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Blakeman’s Actions Bring Significant Risks for First Responders

September 17, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on Blakeman’s Actions Bring Significant Risks for First Responders

By Delia DeRiggi-Whitton In recent months, Nassau County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman has pursued a number of controversial measures that, in addition to likely being unconstitutional, carry with them a number of unintended consequences that […]

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Elimination of Taxes on OT Is Another Vote-Buying Scheme

September 17, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on Elimination of Taxes on OT Is Another Vote-Buying Scheme

You really can’t blame former President Donald Trump for coming up with ideas to eliminate taxes on tips and, now, overtime. In years past, this type of pandering and attempted vote buying would have sounded […]

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Four Years Later, Cuomo Still Lies about State’s COVID Response

September 16, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on Four Years Later, Cuomo Still Lies about State’s COVID Response

By Will Barclay In the months following the Cuomo Administration’s March 2020 order forcing nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients, we have learned the administration leaned heavily on misinformation, cover-ups and outright lies to avoid […]

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Address Root Causes of Violence, Bullying in Schools

September 13, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on Address Root Causes of Violence, Bullying in Schools

By Keith Brown With the new school year starting, violence and bullying in our schools have reached a critical level, impacting countless students nationwide. Recent statistics underscore the severity of this issue. According to a […]

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Trump Takes Bait, Harris Reads from Script

September 13, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on Trump Takes Bait, Harris Reads from Script

Previously Published in The Messenger The headline pretty much sums up the debate held on Tuesday night between former President Donald Trump (R-FL) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D-CA). So, if the headline confirms your […]

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How Many More Children Must Die before the AR-15 Is Banned?

September 12, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on How Many More Children Must Die before the AR-15 Is Banned?

Previously Published in USA Today By Kathy Hochul In America today, our babies are more likely to be shot than to die in a car accident. They’re more likely to be murdered with a gun […]

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Trump’s Lack of a Healthcare Plan Shows Why the GOP Fails on This Issue

September 12, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on Trump’s Lack of a Healthcare Plan Shows Why the GOP Fails on This Issue

It’s no secret that Republicans out-poll Democrats on almost all the major issues that the American public care about, most especially, the economy, inflation, and immigration. Yet, somehow, the polls are deadlocked. Joe Biden’s presidency […]

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Debate Highlights the Media’s Liberal Bias

September 11, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on Debate Highlights the Media’s Liberal Bias

We emphasized in our last editorial that Donald Trump’s lack of preparation and tendency to ramble and improv is what caused him to lose his debate with Kamala Harris. Notwithstanding his flaws, it cannot be […]

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What to Make of the Debate

September 11, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on What to Make of the Debate

The polls show Vice President Kamala Harris winning the debate with Donald Trump last night. Part of it was due to low expectations and another element had to do with media bias. But make no […]

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Stop Blaming the Cops. Tyreek Hill Was at Fault.

September 10, 2024 Hank Russell Comments Off on Stop Blaming the Cops. Tyreek Hill Was at Fault.

By Steve Levy If you watched CNN’s coverage of the arrest of Miami Dolphins star receiver Tyreek Hill, you would have thought that he was a victim of racial animus by a racist police department. […]

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