Mayor Adams’ indictment was political lawfare: Letters
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Mayor Adams’ indictment was political lawfare: Letters

ByNews Polite

The Issue: Allegations that the indictment levied against Mayor Adams was political in nature. There won’t be a fair trial (“Hear out Adams’ defense,” Sept. 27). What Mayor Adams faces is selective prosecution and political persecution. In short: lawfare. Some upgrades on Turkish Airlines? I didn’t see former Mayor Bill…

George Gascon, LA’s woke DA, deserves to lose re-election for enabling rampant crime
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George Gascon, LA’s woke DA, deserves to lose re-election for enabling rampant crime

ByNews Polite

Progressive prosecutor George Gascón, Los Angeles County district attorney since December 2020, is in a tight race to hold on to power against independent candidate Nathan Hochman. The reason is quite simple: Gascón, who enjoys the financial backing of liberal billionaire George Soros, is a polarizing, soft-on-crime prosecutor who enables violent crime…

My parents only invited one of my young children on a cruise
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My parents only invited one of my young children on a cruise

ByNews Polite

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single mother of two children, an 8-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son. My daughter’s father is involved; my son’s father is not. I was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) when my daughter was born and given two weeks to live. My condition has markedly improved,…

China’s trade manipulation will devastate the global economy
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China’s trade manipulation will devastate the global economy

ByNews Polite

A tidal wave of cheap Chinese imports floods the national market. Industries reel, companies crumble and factories close their doors for good. The livelihoods of countless families disintegrate. This could be a description of the original “China Shock,” the long-term result of the United States’ policy of “free trade” with…

Kathy Hochul dishes on Andrew Cuomo, Kamala Harris and the rise of antisemitism
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Kathy Hochul dishes on Andrew Cuomo, Kamala Harris and the rise of antisemitism

ByNews Polite

Gov’s Empire State of mind A chef in his whites — minus the usual hat — served Kathy Hochul and me hot steak and iced wine. Dinner was on the terrace surrounding Albany’s executive live-in mansion. The third uninvited guest? A nosy squirrel who kept running through the bushes. It’s maybe consumed…

The left vs. disabled workers, wishing for Trump to ‘go away’ and other commentary
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The left vs. disabled workers, wishing for Trump to ‘go away’ and other commentary

ByNews Polite

From the right: The Left vs. Disabled Workers “Tens of thousands of people with severe disabilities enjoy productive jobs,” notes Timothy P. Carney at the Washington Examiner, but now Kamala Harris “has pledged to outlaw them” by targeting “a special minimum wage for disabled workers” when it’s “simply not a…

Gig workers get gouged. Here’s how Trump can help — and win swing states too
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Gig workers get gouged. Here’s how Trump can help — and win swing states too

ByNews Polite

Donald Trump understands the old maxim that taxation is theft, and to that end he’s proposed some interesting ways to ameliorate the burden on actual working people via aggressive tax relief. The “no taxes on tips” push is all but done on acclamation at this point — Kamala Harris even…

The Harris-Biden border crisis punishes EVERYONE in America
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The Harris-Biden border crisis punishes EVERYONE in America

ByNews Polite

The Harris-Biden border catastrophe isn’t some abstract policy failure. It’s a nightmare inflicting punishing human costs on everyday Americans. And debunking the internet obsession over “eating pets” in Springfield, Ohio, doesn’t make the real suffering go away.  For starters, there’s the chaos on Springfield’s roads driven by lawless migrant motorists,…