Hoax...

A New Jersey couple has been hit with criminal charges stemming from a GoFundMe campaign that raised more than $400,000 for homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt, who was also arrested in connection with the money-raising effort that now appears to be an elaborate scam, authorities said.

A criminal complaint obtained by NBC10 alleges the couple deliberately prevented donors to their GoFundMe campaign from gaining information "that would affect their judgment about solicited contribution to that fundraising effort." 

In August, Bobbitt, 35, filed a lawsuit accusing McClure and D'Amico of committing fraud by taking more than half of the money they raised for themselves.

McClure claimed she was driving to meet a friend in September 2017 when she ran out of gas around midnight on the I-95 exit ramp near Philadelphia and Bobbitt, who was sleeping under a nearby overpass, came to her rescue. She claimed Bobbitt spent his last $20 to buy her gas.

Slammed...

Democrats from Queens, N.Y., slammed Amazon's plan for offices in the area, setting up a potential political fight with one of the world's most powerful companies

Local Democrats swiftly criticized Amazon. They raised concerns about cost of living increases, a potential lack of benefit to local community members and state tax incentives going to a large corporation rather than local residents. 

The response sets up a political clash for Amazon a company that has had no shortage of battles with officials as it extends its reach across the country and globe.

Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,  called it "extremely concerning" that Amazon would get tax breaks "when our subway is crumbling and our communities need MORE investment, not less." 

The Governor and the Mayor are concerned about congestion? Who is working for you? 

Trouble...

It turns out that for young children, initial concepts about gender are quite flexible. Children don’t begin to notice and adopt gender-stereotyped behaviors (e.g., preferring colors like pink or blue) until the age of two or three. 

A few years later, their concept of gender becomes quite rigid, and although it becomes more relaxed by middle childhood, even adults have trouble going back to thinking about gender as something that’s flexible.

Sale...

Selling...

Cuomo and de Blasio, who’ve feuded famously over the past five years, found something to agree on  with both hailing the plan as a boon to the city and the state. 

The mayor’s support of the broader deal contradicts previous statements he’s made about tax incentives.

“We will forgo big giveaways to a select few companies and instead pursue a city economic strategy that grows whole sectors of small businesses in emerging industries,” he said in his first State of the City address in 2014. “Our aim is that within eight years, the majority of skilled technology-related jobs in New York City are being filled by those educated in New York City schools.”

This is a betrayal of the hard working people who got a lousy MTA subway and transportation. Who is cashing in on the new congestion?

First...

Oversee...

Mediocrity...

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”

― Arthur Conan Doyle

Quid...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has raised $100 million since he first ran for governor in 2010, a staggering sum that includes millions in donations from companies with business before New York state.

A review of records by the USA TODAY Network’s Albany bureau shows:

• The governor’s donors include 19 companies that received $13 billion in state contracts after giving $425,000 or more to Cuomo’s campaign.
• A fifth of his donations — $19.7 million — come from a loophole in state campaign-finance laws that allows businesses to far exceed the $5,000 annual limit on corporate contributions.

No other governor has raised such amounts, other than those who self-financed part of their campaigns. The money raised has helped Cuomo easily win two terms for governor, and it gives him a large edge as he seeks a third term in November.

Muddled Waters...

"Make no mistake, the days of this committee weakening regulations and putting our economy once again at risk of another financial crisis will come to an end," Rep. Maxine Waters said.

Bank shares moved lower following a CNBC report on the remarks, with the SPDR S&P Bank ETF down 0.6 percent in morning trade.

Since Trump began his term in early 2017, the administration has sought to loosen the regulatory reins imposed by the Dodd-Frank reforms that came into being after the financial crisis that exploded in 2008. In particular, the White House and the Fed have worked to tailor capital rules to be less onerous on regional and community banks.

Good luck to Ms. Maxine, she will bring the down turn of the economy herself, thus more people will support the Don.  Just a thought.