Government Shutdown Looms as President Trump Predicts an Impasse
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Washington DC, with the clock ticking toward a deadline, President Donald Trump said on Friday that the government could shut down “for a period of time” amid an ongoing stalemate between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate. The president expressed pessimism about the two sides reaching a deal that can secure the necessary 60 votes to keep the government funded.
Ridgewood NJ, In a town known for its high-achieving school district, a different kind of conversation is emerging: the intersection of Ridgewood Public Schools and New Jersey politics. Residents are questioning the influence of a politically-connected law firm, Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri, Jacobs, LLC, and its ties to the state’s Democratic Party on the district’s administration and future.
Neil Young,” It’s Better To Burn Out Or Fade Away”
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Ridgewood NJ, Progressives in Washington find themselves at a crossroads as they navigate the shifting political landscape shaped by the incoming Trump administration. The challenges are multifaceted: internal divisions within the Democratic Party, waning influence on Capitol Hill, and growing fears of GOP retaliation against their “WOKE” antics.
Ridgewood NJ, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent exit from the Democratic Party, whether voluntary or forced, underscores a significant shift: the era of JFK Democrats is coming to an end.
John F. Kennedy, the iconic Democratic president, was known for his staunch anti-communism, his battle against union and government corruption, and his relentless pursuit of economic growth. JFK famously advocated for sweeping tax rate reductions, believing that lower taxes would spur growth, famously stating in 1962: “It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.”
Ridgewood NJ, in a significant shakeup of the 2024 presidential race, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Friday that he is suspending his independent campaign for the White House and endorsing former President Donald Trump. The move, which has the potential to sway Kennedy’s supporters towards Trump, comes as a surprise late in the campaign season.
Woodland Park NJ, in a surprising turn of events, Woodland Park Councilman Ronnie Arnau has resigned from his position, citing troubling issues within the local government and Democratic Party. Arnau, who had served for less than six months, also announced his withdrawal from the upcoming November general election race for a full term.
the post was written by Larry Elder and first posted Christian Underground Newsletter in November 2005 called ,”The True History of the Democratic Racist Party”
Ridgewood NJ, So much for the Republican “outreach” to black voters, with only 2 percent of blacks “approving” of the president’s performance.
If only blacks knew of the true history of the Democratic Party.
Galloway NJ, as progressive and moderate factions battle for influence in the Democratic Party, a new Stockton University Poll of New Jersey adults shows that key Democratic constituencies – Black, multiracial and Hispanic voters – are more moderate on a host of issues than the overall party.
Washington DC, former Republican Senator Bob Dole, who passed away this week at the age of 98, included in his farewell letter a little graveyard humor and playful jab at the Democratic Party.
Ridgewood NJ, Biden promised he would repeal the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction but limit the tax benefit of all itemized deductions to 28 percent. Further, he would tax capital gains and dividends as ordinary income for taxpayers who report $1 million or more and tax capital gains at death, subject to certain exclusions. Continue reading Is the Cap on the SALT Deduction in Play ?
Joe Pennachio is the Republican Senator from the 26th District
Trenton NJ, The recent Washington circus involving the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court crystallized what the Democrat Party has become: taken over by extremists, pushing aside the constitutional and traditional values that we have shared for generations. These Democrats attempted to destroy a good man, and in the process, also blew themselves up.
Lewis Carol and Saul Alinsky writing together could not have concocted a more bizarre effort on the Democrats’ part. Any pretense of jurisprudence; moral or civil decorum went out the window. The list of offenses to common decency is exhaustive: The 11th hour release of unsubstantiated and uncorroborated accusations by Dr. Ford; the subsequent illegal leaking of those allegations by Senator Diane Feinstein’s office; and Senator Hirono’s statement that men should “shut up.” Let’s not forget Senator Cory Booker’s so-called “Spartacus moment,” where our very own U.S. Senator had the gall to state that whoever supports Kavanaugh is “complicit in evil.”
Ridgewood NJ, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a hopeful for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, said recently, “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.” One-in-five Democrats agree, but a sizable majority of all voters thinks he was off-base.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 67% of Likely U.S. Voters disagree with Cuomo’s statement. Seventeen percent (17%) agree, while just as many (16%) are undecided.
New York New York, In an a scathing op-ed published Friday in the Wall Street Journal, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York lamented that the Democratic Party’s shifting principles have effectively shut out and alienated orthodox Catholics.
Dolan cited the Democrat’s current opposition to school choice programs and tax credits for education, along with their unwavering support for abortion rights, among the reasons why he is disappointed with the party in its current state. Dolan said believes that the Democrats of today have abandoned many of the tenets that made the party attractive to Catholics generations ago.
Dolan was particularly critical of a proposed New York law titled the “Reproductive Health Act,” which he says would “morbidly expand” the “most radical abortion license in the country.” The New York State Assembly is overwhelmingly Democrat.
“For instance, under the proposed Reproductive Health Act, doctors would not be required to care for a baby who survives an abortion. The newborn simply would be allowed to die without any legal implications,” wrote Dolan.
What’s more, Dolan explained, is that he feels the Democrats are making it harder for low and middle-class children to get an education at a Catholic school.
“In recent years, some Democrats in the New York state Assembly repeatedly blocked education tax credit legislation, which would have helped middle-class and low-income families make the choice to select Catholic or other nonpublic schools for their children,” said Dolan. The cardinal said this type of legislation impedes the mission of these schools to serve poor, often immigrant, children.
Dolan admitted that while he has “ had spats and disappointments” with politicians from both major political parties in the United States, he is particularly upset by the Democratic Party’s swing in a direction that excludes people like his grandmother.
“But,” he said. “It saddens me, and [it] weakens the democracy millions of Americans cherish, when the party that once embraced Catholics now slams the door on us.”
The Cardinal, 68, said DNC Chairman Tom Perez insisted in 2016 that pro-life candidates have no place in the modern Democratic Party.
“The ‘big tent’ of the Democratic Party now seems a pup tent,” he said.
Ridgewood NJ, A recent poll by the left leaning Pew Research Center found that a majority of Americans say the Democratic Party “too often sees government as the only way to solve problems.”
The Pew survey, conducted this summer among a national sample of 2,504 adults 18 years of age or older, found that 61 percent of Americans see the Democratic Party as too government-centered, believing that the state should be the only recourse for solving problems in society.
Among those surveyed,substantial percentages of self described Democrats or liberals believe that the Democratic Party has gone too far in turning to government as the universal problem solver. Thirty-eight percent of self-identified “liberals” agreed with the statement that the Democratic Party “too often sees government as the only way to solve problems,” while 44 percent of Democrats subscribed to that view.
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes told Business Insider’s Henry Blodget on Tuesday that the “real threat” to the First Amendment did not come from President-elect Donald Trump during the campaign, but rather from the Democratic Party.
Bewkes was speaking at Business Insider’s annual IGNITION conference, during which he was asked about Trump’s frequent campaign threats to open up libel laws.
Trump has also set his sights on Bewkes’ own media property, CNN, which he consistently ridiculed along the campaign trail and even after Election Day.
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