He insisted that it will not be difficult to replace his departed officials, saying that the city has a "deep bench."
He may be right, but it seems like his time as leader of NYC might be over soon.
The Trump campaign released an aggressive press statement on September 24 criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris's management of the border security, accusing her of being to blame for the unfortunate results of the open borders policies implemented by the Biden administration.
The press release, which was titled "Open Borders Have Tragic Consequences — And Blood Is On Kamala's Hands," claims that Harris is responsible for the nationwide surge in crime and violence caused by the easing of border regulations, which allows an influx of illegal immigrants, as Breitbart News reported.
The press statement blasts Harris for her "con job" and desperate attempt to visit the southern border this week, her first in more than 1,100 days.
The Trump team claims that the harm that has been done to American neighborhoods cannot be undone by this visit.
A large number of individuals, including convicted felons, gang members, and terrorists, have allegedly been admitted to the nation without proper screening by Harris, who serves as the immigration envoy for the Biden administration.
Many Americans have lost their jobs, homes, and sense of safety because of this invasion, according to the press release.
Using a number of recent occurrences as examples, the press release alleges that illegal aliens, who they say would not have been in the country had Trump implemented more stringent border restrictions, have perpetrated a string of violent crimes.
These horrible crimes , which have occurred in different states, support the campaign's claim that Harris' policies have made it easier for dangerous people to stay or re-enter the country.
A Mexican national residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was one of the cases that was revisited by the present government after being deported during Trump's presidency. This man just admitted to killing his girlfriend. A tragic drunk driving accident in Rome, Georgia, killed two parents and severely injured their one-year-old kid. An undocumented immigrant with a record of deportations was detained in connection with this case.
Another figure brought up in the campaign was a Haitian guy living illegally in Boston, Massachusetts, who had been released to the United States by the Harris-Biden government and then arrested for sexually abusing a woman.
An undocumented immigrant wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic was apprehended in Rochester, New York; th e heinous quadruple murder charge involved the horrible arson of a house and the deaths of two children.
Two brothers from Honduras were taken into custody in Joplin, Missouri, following a robbery and the murder of a man. The suspects used the victim's vehicle to buy drugs.
The news release also takes aim at Harris for purportedly endorsing policies that provide special treatment to illegal immigrants. Some of these proposals include ending deportations, providing free healthcare to undocumented people, decriminalizing illegal border crossings, supporting sanctuary communities, and offering mass amnesty.
The Trump team asserts that the country is now more susceptible to violent crime and instability as a result of having had Harris over the southern border of the United States.
According to the press release, former Trump promised to restore order by unleashing the "largest deportation operation in American history." This is in contrast to Harris' record.
The Trump camp has vowed that Harris will not get away with what they call the border catastrophe and that she will face the music for the results of her ideas.
The health commissioner New York City Mayor Eric Adams chose at the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic has become the third official in his administration to resign as Adams is investigated for suspected improper dealings with up to six different foreign governments.
Dr. Ashwin Vasan, whose expertise is in mental health, decided to leave Adams' administration to spend more time with his family, according to a statement.
“As anyone with a family — or a chosen family — knows, you are never alone in service,” Vasan said. “My wife and three young children have served alongside me, bearing the brunt of my absence and shouldering so much. I’m grateful for their love and have chosen that now it is time to support them and their well-being.”
Vasan's bio on the Columbia University website, where he is an adjunct professor, says he has three school-age children.
In recent weeks, other officials who have resigned from Adams' cabinet include City Hall Chief Counsel Lisa Zornberg, NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban, and Schools Chancellor David Banks.
While Caban and Banks were raided along with Adams, there are no reports that Zornberg or Vasan have been looked at in the investigation.
A new report from CBS News said that federal agencies are looking at Adams' dealings with six foreign governments: Turkey, Israel, China, Qatar, South Korea and Uzbekistan.
The investigation began with suspicions about Adams' relationship with top Turkish officials and donations he may have received from them.
Adams has denied any wrongdoing and seems to have his head in the sand about the allegations.
"Eight, nine, 10 months ago, when this investigation first came to light, look at how the city continued to progress. We didn't stand still, we didn't stop, we continued to produce housing, we continued to bring down crime, we continued to progress, and we're going to continue to do that," he told reporters on Tuesday morning.
When local news reporter Marcia Kramer asked for a response from Adams about how he's dealing with the allegations, he responded, "You're going to have to wait to get my book. What I must do, what I say over and over again, things that come up in life - as you talked about, the 'Job moment,' - things that come up in life, they always come up. There's always something happening in life, can you stay focused on your mission?"
He insisted that it will not be difficult to replace his departed officials, saying that the city has a "deep bench."
He may be right, but it seems like his time as leader of NYC might be over soon.
Kathryn Crosby, an actress and the widow of legendary actor Bing Crosby, died Friday night at age 90 of natural causes, according to a family representative.
Crosby was at home in California when she died, and was surrounded by her family at the time.
She married Bing Crosby secretly at age 23, when he was 54.
Around the same time, she began acting in movies including “Operation Mad Ball,” "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad,” “Anatomy of a Murder” and “The Big Circus.”
She used the stage names Kathryn Grant and Kathryn Grandstaff until her marriage to Crosby became known.
Crosby had three children with Bing Crosby: Harry Crosby III, who became an investment banker; Mary Crosby, who became an actress; and Nathaniel Crosby, who became an amateur golfer.
In the 1960s, Crosby became a registered nurse and a teacher.
She continued to act occasionally and to appear in TV specials with her husband and sometimes her children.
She hosted a talk radio show, "The Kathryn Crosby Show," in the 1970s when her acting became less frequent.
She was married to Bing Crosby for 20 years until his death at age 74 in 1977.
She wrote a memoir, "My Life With Bing," which was published in 1983.
In 2000 when she was in her 60s, she remarried Maurice William Sullivan, who was 75 at the time. Sullivan died in a car accident in the Sierra Nevada at age 85.
Until 2001, she hosted a charitable golf tournament in Crosby's honor.
Her last movie, "Queen of the Lot," was in 2010 and also starred her daughter Mary Crosby.
Former President Donald Trump has promised voters a ban on sanctuary cities should he be elected to a 2nd term in the White House in November.
Speaking to a crowd of 10,000 at Aero Center Wilmington in North Carolina, Trump promised, "Today, I am announcing a new plan to end all sanctuary cities in North Carolina and all across our country."
Sanctuary cities are jurisdictions typically run by Democrats that will refuse to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in order to harbor illegal immigrants, even if those illegal immigrants have committed heinous crimes.
Trump continued saying, "I will ask Congress to pass a law outlawing sanctuary cities nationwide, and we will bring down the full weight of the federal government on any jurisdiction that refuses to cooperate."
This promise is an important one but also serves as a reminder that Trump voters must mobilize to vote in down-ballot races to ensure that the GOP has control of Congress in order for Trump's agenda to succeed.
Trump emphatically vowed that "As soon as I take office I will surge federal law enforcement to every city that is failing — which is a lot of them — to turn over criminal aliens, and we will hunt down and capture every single gang member, drug dealer, rapist, murderer and migrant criminal that is being illegally harbored."
Sanctuary cities have become a real problem as they are quite literally harboring murderers and rapists and endangering their own citizens in the name of protecting illegal immigrants.
North Carolina has been particularly affected by sanctuary city policies as the swing state's urban areas are ruled by Democrats which is a common phenomenon in nearly every state.
Senator Tom Tillis (R-NC) has been leading the charge against sanctuary cities saying, "For too long, we have watched local jurisdictions in North Carolina and across the country ignore the lawful notification and detainer requests made by ICE agents and instead release dangerous criminals back into their communities and put innocent lives at risk."
Numerous horrific crimes committed by illegal aliens like the murder of nursing student Laken Riley caught the attention of the nation.
Democrats are doing everything in their power to protect those killers no matter the cost.
Senator Tillis continued saying, "It is clear President Biden and liberal politicians want to prioritize reckless sanctuary policies over public safety. It is time for Congress to step in and put an end to this madness by holding sanctuary cities accountable and empowering ICE to gain custody of criminal illegal immigrants so they can’t cause more harm and violence."
Under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the southern border is wide open and millions of illegal immigrants have poured into the United States. Americans are angry about this and have made it clear that it will be a big issue in November.
The election is a referendum of sorts on immigration and the border crisis and Trump is leaning into that discontent and is promising a total reversal of everything Biden-Harris.
Americans have dealt with illegal immigrants receiving preferential treatment while receiving taxpayer benefits and Americans are fed up with it. While states like North Carolina will be close in November, it's hard to imagine a scenario where Harris overcomes the odds.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer tore into the Secret Service for its failures in leadership that led to multiple assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump.
In an exclusive interview that aired Friday on the John Solomon Reports podcast, Comer explained, "They don't have a money problem. They have a leadership problem and it's going to take more than new leadership. It's going to take a whole new culture at the Secret Service to protect whoever the President is in the future."
Americans looked on in horror when Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania and immediately it became clear that the Secret Service had dropped the ball in an egregious manner.
The shooter was allowed to climb on top of a building a couple of hundred yards from Trump's stage with a scoped rifle. In terms of rifles, a couple hundred yards is nothing, and considering there was a counter-sniper team at the rally, there was no excuse for the Secret Service to miss the shooter.
There are only two answers that explain the failures of July 13th; either the Secret Service was grossly incompetent and leadership must be cleaned out or there was a conspiracy involving the Secret Service to allow an assassin to take a shot at Trump.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), who sits on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations echoed Comer's observation about the Secret Service.
Johnson stated, "They have plenty of resources, plenty of personnel. What they have is bad management, and unfortunately, we can't get to the bottom of who's responsible for making the decisions that were such spectacular failures in terms of protecting President Trump."
Leadership made decisions that directly contributed to putting Trump's life in danger.
What's worse, the Secret Service's leadership woes have been an ongoing problem for years that have only been brought into the view of the public thanks to a presidential candidate almost being killed.
Comer went on to say, "What we learned from our hearing in the Oversight Committee with Kimberly Cheadle, the former disgraced head of the Secret Service, is we have an agency tasked with protecting the president and the presidential candidates, and they're not up to the up to the job. They're ill-prepared."
Once again, the question becomes are those in charge of the Secret Service genuinely incompetent or are they purposely leaving the door open for a shooter to change American history?
The Secret Service failed to use drone technology to surveil the site of Trump's rally in Pennsylvania which would have spotted Trump's assassin long before he had a chance to take shots at Trump.
The Secret Service also failed to use drones to scout out the golf course where the 2nd assassin was preparing to take shots at Trump last week. There is now a pattern of repeated failures to use existing cheap technology to enhance the Secret Service's ability to protect Trump.
Thankfully, an agent saw the 2nd assassin before Trump came into view and engaged the assassin leading to a police chase and his eventual arrest.
There is still much work to be done to clean up the Secret Service and at this point, Cheadle's resignation is likely not going to be the last if the Secret Service is going to improve its culture and capability.
This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
In another instance of "rules for thee but not for me," Kamala Harris, on record as wanting to ban all of whatever she describes as "assault" weapons, on record as calling for mandatory gun confiscations, on record as demanding her right to walk into any home to check whether legal gun owners are storing their equipment properly, now has threatened to shoot anyone who breaks into her home.
"If somebody breaks into my house, they're getting shot," she stated. "Sorry, probably shouldn't have said that! Ha ha ha!"
The Gateway Pundit turned blunt, "Gun Control Hypocrite Kamala Harris Admits on Live TV That She and Walz Are Gun Owners and She Would Shoot Intruders, Then Regrets Saying It.
Her comment came in an interview with entertainer Oprah Winfrey, and the "unscripted moment laid bare her duplicity."
The report said, "The hypocrisy is glaring. Here is a woman who has championed gun control measures for years, pushing for an assault weapons ban, mandatory gun buyback programs, and tighter restrictions on law-abiding gun owners—yet she is quick to admit she would use her firearm."
The report continued, "For many, Harris's sudden revelation about owning a gun, followed by her admission that she would shoot an intruder, is the ultimate example of liberal hypocrisy. How can someone so vehemently advocate for gun control while simultaneously enjoying the protection of a firearm?"
She's long insisted that she wants to edit the Second Amendment so that only certain guns, those she defines as not being "assault" weapons, should be allowed. She's on record multiple times with that agenda, as it's become a mantra for her.
She said, during an interview, "I feel very strongly that it is consistent with the Second Amendment and your right to own a gun to also say we need an assault weapons ban. They're literally tools of war."
"So which is it, Kamala? Are you the gun owner ready to defend your home by force, or the crusader for disarming Americans in the name of 'safety'?" the Gateway Pundit asked.
The Daily Mail described Harris' comments as a "shocking threat."
"'If somebody breaks into my house, they're getting shot,' she said, before showing off her trademark cackle," the report said.
The National Rifle Association called her a "walking contradiction."
WND had reported only this week how she was being accused of previewing her demands for totalitarianism, regarding guns.
WND already had reported on her proclamation that any time they wanted, police could walk into a home and check whether the resident was doing what they wanted with his or her guns.
Now Tucker Carlson commented: "This is openly totalitarian. If we don't resist this, we're done."
Social media commenters responded with:
"This is the most insane thing shes every said… AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT."
"Kamala Harris literally said they will be doing a gun confiscation. What's it going to take for everyone to realize these people are straight up communists and they are coming for our guns, our free speech and all our constitutional rights. Democrats are domestic terrorists."
"This is a red line they are crossing."
A report from Shore News Network explained, "As San Francisco's district attorney, Kamala Harris made headlines in 2007 when she told legal gun owners that authorities could 'walk into' their homes to inspect whether they were storing firearms properly, under a law she helped draft. During a press conference in May of that year, Harris explained, 'Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn't mean that we're not going to walk into that home and check to see if you're being responsible and safe.'"
The report pointed out, "Now, legal gun owners across America are waiting to see if she would enact a federal law that allows police to enter any legal gun owner's home at any time, to perform a gun safety inspection."
It pointed out Harris has worked on developing penalties for gun owners who don't store their firearms as she wants.
"The bill also included broader gun control measures, such as requiring gun distributors to submit an inventory to the police chief every six months and banning the possession of guns in public housing, even if they were legally owned."
Those issues already are law in San Francisco, the report noted.
Harris also has talked about taking action against gun owners by executive order, and not waiting for Congress to make such actions legal.
Former President Donald Trump suffered and survived the second attempted assassination earlier this week, forcing the former president to be rushed from the scene and secret service to step in.
U.S. officials apparently did little with the warnings from Americans who had contact with Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in an alleged botched assassination attempt on Trump. Their worry was prompted by Routh's odd behavior in Ukraine, as Breitbart News reported.
On Sunday, as former president Donald Trump was playing golf at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, Routh, 58, was apprehended for being a trespasser armed with a weapon. On Monday, Routh faced federal charges of being a felon in possession of a handgun.
A self-published book in which Routh urged the terrorist-supporting government of Iran to murder Donald Trump was one of many "red flags" that adorned Routh's record.
Among his long list of criminal charges, he was found in possession of a "weapon of mass destruction" in the year 2002.
This was a firearm that had been unlawfully modified to fire in a fully automatic manner.
Routh was a fervent and unwavering supporter of the Ukrainian people. Almost immediately after the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, he arrived there, looking to help.
His first intention was to offer himself as a foreign recruit for the Ukrainian military, but after the Ukrainian government rejected his offer of service, he went on to recruit other individuals.
Chelsea Walsh, a nurse, informed the Wall Street Journal on Monday that she encountered Routh on multiple occasions in Kyiv and determined that he was “among the most dangerous Americans she met during her month-and-a-half-long stint in Ukraine.”
Walsh was so concerned by Routh's actions that she claims she informed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) about him upon her return to the United States. She provided the Central Prosecutor's Bureau (CPB) with a notebook in which she detailed the behavior of more than a dozen foreign nationals in Ukraine.
Routh was the most prominent individual on the list, as she was identified as engaging in "predatory behavior."
Walsh stated that she initially considered Routh to be "eccentric, but not dangerous." However, she later revised her assessment after maintaining a consistent relationship with him, particularly in light of his repeated references to assassinating world leaders.
According to Sarah Adams, a former CIA officer and American with experience in Ukraine, Routh earned a reputation among aid organizations as a "fraudster" and "whack job."
Routh frequently asserted that he was recruiting foreign combatants as an agent of the Ukrainian government, among other disturbing behaviors, when in reality, this was not the case.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has been called on to weigh in on a heavy decision, taking the ultimate step to ensure the safety of residents and at the same time, setting a potential standard for future appeals.
The death row inmate's most recent request for post-conviction relief was rejected by the Mississippi Supreme Court, as local news reported. He was convicted in 1992 of the murders of two students at Mississippi State University.
The murders of Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler led to the 1994 conviction of 56-year-old Willie Jerome Manning for capital murder.
The inmate's attorneys have repeatedly attempted to overturn the conviction, citing "newly discovered firearms evidence" and a witness who has subsequently recanted his testimony against Manning as the basis for their most recent case.
In December 1992, Earl Jordan, who was Manning's cousin and had previously served a prison term with him, informed the authorities that Manning had admitted to killing the students from Mississippi State.
Finally, in 2023, Jordan recanted his testimony and claimed he made it up to get his own sentence lowered.
The top court challenged the submission of documents by Manning's counsel, stating that "newly discovered and developed firearms identification evidence" has emerged, even though the pistol used to murder Steckler and Miller has not been located.
As a result, the appeal that Manning filed was rejected by the state supreme court, which voted 5-4 against it.
“Petitioner has had more than a full measure of justice. Tiffany Miller and Jon Steckler have not. Their families have not. The citizens of Mississippi have not,” a portion of the majority opinion written by Justice Michael Randolph reads.
“It is, therefore, ordered that Willie Jerome Manning is denied leave to proceed in the circuit court with his claim of newly discovered evidence based on Earl Jordan’s recantation. It is further ordered that all other claims for relief set forth in Willie Jerome Manning’s motion for leave to file successive petitions for post-conviction relief are denied.”
According to reports, Steckler and Miller were murdered in rural Oktibbeha County before being shot and left. Pat Station Road was the scene of where Steckler's lifeless body was eventually found, and the investigation into his murder began.
His wounds seemed to be the consequence of a low-speed car crash and gunshot wounds. On his way to the hospital, he passed away.
But Miller was discovered dead in a wooded area close to Steckler's corpse.
She was allegedly raped after suffering multiple gunshot wounds to the face and a beating. After attempting to sell victim possessions, Manning was caught and charged with the murders of the two. A jury swiftly found him guilty of capital murder.
The high court had previously agreed to delay Manning's execution date until he challenged his conviction, but their most recent decision could now set the stage for the state to execute the inmate.
“Today the Court perverts its function as an appellate court and makes factual determinations that belong squarely within the purview of the circuit court judge,” Justice Jim Kitchens wrote in dissent to the majority opinion’s most recent decision to deny Manning’s petition for post-conviction relief.
“This Court has held explicitly that ‘when an important witness to a crime recants his testimony and offers a reason for having given false testimony at trial, the defendant/petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the witness lied at trial or on his affidavit.'”
The defense team representing Manning will maintain their demand for a new trial. The prisoner continues to insist on his innocence even now.
Former Secretary of State and failed rival to former President Donald Trump Hillary Clinton is effectively blaming Trump for two assassination attempts on him in July and on Sunday, saying that he should try to "calm the waters" to avoid further attempts on his life.
“This is such a terrible thing to happen twice in our country in a relatively short period of time, and it’s frightening to see violence being threatened and used in a political campaign,” Clinton told Katie Couric during a Monday interview.
Both President Joe Biden and Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris have repeatedly called Trump a "threat to democracy" and used other similar rhetoric, but Clinton chose to blame the victim for the violence against him.
“If he were really a leader, he should be doing what he can to calm the waters, not try to just continue to throw red meat out there to get people riled up," she said.
In Clinton's opinion, Trump is only an effective politician because he “keeps people agitated. He keeps people angry. He keeps people upset.”
“I think it helps to have some sense of history and to know that in many society’s political systems, people who have an ability to connect with the fears, and the insecurities, and the anger and the hatreds of people in their society are very effective demagogues,” Clinton said.
“I think what he has done is to open that door to that in our country,” she said, ignoring the rhetoric from the other side that has been completely overblown in how it describes Trump.
As if her comments about Trump haven't called her judgment into question enough, she went on to say that Harris has run a "near-perfect" campaign.
She considers herself as having passed the torch to Harris, who could now accomplish the goal Clinton had to become the first woman president, during her DNC speech last month.
"As the first woman major-party nominee in American history, Clinton said she “wasn’t sure how I would feel when another woman would be so close to breaking that glass ceiling – and I was thrilled,” she said.
“It’s not just breaking through the glass ceiling; it’s about what’s on the other side of the glass ceiling," she said.
Clinton was a failure of a candidate.
She and Harris have that in common even if they manage to fool almost half of the electorate.
No doubt, Harris is saying "no thanks" to that torch being passed, if she knows what's good for her.
The FBI is now investigating a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, this time at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
“The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump,” the agency said in a statement on Sunday.
The attempt was announced earlier on Sunday that Trump was safe after shots were fired two holes away from where he was playing.
“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity,” Trump campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung said in a statement. “No further details at this time.”
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 15, 2024
Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. later said on his X account that a suspect had been arrested and an AK-47 was found in the bushes.
Later reports said that the shots fired were by a Secret Service agent who spotted suspect Ryan Wesley Routh in the bushes.
Routh had allegedly lain in wait for Trump for 12 hours with food and water.
So far, Routh has been charged with gun crimes, but more serious crimes could be forthcoming as the investigation continues.
The new attempt was just over two months after Trump was shot in the ear at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally.
The shot only grazed his ear, but it was less than an inch from a fatal shot to the head. Trump turned his head at the last second and avoided the kill shot.
The new attempt by Routh shows more of a motive, with Routh having posted negatively on Facebook about Trump and expressing a desire to fight the Russians in Ukraine.
Routh donated money to Act Blue, a Democrat super PAC.
Secret Service failures were blamed for the first attempt, while the second attempt was blamed on not being able to see into the bushes where the shooter was hiding.