Yes, we all supported the candidate who’s not clearly in cognitive decline and who agreed to abide by the US Constitution that Republicans used to revere.
Where was Castelli during this last run? He was asked several times to support the Democratic candidate, Paula Collins, and not a peep. I was active in Paula’s campaign and what I witnessed firsthand was a determined woman that wanted to understand the people and the issues that affected them the most. She poured her heart and soul, not to mention much of her own money, into this race. She travelled 55,000 miles going from town to town to talk to people. She may be a newcomer to our district, but she has shown that she cares about people. I will support her again in a heartbeat.
I would like to add a frustration to the whole election process
Paula Collins, Matt Castelli, Tedra Cobb , Matt Funiciello, Aaron Woolf ran against pos_tfnKKK. Also one year there was a democrat primary with about six people running for ny21...
Short of Paula, she was the only one campaigning for her for ny21
NOTHING says hit and run.. like saying you want a democrat to be representing ny21, but not campaigning for the nominee.
I'm glad that he has a Substack of his own but how does that help the district? How did that help this years' two candidates, first the man from whom we heard nothing as far as I know, and then from Paula Collins who entered late. She has already committed herself to running again, if we have any more elections in the U.S. With Trump, that issue is in doubt.
I think one needs to be in the game all the time now
I don't think democrats will learn, but they should be holding hmpy trmpedo's feet to the fire and pos_tfnKKK as well.. every failure, every lie and making sure people know... the hard part is you know fox, oan, newsmax will try to polish the turds... but like Obama said: we gave everyone checks too, but hmpy put his name on it.
The format I saw them in was very similar—a roomful of less than 50 people, they both gave a little speech about themselves and why they were running, and then took audience questions. My personal opinion, based on the way they spoke and answered the questions, was that Collins was more open and honest. You know, like that old saying “what you see is what you get.” There was no guile there. Castelli seemed a little more like he might be tailoring his message to his audience. I don’t know, maybe that’s what you have to do to win, but I liked Collins better.
When I saw Kamala Harris speak.. most of the time I felt the same.. i.e. instead of saying: "we need to get the guns out of the hands of dangerous people (which would scare the f- out of every paranoid gun owner), she would say: I own a gun.
I have owned guns and might in the future.. I still can say, it should be harder to get a gun than to get a driver's license ..
In the first Trump presidency I began ending my e mails with a little picture of a woman confronting an oncoming tank, like the Tiananmen Square image. It says "Resistance" underneath. For some reason I never stopped using it when the Oval changed hands. And now it's crucial. I am heartsick over the election. The country we love is in the hands of a cruel, narcissistic and probably demented man. He and his henchmen, some of whom are obscenely wealthy, and some of whom have undoubted ties to Vladimir Putin , are poised to use America permanently for their own enrichment. They seek to cut our alliances and to erase the agencies whose expertise keeps us healthy. Their economics will destroy us. The only bright light is that Our Elise will no longer "represent" the North Country. But I shudder to picture her representing the whole country.
The only chance to survive is to join each other and resist. Just maybe, we can live through four years of Fascists. But maybe not.
Good riddance to a representative who stopped caring about her constituents in a power seeking grab for status and privilege. Stefanik morphed into a mini MAGA monster.
The House race is still very tight so it seems unlikely the GOP a would potentially put her seat in peril. But also Stefanik lacks a couple of important qualities for Trump appointees, money and maleness.
She can raise millions, sure, but she isn’t in the billionaire bro club.
I think we’re probably stuck with her. And what would the alternative be? Dan Stec?
I would not be surprised a bit if Rep. Stefanik gets an appointment. You don't need money to get an appointment to the incoming Administration, just loyalty, and she has proved herself more than loyal. The seat is safely Republican, so no fear of losing it to the dems. When and if I get over the fact that a majority of Americans voted for a despot, I will gladly join the Resistance and speak out against the atrocities that the President elect has promised.
Here's just a few: Mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, many of which work on our farms, factories and in the service industries (e.g. hotels); abandoning Biden's climate initiatives and defunding the Inflation Reduction Act; terminating the Affordable Care Act, which provides health insurance to 40 million Americans and replacing it with who knows what; pardoning the "patriots" who stormed the capital on January 6th and tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Just a sampling.
Trump has said "mass deportation of undocumented immigrants" and has not specifically targeted "dangerous ones". Others have, I and I hope that is the case. Perhaps "atrocities", which I believe applies to mass deportation, was not the best choice of words. How about "harmful and irresponsible actions which the President-elect has promised"?
Please re-read my comment. If I was confident that the new Administration was committed to removing dangerous criminal, I would agree with you. But Trump has called for "mass deportations", which includes undocumented immigrants that have been in the country for years and support our agricultural and other important parts of our economy. On his first go-around, he recklessly separated families and now he is proposing to go much further. This, in my opinion, would be an atrocity.
You have no way of knowing that Trump is going to magically target only the “dangerous ones” initially. Also, he has said he is going to deport immigrants who are here legally as well, such as the Haitians In Springfield Ohio. Maybe just the ones that are eating the pets tho, right? He’s also said he’s going after naturalized citizens. Probably not ones from Norway tho.
Also threats to Biden's Chips Act that brought back to the U.S. manufacturing of computer chips. That's an incredible start on rehoming manufacturing in this country, which builds middle class wealth particularly if forming unions is allowed, and he did it without the tariffs Trump threatens which will jack up the price of every good and service you receive by a reported 20% or more. Hello inflation. Furthermore, $3.5 million tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and Elon Musk's advice that those of us in the lower classes will bear the burden of his "cost cutting" mandate. He and Trump and CNBC's Joe on Squackbox think Social Security should be cut to decrease the national debt. No. Reagan did one good thing in his first term. In 1983 he sequestered the Social Security Trust Fund from invasion for the purpose of payment on the national debt. So, these are other things that will bite you in the next few years and you will have a boatload of buyer's remorse unless you can get on the Trump gravy train...but if you do, he'll be the first guy you have to fight to get any gravy.
Ethel’s last evening’s citing of yesterday’s YouTube podcast - with Jon Stewart and Heather Cox Richardson - gave me the “pause” button I needed to short-circuit my angst for that hour…and allowed me a 5 hour block of sleep I desperately needed last night.
Their full range of physical and intellectual reactions, paired with wit, wisdom, a few F-bombs… and well-researched historical perspectives… is an educational piece and emotional release which is timely and therapeutic in light of this week’s “shock and awe “ attack on our senses and sensibilities.
I urge everyone to gift themselves this podcast “time-out” from regular TV news… and to pass this Hour of Power on to other kindred spirits in your family, still-viable friend-ship partners, and others searching for meaning in the midst of chaos. Their theme echoes Ken’s and other Front Page writers…the only way out is through…human decency still matters…keep going forward…keep trying to do the right thing…and Peaceful Resistance has made a difference throughout the not-too-distant past.
One U.S. Marine Corps motto which has stayed with me since 1968 has been “Nothing is impossible…it just takes a little longer.”
And Audrey Hepburn once said that the word Impossible itself says…”I’m-possible”.
We must keep on keeping on…today, tomorrow and always…
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. WATCH THE JON STEWART LINK. Hopefully after watching that, you would realize why all your comments here are irrelevant and make no sense. Your logic, well, let's give Hitler another shot at it, because he almost succeeded first time around?
When you decide to use your real name instead of hiding behind a fake profile name, I would be happy to continue responding. But it's a waste of time to respond to people that hide and make comments like yours, but then, maybe you are an "unreasonable person?" LOL
Bod unless you have some sort of time warp theory Hitler committed suicide in 1945 so he is not getting another shot anything.
How Donald Trump may have some of Adolf Hitler Personality Traits, but he is not Hitler. Adolf Hitler and some of his followers committed atrocities beyond my ability to fathom.
Not sure if you realize that my comment to watch the Jon Stewart podcast was for Simply Put comment person. My point is, they are asking to give Trump a "few years" to see how things work out? My point, we already saw what Trump was doing and where he was heading, Jan 6th being his last "retribution" against the American voters and the election results (and his own VP). The comparison I'm making is that we watched what Hitler did (yes I know he committed suicide) but this is a "what if" scenario, meaning IF Hitler had a second chance why would suspect anything different? If that isn't clear, please write your in depth response so i get the logic and point you are trying to make.
Hitler’s ideology didn’t die when he took the cowardly way off the planet. His core beliefs continue to feed the Neo-Nazi/white supremicists’ anti-every-culture-but-Mighty-White men movements which exist locally and throughout our country. tRump, Bannon, Steven Miller and their band of not-so-merry men and women came out of the closet during tRump’s first administration…and like the Pied Piper, they attracted other racists and pseudo-Christians who left their closets and joined the band.
Don’t expect logical points from trolls…their aim is to agitate, not to create peaceful debate.
Hi Bob in some since you are correct, I injected myself in a conversation between yourself and SP with a lack of Knowledge. And that is rude. Although this is forum in the public domain.
Trump wants to expel people that entered the country without permission. Hitler wanted to exterminate a whole group of people, deprive them of their life. Think there is a difference?
Thank you for the opportunity to express my point.
I don't understand why you are commenting that injection or comment is rude. Thanks for the explanation but I'm still confused and don't get the connection you are trying to make to the original comments made and the thread you are trying to explain. You are making connections that I didn't imply so I don't know what you are trying to say but I think we should just leave this alone now.
OH MY GOD!!! From your lips to God's ears! If this happens, there IS a silver lining. I hope Paula is waiting in the wings, and perhaps the DNC will wake up and back a new comer!!!
Maybe, just maybe.... pos_tfnKKK should not just be criticized for not signing a no-lie pact (then signing it and lying with in a day)... maybe THEN and BEFORE THEN.
the P-S and most of journalists should have noticed she was a threat to democracy.
Maybe... just maybe...journalists should have focused on “she is a f-ing liar”
Even now, I see the coverage of pos_tfnKKK continuing to focus on ‘she won’ or quoting her press releases and not her and NOT SAYING “this is a lie, from a liar”
{{{
ª a response to anything that happens in ny21, is not a prepared press release that does not address what happens but mangles facts
ª taking credit for a bill she voted against should not be her quote, but a lengthy story about how she is a liar who is lying
ª nothing . . . NOT A f-ing THING from alex deGRASSe should every be repeated, he is a liar’s liar, a vile liar’s liar.
}}}
In the name of covering a story with facts... plays the both sides might be right game, when both sides are not right. (Exhibit A: there is no doubt there is climate change and it is clear it is caused not just by humans, but lying republican humans) maybe, just maybe there are not two sides to a story, unless you think: “the truth and lies” have equal weight. They don’t
But in today’s journalism they do.
Maybe....just maybe the legal system goes after liars.
Maybe.... just maybe... dishonest (liars) media like fox, oan, newsmax do not receive awards from organizations that do those things, until they start printing the times they are wrong. and Maybe...just maybe if those liars are caught they are required to print corrections as many times on as many days that they made the lies.
Maybe, just maybe people who are objective start objectively talking about elections with facts and not feelings.
Maybe... hopeful, news outlets.. don’t worry if it hurts people feelings by telling the truth. But saying (over and over) some really not smart people ignore reality and voted for a rapist, a felon, a guy who colluded with Russia (and likely Egypt, China (ivanka), North Korea.
Maybe, dear god... maybe editorials are not framed by there is a ‘resistance’ . Instead.. by: “I am not the resistance... but it is clear you are a liar and criminally so”
In the past year...and I am only counting when Paula Collins became a candidate... there were many stories where pos_tfnkkk was either taking credit for a bill she voted against or grandstanding about a bill she was putting forward, that would NEVER be pass into law.
Each time the media covered this as though pos_tfnKKK wasn't lying or as if she was credible.
The media should have started the story WITH Paula Collins. With her getting to take credit for what the democrats have done.. or allowing Ms. Collins to point out how if she had been the ny21 representative, it is possible ny21 would have gotten more because it was a democrat bill
Then in the story point out this is not the first time pos_tfnKKK (a liar) has lied to the media, ny21 and America.
And if they don’t cover it themselves.. do not use a story from alex gault and the bias damptown news that does not cover pos_tfnKKK objectively
And some of that comes with the hollowing out of community newspapers. The institutional memory is gone. Most of the people who work there have been there only a year or two so they don't know the history.
the Tri-lakes (lp news, adk enterprise, Tupper freepress) seldom have reporters around for very long... and if so, they tend to be the people who couldn't move up to a bigger paper.. and eventually become a pr person for a college or sporting governing body
{{which in my mind, if your next job from a newspaper (after two years) is PR, it was because you weren't do your job... usually if you are a good reporter, you are making institutions mad}}
Now most of them will have long-term editors, but the editors aren't at the board meetings, noticing the 'tells' of politicians not telling the truth
Stefanik's lies and how she changed politically happened gradually over time. You have to understand no community newspaper in the North Country had a full-time Stefanik reporter. We were busy covering our communities. Perhaps, the one mistake was not seeing in the beginning that her whole backstory was made up, that she wasn't a small-town businesswoman and she did not grow up in the district. I believe Brian Mann of NCPR did write about it, but it did not receive much notice.
ª of course there is no full-time reporter covering pos_tfnKKK... but that doesn't mean you don't cover them.
** I need to be frank here... saying you don't have the resources for a fulltime reporter for pos_tfnKKK is the worst excuse I have heard.. one Brian Mann actually used.
• if you don't have the time to cover (one of) the most influential person in your district.. then admit you are a shopper..you are not a newspaper with any journalism credibility
• not having a full-time reporter covering does not give you a pass on publishing her releases that are filled with lies.
• (I've stated this before) Whoever is in charge of covering ny21, at the very least has to pay attention to what pos_tfnKKK is doing.. hell, even the sports reporter should be following her (not necessarily writing about her). Every Friday, a column of bullet points about pos_tfnKKK would take maybe an hour. And if you are honest it would be things like: pos_tfnKKK said x, it was a lie; it has been three years since pos_tfnKKK held a town hall or spoke with the media (this would be easy, you just add a week every week); etc
• Regardless of how little notice it gets, or if it annoys some... once you are reporting, you know have a history of facts about pos_tfnKKk that you have in the clippings (files)
---ª this file can be used when interviewing her, you said this then..now either you are lying now or you were lying then
• Related to this, there are many things that pos_tfnKKK has scrubbed from her record that might be hard to prove, since you didn't report on it before.
• I have been saying pos_tfnKKK has been lying from day one... I am glad you admit (now) her backstory (i.e. day one) was a lie.. (though you did not say it was a lie; made up = LIE), and (sorry) that is not the one (not the only) mistake made about pos_tfnKKK
ª Brian Mann is an example of the problem. He was an okay reporter on soft topics... but if you look at his coverage of the Dannemora escape or is coverage in Ukraine.. he is okay with people, but he is not very good at uncovering the facts. And even worse in his coverage that requires him to point out he is being lied to -- and that includes his coverage of pos_tfnKKK
Just reading in the NY Times how the that "thing" heading to the White House will not even sign the required by law ethical requirements, providing to the public their ethical plans for holding office....and having already passed earlier deadlines to do so, means that nothing will hold??? Supposedly this stops the president-elect from getting any security information to prepare for the transition and puts a cap on donations for that transition. What, what happens without that? It's hard to read anything about what might be coming at us like a freight train...."loyalty to the future king" determines your job prospect in the government. With that tragic plan working right now.... sleep is in short supply. THANK you, for this column.....this is where Hope and Resistance will originate at least locally for the growing crowds supporting those ideas.
I'm sorry to say this but....I voted for Ms. Collins but she's not my pick at all. To celebrate Lev Parnas, Cohen and Scaramucci did me in. She succumbed to lying down with monsters and I can't respect that.
I messaged her privately and the responses I got were very defensive . I ended up blocking her.
I want a candidate that doesn't revel in the support of disgraced felons and use them as a speaking platform.
I voted for Green Party twice, knowing that was most likely not going to happen but because I wanted Healthcare and thought Mr. Funiciello could help bring about change. I've voted against Stefanik every time.
Many of my friends took to the streets here in GF over trump/Stefanik policies. I went to the Women's march in DC - The power of that is a feeling I'll never forget. Just to be surrounded by 1,000,000 people who felt the way I did was extremely powerful.
I'm hoping to see more people on the sidewalks with us - along with younger people.
I am a frequent caller to her DC office because there's always staff there....I'm sure I'm on a list lol.
Hopefully Stefanik will move on and we'll be done with her. Stec is her lapdog and I'm sure has been groomed for this very position.
It's very hard right now for all of us but people are already coming together to plan.
Please consider joining groups that physically protest.
I think you may have felt differently if you’d been at Paula Collins’ two Crandall Library forums over the past month, Beth Ann…or maybe not. There was a free flow of challenging questions about her stances, which evolved as she received more insight from District 21 constituents she met…and she was not at all defensive.
The lying down with monsters comment fits Stefanik, that’s for sure.
"Far right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movements characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a social hierarchy."
We may not be there yet, but based on Trump’s actions and rhetoric, that’s where he and his enablers want to take us. (And there are many who would say we’re already there….)
By your logic, Trump’s promised pardon of J6ers would be dictatorial as well since it’s not enforcing laws. Along with his pardons of Bannon, Stone and whoever else he pardoned.
Pardoning people who were convicted of taking part in a coup attempt for you seems pretty fascistic to me. I’m sure for some reason it doesn’t to you.
We need to keep in mind that the right-wing, while in its ascendency right now, is not an unassailable monolith.
First, despite reports of a clear and convincing victory in the election, Trump won by only a few percentage points of the popular vote — about the same percentage as Biden won in the 2020 election. That’s not a landslide and not exactly a "repudiation" of Democrats, despite all the navel-gazing some pundits are engaging in. Almost half of Americans voted for Harris and against Trump. And we’re not going away.
Second, there are divisions in the "MAGA Movement" that can be strategically exploited by Democrats. For example, it’s clear from numerous state-level propositions that the majority of nationwide voters support pro-choice abortion policies, including those Trump supporters who split their ticket to vote for pro-choice propositions.
Third, it’s one thing to be the disloyal opposition and anti-establishment as the Republicans have been for the past four years. It’s quite another to be accountable for successfully governing of that very same establishment. The House, in the past two years, has not shown an ability to govern.
The point has been made that the Trump administration and the Republican Party are now the "establishment." Most people voted against "the establishment" because they want change. It is up to Trump to deliver the change they want and if he doesn't, well, there is another key midterm election in two years.
Stefanik may be on a list for UN job, but I doubt REPs want to give up House seat now, especially that one. She has high level REP status-my gut says she will stay put. I think we are stuck with her this cycle. IMO she is nowhere near ready to take UN job, she hasn't done anything a decade she in Congress. I doubt Castelli has any interest in coming back, honestly, I spent time with him on his campaign and was disappointed he didn't seem to understand why the 21st is very different. IMO, he's also a classic carpetbagger, and split just as soon as he'd lost. Paula Collins, FYI, has already announced her run in 2026. I do think by mid terms, E-Lies will be ready to move on. She might get offer from Trump administration, or more likely head to K Street or FOX News because those positions pay big bucks. I can't stand Stefanik, she is a liar, an unethical person but given that Trump just won, lack of morals, ethics, truth, are all back in vogue with Trumpism so watch for the richest Oligarchs (Musk?) to line up to buy their share of the new Trump Kingdom. You are smoking crack if you think Trump gives a damn about the environment (drill baby drill--$1 Billion please), Musk owns Spacex, Starlink, X, and then there's Tesla, the successful EV car company. Bezos will probably start bidding for government space contracts since he owns a space company, the list is endless given the number of multi billionaires at the top of the Forbes list. IF you don't have a BILLION or TWO to spare, don't bother to think you will be included in the new world order. Sorry Ken, you tried your best to uphold the truth and do investigative reporting but it was clear to me after you tried to expose E-LIES, and then went after Shugrue at GF Hospital for her lies and cover up, your long term future at the flailing Lee Enterprises Post Star was over. I love what you are doing here, sadly Thurston's Foothills Business Daily died trying a new spin, Behan's weekly newsletter is not relevant to our local area, and Chronicle has always been pandering to the local ad base (separation of church and state at most major newspapers was once a reality, died a decade ago). Social media and the digital revolution killed local newspapers in small communities forever because they no longer have the revenue base to have the staff of reporters you once had. In 50/60's when Ed Sherman was the editor and the paper was locally owned, the Post Star and Glens Falls Times had a strong local readership and plenty of resources, those days are long gone! Welcome to the New World brought to you by the Heritage Foundation the authors of Project 2025. If you want to see what the next 4 years look like, just download a copy. A dark age has cometh!
I assume you are referring to Ms. George Santos? REPs bitch and moan about transgender etc. but then they let that POS in and didn't push back kicking him out because they needed the seat for power! Please look at her legislative record and how many bills that she introduced and wrote became law (that's why she's there). She got a Post Office renamed and one or two other lame bills through, so NO whatever you are implying doesn't count.
LMAO. Read it carefully yourself. And remember, lots of bills have no real impact but on the really big important ones, like the Biden Infrastructure bill that actually brings money to localities and jobs, SHE VOTED NO!! But she was more than happy to take credit in the district when the bacon $$$ was delivered. Not sure who you are, but won't take any more time to respond because you clearly have no understanding of what little she has accomplished other than shining up that brown nose with Trump and his cronies.
It's impossible to be reasonable with someone who can't think critically and doesn't understand the facts involved and BE able to interpret the reality of the situation. Alternate facts seem to be your bailiwick. She has DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE for the district during her tenure except kiss up to the huge donors of the military industrial complex who get big $$$ contracts from Fort Drum in her district. My favorite is getting a designation of Fort Drum for a missile site that nobody wants!! PLEASE GET A LIFE! https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/50620/20241008/rep-elise-stefanik-is-pushing-for-a-missile-defense-site-at-fort-drum-us-defense-secretary-is-against-it
Stefanik introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.
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If either Elise Stefanik or Nikki Haley think they’re getting anywhere near sitting behind the Resolute Desk in a Trumpist GOP they’re delusional.
As much as I may dislike Stefanik’s politics she was infinitely more qualified than JD Vance. She was never seriously considered, as much as she liked to spread that notion.
Also, she arguably cost the Republicans a House seat in NH by backing Karoline Leavitt in a primary that Leavitt won only to lose in the general.
Yes, we all supported the candidate who’s not clearly in cognitive decline and who agreed to abide by the US Constitution that Republicans used to revere.
Just saw your post.
Exactly what do you mean by,
Anyone of you care about this country?
If there is a special election I hope Matt Castelli will decide to run again.
Where was Castelli during this last run? He was asked several times to support the Democratic candidate, Paula Collins, and not a peep. I was active in Paula’s campaign and what I witnessed firsthand was a determined woman that wanted to understand the people and the issues that affected them the most. She poured her heart and soul, not to mention much of her own money, into this race. She travelled 55,000 miles going from town to town to talk to people. She may be a newcomer to our district, but she has shown that she cares about people. I will support her again in a heartbeat.
I believe Castelli has been writing a Substack column as well.
He has... I don't know if Paula Collins (or any other likely ny21 candidates) have
but it would be a way to start campaigning now for 2026
Paula Collins has already announced she will run in 2026.
I know, but my point is... saying you will run in 2026 really means nothing.
That is, starting to run would be better. A good start would be to also start publishing information and a substack could be that.
Moving here would be good.
Being part of here would be better
Actually being part of us (you know us is also how we abbreviate United States.. so don't know that) would be the best
I don't know if we need more lawyers, but more educated people in ny21 would help
She does have her own Substack.
yes
I liked it somewhere... and below
a bit wordy, but shows she understands the issues
https://paulany21.substack.com/p/you-can-steal-my-sign-but-not-my
wow.. Just looked at your feed (I like your education --- or reading)
especially: "Do you not like sex or do you just not like patriarchal sex?"
that was eye opening
Paula Collins also has a Substack newsletter.
And I see Paula has one as well
https://paulany21.substack.com/
I would like to add a frustration to the whole election process
Paula Collins, Matt Castelli, Tedra Cobb , Matt Funiciello, Aaron Woolf ran against pos_tfnKKK. Also one year there was a democrat primary with about six people running for ny21...
Short of Paula, she was the only one campaigning for her for ny21
NOTHING says hit and run.. like saying you want a democrat to be representing ny21, but not campaigning for the nominee.
I am embarrassed by that fact.
I'm glad that he has a Substack of his own but how does that help the district? How did that help this years' two candidates, first the man from whom we heard nothing as far as I know, and then from Paula Collins who entered late. She has already committed herself to running again, if we have any more elections in the U.S. With Trump, that issue is in doubt.
I think one needs to be in the game all the time now
I don't think democrats will learn, but they should be holding hmpy trmpedo's feet to the fire and pos_tfnKKK as well.. every failure, every lie and making sure people know... the hard part is you know fox, oan, newsmax will try to polish the turds... but like Obama said: we gave everyone checks too, but hmpy put his name on it.
It sounds as if I will too. I wisely made a donation to her campaign but saw or heard little about her. May she run again and win!!!
Paula Collins impressed me far more than Castelli and I saw both of them in person at town hall type events. I want her to run again!
how so...I would like to know. I did not see either of them in person. I did read about them and watch some videos.
I don't say this as a cut on Ms. Collins, but Mr. Castelli was better on messaging.
The format I saw them in was very similar—a roomful of less than 50 people, they both gave a little speech about themselves and why they were running, and then took audience questions. My personal opinion, based on the way they spoke and answered the questions, was that Collins was more open and honest. You know, like that old saying “what you see is what you get.” There was no guile there. Castelli seemed a little more like he might be tailoring his message to his audience. I don’t know, maybe that’s what you have to do to win, but I liked Collins better.
Thanks.. that tracks
When I saw Kamala Harris speak.. most of the time I felt the same.. i.e. instead of saying: "we need to get the guns out of the hands of dangerous people (which would scare the f- out of every paranoid gun owner), she would say: I own a gun.
I have owned guns and might in the future.. I still can say, it should be harder to get a gun than to get a driver's license ..
thanks again
In the first Trump presidency I began ending my e mails with a little picture of a woman confronting an oncoming tank, like the Tiananmen Square image. It says "Resistance" underneath. For some reason I never stopped using it when the Oval changed hands. And now it's crucial. I am heartsick over the election. The country we love is in the hands of a cruel, narcissistic and probably demented man. He and his henchmen, some of whom are obscenely wealthy, and some of whom have undoubted ties to Vladimir Putin , are poised to use America permanently for their own enrichment. They seek to cut our alliances and to erase the agencies whose expertise keeps us healthy. Their economics will destroy us. The only bright light is that Our Elise will no longer "represent" the North Country. But I shudder to picture her representing the whole country.
The only chance to survive is to join each other and resist. Just maybe, we can live through four years of Fascists. But maybe not.
So well said. Thank you.
Good riddance to a representative who stopped caring about her constituents in a power seeking grab for status and privilege. Stefanik morphed into a mini MAGA monster.
Stefanik has “topped lists” before.
The House race is still very tight so it seems unlikely the GOP a would potentially put her seat in peril. But also Stefanik lacks a couple of important qualities for Trump appointees, money and maleness.
She can raise millions, sure, but she isn’t in the billionaire bro club.
I think we’re probably stuck with her. And what would the alternative be? Dan Stec?
Dear god!
Trump did appoint Nikki Haley to the same position in his first term.
True. But Haley had been a Governor in a southern state. That makes her ritually male in America.
pos_tfnKKK's greed
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hmpy trmPEDOphile not caring about the gQp (or anyone)
kind of tells me neither would think that far in advance
I would not be surprised a bit if Rep. Stefanik gets an appointment. You don't need money to get an appointment to the incoming Administration, just loyalty, and she has proved herself more than loyal. The seat is safely Republican, so no fear of losing it to the dems. When and if I get over the fact that a majority of Americans voted for a despot, I will gladly join the Resistance and speak out against the atrocities that the President elect has promised.
pleeeease
thanks for the straw dog question that is ever so dishonest
let me help you
li·ar ˈlī(-ə)r. : a person who tells lies.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liar#:~:text=noun-,li%C2%B7%E2%80%8Bar%20%CB%88l%C4%AB(%2D%C9%99)r,a%20person%20who%20tells%20lies
it is at the root of who you are...
I have pointed out your (and your constantly changing profiles) lies
I have given you examples how you (and your fake profiles) are disingenuous
and when I give you facts you change your tack into another lie
I googled the answer for you
try to read a few
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+atrocities+that+the+President+elect+has+promised&oq=the+atrocities+that+the+President+elect+has+promised&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhAMgYIAhBFGDnSAQc1MDVqMGo0qAIAsAIB&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
thanks for not reading
your the king of losers
Please let me add
I have used links
I have facts
f- u
thanks you lose again
Here's just a few: Mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, many of which work on our farms, factories and in the service industries (e.g. hotels); abandoning Biden's climate initiatives and defunding the Inflation Reduction Act; terminating the Affordable Care Act, which provides health insurance to 40 million Americans and replacing it with who knows what; pardoning the "patriots" who stormed the capital on January 6th and tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Just a sampling.
Trump has said "mass deportation of undocumented immigrants" and has not specifically targeted "dangerous ones". Others have, I and I hope that is the case. Perhaps "atrocities", which I believe applies to mass deportation, was not the best choice of words. How about "harmful and irresponsible actions which the President-elect has promised"?
Please re-read my comment. If I was confident that the new Administration was committed to removing dangerous criminal, I would agree with you. But Trump has called for "mass deportations", which includes undocumented immigrants that have been in the country for years and support our agricultural and other important parts of our economy. On his first go-around, he recklessly separated families and now he is proposing to go much further. This, in my opinion, would be an atrocity.
You have no way of knowing that Trump is going to magically target only the “dangerous ones” initially. Also, he has said he is going to deport immigrants who are here legally as well, such as the Haitians In Springfield Ohio. Maybe just the ones that are eating the pets tho, right? He’s also said he’s going after naturalized citizens. Probably not ones from Norway tho.
Also threats to Biden's Chips Act that brought back to the U.S. manufacturing of computer chips. That's an incredible start on rehoming manufacturing in this country, which builds middle class wealth particularly if forming unions is allowed, and he did it without the tariffs Trump threatens which will jack up the price of every good and service you receive by a reported 20% or more. Hello inflation. Furthermore, $3.5 million tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and Elon Musk's advice that those of us in the lower classes will bear the burden of his "cost cutting" mandate. He and Trump and CNBC's Joe on Squackbox think Social Security should be cut to decrease the national debt. No. Reagan did one good thing in his first term. In 1983 he sequestered the Social Security Trust Fund from invasion for the purpose of payment on the national debt. So, these are other things that will bite you in the next few years and you will have a boatload of buyer's remorse unless you can get on the Trump gravy train...but if you do, he'll be the first guy you have to fight to get any gravy.
Add tariffs too.
Ethel’s last evening’s citing of yesterday’s YouTube podcast - with Jon Stewart and Heather Cox Richardson - gave me the “pause” button I needed to short-circuit my angst for that hour…and allowed me a 5 hour block of sleep I desperately needed last night.
Their full range of physical and intellectual reactions, paired with wit, wisdom, a few F-bombs… and well-researched historical perspectives… is an educational piece and emotional release which is timely and therapeutic in light of this week’s “shock and awe “ attack on our senses and sensibilities.
I urge everyone to gift themselves this podcast “time-out” from regular TV news… and to pass this Hour of Power on to other kindred spirits in your family, still-viable friend-ship partners, and others searching for meaning in the midst of chaos. Their theme echoes Ken’s and other Front Page writers…the only way out is through…human decency still matters…keep going forward…keep trying to do the right thing…and Peaceful Resistance has made a difference throughout the not-too-distant past.
One U.S. Marine Corps motto which has stayed with me since 1968 has been “Nothing is impossible…it just takes a little longer.”
And Audrey Hepburn once said that the word Impossible itself says…”I’m-possible”.
We must keep on keeping on…today, tomorrow and always…
Thank you for the Jon Stewart/Heather Cox Richardson thought....I'm about to watch it!!!
It was really great - the combination of two people who I respect & follow!!! Although his weekly shows are always good - he interviews great people.
I also subscribed to her newsletter....really terrific. I'm sorry I didn't pay attention to her before.
Her newsletter is great - so is Joyce Vance's - Civil Discourse.
DONE!!! LOL! Thank you!!! I need to read FASTER--I'm getting buried in substacks!
Thanks for bringing it up. Here’s the link.
https://youtu.be/D7cKOaBdFWo?si=lCQrZW9ZSWXMo4_y
Thanks.
The “resistance” movement has to be changed to the “opposition “ movement.
Mitch McConnell said after Barack Obama’s election that the goal was to make him a one term president.
So, yeah right.
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. WATCH THE JON STEWART LINK. Hopefully after watching that, you would realize why all your comments here are irrelevant and make no sense. Your logic, well, let's give Hitler another shot at it, because he almost succeeded first time around?
When you decide to use your real name instead of hiding behind a fake profile name, I would be happy to continue responding. But it's a waste of time to respond to people that hide and make comments like yours, but then, maybe you are an "unreasonable person?" LOL
Bod unless you have some sort of time warp theory Hitler committed suicide in 1945 so he is not getting another shot anything.
How Donald Trump may have some of Adolf Hitler Personality Traits, but he is not Hitler. Adolf Hitler and some of his followers committed atrocities beyond my ability to fathom.
Josef Mengele https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele
Not sure if you realize that my comment to watch the Jon Stewart podcast was for Simply Put comment person. My point is, they are asking to give Trump a "few years" to see how things work out? My point, we already saw what Trump was doing and where he was heading, Jan 6th being his last "retribution" against the American voters and the election results (and his own VP). The comparison I'm making is that we watched what Hitler did (yes I know he committed suicide) but this is a "what if" scenario, meaning IF Hitler had a second chance why would suspect anything different? If that isn't clear, please write your in depth response so i get the logic and point you are trying to make.
Hitler’s ideology didn’t die when he took the cowardly way off the planet. His core beliefs continue to feed the Neo-Nazi/white supremicists’ anti-every-culture-but-Mighty-White men movements which exist locally and throughout our country. tRump, Bannon, Steven Miller and their band of not-so-merry men and women came out of the closet during tRump’s first administration…and like the Pied Piper, they attracted other racists and pseudo-Christians who left their closets and joined the band.
Don’t expect logical points from trolls…their aim is to agitate, not to create peaceful debate.
Exactly!
Hi Bob in some since you are correct, I injected myself in a conversation between yourself and SP with a lack of Knowledge. And that is rude. Although this is forum in the public domain.
Trump wants to expel people that entered the country without permission. Hitler wanted to exterminate a whole group of people, deprive them of their life. Think there is a difference?
Thank you for the opportunity to express my point.
I don't understand why you are commenting that injection or comment is rude. Thanks for the explanation but I'm still confused and don't get the connection you are trying to make to the original comments made and the thread you are trying to explain. You are making connections that I didn't imply so I don't know what you are trying to say but I think we should just leave this alone now.
Hitler started as chancellor in democratic government. The atrocities came gradually, then all at once.
Probably more appropriate.
I prefer The Persistence to The Resistance as an homage to Liz Warren.
Actually that is a better title! And a good reason to use it.
OH MY GOD!!! From your lips to God's ears! If this happens, there IS a silver lining. I hope Paula is waiting in the wings, and perhaps the DNC will wake up and back a new comer!!!
Maybe, just maybe.... pos_tfnKKK should not just be criticized for not signing a no-lie pact (then signing it and lying with in a day)... maybe THEN and BEFORE THEN.
the P-S and most of journalists should have noticed she was a threat to democracy.
Maybe... just maybe...journalists should have focused on “she is a f-ing liar”
Even now, I see the coverage of pos_tfnKKK continuing to focus on ‘she won’ or quoting her press releases and not her and NOT SAYING “this is a lie, from a liar”
{{{
ª a response to anything that happens in ny21, is not a prepared press release that does not address what happens but mangles facts
ª taking credit for a bill she voted against should not be her quote, but a lengthy story about how she is a liar who is lying
ª nothing . . . NOT A f-ing THING from alex deGRASSe should every be repeated, he is a liar’s liar, a vile liar’s liar.
}}}
In the name of covering a story with facts... plays the both sides might be right game, when both sides are not right. (Exhibit A: there is no doubt there is climate change and it is clear it is caused not just by humans, but lying republican humans) maybe, just maybe there are not two sides to a story, unless you think: “the truth and lies” have equal weight. They don’t
But in today’s journalism they do.
Maybe....just maybe the legal system goes after liars.
Maybe.... just maybe... dishonest (liars) media like fox, oan, newsmax do not receive awards from organizations that do those things, until they start printing the times they are wrong. and Maybe...just maybe if those liars are caught they are required to print corrections as many times on as many days that they made the lies.
Maybe, just maybe people who are objective start objectively talking about elections with facts and not feelings.
Maybe... hopeful, news outlets.. don’t worry if it hurts people feelings by telling the truth. But saying (over and over) some really not smart people ignore reality and voted for a rapist, a felon, a guy who colluded with Russia (and likely Egypt, China (ivanka), North Korea.
Maybe, dear god... maybe editorials are not framed by there is a ‘resistance’ . Instead.. by: “I am not the resistance... but it is clear you are a liar and criminally so”
Example:
In the past year...and I am only counting when Paula Collins became a candidate... there were many stories where pos_tfnkkk was either taking credit for a bill she voted against or grandstanding about a bill she was putting forward, that would NEVER be pass into law.
Each time the media covered this as though pos_tfnKKK wasn't lying or as if she was credible.
The media should have started the story WITH Paula Collins. With her getting to take credit for what the democrats have done.. or allowing Ms. Collins to point out how if she had been the ny21 representative, it is possible ny21 would have gotten more because it was a democrat bill
Then in the story point out this is not the first time pos_tfnKKK (a liar) has lied to the media, ny21 and America.
And if they don’t cover it themselves.. do not use a story from alex gault and the bias damptown news that does not cover pos_tfnKKK objectively
And some of that comes with the hollowing out of community newspapers. The institutional memory is gone. Most of the people who work there have been there only a year or two so they don't know the history.
True, but that has always been true.
the Tri-lakes (lp news, adk enterprise, Tupper freepress) seldom have reporters around for very long... and if so, they tend to be the people who couldn't move up to a bigger paper.. and eventually become a pr person for a college or sporting governing body
{{which in my mind, if your next job from a newspaper (after two years) is PR, it was because you weren't do your job... usually if you are a good reporter, you are making institutions mad}}
Now most of them will have long-term editors, but the editors aren't at the board meetings, noticing the 'tells' of politicians not telling the truth
It’s what made The Post-Star different. We kept a core group of editors and reporters for a couple decades.
Stefanik's lies and how she changed politically happened gradually over time. You have to understand no community newspaper in the North Country had a full-time Stefanik reporter. We were busy covering our communities. Perhaps, the one mistake was not seeing in the beginning that her whole backstory was made up, that she wasn't a small-town businesswoman and she did not grow up in the district. I believe Brian Mann of NCPR did write about it, but it did not receive much notice.
ª of course there is no full-time reporter covering pos_tfnKKK... but that doesn't mean you don't cover them.
** I need to be frank here... saying you don't have the resources for a fulltime reporter for pos_tfnKKK is the worst excuse I have heard.. one Brian Mann actually used.
• if you don't have the time to cover (one of) the most influential person in your district.. then admit you are a shopper..you are not a newspaper with any journalism credibility
• not having a full-time reporter covering does not give you a pass on publishing her releases that are filled with lies.
• (I've stated this before) Whoever is in charge of covering ny21, at the very least has to pay attention to what pos_tfnKKK is doing.. hell, even the sports reporter should be following her (not necessarily writing about her). Every Friday, a column of bullet points about pos_tfnKKK would take maybe an hour. And if you are honest it would be things like: pos_tfnKKK said x, it was a lie; it has been three years since pos_tfnKKK held a town hall or spoke with the media (this would be easy, you just add a week every week); etc
• Regardless of how little notice it gets, or if it annoys some... once you are reporting, you know have a history of facts about pos_tfnKKk that you have in the clippings (files)
---ª this file can be used when interviewing her, you said this then..now either you are lying now or you were lying then
• Related to this, there are many things that pos_tfnKKK has scrubbed from her record that might be hard to prove, since you didn't report on it before.
• I have been saying pos_tfnKKK has been lying from day one... I am glad you admit (now) her backstory (i.e. day one) was a lie.. (though you did not say it was a lie; made up = LIE), and (sorry) that is not the one (not the only) mistake made about pos_tfnKKK
ª Brian Mann is an example of the problem. He was an okay reporter on soft topics... but if you look at his coverage of the Dannemora escape or is coverage in Ukraine.. he is okay with people, but he is not very good at uncovering the facts. And even worse in his coverage that requires him to point out he is being lied to -- and that includes his coverage of pos_tfnKKK
When Stefanik started she had no influence and you can make that argument now. Our decision was to cover the local communities. I stand by that.
Just reading in the NY Times how the that "thing" heading to the White House will not even sign the required by law ethical requirements, providing to the public their ethical plans for holding office....and having already passed earlier deadlines to do so, means that nothing will hold??? Supposedly this stops the president-elect from getting any security information to prepare for the transition and puts a cap on donations for that transition. What, what happens without that? It's hard to read anything about what might be coming at us like a freight train...."loyalty to the future king" determines your job prospect in the government. With that tragic plan working right now.... sleep is in short supply. THANK you, for this column.....this is where Hope and Resistance will originate at least locally for the growing crowds supporting those ideas.
I'm sorry to say this but....I voted for Ms. Collins but she's not my pick at all. To celebrate Lev Parnas, Cohen and Scaramucci did me in. She succumbed to lying down with monsters and I can't respect that.
I messaged her privately and the responses I got were very defensive . I ended up blocking her.
I want a candidate that doesn't revel in the support of disgraced felons and use them as a speaking platform.
I voted for Green Party twice, knowing that was most likely not going to happen but because I wanted Healthcare and thought Mr. Funiciello could help bring about change. I've voted against Stefanik every time.
Many of my friends took to the streets here in GF over trump/Stefanik policies. I went to the Women's march in DC - The power of that is a feeling I'll never forget. Just to be surrounded by 1,000,000 people who felt the way I did was extremely powerful.
I'm hoping to see more people on the sidewalks with us - along with younger people.
I am a frequent caller to her DC office because there's always staff there....I'm sure I'm on a list lol.
Hopefully Stefanik will move on and we'll be done with her. Stec is her lapdog and I'm sure has been groomed for this very position.
It's very hard right now for all of us but people are already coming together to plan.
Please consider joining groups that physically protest.
I think you may have felt differently if you’d been at Paula Collins’ two Crandall Library forums over the past month, Beth Ann…or maybe not. There was a free flow of challenging questions about her stances, which evolved as she received more insight from District 21 constituents she met…and she was not at all defensive.
The lying down with monsters comment fits Stefanik, that’s for sure.
"FASCIST"
A consistent mention- (in many comments over past year).
A brief description would be-
Far right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movements characterized by a
dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition,
belief in a social hierarchy.
Dear contributors- Please in pure honesty and mature common sanity, do we have any example
in our political universe of a man or woman of this description ? I think not !!
Reference: "Hitler's People" The faces of the Third Reich by Richard Evans. (2024)
William V Hastings Age 83
"Far right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movements characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a social hierarchy."
We may not be there yet, but based on Trump’s actions and rhetoric, that’s where he and his enablers want to take us. (And there are many who would say we’re already there….)
That’s absolutely not an example of fascism.
Hey SP Fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
By your logic, Trump’s promised pardon of J6ers would be dictatorial as well since it’s not enforcing laws. Along with his pardons of Bannon, Stone and whoever else he pardoned.
Pardoning people who were convicted of taking part in a coup attempt for you seems pretty fascistic to me. I’m sure for some reason it doesn’t to you.
We need to keep in mind that the right-wing, while in its ascendency right now, is not an unassailable monolith.
First, despite reports of a clear and convincing victory in the election, Trump won by only a few percentage points of the popular vote — about the same percentage as Biden won in the 2020 election. That’s not a landslide and not exactly a "repudiation" of Democrats, despite all the navel-gazing some pundits are engaging in. Almost half of Americans voted for Harris and against Trump. And we’re not going away.
Second, there are divisions in the "MAGA Movement" that can be strategically exploited by Democrats. For example, it’s clear from numerous state-level propositions that the majority of nationwide voters support pro-choice abortion policies, including those Trump supporters who split their ticket to vote for pro-choice propositions.
Third, it’s one thing to be the disloyal opposition and anti-establishment as the Republicans have been for the past four years. It’s quite another to be accountable for successfully governing of that very same establishment. The House, in the past two years, has not shown an ability to govern.
"To everything there is a season…."
The point has been made that the Trump administration and the Republican Party are now the "establishment." Most people voted against "the establishment" because they want change. It is up to Trump to deliver the change they want and if he doesn't, well, there is another key midterm election in two years.
Here is the link to the Jon Stewart and Heather Cox Richardson video interview yesterday. Peace to all!
https://youtu.be/D7cKOaBdFWo?si=6VSVwMWcv_FMtMvS
Thanks so much for this link. What an excellent interview giving us the historical perspective.
Thank you!
Stefanik may be on a list for UN job, but I doubt REPs want to give up House seat now, especially that one. She has high level REP status-my gut says she will stay put. I think we are stuck with her this cycle. IMO she is nowhere near ready to take UN job, she hasn't done anything a decade she in Congress. I doubt Castelli has any interest in coming back, honestly, I spent time with him on his campaign and was disappointed he didn't seem to understand why the 21st is very different. IMO, he's also a classic carpetbagger, and split just as soon as he'd lost. Paula Collins, FYI, has already announced her run in 2026. I do think by mid terms, E-Lies will be ready to move on. She might get offer from Trump administration, or more likely head to K Street or FOX News because those positions pay big bucks. I can't stand Stefanik, she is a liar, an unethical person but given that Trump just won, lack of morals, ethics, truth, are all back in vogue with Trumpism so watch for the richest Oligarchs (Musk?) to line up to buy their share of the new Trump Kingdom. You are smoking crack if you think Trump gives a damn about the environment (drill baby drill--$1 Billion please), Musk owns Spacex, Starlink, X, and then there's Tesla, the successful EV car company. Bezos will probably start bidding for government space contracts since he owns a space company, the list is endless given the number of multi billionaires at the top of the Forbes list. IF you don't have a BILLION or TWO to spare, don't bother to think you will be included in the new world order. Sorry Ken, you tried your best to uphold the truth and do investigative reporting but it was clear to me after you tried to expose E-LIES, and then went after Shugrue at GF Hospital for her lies and cover up, your long term future at the flailing Lee Enterprises Post Star was over. I love what you are doing here, sadly Thurston's Foothills Business Daily died trying a new spin, Behan's weekly newsletter is not relevant to our local area, and Chronicle has always been pandering to the local ad base (separation of church and state at most major newspapers was once a reality, died a decade ago). Social media and the digital revolution killed local newspapers in small communities forever because they no longer have the revenue base to have the staff of reporters you once had. In 50/60's when Ed Sherman was the editor and the paper was locally owned, the Post Star and Glens Falls Times had a strong local readership and plenty of resources, those days are long gone! Welcome to the New World brought to you by the Heritage Foundation the authors of Project 2025. If you want to see what the next 4 years look like, just download a copy. A dark age has cometh!
I assume you are referring to Ms. George Santos? REPs bitch and moan about transgender etc. but then they let that POS in and didn't push back kicking him out because they needed the seat for power! Please look at her legislative record and how many bills that she introduced and wrote became law (that's why she's there). She got a Post Office renamed and one or two other lame bills through, so NO whatever you are implying doesn't count.
LMAO. Read it carefully yourself. And remember, lots of bills have no real impact but on the really big important ones, like the Biden Infrastructure bill that actually brings money to localities and jobs, SHE VOTED NO!! But she was more than happy to take credit in the district when the bacon $$$ was delivered. Not sure who you are, but won't take any more time to respond because you clearly have no understanding of what little she has accomplished other than shining up that brown nose with Trump and his cronies.
It's impossible to be reasonable with someone who can't think critically and doesn't understand the facts involved and BE able to interpret the reality of the situation. Alternate facts seem to be your bailiwick. She has DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE for the district during her tenure except kiss up to the huge donors of the military industrial complex who get big $$$ contracts from Fort Drum in her district. My favorite is getting a designation of Fort Drum for a missile site that nobody wants!! PLEASE GET A LIFE! https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/50620/20241008/rep-elise-stefanik-is-pushing-for-a-missile-defense-site-at-fort-drum-us-defense-secretary-is-against-it
Laws Enacted
Stefanik introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.
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She got a post office renamed...
If either Elise Stefanik or Nikki Haley think they’re getting anywhere near sitting behind the Resolute Desk in a Trumpist GOP they’re delusional.
As much as I may dislike Stefanik’s politics she was infinitely more qualified than JD Vance. She was never seriously considered, as much as she liked to spread that notion.
Also, she arguably cost the Republicans a House seat in NH by backing Karoline Leavitt in a primary that Leavitt won only to lose in the general.
Upstate NY is a super safe district. With a special election they’d likely win the seat anyway, wouldn’t they?
Yes.