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MAMDANI AND THE JEWS

To put it succinctly, Mamdani is a communist and an antisemite. I have said this before, and I will say it again. This characterization is not just my opinion. It is not hyperbole. It is gleaned from his own statements. The far-left Dems and their allies in the media have largely soft-peddled or ignored his antisemitic proclivities and opinions and have labeled him a “socialist,” which though abhorrent to most voters, has a more benign connotation than “communist.”

The Dems have been falsely describing President Trump as a ” fascist,” “Hitler,” and a “threat to democracy” for the past ten years. In reality, it is comrade Mamdani who is Hitler reincarnated as a communist and who is an existential threat to our democracy. In my opinion, this is obvious, but many Dems, even Jews, don’t perceive it. Why? This is the conundrum. See below for possible explanations.

Some examples based on M’s own words:

  1. He refuses to acknowledge Israel as a Jewish state.
  2. He has consistently been critical of Israel’s policies regarding the ME. For instance, he continues to accuse it of committing apartheid and genocide in Gaza, according to The New York Times. Furthermore, he believes the US is “subsidizing a genocide” through its support for Israel.
  3. He actively supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which advocates for economic and cultural pressure on Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. 
  4. According to The Forward, he authored a bill to penalize charities that assist Israeli settlements, which some critics say targets Jewish organizations.
  5. He has refused to condemn the chant “globalize the intifada,” a phrase widely interpreted by many in the Jewish community as condoning violence against Israel. (As I have often said, in this context “Israel” is code for “Jews,” much like bigots used “states’ rights” as code for “segregation” in the mid-20th century.) He has also stated that Palestinians have a right to resist and characterizes the war with Israel as combating a “colonial occupation.” 
  6. He has advocated government owned and operated grocery stores, freezing rents, defunding the police, free bus fares, and many other freebies that sound enticing but are, in reality, unworkable and unrealistic, if not sheer lunacy. The allure of free stuff is a mirage; nothing is really free. Somehow, someone, somewhere has to pay for it.

Lately, M has been attempting to moderate some of his extreme prior comments, particularly those regarding the police. In a recent interview he assured reporters “I am not running to defund the police.” Ladies and gentlemen do not be fooled. His current reversal is disingenuous. He is merely following the time-honored strategy of moving toward the middle in order to get elected. I believe his true feelings are those he has been espousing for years before he began his campaign for NYC Mayor, not the current iteration. Tatana Timoshenko, whose son, NYPD Detective Russel Timoshenko, was recently killed during a routine traffic stop derisively characterized M’s reversal as “too little, too late.” Likewise, Grace Machate, the widow of recently slain NYPD officer Robert Machate, dismissed his current promises as “not reality.”

According to the latest polls M has a sizeable lead in the current five-person mayoralty race as well as head-to-head against each of the other candidates. Incredibly, according to the same polls he has a commanding 17-point lead among Jewish voters. There is no logical reason for this. So, as I said above, why? In my view, (1) many Jews are unaware of or ambivalent toward his views; (2) it has become acceptable in some quarters to criticize Israel; (3) many Jews are being gaslighted by the prospect of “free stuff;” and (4) most significantly, the Jewish community in NYC and elsewhere has grown complacent and believes it is safe and secure in America from bigots like M.

In this regard Jews should be more cognizant of history. For example, Jews lived safely and securely in Germany for some 500 years before the advent of Hitler and the Nazi Party. Much like in the present-day US they were an integral part of the financial, economic, and social fabric of the country. We all know what happened then. There is a plethora of other examples, but that is the most extreme one. The lesson is Jews cannot take anything for granted. M is eerily similar to Hitler other than the fact that he is a communist whereas Hitler was a fascist. He is charismatic, glib and connects with the people in the way that few politicians do. His antisemitic views are real and very dangerous. His influence within the Dem Party is growing by the day. At the moment, his appeal is primarily local and limited to the far left, however, there is a real possibility that prospectively it will spread throughout the country like a contagion.

Many GOPers believe that M’s popularity and influence may cause more moderate Dems like (Up)Chuck Schumer to lose in the 2026 primaries to more radical candidates. If that were to occur, I would shed no tears. Readers of my blog are fully cognizant of my opinion of (Up)Chuck, but the election of a far leftie like AOC would not be any better for Jews and the country as a whole. On the other hand, Senate Majority Leader John Thume has opined that if M were to become mayor the Dem Party will be “in big trouble nationally.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that M’s election would change NYC to “Caracas on the Hudson.” I concur as far as the short run is concerned, but as I said long term I have some misgivings.

Conclusion

As the Dem nominee for mayor in NYC where, according to the NYC Campaign Finance Board, registered Dems outnumber registered GOPers by roughly six to one Mandani’s election is virtually guaranteed. In that case, with a far-left city council we can expect most of his policies will be enacted. NYC will be in mucho trouble financially, economically, socially, and every other way. A great city that in many ways is a representation of America, itself, will commence an inexorable slide into oblivion. Furthermore, eventually what happens in NYC affects NY State and perhaps much of the rest of the country as well.

Let the exodus from NYC and NYS begin! Florida, Texas and other low tax, low cost, low crime states beckon and entice.

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MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI

Mayor Zohran Mamdani. That is a phrase that should terrify all Americans. Not just those who live in NYC; all Americans. And yet, there is a good chance it will come to pass. He is the democrat nominee for mayor in a very heavily-democrat city. Currently, 65% of registered voters in NYC identify as Dems, whereas only 11% identify as GOP with the remainder identifying as independent.

As of now there is no viable opponent who has a realistic chance to beat him in the election. He is the clear frontrunner in a field of flawed candidates. According to a recent poll published in the NY Post he is favored by 35% of the voters compared to 25% for Cuomo, 14% for Sliwa and 11% for Adams. In my opinion, Sliwa, being a Republican, has no chance to win. Cuomo and Adams have many detractors and much baggage. In order to have a chance of defeating Mamdani one of them will have to drop out. As of now, neither has shown an inclination to do so.

Some of my readers have told me my blogs are too verbose; they prefer brevity. Well, how’s this for brevity. Zohran Mamdani is a raging antisemitic communist and an existential threat to our democracy who should not be allowed anywhere near Gracie Mansion.

Zo has become the darling of the far left. They and their allies in the media have been portraying him as a “socialist.” In my opinion, that is too benign a characterization that is intended to make him more acceptable to voters. Based on his own past statements I consider him to be a communist. More on that below.

What is the difference? Both ideologies advocate for social ownership and control of the means of production, but they differ in their approaches and ultimate goals.  Generally, socialism results in a more gradual transition, often through democratic means, while communism’s approach is a more radical, even revolutionary, transformation to a stateless, classless society. Think Sweden versus Soviet Russia.  

Zo is a glib, charismatic speaker who captivates his audience. He has tapped into a dissatisfied and disaffected populace. He knows what they want, and he promises he will get it for them. He promises free stuff but is vague on details such as how his policies will work and who will pay for them. Probably, he does not have the foggiest conception of the answers to those troublesome details. As we all know, nothing is really free. Somehow, somewhere, somebody has to pay for it. As they say in Texas, “he is all hat, no cattle.”

Below please find a list of Zo’s qualifications and experience that qualify him to govern the largest city in America with all its diversity and problems:

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Hey, you say, it’s blank. You left something out. No, I didn’t. Zo has no qualifications or experience that would qualify him to be mayor. None.

Many of the policies he has been advocating could have been written by Karl Marx. They are straight out of the Soviet playbook. They sound outlandish, superficial, and unrealistic to any sane person. Some are likely illegal. Furthermore, based on much empirical evidence we know they are doomed to fail. There is a plethora of examples of this, but the best ones are the Soviet Union, Cuba and Venezuela.

Some examples of them, which I have gleaned from published reports and his own words in interviews, are as follows:

  1. Seize all private property. He doesn’t like it that a few people have accumulated so much, and the many others have little or nothing. I take this to include homes, money and everything else. He would “guarantee each person housing.”
  2. Defund the police. Require some of their duties to be handled by social workers. Picture a social worker handling a domestic violence situation, which police acknowledge is the most dangerous situation. “Sir, tell me why you beat your wife? What are your feelings? Did your father beat you? Did your mom lock you in a closet? Yeah, right.
  3. He has “questioned the purpose of prisons and jails,” which does not augur well for dealing with crime.
  4. Zohran would immediately freeze the rent for all stabilized tenants and use every available resource to build the housing New Yorkers need and bring down rents.
  5. He wants to enhance NYC’s sanctuary city apparatus by eliminating ICE from of all NYC facilities and ending any cooperation with the agency, increasing legal support for migrants, and protecting all their personal data. He would make NYC an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city. 
  6. He advocates free bus service and raising the minimum wage to $30.
  7. He advocates making all schools “green” and the curricula for K-12 being controlled by the state.
  8. He would create a network of city-owned grocery stores focused on keeping prices low and not making a profit. This would be the death knell of small privately owned businesses who would be unable to compete.
  9. These are bad enough, but his worst is his unabashed, blatant antisemitism. He has consistently refused to condemn the concept of a global intifada against Jews. Note, NYC has the highest Jewish population of any city other than Tel Aviv, 1.3 million. Many of them lean liberal and traditionally vote Democrat. Would they support an antisemitic communist? Maybe, especially if they were unaware of his real policies and beliefs. As I have written in previous blogs many US Jews take their safety and security for granted, which history has demonstrated over and over again is misguided.
  10. He plans to raise the money for these grandiose policies by increasing the corporate tax rate to 11.5% and imposing additional taxes on the wealthy. He does not believe there should be any billionaires anyway. The math doesn’t work, but Zoh is not concerned with that troublesome detail.

Conclusion

Everyone likes “free stuff,” but there is no such thing. As we have all seen, the problem with socialism/communism is that it is a corrupt, dictatorial type of government, and sooner or later you run out of “other people’s money.” The super-rich will find ways to avoid paying the increased taxes. In addition, those with the means to flee do so. This has already begun in NYC and will certainly accelerate if Zo were to be elected. All that will be left is a hollowed out middle and working class and those without the means to leave.

As I said above, Mamdani’s policies are outlandish, unrealistic, and will not work. Mamdani is a glib, charismatic speaker, however, and he has managed to gaslight a sizeable portion of the electorate. He has received strong support from the far left, such as “Uncle Bernie” and the “Squad.” Much of his financial support is being provided by out-of-state far left organizations and perhaps even foreign entities. They want him to succeed so as to provide a duly elected communist beachhead in the US.

So-called moderate Dems are afraid to criticize him. Most of them will not even characterize him as a “communist,” although clearly, he is. Same with the media.

Once again, (Up)Chuck Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, has swallowed his tongue. He is Jewish and represents NY, yet he has refused to speak out. In my view, he has no integrity, no courage. I consider him to be a coward and a disgrace to the Jewish people. President Trump has labeled him the “Palestinian Senator.” No wonder he sports an approval rating of under 20%. Politically, he is a “dead man walking.”

One final note. To those who know their history Mamdani is reminiscent of another glib, charismatic rabble-rouser who gaslighted a desperate, disaffected populace, an Austrian with the family name Schicklgruber. We all know him as Adolph Hitler.

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Radical Dems Attack ICE Personnel

Once again, Dems are exhibiting their propensity for embracing the wrong side of a popular issue. Polls support ICE’s efforts to deport illegal migrants, particularly those who have committed crimes while in the US. Moreover, Trump’s stance on immigration and securing the border was one the key issues that got him elected. And yet, various Dem supporters have not only criticized ICE’s efforts they have also vowed to hinder and interfere with them, violently, if necessary, even though they are simply enforcing the law. As I denoted in my previous blog this is the very definition of sedition, which is a crime that carries heavy criminal penalties.

Furthermore, the Dems have positioned themselves as the Party that is pro drug dealers and pro child traffickers and favors migrants over citizens and criminals over victims. Good strategy, Dems. No wonder most polls show that the Party’s overall approval rating is about 40%.

These loonies have repeatedly attacked ICE personnel physically, throwing bottles and bricks at them and their vehicles, and even going so far as to shoot at them. In addition, they are attempting to ascertain their identity for the purpose of attacking them and their families personally. Even worse, they are being egged on by certain Dem politicians, such as CA Governor Gavin Newsome, LA Mayor Karen Bass and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, as well as the left-leaning mainstream media. These politicians know that ICE is operating within the law. They are just grandstanding for their far-left constituents and attempting to distract voters from the many glaring inadequacies of their administrations

The latest iteration is ICE’s recent raid on two marijuana farms in CA. The Department of Homeland Security executed criminal search warrants at two Glass House Farms facilities in Camarillo and Carpinteria, northwest of Los Angeles. The raids were part of a monthlong campaign across Southern California that was originally centered on Los Angeles. In what Federal authorities characterized as one of their largest operations so far, they reported that they arrested more than 360 people at the farm’s two locations. The farm was suspected of subjecting 14 children to forced labor, exploitation and trafficking.

In my view, child trafficking is one of the most heinous crimes. Typically, a trafficking victim endures physical violence, sexual abuse, forced labor and/or deprivation of basic needs. ICE’s haul included migrants with prior arrests for a variety of crimes such as rape and child trafficking. In view of the foregoing the cannabis farm is being investigated for unspecified child labor violations.

During the raids some 500 protesters showed up with violent intent. Many of them carried Mexican flags; others hurled rocks at ICE vehicles; one person who was arrested has a history of committing violent crimes, including attempted child exploitation; a professor, was arrested for allegedly throwing a tear gas canister at ICE agents; and one protester fired a handgun towards agents. The agents were forced to use tear gas to disperse the mob.

In other related developments regarding the raids: (1) DHS reported that four U.S. citizens were arrested on suspicion of assaulting or resisting officers; (2) the children rescued at the farm are from Mexico and Honduras; (3) many of them were unaccompanied minors, and (4) immigration authorities are investigating the criminal histories of all the detained illegal aliens. 

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters that rescuing the children from the farms was a key element of the plan from the beginning. Furthermore, she decried what she characterized as the “horrendous” behavior of the protesters. She told reporters: “Those individuals that were attacking those officers were trying to kill them.” She went on: “Let me be clear. You don’t throw rocks at vehicles like that, and you don’t attack them like that, unless you are trying to do harm to them physically and to kill them and to take their life.” U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott disclosed on X that one of the men apprehended in the raid had a criminal record for kidnapping, attempted rape and attempted child molestation.

Conclusion

According to a March 2025 DHS report, thanks to the Biden Administration’s open border policy over 600,000 unaccompanied migrant children have crossed the southern border since 2019. We have no idea of the actual number, but I suspect that figure is low. Essentially, we have lost track of hundreds of thousands of migrant children. Undoubtedly, many of them have become victims of forced labor or sex slavery. Keep that in mind whenever the Dems advocate for the rights of illegal aliens.

Illegal migrants threaten the security of our citizens. They have committed a plethora of crimes, which have been well documented. Moreover, although we are a wealthy country our financial resources are not infinite. Migrants soak up social and economic services at the expense of American citizens. Sanctuary jurisdictions cannot support the social and economic needs of both their own citizens and those of migrants and remain solvent. Typically, sanctuary jurisdictions actually give preference to migrants over their own citizens. CA is likely already bankrupt, and unless changes are implemented other locales such as IL and NY will soon be joining it.

We elected Donald Trump overwhelmingly for a reason. Let him and his people do their jobs without interference. To quote former president Obama, “elections have consequences.” If you don’t agree with Trump’s policies win the next election.

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HARVARD’S SHAMEFUL ANTISEMITIC CULTURE EXPOSED

In the last year or so I have published various blogs regarding Harvard University’s longstanding and well-entrenched antisemitic culture, both overt and covert, which dates back at least to the early 20th century. This was minimized or ignored by most of the media and the federal government until the current administration. To be fair, Harvard is not by any means the sole perpetrator; many other universities are guilty as well. However, for purposes of brevity I will focus this blog on Harvard.

Recently, this long-festering problem has come to a head. I attribute this primarily to two events: (1) the plethora of vitriolic and malevolent protests on campus incited by the far left and foreign radical groups and (2) the election of Donald Trump. The aforementioned protests have been excessive on many levels. The civil rights of Jewish students are being routinely violated. They have been subjected to intimidation, ridicule and violence in the classroom, in the dorms, and on campus and have generally been obstructed from pursuing the college education to which they are entitled and for which they have paid.

In Trump we finally have a president who has the mandate and the will to address and resolve this problem. This is one of the problems he campaigned to address and was elected to address. He has various powers at his disposal to compel these universities to cease and desist, and they know he will use them. More on this later. As we all know Trump says what he means and means what he says.

The university’s current president, Alan Garber seems to be trying to address this problem. As reported in the NY Post and various other media outlets recently the university commissioned two task forces comprised of both students and faculty, to conduct a thorough and objective analysis of antisemitic, anti-Isreal and anti-Muslim/Palestinian bias. They interviewed over 500 members of the “Harvard community.”

Their recently published reports are particularly damning. According to the Post they opined that “decades of woke activism have destroyed Harvard University and turned it into a cesspool of antisemitism.” They cited as examples “cruel and hateful posts” with respect to Jews, Israel and the Holocaust. Furthermore, some protesters unveiled a poster of Garber, who is Jewish, featuring “devil horns and a tail.”

Moreover, the studies contended that Harvard has “failed to live up to its mission including stifling diversity of thought and denying historical facts to prop up activist political agendas.” One faculty member told a Wall Street Journal reporter anonymously that if the current culture remained unresolved satisfactorily it could “pose an existential threat” [to the university].

The reports denoted that some members of the faculty are as biased as the protesters. These biases are routinely manifested in their lectures. For example, it was reported that one professor asserted that the Jewish people have “no historical connection” to Israel,” which is not only historically inaccurate but also grossly inflammatory. Other faculty members were linked to pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian advocacy groups.

Conclusion

As stated above President Trump has a variety of remedies at his disposal. For instance, he has frozen some $2.2 billion in federal grants due to HU. (According to published reports the federal government provides Harvard with some $9 billion of federal contracts, and grants annually.) Additionally, the university enjoys a tax-exempt status.

Today’s NY Post reported that Trump intends to make good on his threats. He announced that he intends to strip HU of its tax-exempt status on the grounds that it is not in compliance with the requirements of it pursuant to the tax code, namely it is failing to operate in the “public interest,” and it is failing to “operate exclusively for public educational purposes.”

These actions will likely be challenged in the courts, but nevertheless the message to HU and other universities is clear. The established order is unacceptable, has no place in our educational system, and will no longer be tolerated. Trump was elected to root out bias in our educational system, and he intends to do just that. Academia would be wise to take him seriously.

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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S FIRST 100 DAYS

The term “First 100 Days” was conceived by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 as a benchmark to evaluate his administration’s progress in implementing the much-ballyhooed “New Deal.” As some of you will recall from history the ND was his key campaign slogan, his plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression. It focused on three key areas: relief for the unemployed and impoverished, economic recovery, and reforms to the financial system to prevent another depression.  Over time we have come to recognize the first 100 days as an arbitrary benchmark to evaluate a president’s tenure. I believe it is useful, to some degree, but it is important to realize that some of an incoming president’s policies will take months or even years to bear fruit. Nevertheless, in my view Trump has accomplished more during this period than any other president.

Wednesday, April 29 marked the 100th day of President Trump’s second term. How has he done? Has he implemented the policies for which he was elected? Please read on for my observations and opinions.

  1. The Trump Administration hit the ground running. He had a mandate and a plan, and he wasted no time to begin implementing it. The same has been true for his cabinet appointees, all of whom have been most effective. According to CBS News in the first 100 days he has signed 142 executive orders, the most of any president.
  2. The Trump Administration has been the most transparent of any in history. He has given dozens of interviews many of which last for an hour or more during which he has answered every question often extemporaneously. Many of his cabinet meetings have been televised. Contrast this with the opaqueness of the Biden presidency where Joe would remain sequestered for days on end and then answer prearranged fluff questions, such as his favorite flavor of ice cream, from prechosen reporters, often incoherently.
  3. Any objective analysis of Trump’s accomplishments must recognize the impact of the intense negative and mendacious media coverage, which, reality, has plagued him since he began his first presidential campaign.
  4. For example, the latest polls published by the Media Research Center have reported that 92% of the media coverage by three of the major tv networks – ABC, CBS and NBC – has been negative. Even though the media’s credibility has been in sharp decline it is inevitable that this one-sided coverage would affect the public’s viewpoint to some degree. For example, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll twice as many people opined that President Trump deserves a grade of “F” rather than an “A” for how he’s handled his first 100 days in office. This would be among the worst first 100 days rating for any president. However, I have seen many other pols and opinions that strongly endorse his many accomplishments and assert the country is on the “right track.” So far, Trump’s legion of fans has been sticking with him.
  5. Trump’s greatest achievement has been reasserting control of our southern border, which has resulted in a 55% approval rate. By any objective measure the border is the most secure it has ever been.
  6. Trump has made us feel safe and secure again. We are now respected by our allies and feared by our enemies.
  7. Homeland Security and ICE have been rounding up and deporting illegals at a massive rate. We don’t really know how many entered the country under the Biden-Harris open border policy of the last four years, nor their intentions nor where they are. Estimates run as high as 20 million. In addition, tragically we have “lost” some 500,000 children many of whom are likely being “trafficked.”
  8. The initial deportee groups include criminals, traffickers of illegal drugs such as fentanyl, and other undesirables. They have been the priority and deservedly so, but the plan is eventually to also address other groups. According to ICE, to date, it has deported nearly 66,000 illegals and arrested some 66,000 more, 75% of which have pending criminal charges or convictions.
  9. It should be noted that this effort has been hindered to some degree by some far-left district judges whose overly zealous rulings have exceeded their legal authority, and Dem congresspersons and most notably Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen who have advocated for an MS13 gang member who is a convicted murderer (of a Maryland citizen, no less, that Van Hollen conveniently ignores) and wife beater who had been ordered deported on two separate occasions by two different judges.
  10. Border encounters have been down 93%, crossings 99% and “gotaways” 95%.
  11. Perhaps, his biggest criticism has been with respect to his tariff policy. He has aggressively sought to reverse what he has characterized as a well-entrenched, longstanding, inequitable trade system whereby other countries have been charging us high tariffs, which have impeded our ability to export products. There are many egregious examples of this. His oft-stated goal is to create an equitable playing field by equalizing tariffs. A corollary goal is to encourage foreign-based businesses to relocate to the US to create jobs.
  12. These tariff policies have hollowed out many of our key our industries to the point where we now manufacture virtually nothing. This presents a potentially existential threat to the US should there be a war or another COVID-like disaster that interrupts our supply chain of necessary imports. We could be at the mercy of our enemies, particularly China. (To quote acerbic Louisiana Senator John Kennedy, “The Lord made the earth in seven days. Everything else is made in China.”) Over 100 countries have been lobbying Trump to make tariff deals, but negotiations are complicated. This is one of the policies that will take some time to bear fruit. Eventually, they should work to our benefit, but there has been some short-term pain.
  13. He has facilitated the return of 26 Americans who were being held hostage in foreign countries.
  14. He has been getting inflation under control. Due to the Biden Administration’s wild, irresponsible spending the Consumer Price Index for all items rose 2.9 percent from December 2023 to December 2024. The CPI reported a 2.4% increase for March, a six-month low, and for the next few years most predictions forecast a gradual return to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. 
  15. He has commenced drilling for oil with the intent of creating jobs and making us energy independent again.
  16. The financial markets have been fluctuating wildly, which has caused angst among investors, but I believe one should trust that the long-term prognosis is positive.
  17. He created the DOGE to identify and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.
  18. Perhaps, the most critical task, however, will be to extend the 2017 “Trump Tax cuts” which are set to expire this year. Congress hopes to include this in its “one big, beautiful bill.” An extension would likely result in a massive tax cut, which, like all tax cuts, would probably provide a substantial boost to the economy. If not, the country will likely suffer a huge tax hike which could lead to a recession and a decisive defeat in the 2026 mid-term elections. In my opinion this bill holds the key to Trump’s economic policy and perhaps his presidency.
  19. He has begun to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions that have insisted on harboring illegals in defiance of federal law.
  20. He is cracking down on colleges who have failed to rectify the rampant and blatant antisemitism on their campuses.
  21. He is curtailing DEI and wokeism and eliminating transgender men invading women’s safe spaces and competing against them in sports.
  22. All that said, Trump’s most significant and long-lasting achievement may be that he has maneuvered the Dems into advocating for the wrong side of every significant issue that the voters care about. This is because the Dems simply are unable to support ANY policy or issue that Trump has advocated, even if it is obvious and makes common sense.
  23. Thus, the public perceives that they favor criminals over victims, illegal aliens over citizens, open borders over closed borders, radical Muslim terrorists over Israel and Jews, government fraud, waste and abuse over government efficiency, foreign workers over American workers, and America last over America first to name a few examples.

Conclusion

As I have said in previous blogs the Dems are in disarray. Six months after the election they still have not figured out how and why they lost so decisively. In my view until they do so they will not be able to win a national election again. They are allowing themselves to be dominated by the party’s far-left wing. They are woefully out of touch with the voters. The party’s favorability rating in most polls is in the 20th percentile. Senate Majority Leader Chuck (the “Chameleon”) Schumer’s approval rating is a well-deserved 15%, and he is in danger of being ousted by the radical AOC in his next election.

They make speeches and tv singalong commercials that are inane and nothing short of buffoonery. They are unable or unwilling to offer cogent alternatives to Trump’s policies. All they do is criticize and spew hatred and divisiveness. They have become the Party of “no.” This is not a sustainable strategy in the long-term.

Has Trump’s tenure been perfect? No. Have some of his policies caused some concern? Of course. However, we elected him decisively to do a job, which is to fix what ails the country. I say give him a chance. Love him or hate him, there is one undeniable truth; he means what he says and says what he means.

Remember, 100 days is just an arbitrary benchmark. He deserves more than 100 days to accomplish what needs to be done, to undo the damage of the last four years, a lot more.

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY’S CHUTZPAH. DEMS’ CONTINUING SELF-DESTRUCTION

For many years Harvard University has enjoyed a most impressive reputation. Many people have always viewed HU as among the finest and most prestigious educational institutions in the world. Many people still do. According to Wikipedia HU students, alumni, faculty, and researchers include eight US presidents, 24 heads of state, 31 heads of government, 188 living billionaires, ten Academy Award winners, and 110 Olympic medalists, including 46 gold. Additionally, they comprise a plethora of Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists, Rhodes Scholars, Pulitzer Prize winners and prominent members of government.

Furthermore, the Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked Harvard first in each of its annual rankings of the world’s colleges and universities; the Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings, which was published from 2004 to 2009, ranked Harvard first in the world in each of its annual rankings; it has been ranked first in the world each year since 2011 by its successor, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings; and according to annual polls conducted by The Princeton Review, Harvard is consistently among the top two most commonly named “dream” colleges in the United States for both students and their parents.

However, recent events tell me that HU has been reading its own press clippings, so to speak. In my opinion HU thinks it is above not only the law but also above common decency. Read on, and I will explain.

HU is a private university located in Cambridge, MA. It was founded on October 28, 1636, and it is the oldest university in the US. It was named for its first benefactor, John Harvard. By the latter part of the 19th century, it had become a favorite among the Boston elite. In the opinion of many both it and its students had developed a snobby or bumptious attitude, which exists unfettered to this day.

By the early 1920s the percentage of Jewish students at HU had grown to 20%. The university’s president at the time thought that was excessive. Accordingly, he sought (unsuccessfully) to limit the admission of Jewish students to 15% of the undergraduate population. He also refused to require desegregation of the university’s freshman dorms. He stated that, “we owe to the colored man the same opportunities for education that we do to the white man, but we do not owe to him to force him and the white man into social relations that are not, or may not be, mutually congenial.” A certain antisemitic and anti-Black culture was being established, which has only intensified since then.

For many years this sentiment was mostly covert, but in the last few years it has exploded into the open. In January 2024, Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, was forced to resign in the wake of allegations of antisemitism after having served only six months.  Gay was succeeded by Alan Garber, who has done nothing to rectify the campus culture. In fact, it can be argued that it has deteriorated further during his short tenure.

Now the HU Administration has developed a brazenness that is astounding. It has resisted reining in antisemitic/anti-Israel “protesters.” It has hardened its stance even in the face of losing substantial amounts of federal money and being subjected to other penalties and ridicule.

For instance, HU normally receives some $8 billion per year from the federal government most of which is earmarked for research and affiliated hospitals. The Trump Administration has already frozen $2.2 billion in grants, canceled a $60 million contract for further aid, and threatened to revoke the school’s tax-exempt status, which would be a huge blow. Regardless of these financial penalties, HU is stubbornly adhering to its policies. According to the NY Post it views these protests as a “civil right for the school [and the protesters] instead of a violation of Jewish students’ civil rights. Moreover, the school’s attorneys have reiterated HU “will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”

Conclusion

This high-profile obstinance only reinforces the public’s perception of elitism and antisemitism as exhibited by HU, Columbia and various other colleges in the Ivy League and elsewhere in recent years. As I said antisemitism has been festering covertly at the nation’s colleges for many years. The Biden Administration’s laissez-faire attitude and the October 7, 2023 terror attacks against Israel have brought it out in the open by giving “cover” to these radicals.

Unlike most schools HU has the financial resources to reject any federal assistance, at least for a time. It possesses an endowment estimated at $53 billion, by far the largest of any university. So, for now it can afford to stand on principle.

In the meantime, this is just another example of the far left being on the wrong side of every issue. Its TDS has forced it to oppose any policy espoused by Trump. This group has taken control of the Dem Party thereby making it the Party that favors open borders, criminals over law-abiding citizens, the rights of illegals over US citizens, government waste fraud and abuse, antisemitism, anti-working man, trans rights, and many other highly unpopular issues.

The latest iteration of this involves Maryland Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen. He ignored the horrific murder of Rachel Morin, a Maryland constituent. He didn’t even bother to make a condolence call to the family. Now, he feels compelled to free the murderer from the El Salvador prison in which he is being incarcerated. He has taken the highly unusual step of traveling to El Salvador to make a personal appeal for his release. This publicity stunt makes him look like a publicity-seeking buffoon and only serves to buttress his and his Party’s negative image. Good luck with that. Keep it up Dems.

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DEM PARTY SELF-DESTRUCTION

Based on the political news since the November 2024 election I have come to the conclusion that the Dems are heading slowly, but inexorably, toward self-destruction. Figuratively, I feel as if I am watching an out-of-control speeding vehicle careening toward a cliff, and there is nothing I or anyone else can do to stop it. What’s more, the Dem Party professionals and their allies in the media are driving the car. Hyperbole, perhaps, slightly, but after reading this blog, I believe that, unless you are a “Kool-aide drinker,” you will come to the same conclusion.

Consider:

  1. The election was nearly five months ago, long enough for the shock to have worn off. Long enough for the Dems to have regrouped and formulated a strategy to rebound.
  2. And yet, after all this time many if not most of them have still not ascertained why and how they lost. They cannot fathom that they, themselves and their policies, were to blame. Rather than looking internally, they are continuing to blame others.
  3. Most of us know that the first step to resolving a problem is to admit that you have one. This is a hard lesson to learn, but it is a necessary one. Drug addicts learn it; alcohol abusers learn it; why can’t the Dem politicians learn it?
  4. In my opinion it is because they are in complete denial. They live in a figurative bubble and cannot conceive how the vast majority of people live, how they continually have to deal with real life problems, like finding a good-paying job, putting food on the table, and paying the rent or mortgage.
  5. In essence, they believe their own propaganda. We all know the drill. The border is secure; go “Green;” illegals, even criminals, drug dealers and terrorists, have rights even superseding those of citizens; inflation is transitory; and transgenders should be allowed to enter girls’ private spaces and compete with them in sports.

Last November the GOP won an election as decisively as any in a long time. Trump won the presidency in a landslide; he won the popular vote, which is rare for a Republican; he won all seven swing states; he made significant inroads into traditionally Dem voting blocs such as blacks, Hispanics, Jews and young people; and his coattails flipped the Senate and retained the House.

However, the numbers do not tell the entire story. Five months later the Dem Party finds itself in complete disarray. It is firmly in the control of its radical left wing. Its spokespersons are AOC, Bernie Sanders, Hakeem Jeffries, and Jasmine Crockett, all left wing, not a moderate in the bunch. CNN, MSNBC, the NY Times and the Washington Post are spewing their distorted fake news as aggressively as ever.

Meanwhile, the Trump Administration has established itself on the “right side,” the “commonsense side,” of every issue that is important to voters, the so-called “80-20 issues,” such as securing the borders, the rights of citizens over illegal aliens, law and order, energy independence, deporting criminal illegal aliens, eliminating fraud, waste and abuse in government, Israel over Hamas, peace in Ukraine, local control of education, and eliminating transgenders from women’s private spaces and sports. On the other hand, the Dem’s, since they must oppose any Trump policy, have been forced to support the opposing side in all of those issues.

Thus, they have been forced into the ludicrous and untenable position of supporting, or at least tolerating pro-Hamas, anti-Jewish riots and lawlessness on college campuses, blocking the deporting of criminal illegals who have committed the most heinous of crimes, and firebombing Tesla showrooms. The latter is especially inane. It was the Dems who pushed EVs and other “green” policies on the reluctant public for years. Elon Musk was their hero. Now, just because Musk is an ally of Trump’s they are advocating the destruction of his company and returning to gas guzzler cars? Don’t they realize how unhinged that appears? Don’t they care? Furthermore, let’s not overlook the fact that they are endangering innocent people’s lives and damaging thousands of workers’ livelihoods.

Now the radical Dems are attempting to depose Chuck Schumer as Minority Leader in the Senate and replace his with a more left-leaning senator. Regular readers know I am not a Schumer fan. In fact, I despise him politically. I have no respect for him. I consider him to be a political chameleon with no integrity. His support for Israel and Jews, in general, has been tepid at best. He has not spoken out in support of Israel in its war against Hamas nor in opposition of the riots and lawlessness on college campuses against Jewish students. That said, I believe they would be making a mistake if they were to replace him with a more radical senator.

Conclusion

The Dems need to regroup and fast. They need to recognize why and how they lost in 2024 and change their policies. They need to get over their TDS and join the Republicans on the right side of the aforementioned 80-20 issues. They need to control their radical left wing and coalesce behind moderate leaders. Otherwise, there will be more of the same in 2026 and beyond.

On the humorous side, Joe Biden has resurfaced. He has offered to help the Dems with their current predicament. That should be a “hard pass.”

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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS

By most accounts, President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4 was a rousing success. That’s not just my opinion; it’s an opinion shared even by normally anti-Trump sources.

For example, a CBS poll reported that 76% of respondents approved of the speech. The same poll disclosed that 77% are in favor of his program to eliminate government waste, fraud and abuse; 77% support his border/immigration policies; 73% support his efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine; and 65% agree with him on tariffs. A CNN poll disclosed that 69% of respondents had a positive reaction to his speech.

Only 20% thought that Congressman Al Greene’s antics were “appropriate.” Political disagreements are fine, even to be expected, but they should be decorous. In general, the Dems’ antics were unprofessional, undignified, and unbefitting members of Congress. Although not unprecedented they were highly unusual and overly extreme. Most viewers were appalled. Even other Dems were loath to defend them. Trump’s reaction was restrained. He denoted that “these people sitting right here will not clap, will not stand and certainly will not cheer [for any of my achievements no matter what].”

Most devastating, according to a Quinnipiac poll only 21% of respondents view the Dem Party favorably at this time. More on this later.

In my opinion, in just a little over six weeks in office President Trump has accomplished more than any other president in that short time period, with the possible exception of FDR in his first term. I would argue that he has already accomplished more than President Joe Biden and his various unofficial and unelected surrogates did in four years. Those of us who have been paying attention know what they are, and there is no need to repeat all of them in detail in this blog. There are too many of them anyway. Trump has been a veritable whirling dervish. He has set such a fast pace that before his critics can react to one decision, he will have enacted three more. They literally have been unable to keep up. But I would like to highlight a few of what I consider to be the more significant ones.

So, as David Letterman might say, below please find my “Top Ten:”

  1. He was ready to go full bore on Day 1.
  2. Eighteen of his cabinet nominees have already been approved, and they, too, have hit the ground running.
  3. He has signed in excess of 100 Executive Orders and has promulgated over 400 Executive Actions.
  4. He has virtually closed the southern border. The Dems had insisted it couldn’t be done without new legislation. It turned out all that was needed was a new president and a new border Czar.
  5. He has commenced the rounding up and deporting of illegal alien gang members, criminals, cartel members, spies and psychos.
  6. He has made significant progress toward peace in the Russia-Ukraine War, which has claimed thousands of lives and cost us billions of dollars. The spat between Zelensky and Trump will be resolved. Apparently, Zelensky’s belligerent attitude in their meeting in the White House was the result of bad advice by certain Dems with whom he had met beforehand. Ukraine needs the US’s support in order to survive, and we need access to their copious supply of raw earth minerals.
  7. He has made significant progress in “convincing” Hamas to release many of the hostages from the October 7 attack with more to come.
  8. He has ordered the commencement oil and gas drilling and the reopening of the Keystone Pipeline.
  9. Through DOGE he has commenced an aggressive program to eliminate government fraud, abuse and waste. The program has already saved billions of dollars, and the goal to save one trillion dollars seems to be within reach.
  10. He has encouraged many companies to relocate to the US or else face tariffs on their products, and he has instituted reciprocal tariffs against countries that have been imposing tariffs on us. These tariffs are scheduled to commence on April 2 if deals have not been finalized by then. If they come to pass certain prices will likely increase. Hopefully, they will not be needed

All that said, his most enduring accomplishment has been to maneuver the Dem Party and its allies in the media into supporting the wrong side of all the so-called 80-20 issues that are most important to voters. These people are poster boys for “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” aka TDS. Over the past several years it has become increasingly apparent that this is a real condition. The primary symptom is that they cannot agree with any Trump policy or action no matter what, even if it is obviously beneficial and makes common sense. For instance they could not bring themselves to stand and applaud the capture of the “top terrorist” who had masterminded the bombing of the Kabul Airport during the bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan, or in acknowledgment of the various Gold Star moms, widows and orphans whose loved ones had been slain by illegal aliens and/or criminals, or the young female volleyball player whose head was smashed in by a transgender during a match, or the 13-year-old boy who had survived brain cancer who was made an honorary member of the Secret Service, or the orphaned high school graduate who it was announced had been admitted to West Point, or the captive who was recently released from a Russian prison to whom Trump paid special tribute.

Thus, they are presently being portrayed as:

  1. being against commonsense,
  2. advocating the rights of illegal aliens over those of American citizens,
  3. defending the rights of criminals rather than law abiding citizens,
  4. being antisemitic and misogynistic
  5. opposing eliminating taxes on tips, overtime and social security payments for seniors,
  6. favoring war over peace,
  7. advocating transgender males competing against biological females in sports and entering female spaces, and
  8. perpetuating fraud, waste and abuse in government.

They have become the Party of “no.” They have not articulated any viable alternative policies to Trump’s. They just reject his and call him hateful names. They stand for nothing. They have been forced out of the mainstream onto the far-left fringe on many issues. Undoubtedly that accounts for their low approval rating. Even though voters’ political opinions can and normally have changed radically in a short time, the current climate does not augur well for those Congressmen and women who will be running for office in 2026, many of whom represent districts that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2024.

Conclusion

For the time being Trump has flipped the Dem coalition of working people, middle class, blacks, Hispanics and Jews that was established by FDR in 1932. The Dems are now perceived as the party of elites and out of touch with everyday Americans. Hopefully, that will endure. We’ll see.

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COMMONSENSE

What is “commonsense?” We’re all familiar with the expression, but for many of us it is hard to define. It’s reminiscent of former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s response when asked to define pornography: “I know it when I see it.” According to the dictionary commonsense is characterized by “sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts.” Sounds good, so let’s go with that. 

In his first month in office Donald Trump has accomplished a great deal, arguably more than any other president in history. However, perhaps his greatest achievement has been to cop-opt the common- sense approach to the key issues facing the country, relegating the Dems to the fringes. As I said, we may not be able to define it, but we know it when we see it, and we see it in what Trump is doing.

There have been a plethora of obvious examples, but just a few will suffice to make my point:

  1. Immigration. Open borders with no security and no vetting never made any sense. It’s akin to leaving your home unlocked and the doors and windows open allowing anyone unfettered access. No one in their right mind would do that. Most of the advocates for open borders were those who enjoy the security of walled and gated communities or doormen and/or travel with private security. The obvious results have spoken for themselves. It’s commonsense that people and countries need secure barriers such as walls and other security measures for protection. The Vatican Wall and the Great Wall of China have served this purpose for centuries. The original Vatican Wall dates back to 846, although it has been expanded over the years. The Great Wall of China was constructed over a period of over 2,000 years beginning in the third century BC.  Both walls were built to protect citizens from marauders. It is inane to claim they are not needed or don’t work as the Dems have maintained. On the other hand, look at the European Union. The borders between member states generally resemble a sieve. In the past decade some 29 million immigrants, both legal and illegal have entered causing political, social, criminal and economic problems. Trump’s security measures are commonsense, and they are working.
  2. Biological males’ access to females’ bathrooms and locker rooms and competing against them in sports. This is another commonsense issue. Only a sliver of the populace advocates this. I doubt that very many females would be comfortable with this, nor be would any sane parent of a young girl. Similarly, females should not have to compete against biological males in sports. Males are generally physiologically bigger and stronger. It is not fair, but more importantly it is dangerous. Anyone who watched a biological male boxer beat up a biological female boxer in the last Olympics would attest to that. For years the Dems have ignored this issue or even defended it. Trump has vowed to resolve it. Again, it’s commonsense.
  3. Crime. The Dems’ ill-conceived and ill-advised sanctuary jurisdiction policy and lenient attitude toward crime and criminals has rendered “blue” cities unsafe. Criminals operate with impunity. Law-abiding citizens fear for their safety. Many businesses have been unable to survive. Thousands of people have relocated from “blue” to “red” jurisdictions. This is another commonsense issue.
  4. Government waste, fraud and abuse. This is another obvious issue. For decades people have wanted politicians to deal with this issue. Finally, someone, Trump, is doing something about it. Trump, through Homeland Security and ICE, is cracking down, hard. How could any reasonable person object to tackling this issue? Yet, many Dems are objecting, which has led many people to conclude that they have been complicit and have something to hide.

CONCLUSION

In my view, Trump’s policies and actions to date cannot be categorized as either Dem or Republican, liberal or conservative. He is more of a populist. He is working on behalf of all Americans, regardless of political persuasion.

As I have written in previous blogs, he has not only been resolving America’s problems, more significantly he is on the verge of rendering the Dems a minor party. The Dems hate Trump so much that they are blindly and instinctively committed to opposing anything he says or does regardless of the consequences or if they make sense. As a result, they have found themselves on the wrong side of each of the above issues as well as most others. These are not closely contested issues either. Trump has staked out positions favored by 80-90% of the voters, leaving the Dems stuck with positions favored by a very slim minority.

In addition, they are leaderless at the present time. No one has stepped up to try to unite the Party. It is dominated by its far-left wing. The moderates have been cowed into silence.

The Dems have not offered any viable alternative policies or solutions. They have become the party of “no” and name-calling. They still have not come to terms with the reasons why they lost the 2024 election much less corrected them. That does not augur well for them in 2026 or 2028.

Bad for them; good for the rest of us.

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TRUMP’S FABULOUS FORTNIGHT

Reporter to Trump: “So, Mr. President, how did your first two weeks as president go? What did you accomplish?”

Trump’s reply: “Not much. It was a quiet two weeks. I’m just familiarizing myself with matters. However, I did manage to accomplish a few things.”

Reporter: “Such as?”

  1. I have done precisely what I said I would and what I was elected to do. The voters have spoken. They gave me a resounding mandate, and I am implementing it.
  2. In stark contrast to my predecessor, I have implemented a policy of transparency. My Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, will be holding frequent, impartial and open press conferences.
  3. My first and most critical accomplishment was gaining control of our borders, both northern and southern.
  4. A recent NY Times poll disclosed that 87% of voters are in favor of deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records, and a recent WSJ poll reported 74% in favor of it. (It is unheard of for 87% of Americans to agree on anything.) Additionally, the same NYT poll revealed that 55% of Americans favor deporting ALL illegals.
  5. The number of illegal entries has decreased to a trickle. According to Fox News the number of migrants seeking entry at the southern border has dropped by over 60% since Trump’s inauguration. There were 7,287 migrant encounters at the southern border in the first seven days (Jan 20-26) after Trump’s inauguration by both Border Patrol between ports of entry and by the Office of Field Operations (OFO) at ports of entry, including a low of 600 on January 26.
  6. That compares to 20,086 encounters in the final seven days of the Biden administration (Jan 13-19) prior to Trump’s inauguration, (2,869 encounters per day).
  7. I have dispatched military troops to the border to support CBP personnel.
  8. ICE has been rounding up thousands of illegals, focusing on criminals, drug dealers, cartel members, gangbangers, psychos and other undesirables. Thousands have been deported to their home countries. After some reluctance on their part, I have convinced Mexican and Canadian authorities to render assistance. Thousands of others (the “worst of the worst”) have been and will be transferred to Gitmo pending their deportation. The capacity of the facility is being expanded to accommodate up to 30,000 inmates. Furthermore, I will be dispatching up to 500 troops to augment the force presently there.
  9. Congress approved the Laken Riley Act, which I had championed, and I signed it into law.
  10. I will be investigating FEMA, whose performances most recently with respect to disasters in NC and CA, have been woefully inadequate, with the possibility of reforming or eliminating it entirely and turning over its duties to the individual states.
  11. ICE will be “cross-designating” local police to assist in enforcing immigration laws, including detaining illegals in their jurisdictions. Already, several local police units have volunteered to participate.
  12. As reported in the Wall Street Journal the US Postal Service placed a tariff on packages that some Chinese and Hong Kong companies had been shipping into the US duty-free.
  13. I placed a 25% tariff on imports of certain goods from Mexico and Canada and a 10% tariff on certain goods imported from China. I have employed these tariffs as a negotiating tool to secure cooperation, and they have been very effective. Mexico and Canada have acceded to my demands. China has retaliated by imposing “targeted tariffs” on U.S. imports. I am not concerned about a trade war. I will commence negotiations with President Xi in due course to obviate one.
  14. The US has proposed to assume responsibility for rebuilding and resurrecting Gaza. Currently, much of it is a wasteland of destroyed and burned-out buildings and unexploded ordnance owing to years of war. Basically, it is unlivable. I fear that if the Palestinians were to return to those conditions the seeds of further wars will have been planted, and the cycle of endless wars will continue. To date, no country has stepped up with a viable solution. Therefore, I have suggested that the US assume responsibility for resurrecting it and in the process bring stability and jobs to the area. Sounds good, but I can foresee some hurdles. For example, this would involve the relocation of the current residents. President Netanyahu and various other ME leaders have expressed support for the plan, in general, but the devil will be in the details. For instance, to which country(ies) would the Gazans be relocated? Already, Egypt and Jordan have declined to accept them. Also, the plan presupposes that the Hamas terrorists would be eliminated beforehand, which will necessitate further conflict.
  15. DOGE has commenced cutting waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. USAID is a prime example. It has strayed from its original purpose. The agency’s doctrine of promoting democracy and supporting programs for disadvantaged people worldwide sounds good on the surface, but it has devolved into a veritable slush fund for fraudulent, radical and wasteful woke projects including some that benefit “miscellaneous foreign awardees” that are anti-American, anti-Israel, and/or affiliated with terrorist groups such as Al Awda, the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society. Examples abound, but some include (1) $20 million for condoms for Gazans (not just for safe sex but more likely as casings for IEDs), (2) $20 million for a Sesame Street show in Iraq, (3) $56 million to boost tourism in Tunisia and Egypt, (4) $40 million to build schools in Jordan, (5) $11 million to instruct Vietnam how to burn garbage, and (5) $2 million to strengthen “Trans-Led” organizations. What are the common denominators of these pet projects? They are wasteful; they were authorized by nameless, faceless unelected bureaucrats; and they DO NOT BENEFIT AMERICAN CITIZENS who paid for them with their tax dollars and could also use the money. The good news is that DOGE has uncovered these abuses; the bad news is that it has just scratched the surface of government fraud, waste and abuse. No wonder the swamp-dwellers are squawking so vociferously.
  16. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has assumed the role of acting director of USAID. He will ensure that USAID funds will go to true humanitarian organizations as originally intended.
  17. I have targeted various areas of waste, anti-Americanism and antisemitism in the UN. For example, I have declared my intention to withdraw the US from WHO and UNRWA unless they reform their policies.
  18. I am requiring all Federal employees who have been working remotely to return to their offices. In a related matter I have offered most of them the option of taking deferred retirement. I offered full pay plus benefits through September 30. The goal is to reduce the payroll by as much as 10%, which would save about $100 billion. Some 20,000 have already accepted. Also, the CIA has offered buyout packages to all of its employees.
  19. Inexplicably, in a misguided act of defiance NJ Governor Phil Murphy admitted that he was harboring an illegal in his home, and he challenged Tom Homan to “try to get her.” Such actions constitute a violation of Federal law and I’m sure Tom Homan will be up to the challenge. (Murphy’s aides have tried to “walk back” his comments.)
  20. I have canceled the project of building windmills off the coast of NJ.
  21. Venezuela has voluntarily released six hostages that most Americans were not even aware it was detaining.
  22. I informed Panama that we would retake control of the Panama Canal unless it terminated China’s influence over the area. It agreed to do so.
  23. I terminated the security clearances of the 51 “intelligence liars” who had impacted the 2020 election by falsely swearing Hunter Biden’s laptop constituted “Russian election interference.”
  24. I banned biological men from participating in women’s sports or entering women’s locker rooms under Title IX.
  25. Sanctuary jurisdictions that fail to cooperate with ICE will face reductions or elimination of federal funds.
  26. For the safety of the ME and the world Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. I will ensure that it doesn’t.
  27. In a related matter according to a CNN report 60% of employers say they have already terminated some of the Gen Z workers they had hired fresh out of college just a few months ago. Apparently, their work is just not “up to company standards,” and they are “difficult to work with.” Not surprising given the US’s woke educational system and attitudes of many young people.

Conclusion

The Dems are in total panic, shock and disarray. I think they are afraid that DOGE may uncover their complicity in the aforementioned fraud, waste and abuse. I have more bad news for them. DOGE is just scratching the surface. There is significantly more to uncover in other departments such as education, Medicare, Medicaid and social security. There is no intention to reduce legitimate benefits just save the taxpayers money.

Furthermore, they have no effective counterproposals to Trump’s proposals and actions. Moreover, they have given no indication that they realize why they lost the election. If they can’t or won’t identify the reasons, they won’t be able to fix them. Recently, all eight major candidates for the head of the DNC ascribed it to the old standbys, misogyny and racism. The Party and its supporters are continuing to adhere to the same old tired policies, such as DEI, wokeism, and opposing anything Trump proposes or does. They are on the wrong side of every important issue. Quite simply, they are out of touch with the electorate. They epitomize the definition of insanity, repeating the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.

Chuck (the “Chameleon”) Schumer looks like a fool on tv. The divisive Ilhan Omar and AOC have been among their most vocal speakers. Good luck with that.

Trump has been moving at “warp speed.” They cannot keep up. By the time they protest one action he has instituted three more. They are scurrying around like “Lucy in the chocolate factory.” The good news is he is just getting started. To use a baseball analogy, he has not even entered the game yet. He’s just warming up in the bullpen. Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be an eventful four years. I, for one, look forward to it and will enjoy it.

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