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With nearly half the state’s population dependent on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act for their health coverage, and Federal funds providing 60% of the dollars, millions of New York residents are deeply vulnerable to the schemes now working their way through Congress to cut the Medicaid program. After reviewing New York’s program and the…
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After several weeks of the Trump-Musk onslaught against the American government, the House and Senate Republicans are stepping up to the plate with their Budget Resolution blueprints to forge reconciliation legislation for multiyear tax and spending plans. While court decisions and other public pressure might bottle up some Trump-Musk damaging actions, the Republican Congress could…
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In the course of a few days, Donald Trump has begun laying the groundwork to deport millions of unauthorized/undocumented immigrants and seal the border. His executive orders include ending birthright citizenship for persons born to undocumented immigrants in the United States, declaring a national emergency to use the military to block entry into the United…
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During the Trump second term, Americans can expect another onslaught of lies, far more than any fact checker could handle. On some basics about the economy, like jobs, inflation, food prices, gas prices, and oil production, having a reference guide for the past twelve years could come in handy. And so, here it is: Jobs…
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My wife and I left for a river cruise in France the afternoon after the Presidential election; we already had the bad news that Americans had voted a corrupt criminal as their President and were grumpy about being forced to listen to Trump voters who were passengers on the boat. But most of the cruisegoers…
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I offer a poignant moment and a good poll. The moment is President Biden voting early in Delaware, standing online and helping an elderly lady in a wheelchair in front of him. The Polls The second is the reputable Cooperative Election Study summary of pre-election interviews which produced a 48,000 likely voter model showing Kamala…
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Vice President Kamala Harris succeeded in baiting the former President during the debate, provoking the cuckoo to pop out of his head frequently, including his preposterous pronouncement that, “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people who came in, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the pets of the people who live there.” Sixty-seven million…
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My blog on the brilliant memo by New York D.A. Alvin Bragg to refute Trump’s effort to set aside his conviction was published literally minutes before the judge who presided over the trial, Juan Merchan, decided to delay both Trump’s sentencing and his decision on Trump’s motion to set aside his conviction until after the…
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A ruling by Judge Juan Merchan on Donald Trump’s motion to set aside his New York hush-money conviction is expected on September 16th, 2024, and is the hinge upon which Trump is seeking to escape accountability for his crimes, with new motions to either postpone sentencing (scheduled for Sept.18) until after the election, or remove…
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Governor Hochul recently delayed implementation of congestion pricing, right before it was supposed to be implemented. Why? What will happen now? Will congestion pricing ever happen? How will this impact traffic, transit improvements and the MTA budget?
