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Sen. Manchin uses the Welfare Queen defense to excuse his adamant opposition to lifting American children out of poverty.

Biden, Schumer, and Pelosi deluded themselves and deceived their caucus about Joe Manchin.

After the New York City Council’s betrayal of NYC last Wednesday, we now have turncoat Joe Manchin’s betrayal of the American people, enabled by Bider, Schumer, and Pelosi. How is the Democratic Establishment going to pin this one on progressives, … Continue reading →

Republican pawn Sen. Biden commits a cataclysmic double cross–and announces it, naturally, on Fox “News.” Again, when will progressives learn never to trust the word of an Establishment Democrat–even the president? Decoupling Build Back Better from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework … Continue reading →

I’m terrible about sending out greeting cards, but nevertheless a number of forgiving types have sent me beautiful holiday cards with beautiful hand-written messages. I love ’em and I love you for sending ’em!

According to Village Preservation’s account of the City Council meeting last Wednesday councilmembers Chin and Rivera were fulsome in their praise and thanks to Speaker Johnson for his cooperation in advancing the Soho/Noho/Chinatown upzoning. Of course what they were really … Continue reading →

De Blasio’s “affordable” housing has always been closer to low-grade luxury rental than it has to actual accessibility by the people who need it most. But his alleged pursuit of affordability as a rationale for upzoning has allowed him to … Continue reading →

They grow more intractable and arbitrary by the day, and in return they raise more and more money from Republican donors. Manchin’s latest demands concerning Build Back Better are absolutely gonzo. He is an malevolent, stupid, selfish and greedy man. … Continue reading →

Village Preservation has published an informtive debriefing on the Soho/Noho/Chinatown upzoning catastrophe. Instructive is the account’s rationale for the frantic, slovenly haste with which the city moved to get this lemon of a proposal over the finish line. Christopher Marte … Continue reading →

But five members demonstrated integrity yesterday, voting against de Blasios’s monstrous Soho/Noho/Chinatown upzoning, sherpad through the council by the inglorious sell outs Chin, Johnson & Rivera. The five who stood up for New York: Members Kallos, Menchaca, Holden, Barron and … Continue reading →