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NY ELECTION ISN'T ABOUT TRUMP It's not about Trump. In New York. It's not about Trump. It's about you. You, and how the governor is screwing you. You and your family and your state. In New York, the election is about the least popular governor in America and the most expensive and dysfunctional state government in the country. It's about holding a governor accountable for five years of failure and fatigue. It's about understanding that the chaos in Albany is separate from the chaos in Washington, and while you can't do much about Washington, you can make a change in Albany. And if you don't, you're going to keep getting screwed. Your neighbors will keep moving away, your jobs will keep disappearing, your poverty rates will keep rising, your streets will continue to be unsafe, your schools will continue to fail. Poverty? In New York City, it was 18% when she took over and it's 26% now, with similar numbers across the state. Taxes? Business rates were 6.5% when she took over and they're 7.25% now, taking some $20 billion a year out of our employers' pockets. She has raised the MTA payroll mobility tax twice and folks in New York City are a combined 9.43% before local taxes are factored in. Energy? Electricity rates have gone up 68% since she became governor. Natural gas prices have gone up 25%. And both of those are the result of state taxes and policies -- state taxes and policies signed into law by the governor. Housing? Housing costs over much of the state have increased some 50% since she became governor -- compared to 30% nationally. Education? Most expensive public schools in America, with middling outcomes in our best schools and horrific results for students in our cities -- and some of the lowest literacy rates in the country. Health care? Health insurance is 40% more expensive in New York than in the rest of the country -- because of taxes and mandates signed into law by the governor. Outmigration? During each year of this governor's term, more than 400,000 people have moved out of the state, far outstripping the number moving in. And those moving out have largely been tax payers and those moving in have largely been tax users. Management? This governor had a wildcat strike in her prisons and two inmates savagely beaten to death by correctional officers and yet has done nothing to replace her failed commissioner or make the prisons safe for inmates and employees. And the Tax Foundation says this governor's New York is dead last among the states when it comes to places to start or run a business. And none of that is about Trump. All of that is about Hochul. It doesn't matter whether you hate him or love him. This is about her. More of her constituents tell pollsters they disapprove of her than any other governor in the country. Her state is troubled and trending downward. And it's her fault. And it's your choice. You can't fix Washington, but you can fix Albany.

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📢 Attention New Yorkers! @GovKathyHochul announced 2.5 million more New Yorkers are eligible to get discounts on utility bills. Learn more about eligibility and how to enroll in the State’s Energy Affordability Program (EAP): dps.ny.gov/energy-affordabil…

“Both in the present and in the past, some immigrant groups have made great contributions to American society, and others have contributed mainly to the welfare rolls and the prisons.” — Thomas Sowell

We have a very serious situation unfolding in northern Erie County. Training thunderstorms are causing significant flooding. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. Head to higher ground if your house is flooding. #nywx #FlashFlooding @news4buffalo

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If you want @KathyHochul out as Governor and Bruce Blakeman in, the solution is simple: Vote. Vote like your family, community, and state depends on it. Because it does. We can only change policies that hurt our state by changing the policymakers.

Someone please make it stop!

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ABOUT LAKE AMERICA What's the name of the river that separates Texas from Mexico? The Rio Grande? That's right. The Rio Grande. If you're standing on the north bank. But if you wade across and stand on the south bank, what's its name then? If you say, "The Rio Grande," you're an American. But if you say, "The Rio Bravo," you're a Mexican. Because that one river has two names. One officially recognized by the American government and one officially recognized by the Mexican government. Kind of like the Persian Gulf. On its eastern shores it is the Persian Gulf, on its western shores it is the Arabian Gulf. One body of water, two names, reflecting the values, heritage and pride of the nations which surround it. A last example: The South China Sea. One body of water, officially known as the South China Sea to China, the East Sea to Vietnam and the West Sea to the Philippines. Which means if Canada wants to call the easternmost body of fresh water between itself and the United States Lake Ontario, and the United States wants to call that same body of fresh water Lake America, it would be in keeping with a practice established around the world for centuries. Kind of like the practice of governments changing the names of geographical features for political reasons, like Presidents Obama and Biden did some 650 times. You knew that, right? In the last two Democrat administrations, the federal government went on a spree, scrubbing the map of names, people, words and races it found politically unacceptable. Remember Mount McKinley, Point Barrow, Squaw Peak and Fort Polk? So, the precedent is broadly and repeatedly established by Barack Obama and Joe Biden -- a president can name any damn thing any damn thing for any damn reason. Like Trump did. Like Trump trolled Democrats into believing he did. It's like he's got a laser pointer and they're a roomful of cats. He plays them like a fish. He posts on Truth Social and they shit their pants. He scribbles with his giant Sharpie and their heads explode. He says something about Lake Ontario and they completely forget the six-month anniversary of the Iran War. The Democrats and their puppets on the evening news. Moron politicians with social media posts from the shore, breathless reporters doing Man On The Street with men on the beach, indignant Canadians spitting on America, earnest Native Americans explaining etymology. He leads them around by the nose. "Republicans take Trump seriously, but not literally," a smart man said. "Democrats take Trump literally, not not seriously." And so he trolls them, for fun and sport. And distraction. Because the same Democrats and reporters who seem to believe Trump gives a damn what Lake Ontario is called are completely oblivious to the real issue at hand -- which is how the Canadians have lived like leeches off American prosperity for generations. Take 2025, for example. Last year, Canada's trade surplus with the United States was about $150 billion. That means that as a result of trade between the two nations, they ended up $150 billion richer and we ended up $150 billion poorer. That happens because they rip us off. They rig the game to enrich themselves and impoverish us. That grabbing of American cash becomes more galling when you look at the rest of Canada's top-10 trading relationships, in which it runs a trade deficit with every nation except the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. In fact, if it wasn't ripping the United States off for $150 billion a year, Canada would run a net trade deficit with the world, meaning that each year it would export wealth and become poorer and poorer. But it takes our money to paper over its weakness. If it wasn't siphoning off America's prosperity through unfair trade practices, Canada would fall on its financial face. We carry it on our backs, at the expense of American jobs and prosperity. And that's what has Trump pissed off. That is what he cares about. No matter what you call the lake.

Holy Moly

$200 rebate checks are hitting mailboxes in September/October, just weeks before Election Day. Hochul says it's relief for high utility bills. Funny how "relief" always seems to land right when ballots do.

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The gigantic folding table at the new Highmark Stadium, now with the addition of Bills plastic cups and ping pong balls.

Sen. Mullin is not going to take any bs! I'm so excited for him to run DHS! Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook. Harry Truman

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