Heralded as the safest big city in America in recent years, New York City is closing out its bloodiest year in nearly a decade, grappling with a surge in homicides and a pandemic authorities say has helped fuel violence.
The city had recorded 447 killings as of Tuesday, a 41% increase over last year and the largest number since 2011. The number of people shot has more than doubled last year’s total, nearing a 14-year high.
Yet the New York Governor got an Emmy for his wonderful leadership as Governor of New York. Not only does his state lead the nation in dead Americans from Covid, he is apparently working hard to restate New York as a leader in gun violence as well.
It makes you wonder how this happens when everyone is locked down and in their houses? Apparently criminals are no more likely to follow Covid restrictions than they are to follow gun laws or pretty much any law (including those making shooting people and murdering them illegal).
Oh well, at least in in comparison the murder rate is a fraction of the dead New York Covid number.
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U.S. Hits Record Daily Covid-19 Deaths
An additional 3,725 Americans lost their lives to the coronavirus on Tuesday—the highest single-day death toll since the pandemic began, CNN reports.
DONALD TOLD US WE HAD TURNED THE CORNER ON IT.
How Congress Could Quash Trump’s Electoral Vote Gambit
Politico:
“The law that guides the proceedings, the Electoral Count Act — passed in 1887 to address the disastrous election of 1876 — is vaguely written and full of gaps that have perplexed constitutional scholars for a century. Now, Trump and his allies are working to exploit those gaps to try to muscle their way to a second term. There’s little doubt that Biden will be certified as president by the end of the day on Jan. 6 or in the wee hours of Jan. 7, but Trump’s allies could cast a cloud over the process — grinding it to a halt, attempting to force votes on alternate slates of Trump-supporting electors and raising untold objections to the proceedings that could disrupt the traditionally ceremonial event.
“But the lack of clarity also creates enormous opportunities for those who wish to limit or prevent the day-long spectacle that Trump’s allies are promising. That could include both Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been working to tamp down GOP support for challenges in recent days — drawing Trump’s fury.”
Even Mitch doesn't give a damn these days about Trump's fury.
NO Absentee Ballot Fraud Found In Georgia
Atlanta Journal Constitution:
“Law enforcement and election investigators didn’t find a single fraudulent absentee ballot during an audit of over 15,000 voter signatures, according to a report by the Georgia secretary of state’s office released Tuesday.”
GOOD STUFF FROM THE NEXT THREAD DOWN
BUT DO NOT READ IT, IT MAY DEPRESS YOU TOO MUCH
Strong Early Voting Gives Democrats Hope In Georgia
AND SO MEANWHILE THE RACIST GOP
Seeks to Roll Back Mail-In Voting
Trump Administration's Lack of Funding Has Caused Vaccine Bottleneck
--Trump promises big and delivers small.
IN YET ANOTHER FIT OF PIQUE
Trump Calls on Georgia Governor to Resign
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“President Trump on Wednesday called for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to resign, escalating his criticism of a fellow Republican who has refused to intervene in the state’s presidential election or embrace Trump’s baseless claims of widespread fraud,” the Washington Post reports.
Unlike most cities who have had idiotic democrat mayors in charge since the 50's and early 60's, NYC goes through cycles. democrats are elected, re-elected, and elected some more, and things devolve to the point of absolute chaos. NY'ers are patient. perhaps too patient. they'll allow democrats to slowly pile drive the city into the fucking ground for 20 years, and then right before it's poised to completely turn to shit, they elect a republican, and then the law is enforced, streets are patrolled, and the city returns to relative calm and becomes a place to be safely enjoyed once again.
until a de Blasio is elected...
...and here we are.
and the chaos is not just in NY -
“They are leaving us in the gutter and something’s got to give. I am only staying strong because of my family in the streets. We need to stand together with one big voice,” said Nana, who is staying at the Port of Tacoma motel across from the Travelodge in Fife, Wash., the site of a direct action struggle to provide emergency pandemic housing to homeless people. She and a friend came over to the Dec. 28 gathering at the Travelodge ready to sign up and join the struggle which has been developing since Dec. 24.
On Christmas Eve the Tacoma Housing Now coalition moved a group of homeless people into the Travelodge. The motel had many vacancies.
On Dec. 25, organizers told the owner that they were not going to continue paying. A large group of supporters gathered outside the motel and held a holiday party.
The owner of the motel negotiated with the activists and agreed to allow them to stay until Dec. 28. He also stated his desire to provide emergency pandemic housing to homeless people and struggle along with THN to be paid by the city or county for this service.
On Dec. 26, about 50 supporters celebrated this victory and rallied next to the motel.
https://www.liberationnews.org/tacoma-wa-struggle-we-wont-stop-until-everyone-is-housed/
the motel owner should've shot everyone of these assholes.
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