We closed the gates, but too many have gotten in for far too long and they are multiplying, and the taxpayers are still paying for them and up to ten generations of their offspring. The welfare state is the majority now and they live only for the words “free stuff.” Republicans are weak and incapable of making the hard choices like decreasing to nearly nothing the welfare state. Education stopped educating, and the combination of ignorance plus welfare equals communism. I voted for a moat, with alligators, because I don’t want anyone to New York my Florida.
I totally agree with your analysis of what's happening to our beloved country, but I had to vote for the NYC cops. I suspect that most (all, maybe) would vote Republican and their move to Florida would significantly contribute to the total chaos that NYC would fall into. Apologies to all NYC Republicans.
I chose the cops, too. But that moat sounds tempting as my once quiet small town keeps increasing with too many New Yorkers who want to turn this place into another Big Rotten Apple.
Agreed! We escaped NY for FL years ago and don't want any NY libtards further screwing things up. The rapid growth and increased costs are already making FL more like NY every day!
"Republicans are weak and incapable of making the hard choices like decreasing to nearly nothing the welfare state."
The Republicans, like the uniparty, have created the class of voters who will keep them in office forever because of the "free stuff". This is exactly what the founders warned us about and is exactly why they wrote Article V in the Constitution but that is not a welcome topic in this stack.
The R's aren't afraid of making hard choices because they WANT the state we are in. WE (MAGA) is afraid of Article V. There has never been a more appropriate time to do it. The response is always fear. I wish those who are afraid could have witnessed the fear of the founders, many of whom were brutalized for their commitment to the new Republic.
While we won't know the day or hour, the verses right before that say we will know the season ("When the fig tree spreads its leaves…"). It's not about just being alert, it's about doing God's commandments so when the day arrives you are prepared.
Because the Biblical "End of Days" addresses the universal, perennial, root issues that all peoples in all generations face, it is very tempting and easy to try to say that OUR PRESENT time is THE time.
It is also tempting to take it literally, as a physical war in a material world, that "supernatural forces" will fight. That is tempting, because it lets us off the hook of recognizing and waging the spiritual warfare that has been occurring since the world began, and essentially is one each individual must face and fight in their own heart and mind, and to the extent they can, for their loved one's heart and mind, and their country's heart and mind, etc.
The very real danger, is that believing that "now is the End of Days", is that we change our behavior--we actually "welcome" this belief of catastrophic destruction, and surrender to it's supposed "inevitability" and "power".
I actually believe that how one responds to suggestions that "this is the end of days" is actually evidence that WITHIN THAT INDIVIDUAL, they are right now fighting a spiritual war, and the question is how will you respond to it? Will you respond by being "impressed" with the power of evil and quailing before it, essentially surrendering, and failing to exercise your own spiritual resoluteness to stand up to it?
Or will you respond with spiritual steadiness, strength, clarity, and confidence? Will you honor our Creator and God by gratefully realizing and praising God's all power and all presence? Will you see and honor every evidence of the "kingdom of heaven that is at hand"--that "is within you"? Will you cherish and magnify every evidence of God's goodness and presence in yourself, in your family, and in the world?
Or will you magnify evil?
This is a big topic, but really, it seems "unseemly" to fold so easily at any momentary burst of evil.
Well said, TPG! God has not given us a spirit of fear. As long as we have breath, we are to love, know, and serve him.
I read (or heard) someone explain that the sound of our very breath “speaks” the name of God—inhale (YAH); exhale (WEH). This idea assists me to practice his presence, whether objectively true or not.
Indeed, this is a big topic. You are right to make the only important points with which we need concern ourselves. After all he has conquered the world past, present, and, especially relevant to our abiding peace, the future.
Your suggestion that the signs can be misattributed across many generations and eras of history is a good warning and reminder. It has happened many times. However, scripture does make it clear we are to understand the signs and watch for them so we know it is close. We have a responsibility to analyze and make interpretations of those signs at all times, even if we are wrong most of the time.
Thank you for your clear exposition of something I have thought about for years.
In a very real sense, the battle between good and evil rages within us every day of our lives.
And we each and every one of us faces the end times of our personal existence here.
It is too easy to look at the anticipated great climax and cataclysm of all creation and disregard the immediate imperative of our own state of grace.
In a similar way it is too easy to anguish over Ukraine and Gaza and call for world peace rather than deal with the daily niggles of family and neighbourhood.
In truth we have been in the Biblical End of Days since the Ascension. But, yeah, events appear to have increased exponentially as of late—Towards Zero.
Yes, I can. Matthew 24 was fulfilled in AD 70, just as Jesus predicted in Matthew 24. Revelation was a highly symbolic, not literal, letter written sometime between mid-62 and 68, not in 95 as commonly believed, about events that were in the very near future. It was to show the historical and eschatological importance of the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple, that it was not just another military event.
Mamdani will fail - spectacularly. Not right away, but incrementally and he will bring that city to its knees, and the most aggrieved will be the very people who voted for him whose lives will become a hell.
Oh, he will create a lot of damage in the process, but he’s playing a fools game in the worst possible sandbox.
We are undergoing a separation of the goats and the sheep, and the pens for each are the usual states which do the usual things to their own detriment or betterment. Tuesday was all blue pen-states doing their “blue thing”, the goats.
While they cling with a death grip to their politics of lunacy, the tide has turned and it’s all coming to a head.
The one and only thing that keeps me up at night is the GOP, our own “party”, and whether they will ever truly grasp the urgency of the times we now live in to shore up our battlements and muster the fight necessary to keep the barbarians outside the gates for 2026.
The jury is still very much out on that one. Pray much.
I have read an argument that this was a “turnout election” driven by the rage of powerless Democrats. Now that they have their victory it sort of diffuses that energy, and that will make next years midterms more balanced.
About ten years ago I believe. The feds have propped them up just like CA. But times are changing. Pelosi is either retiring or dying, not sure which will get her out of congress first but it’s the end of federal back-feeding cities and states I pray.
No more stimulus bills! Nothing but fraud waste and abuse of taxpayers to bailout favored states and cities. No one ever goes back and shows exactly what we got for these bills either. Why not? Because the people who approved them allready know what they got.
Where did all that money go? It went somewhere so we should be able to see the receipts quite easily, shouldn't we? Good time to follow the money and then hang the people who really got rich off it.
NYC has never been the financial capital of the world (it’s been the independent nation, The City of London, since 1694), although Trump/Bessent/Powell are trying to make it so. They will succeed. NYC will not fail, but Mamdani will. Spectacularly.
Floridians are hoping and praying that New Yorkers go someplace else. They don't want NYers moving in with their liberal politics and do to Florida what NYers did to NY.
All (mostly) sane states are hoping and praying the same. As two consecutive governors of NY told me, "we don't need you or your money." I take them at their word. We don't need NYers either.
I’d suggest Florida treat NYers like they treat other invasive snakes. There’s only one problem- I’m a NYer - well. Upstater and not escaping NYFC - who spends 4 months each year hiding my wife from the cold of winter. In my defense, I’m too conservative to be a Republican, and nobody’s going to mistake me for a liberal. They’re not usually that heavily armed.
Sadly, all the cities along I90 are infected by the woke mind virus. Unless we can elect a strong right of center governor who might have a chance to kick the absolutely corrupt and incompetent legislature’s ass NYFS shall continue down the suicidal path it’s been on for decades.
“And remember, this is the same court that refused to hear his challenges to the shady 2020 election vote counting.”
And the reason they refused to hear that case was that they declared that multiple states had no “standing!” They screwed the nation in 2020 by allowing blatant election fraud by the Marxist/Democrat/Hate America Party. Now they will once again screw the nation by destroying Trump’s ability to carry on foreign policy with dollars and not bullets and destroying the economy as a twofer so the midterms will lead to a democrat takeover of Congress and yet another impeachment!
“He’s worried because he has seen what electing a Muslim mayor of London has done to England.”
Was there a year ago & the place is literally a wreck which is why - on this year’s trip this past summer - we elected to skip it. The state London is in is very, very sad. Commoners refer to it anymore as “Londonistan”.
“The Republican Party in NY is a joke”; it’s also a joke in CA & has been for quite some time. The Smithsonian should debut a new exhibit: “California Republican” & place it in the now-extinct creatures area.
My 26 year old daughter moved to NYC this year and loves it! But I’m worried. What will he be able to get away with? I saw a voting chart that showed the bulk of his voters are foreign born. Can we please close the gates?
Sorry Alice, but we let FJB load us up with illegals for FOUR YEARS! I am afraid that is pretty much insurmountable. We have let our beautiful, free country go to Hell in a handbasket. We wouldn't stand up to the bastards, so now you have it in spades. BTW I believe it is because we let the commiserate take control of our education. Make no mistake, the left own our children. I apologize for capitalizing Hell but this new phone changes it to he'll every time. Autocorrect strikes again.
I don't think it's "we wouldn't" stand up to them, more like we had no power and the entire Dem machine was intent on globalism and letting all of the 3rd world in. And now we're stuck with it bc the Dems allow illegals to vote and they cheat.
True that Gal, but it really worries me. Not the elections-----like wow, what a surprise that Dems won in blue states! But Mamdami is a different kettle of fish.
Yes, Mandami is especially despicable because he adds the element of Islamism. So New York now has a Communist mayor, just like Chicago and Los Angeles.
But all the steps necessary to overcome this are already in place and in operation. The financial spigot to New York City is being cut off, and the corrupt and illegal international financing of the Left has already come to the forefront and is being deeply examined. Mandami already has said he is going to interfere with ICE, etc. Trump already has both the proper authority and the will to override these "insurrectionist" Blue political jerks. As Trump said "And so it begins." (He must have watched the Lord of the Rings--2nd movie, as those are the words of King Theoden as the battle for Rohan begins.)
The overall situation has not changed; and we have been blessed with a wonderful leader--and we have him for 3 more YEARS!!!!
Added to your chart are people who have at least a bachelor's degree or upward from there. The education system bears great blame for this mess we're in
For sure, Cookie, but I imagine a lot of that type have liberal parents too. My kids all have college degrees & 2 have a Master's, but they're all conservative bc we raised them to be. But you're right, all of the lefties in Brooklyn voted for the Muslim commie too.
Who says it needs to be fixed afterward? Evolution can be a good thing for cities. NYC has needed to be brought back to fiscal and cultural reality for decades. Looks to me like NY would be better off with a NYC half its present size.
Yes, big cities become big government cities quickly and vote that way. It is no accident either. Time to move the DC agencies of government to other parts of the country too. They can't agree where to put the new FBI HQ. Easy fix, move it to Quantico VA where the FBI academy already exists. Plenty of security, it already belongs to the government, airport there, so what is the problem? Why does this keep being a divide between parties? Because the parties want to keep the center of power intact, although this is more a Dem issue than a GOP issue.
Right, Don -- Mamdani is bad news. Not just for New York City, but for the entire nation. Socialists in NYC won with an attractive candidate, youth, a good ground game, and lots of money. That last point is usually the most important thing in a campaign, but for this one the first three items were the most important. The irony is that the policies Mamdani is pushing will fail in NYC. They've failed everywhere else, and the only people who believe they'll succeed in NYC also believe in unicorns and Governor Gavin Newsom.
Speaking of whom, why does he insist on going through the charade of elections in CA? Why not just declare the Democrat the winner on the first Monday in November every two years. Think of how much money they could save! Might even pay off CA's debt.
And finally, Mikie Sherrill is not a CIA officer. She graduated (kind of) from the USNaval Academy. It is Abigail Spanberger in VA who was a CIA officer. When she worked under cover, Spanberger wore a facemask of Mikie Sherrill, which might explain why you confused the two.
The only thing the recent election proved is that those states are still blue, nothing else. The real surprise for most of us about the outcomes was that, even with all of the positive things happening here in the last year, there are still an incredible number of ignorant people who seem to vote emotionally or irrationally even to the detriment of their own well being. Want to know who believes government is the answer to all our woes? Want to know who is first in line for government programs and free stuff? The MSM viewers? The non-critical thinkers? They are the ones who voted “D”. I suggest we create another Manhattan project to fix our broken public education system like our lives depend on it.
Thanks Marlan, I'll look at it. But I am not panicking on the midterms at all. We saw blue states elect more Dems. No surprise there. The country will have to really fall apart to lose the majority in congress I believe. Just look at what is going on. Schumer and Jeffries are both cooking their own gooses due to the shutdown. I'm not that worried about AOC or her gang of morons including idiots like Crockett either. Even marginally informed people seem to understand she and her ilk are not good for the country. We need to stay the course and ride this out with some confidence and keep the weak knee types in the GOP from going in reverse. There are some things the feds can do to help lower the cost of living for Americans today too that will help take the pressure off until the country starts hitting on all cylinders again. Not the time to panic about the mid-terms.
Marlan, I get it. But I don't trust AI any more than I understand how it works. I never talk to polling, nor do I pay much attention to them. At this juncture I'm not open minded about AI and it's supposed ability to understand voters motives, at least until such time as I feel like AI is human-kinds friend and some empirical data is available to verify it. The guy has an interesting theory, but so far it's just an unproven theory to me. My engineering training tells me to see the proof.
Seems that the vote reflects the continued drift of my fellow women into wine moms and AWFLs, motivated by toxic empathy. I am often surprised by long time friends that are now Dems, totally unable to grasp that their comfortable upper middle class life would be impossible if Dem proposals pass at federal and most state levels.
My closest (female) friends are all MAGA but then again we all worked, most in responsible jobs with bottom line accountability.
Recalling that some of our fellow commenters prefer to take away women's suffrage, even if I supported it (which I don't, I know plenty of dopey men too), we MAGA women need to collaborate on solutions.
Well there goes my hopes for my NJ becoming the retirement haven of the East. The idiots around me just elected an airhead who can’t put a complete sentence together.
Don, thanks so much for putting everything in perspective. You always do.
Thanks also to Mambo Italiano and the pictures of Windows on the World. When my wife and I were first married, we could never afford to eat there but occasionally, we'd go there for cocktails. What an incredible view! It's sad that New Yorkers could forget the destruction of the twin towers and the horrible fate of all the people that died there. Imagine being faced with burning to death or committing suicide by jumping out of a window.
We closed the gates, but too many have gotten in for far too long and they are multiplying, and the taxpayers are still paying for them and up to ten generations of their offspring. The welfare state is the majority now and they live only for the words “free stuff.” Republicans are weak and incapable of making the hard choices like decreasing to nearly nothing the welfare state. Education stopped educating, and the combination of ignorance plus welfare equals communism. I voted for a moat, with alligators, because I don’t want anyone to New York my Florida.
I totally agree with your analysis of what's happening to our beloved country, but I had to vote for the NYC cops. I suspect that most (all, maybe) would vote Republican and their move to Florida would significantly contribute to the total chaos that NYC would fall into. Apologies to all NYC Republicans.
Both options are great choices, but I also voted for build the moat. We Texans need to do that also
I chose the cops, too. But that moat sounds tempting as my once quiet small town keeps increasing with too many New Yorkers who want to turn this place into another Big Rotten Apple.
My vote would be for a wall and a moat around NYC.
Agreed! We escaped NY for FL years ago and don't want any NY libtards further screwing things up. The rapid growth and increased costs are already making FL more like NY every day!
Don’t sell them your house. Or anyone else you know. At off the realtors. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
"Republicans are weak and incapable of making the hard choices like decreasing to nearly nothing the welfare state."
The Republicans, like the uniparty, have created the class of voters who will keep them in office forever because of the "free stuff". This is exactly what the founders warned us about and is exactly why they wrote Article V in the Constitution but that is not a welcome topic in this stack.
The R's aren't afraid of making hard choices because they WANT the state we are in. WE (MAGA) is afraid of Article V. There has never been a more appropriate time to do it. The response is always fear. I wish those who are afraid could have witnessed the fear of the founders, many of whom were brutalized for their commitment to the new Republic.
I voted for that also. We will need alligators for these determined vermin.
Boy the way that Miller played .....
Agree ; New York's finest have already left .
Can anyone out there make a convincing case that we are not approaching Biblical End of Days? Anyone? Buehler?
One sure sign is that this isn't simply local, but a world wide manifestation. Jews are being persecuted and Christians attacked world wide.
Churches are rejecting sound Biblical teaching and instead telling parishioners to tolerate the intolerable.
GOD is the only one who knows the time. We should not speculate, but live as though it is and try to preach his gospel till the end.
The pieces sure do fit the puzzle.
We're told we'll never know the day or time but to be alert enough to see the signs.
I see more signs than a construction site on the Interstate.
Just hope I am alert enough..
While we won't know the day or hour, the verses right before that say we will know the season ("When the fig tree spreads its leaves…"). It's not about just being alert, it's about doing God's commandments so when the day arrives you are prepared.
OK, I'll bite.
Because the Biblical "End of Days" addresses the universal, perennial, root issues that all peoples in all generations face, it is very tempting and easy to try to say that OUR PRESENT time is THE time.
It is also tempting to take it literally, as a physical war in a material world, that "supernatural forces" will fight. That is tempting, because it lets us off the hook of recognizing and waging the spiritual warfare that has been occurring since the world began, and essentially is one each individual must face and fight in their own heart and mind, and to the extent they can, for their loved one's heart and mind, and their country's heart and mind, etc.
The very real danger, is that believing that "now is the End of Days", is that we change our behavior--we actually "welcome" this belief of catastrophic destruction, and surrender to it's supposed "inevitability" and "power".
I actually believe that how one responds to suggestions that "this is the end of days" is actually evidence that WITHIN THAT INDIVIDUAL, they are right now fighting a spiritual war, and the question is how will you respond to it? Will you respond by being "impressed" with the power of evil and quailing before it, essentially surrendering, and failing to exercise your own spiritual resoluteness to stand up to it?
Or will you respond with spiritual steadiness, strength, clarity, and confidence? Will you honor our Creator and God by gratefully realizing and praising God's all power and all presence? Will you see and honor every evidence of the "kingdom of heaven that is at hand"--that "is within you"? Will you cherish and magnify every evidence of God's goodness and presence in yourself, in your family, and in the world?
Or will you magnify evil?
This is a big topic, but really, it seems "unseemly" to fold so easily at any momentary burst of evil.
Well said, TPG! God has not given us a spirit of fear. As long as we have breath, we are to love, know, and serve him.
I read (or heard) someone explain that the sound of our very breath “speaks” the name of God—inhale (YAH); exhale (WEH). This idea assists me to practice his presence, whether objectively true or not.
Indeed, this is a big topic. You are right to make the only important points with which we need concern ourselves. After all he has conquered the world past, present, and, especially relevant to our abiding peace, the future.
Your suggestion that the signs can be misattributed across many generations and eras of history is a good warning and reminder. It has happened many times. However, scripture does make it clear we are to understand the signs and watch for them so we know it is close. We have a responsibility to analyze and make interpretations of those signs at all times, even if we are wrong most of the time.
Thank you for your clear exposition of something I have thought about for years.
In a very real sense, the battle between good and evil rages within us every day of our lives.
And we each and every one of us faces the end times of our personal existence here.
It is too easy to look at the anticipated great climax and cataclysm of all creation and disregard the immediate imperative of our own state of grace.
In a similar way it is too easy to anguish over Ukraine and Gaza and call for world peace rather than deal with the daily niggles of family and neighbourhood.
You gotta accept the things you cannot change. Change the things you can and learn to know the difference.
That evokes an adage I remember //Lead,follow or get out of the way.
Thanks for the reminder.
And the two coasts have for some time been Sodom and Gomorrah.
Entirely possible.
But only the Sky Chief really knows.
how about the fact that people like you have been dead certain it will happen hundreds of time in the past 20 centuries?
In truth we have been in the Biblical End of Days since the Ascension. But, yeah, events appear to have increased exponentially as of late—Towards Zero.
No.
Yes, I can. Matthew 24 was fulfilled in AD 70, just as Jesus predicted in Matthew 24. Revelation was a highly symbolic, not literal, letter written sometime between mid-62 and 68, not in 95 as commonly believed, about events that were in the very near future. It was to show the historical and eschatological importance of the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple, that it was not just another military event.
Mamdani will fail - spectacularly. Not right away, but incrementally and he will bring that city to its knees, and the most aggrieved will be the very people who voted for him whose lives will become a hell.
Oh, he will create a lot of damage in the process, but he’s playing a fools game in the worst possible sandbox.
We are undergoing a separation of the goats and the sheep, and the pens for each are the usual states which do the usual things to their own detriment or betterment. Tuesday was all blue pen-states doing their “blue thing”, the goats.
While they cling with a death grip to their politics of lunacy, the tide has turned and it’s all coming to a head.
The one and only thing that keeps me up at night is the GOP, our own “party”, and whether they will ever truly grasp the urgency of the times we now live in to shore up our battlements and muster the fight necessary to keep the barbarians outside the gates for 2026.
The jury is still very much out on that one. Pray much.
It’s funny how these things work out.
I have read an argument that this was a “turnout election” driven by the rage of powerless Democrats. Now that they have their victory it sort of diffuses that energy, and that will make next years midterms more balanced.
We will see.
Two questions:
How long before NY is no longer the financial capital of the world and how long before they run out of other people’s money?
About ten years ago I believe. The feds have propped them up just like CA. But times are changing. Pelosi is either retiring or dying, not sure which will get her out of congress first but it’s the end of federal back-feeding cities and states I pray.
Oh that you are right my friend , pray the bailouts are history and SCOTUS does not recessitate.
No more stimulus bills! Nothing but fraud waste and abuse of taxpayers to bailout favored states and cities. No one ever goes back and shows exactly what we got for these bills either. Why not? Because the people who approved them allready know what they got.
I seem to recall an 8.2 billion for shovel ready jobs but no one had shovels LOL.
Where did all that money go? It went somewhere so we should be able to see the receipts quite easily, shouldn't we? Good time to follow the money and then hang the people who really got rich off it.
No one in DC ever asks where the money went.
About 2 minutes after the commie completes the power grab.
IF that even happens - there are solid legal grounds to strip him of his fraudulent citizenship and deport his butt.
But PDJT may have to replace Pam B so it can happen.
Marco Rubio should be on that. As well as Ilhan Omar. And probably others.
It’s moved out of London and in process of NY….to Qatar
NYC has never been the financial capital of the world (it’s been the independent nation, The City of London, since 1694), although Trump/Bessent/Powell are trying to make it so. They will succeed. NYC will not fail, but Mamdani will. Spectacularly.
Floridians are hoping and praying that New Yorkers go someplace else. They don't want NYers moving in with their liberal politics and do to Florida what NYers did to NY.
FL needs a written test administered at its borders.
First question: What is a woman?
LOL!
New Mexico would be a good fit for them AND it gets them closer to their source for recreational pharma.
All (mostly) sane states are hoping and praying the same. As two consecutive governors of NY told me, "we don't need you or your money." I take them at their word. We don't need NYers either.
I’d suggest Florida treat NYers like they treat other invasive snakes. There’s only one problem- I’m a NYer - well. Upstater and not escaping NYFC - who spends 4 months each year hiding my wife from the cold of winter. In my defense, I’m too conservative to be a Republican, and nobody’s going to mistake me for a liberal. They’re not usually that heavily armed.
I agree with those proposing a secession movement for northern New York.
Sadly, all the cities along I90 are infected by the woke mind virus. Unless we can elect a strong right of center governor who might have a chance to kick the absolutely corrupt and incompetent legislature’s ass NYFS shall continue down the suicidal path it’s been on for decades.
Eyes on Elise S.
You need to look closer at some of the photos of the welfare mommas. They have arms as heavy as Krispy Kreme Christy's legs.
Thanks, but some of those beneficiaries of the public largesse can be seen from orbit.
"They’re not usually that heavily armed." :-D
Oh, we can get along just fine, sir!!!
“And remember, this is the same court that refused to hear his challenges to the shady 2020 election vote counting.”
And the reason they refused to hear that case was that they declared that multiple states had no “standing!” They screwed the nation in 2020 by allowing blatant election fraud by the Marxist/Democrat/Hate America Party. Now they will once again screw the nation by destroying Trump’s ability to carry on foreign policy with dollars and not bullets and destroying the economy as a twofer so the midterms will lead to a democrat takeover of Congress and yet another impeachment!
MLR, I pray you're wrong
It hurts to agree with you.
“He’s worried because he has seen what electing a Muslim mayor of London has done to England.”
Was there a year ago & the place is literally a wreck which is why - on this year’s trip this past summer - we elected to skip it. The state London is in is very, very sad. Commoners refer to it anymore as “Londonistan”.
“The Republican Party in NY is a joke”; it’s also a joke in CA & has been for quite some time. The Smithsonian should debut a new exhibit: “California Republican” & place it in the now-extinct creatures area.
The republican party is a joke.
That sums up the last 10 years nicely, even longer, but I'll say especially starting at Trump's first run in 2015.
Mamdani had a cash only bar at his victory party last night...
The British and their Muslim Brotherhood brethren got their guy installed in the financial capital of the world. See the gals @prometheanaction.com.
The mission of Obama and Valerie Jarrett ended Tuesday night.
No, they’re just getting started.
Soros and Son are knee deep in this.
You are correct. They took the first hill, and are planning to continue their campaign.
Let’s hope it turns out to be a “hill of beans that don’t amount to anything.”
Saw that! Consider it a harbinger of things to come!!!
My 26 year old daughter moved to NYC this year and loves it! But I’m worried. What will he be able to get away with? I saw a voting chart that showed the bulk of his voters are foreign born. Can we please close the gates?
Sorry Alice, but we let FJB load us up with illegals for FOUR YEARS! I am afraid that is pretty much insurmountable. We have let our beautiful, free country go to Hell in a handbasket. We wouldn't stand up to the bastards, so now you have it in spades. BTW I believe it is because we let the commiserate take control of our education. Make no mistake, the left own our children. I apologize for capitalizing Hell but this new phone changes it to he'll every time. Autocorrect strikes again.
I don't think it's "we wouldn't" stand up to them, more like we had no power and the entire Dem machine was intent on globalism and letting all of the 3rd world in. And now we're stuck with it bc the Dems allow illegals to vote and they cheat.
Nothing is ever "insurmountable". In fact, this situation is VERY FAR from "insurmountable".
True that Gal, but it really worries me. Not the elections-----like wow, what a surprise that Dems won in blue states! But Mamdami is a different kettle of fish.
Yes, Mandami is especially despicable because he adds the element of Islamism. So New York now has a Communist mayor, just like Chicago and Los Angeles.
But all the steps necessary to overcome this are already in place and in operation. The financial spigot to New York City is being cut off, and the corrupt and illegal international financing of the Left has already come to the forefront and is being deeply examined. Mandami already has said he is going to interfere with ICE, etc. Trump already has both the proper authority and the will to override these "insurrectionist" Blue political jerks. As Trump said "And so it begins." (He must have watched the Lord of the Rings--2nd movie, as those are the words of King Theoden as the battle for Rohan begins.)
The overall situation has not changed; and we have been blessed with a wonderful leader--and we have him for 3 more YEARS!!!!
G-d willing we'll have DJT for three more years and a Republican congress that helps rather than hinders. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
"But Mamdami is a different kettle of fish," and New York is about to get filleted.
Added to your chart are people who have at least a bachelor's degree or upward from there. The education system bears great blame for this mess we're in
For sure, Cookie, but I imagine a lot of that type have liberal parents too. My kids all have college degrees & 2 have a Master's, but they're all conservative bc we raised them to be. But you're right, all of the lefties in Brooklyn voted for the Muslim commie too.
I have a bachelors and my husband has a phd. He taught in the college of business for 33 years prior to retirement
The people controlling Obama decided a guy with no experience or resume would be easier to direct in their schemes to further destroy NYC
Same people who ran obama are pulling Mamdani's strings.
That’s my point- 💯
Give mayor free stuff some time and people will come to know he is a snake oil Muslim/Communist sales hole.
But will it be possible to fix what he is about to destroy?
The fire chief there has already resigned. How many cops will leave?
When the big money people pull out you’ll know it’s not fixable.
The whole damn camel is now inside the tent, not just the nose!
Ha!
Who says it needs to be fixed afterward? Evolution can be a good thing for cities. NYC has needed to be brought back to fiscal and cultural reality for decades. Looks to me like NY would be better off with a NYC half its present size.
Very interesting insight and this is a very real possibility--that New York City will just shrink.
Yes, big cities become big government cities quickly and vote that way. It is no accident either. Time to move the DC agencies of government to other parts of the country too. They can't agree where to put the new FBI HQ. Easy fix, move it to Quantico VA where the FBI academy already exists. Plenty of security, it already belongs to the government, airport there, so what is the problem? Why does this keep being a divide between parties? Because the parties want to keep the center of power intact, although this is more a Dem issue than a GOP issue.
The departments of interior and agriculture need to be relocated to the middle of the country urban areas yesterday.
Both good ideas. Then cut their HQ employees by 50% and you got a winner.
Jamie Dimon just built a $3Billion office for Chase….
Jamie Dimon supports Jamie Dimon. Chase makes 50% profit on credit cards. He could give one whop about anyone else.
Right, Don -- Mamdani is bad news. Not just for New York City, but for the entire nation. Socialists in NYC won with an attractive candidate, youth, a good ground game, and lots of money. That last point is usually the most important thing in a campaign, but for this one the first three items were the most important. The irony is that the policies Mamdani is pushing will fail in NYC. They've failed everywhere else, and the only people who believe they'll succeed in NYC also believe in unicorns and Governor Gavin Newsom.
Speaking of whom, why does he insist on going through the charade of elections in CA? Why not just declare the Democrat the winner on the first Monday in November every two years. Think of how much money they could save! Might even pay off CA's debt.
And finally, Mikie Sherrill is not a CIA officer. She graduated (kind of) from the USNaval Academy. It is Abigail Spanberger in VA who was a CIA officer. When she worked under cover, Spanberger wore a facemask of Mikie Sherrill, which might explain why you confused the two.
The worrisome part is where all that money for Mamdani came from.
A. Soros etal.
BTW, I think he changed his name to Governor "Grand" Newsome.
The only thing the recent election proved is that those states are still blue, nothing else. The real surprise for most of us about the outcomes was that, even with all of the positive things happening here in the last year, there are still an incredible number of ignorant people who seem to vote emotionally or irrationally even to the detriment of their own well being. Want to know who believes government is the answer to all our woes? Want to know who is first in line for government programs and free stuff? The MSM viewers? The non-critical thinkers? They are the ones who voted “D”. I suggest we create another Manhattan project to fix our broken public education system like our lives depend on it.
Christopher Wilson has op-ed in Townhall that is a must read for conservatives if we are to have a chance in the mid-terms.
Thanks Marlan, I'll look at it. But I am not panicking on the midterms at all. We saw blue states elect more Dems. No surprise there. The country will have to really fall apart to lose the majority in congress I believe. Just look at what is going on. Schumer and Jeffries are both cooking their own gooses due to the shutdown. I'm not that worried about AOC or her gang of morons including idiots like Crockett either. Even marginally informed people seem to understand she and her ilk are not good for the country. We need to stay the course and ride this out with some confidence and keep the weak knee types in the GOP from going in reverse. There are some things the feds can do to help lower the cost of living for Americans today too that will help take the pressure off until the country starts hitting on all cylinders again. Not the time to panic about the mid-terms.
Red, am just suggesting if a different tool/part makes the work more secure we should not reject but accept and use it imho.
Marlan, I get it. But I don't trust AI any more than I understand how it works. I never talk to polling, nor do I pay much attention to them. At this juncture I'm not open minded about AI and it's supposed ability to understand voters motives, at least until such time as I feel like AI is human-kinds friend and some empirical data is available to verify it. The guy has an interesting theory, but so far it's just an unproven theory to me. My engineering training tells me to see the proof.
Seems that the vote reflects the continued drift of my fellow women into wine moms and AWFLs, motivated by toxic empathy. I am often surprised by long time friends that are now Dems, totally unable to grasp that their comfortable upper middle class life would be impossible if Dem proposals pass at federal and most state levels.
My closest (female) friends are all MAGA but then again we all worked, most in responsible jobs with bottom line accountability.
Recalling that some of our fellow commenters prefer to take away women's suffrage, even if I supported it (which I don't, I know plenty of dopey men too), we MAGA women need to collaborate on solutions.
Ladies? Comments?
Well there goes my hopes for my NJ becoming the retirement haven of the East. The idiots around me just elected an airhead who can’t put a complete sentence together.
I just don’t get it.
We moved to SC three plus years ago.
The writing has been on the NJ wall for way too long, sir.
There is nothing to get but every reason to leave!
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Don, thanks so much for putting everything in perspective. You always do.
Thanks also to Mambo Italiano and the pictures of Windows on the World. When my wife and I were first married, we could never afford to eat there but occasionally, we'd go there for cocktails. What an incredible view! It's sad that New Yorkers could forget the destruction of the twin towers and the horrible fate of all the people that died there. Imagine being faced with burning to death or committing suicide by jumping out of a window.
Still have now verböten photos of a few of those souls….they are not forgotten.
As well as the early TV broadcasts on the Plaza of the sound when they reached the ground at terminal velocity….