Stefanik sold soul for shot at power
Rep. Elise Stefanik chooses political power versus democracy.
Stefanik and other MAGA extremists have chosen to pursue power at any cost.
Stefanik has shown her true colors and has decided loyalty to Donald Trump and the potential for political power is more important than representing New Yorkers.
Stefanik is a vile and loathsome opportunist willing to turn her back on American democracy for a shot at political power.
Please think twice before voting for someone who sold their soul so willingly to an evil and ugly political ideology.
Someone willing to turn her back on her constituents and use the baseless Big Lie in the pursuit of political power above all.
Someone willing to use dog whistles and inflammatory rhetoric to signal her tacit approval of racism.
New Yorkers deserve better.
American democracy is on the line. Please vote on Nov. 8.
Don Maslanka
Glenville
Roe foes are opposed to women’s choice
If the ‘right to life’ issue with Roe v. Wade were really a question of ‘murdering’ a fetus, per the new Texas law, the biological father would also be in jeopardy of accessory to a crime.
If Roe v. Wade were really a question of concern for the fetus, there would be laws prohibiting the biological father from not being responsible for raising that child: middle of the night feedings, diaper changing, taking personal or sick time when the child is sick, teacher/parent meetings, and being held responsible when the child does something wrong that society tends to blame on the mother.
If it were really about the concern for the child, each and every ‘pro- lifer’ would have an adopted child.
But obviously, this is not the case.
Those who are opposed to Roe v. Wade are really opposed to women having the right to their own biological bodies.
What the possible reversal of Roe v. Wade really is is war on women.
Pro-lifers, if you think a woman should have the right to choose for herself to give birth, then you are pro-choice!
JoAnn Sifo
Schenectady
Honor the officers who keep us safe
My friend, Kevin, and I had the privilege of bringing New York State troopers from G Barracks in Princetown to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C., where they honored their fallen comrades.
Every state is represented there, as they read off the names, over 600 officers who were killed.
Oh how I wish you all could meet their trooper from our area.
You would be so proud as Kevin and I were of these dedicated officers who keep us safe. My God bless them all.
Peter Grippo
Schenectady
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The assertion that it is my body thus it is my choice is false! To see this note that renting out ones body for sex is illegal. Note that the right to obtain an abortion is not the right to use other peoples’ money to pay for it.
Great letters today and YES Steffanik is nothing but a trump puppet. She’ll do anything for her master. She doesn’t care about the people she’s supposed to represent…its all about her just the way its all about tRUMP.. Shes proven that over and over again.
what have the democrats done for the people they represent? a single congresswoman is responsible for all the ills in new york state but not the current administration who make all the laws other than hatred what do you have
I frequently drive to NYC. This past weekend, heading down the Taconic I stopped at a rest area called “Taste NY” which had a very nice selection of food and craft items for sale, all NY sourced. This is also true in the very nice rest areas along the NYS THruway. And have you noticed there are no longer tolls along the Thruway and bridges? Still in the area of the motoring public, DMV has gone through a radical change for the better over the past couple decades. Anyone who’s been driving more than 20 years knows what I mean.
We shouldn’t forget that a Democrat will likely bring the Trump enterprise(s) to justice, and NY will protect women’s rights to reproductive health.
NY Dems have their problems but it’s the real haters who can only see a dark cloud. And sorry, but what we’ve seen of the what the Republicans have on offer, there’s really not another option right now.
Don Maslanka is absolutely right: Congresswoman Stefanik works for her own power, fails to protect democracy and Americans, and violates her oath of office and the Constitution. We need someone in that office that is the exact opposite.
Look how quickly it went back to my body my choice, the government has no business making decisions about abortion, that belongs to the states and the voters in those states. If you pro abortion advocates are telling the truth then there will be no problem in electing pro abortion politicians in your state.
EVERY American deserves the same rights. The attempt to relegate or restrict any human rights to the states is the hope that some can establish their own little religious fiefdoms, or caliphates and still benefit from America’s largesse.It won’t happen because it’s unAmerican and it is not the will of the majority. This country won’t be co-opted by a religious minority, screaming and carrying on as they will.
If men could get pregnant there would be abortions avaliable at all the Jiffy Lubes
First pregnancy is not contagious unlike Covid: therefore government intervention is warranted under the police powers of the government in order to protect others from contracting it. Second government does not make decisions re: abortion; that decision is made by the woman in consultation with her Doctor. All government does is honor the Constitutional right of the individual to make that choice. Handing that decision over to “States” is similar to how the pre-clearance clause of the 1965 voting rights act was dismantled; what followed was the wholesale dismantling of voting rights in the South.
Those of you who are anti-Trunp, How are you affording to put gas in your cars and heat your homes or is YOUR President paying you for that? I know I can’t afford that right now but I could during the previous administration so hate all you want but you must not leave the comfort of your keyboard is all I have to say…
I think if you’re still holding onto the myth that President Biden has anything to do with gas prices you’re just revealing how truly uninformed you are on the subject. But it seeme like for the rightwingers being uninformed is a badge of honor:
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The Guardian, Fri 13 May 2022
The tumult of war and climate breakdown has proved lucrative for the world’s leading oil and gas companies, with financial records showing 28 of the largest producers made close to $100bn in combined profits in just the first three months of 2022.Buoyed by oil commodity prices that soared following the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, major fossil fuel businesses enjoyed a bonanza in the first quarter of the year, making $93.3bn in total profits.Shell made $9.1bn in profit from January to March, almost three times what it made in the same period last year, while Exxon raked in $8.8bn, also a near threefold increase on 2021.Chevron upped its profits to $6.5bn and BP reveled in its highest first-quarter profits in a decade, making $6.2bn. Coterra Energy, a Texas-based firm, had the largest relative windfall of the 28 companies, with a 449% increase in profits on last year, to $818m.