropped to 30.5% in 2015. The national clearance rate for cities with more than 500,000 residents remains at 57%, according to data compiled by the FBI.

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Well, this is awkward.

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For the first time in history, 19 million public employee salaries at every level of government across America have been mapped and posted online.

The work of our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com tells a compelling story: Public service is supposed to be about serving the people. However, the good intentions of America’s 19 million public employees come at a very high price for the people – nearly $1 trillion. In many cases, taxpayers generously fund these employee salaries.

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espite spending over $94 million – or around $257k per day this year, San Francisco is still a needle-infested, poo-covered, failed experiment in tolerance that continues to scare major conferences and their tourist dollars away from the city’s $9 billion-a-year industry.

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Sounds like time for a little grass-roots rebellion.

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“Why is Trump talking about dishwashers?” asks Slate. “It’s part of Trump’s core campaign message: nostalgia for a fictitious era in American history where everything was better, simpler.”

Maybe. But there’s also this reality: he is 100% correct about this whole topic. It’s a big and important one too.

American dishwashers used to work. They were wonderful labor-saving devices. They kept our kitchens cleaner. They sanitized the dishes, helping to stop cross-contamination and generally improving health over the iffy process of handwashing. Also, as with all household appliances, they made life better, reducing one more chore that was widely seen as women’s work.

Then one day they just stopped doing the work.

What happened?

Hint: Government.

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$3 Billion, 300-Acre MegaCity Envisioned For California’s Record Homeless… But There’s A Twist
Ask any San Franciscan what the state of California has an excess of and the most likely answer will be homeless people (and their excrement, especially with the liberal mecca recording as many as 16,000 “feces complaints” in one week ). Actually, ask just about anyone and the answer will be the same: after all with 130,000 homeless, California is now home to more than a quarter of the nation’s homeless population.

That all may soon change, however, if a new crowdfunding effort succeeds in its effort to solve the US homeless crisis by building a 300-acre city open exclusively for those without a home. Daune Nason, founder of the Folsom-based Citizens Again, released details Thursday of his plans for an estimated $3 billion private city equipped with amenities and services for a 150,000 “high-needs” population, CBS LA reports.

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As predicted: Nobody gets fired, nobody goes to jail.

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Giuliani accused Yovanovitch, who was a prominent witness before the House Intelligence Committee during the impeachment inquiry, of corruption and committing perjury to protect former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.

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‘No cost’ of course means ‘paid for by taxpayerrs’.

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The child tax ‘credit’ is actually a government subsidy to low-income folks to have more children.

Don Trump Jr. says that Mitt Romney is his favorite Democrat, and I can see why. Now that John McCain is no longer with us, I guess Mitt has decided to pick up the slack.

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Should old acquaintance be forgot….

One of the many reasons why Eric Holder has absolutely no room to be complaining about William Barr’s performance as Attorney General.

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When the Soviet Union collapsed and its archives were opened, certain Cold War controversies became susceptible of definitive resolution. Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis titled his 1997 book on the subject We Now Know. By the same token, publication of the Department of Justice Inspector General report on FISA abuse and related issues should similarly bring closure to the Russia hoax touted by the Democrats and their media adjunct over the past three years. As to the status of the Steele Dossier and the invalidity of the FISA warrants taken out on Carter Page to spy on the Trump campaign, we now know.

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You know there had to be one.

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Public Works has estimated that keeping all 24 of the city’s Pit Stops open around the clock would cost an extra $8.25 million a year. A funding source has not been identified.

I guess the money will just drop from heaven. I doubt that it will come from the politicians who created this situation in the first place.

The three-month test set up all-night Pit Stops at three existing locations: Sixth and Jessie streets South of Market, Market and Castro streets in the Castro, and Eddy and Jones streets in the Tenderloin. People going to the bathroom on streets and sidewalks is a constant problem in all three areas.

This is what happens when Democrats run your city.