Democratic enrollment drops in NY from 2020-24 in ominous election sign
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Democratic enrollment drops in NY from 2020-24 in ominous election sign

ByNews Polite

There are cracks in the blue wall. Democratic registration dropped 7% in New York City and 4% across the Empire State between 2020 and 2024 — the latest sign of disaffection with liberal policies that some pundits is fueling a national push to the right. Democrats saw registration plummet 258,612…

Trump transition is offering the dawn of a new reform era — plus Matt Gaetz
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Trump transition is offering the dawn of a new reform era — plus Matt Gaetz

ByNews Polite

Senate Republicans on Wednesday chose calm, soft-spoken John Thune (R-SD) as the next majority leader, even as the “conservative” House faction gave up on running an opponent to contest Mike Johnson’s continued speakership: The path is smoothing out wonderfully for President-elect Donald Trump to truly usher in the promised “Golden…

Trump’s pick of Lee Zeldin for EPA shows he’s serious about protecting the economy and the environment
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Trump’s pick of Lee Zeldin for EPA shows he’s serious about protecting the economy and the environment

ByNews Polite

President-elect Donald Trump meant it when he vowed to juice the economy by rolling back needless regulations, and nothing proves that more than his choice of ex-Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin — who in 2022 came closer to becoming New York governor than any Republican…

Lee Zeldin ditches campaign treasurer he shared with lying George Santos
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Lee Zeldin ditches campaign treasurer he shared with lying George Santos

ByNews Polite

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin announced on Monday that he is starting a new political action committee without Nancy Marks, the longtime treasurer he shared with disgraced Rep. George Santos.  “We will be announcing a new federal PAC that is being stood up right now utilizing a different treasurer,” Zeldin (R-NY)…

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul blasted for dancing maskless around masked school kids
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul blasted for dancing maskless around masked school kids

ByNews Polite

Conservative critics of newly re-elected Governor Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., tore into her on Twitter after a recent video showed her happily dancing unmasked surrounded by dozens of masked kids in a Puerto Rican school. Only days after her victory over Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., in the New York governor’s race, Hochul…

NY Election Day 2022 live updates: Hochul-Zeldin governor race, other races
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NY Election Day 2022 live updates: Hochul-Zeldin governor race, other races

ByNews Polite

The increasingly tight race between Gov. Kathy Hochul and challenger Lee Zeldin has most New York voters focused on the top of the ticket — but they could also play a key role in deciding the balance of power in the House of Representatives. Nine of the races in New York’s 26 congressional districts…

Early voting in NYC anemic for Hochul until Clintons, VP Harris arrival
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Early voting in NYC anemic for Hochul until Clintons, VP Harris arrival

ByNews Polite

Turnout during the nine days of early voting in overwhelmingly Democratic New York City was light — and experts say the lack of early enthusiasm could portend trouble for incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hochul, who was forced to call in the cavalry — Bill and Hillary Clinton and President Biden…

Zeldin won’t let hecklers stop his anti-crime remarks at site of NYC rape
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Zeldin won’t let hecklers stop his anti-crime remarks at site of NYC rape

ByNews Polite

Hecklers tried to disrupt a Friday appearance by Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin in Manhattan  — but their shouts failed to silence his anti-crime broadsides against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul. During a news conference near the scene of the Thursday morning rape of a tourist jogging in Hudson River Park,…