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New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin has resigned after a federal court announced charges of bribery and wire fraud against him Tuesday for procuring illicit campaign funds.

Benjamin surrendered to the FBI Tuesday morning. His case is being handled by the Southern District Court of New York.

"I have accepted Brian Benjamin's resignation effective immediately," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said. "While the legal process plays out, it is clear to both of us that he cannot continue to serve as Lieutenant Governor."

Benjamin, 45, of Harlem, was appointed as lieutenant governor in August 2021. He is being charged with one count of federal program bribery, one count of honest services wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit those offenses and two counts of falsification of records.

Who's next in this Fabolous Democrats? Just a thought.

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Mayorkas..

 

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Hunt er..

 

Climate..

 

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On September11, airplanes slammed into the World Trade Centers, murdering 2,763 people.

In order to bolster his poll numbers, guarantee his re-election, fund his weapons manufacturing corporate sponsors, and secure his country some cheap crude oil, American President George W. Bush, along with Vice President Dick Cheney and a cartel of war criminals, concocted a story that was later proven patently false:

 That Saddam Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction.

Under the pretext of liberation — the special operation was named Operation Iraqi Freedom— America declared Iraq’s government illegitimate and invaded on March 19th, 2003.

The initial invasion was met with fierce resistance,and maintaining control of the nation proved far more costly than America had predicted.

Let’s be brutally honest: It was a bloodbath:

1,033,000 of our Iraqi brothers and sisters died.

9.2 million fled as refugees.    Thousands of cities, towns, and villages were destroyed.

America and its allies lost 25,071 soldiers, with another 117,961 wounded.

Last week, Russian troops initiated a “special operation,” invading the sovereign nation of Ukraine after declaring its government illegitimate.

Papini..

 

Sherri Papini, the Northern California woman charged last month with faking her kidnapping in 2016,  acknowledged she made up the story that prompted a frantic search and international headlines.

I am deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior and so very sorry for the pain I’ve caused.

The search for Papini, 39, of Redding, set off a three-week search across California until she resurfaced on Thanksgiving Day in 2016.

She had bindings on her body and injuries including a blurred “brand” on her right shoulder and a swollen nose. She had other bruises and rashes on many parts of her body, ligature marks on her wrists and ankles, and burns on her left forearm.

Federal prosecutors alleged that she actually was staying with a former boyfriend nearly 600 miles away in Southern California’s Orange County and injured herself to back up her false statements.

Arrested..

 

Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York, the state’s second-in-command to Gov. Kathy Hochul, surrendered early Tuesday morning to face a federal indictment charging him with bribery, fraud and falsification of records in connection with a scheme to funnel illegal donations to a previous campaign.

The five-count indictment accused Mr. Benjamin of conspiring to direct state funds to a Harlem real estate investor in exchange for orchestrating thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to Mr. Benjamin’s unsuccessful 2021 campaign for New York City comptroller.

“In so doing, Benjamin abused his authority as a New York State senator, engaging in a bribery scheme using public funds for his own corrupt purposes,” prosecutors charged in the indictment. The investor was arrested on federal charges in November.

The indictment — the result of an investigation by the F.B.I., U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the city’s Department of Investigation — also charged that Mr. Benjamin subsequently “engaged in a series of lies and deceptions to cover up the scheme,” including falsifying campaign donation forms, misleading New York City authorities and giving false information as part of a background check to become lieutenant governor last year.

When would NY Democrats trouble ends?  Just a thought.

Inflated..

 

Prices that consumers pay for everyday items surged in March to their highest levels since the early days of the Reagan administration, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday.

The consumer price index, which measures a wide-ranging basket of goods and services, jumped 8.5% from a year ago on an unadjusted basis, above even the already elevated Dow Jones estimate for 8.4%.

Excluding food and energy, so-called core CPI increased 6.5% on a 12-month basis, in line with the expectation. However, there were signs that core inflation appeared to be ebbing, as it rose just 0.3% for the month, less than the 0.5% estimate.  

“The big news in the March report was that core price pressures finally appear to be moderating,” wrote Andrew Hunter, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics. Hunter said he thinks the March increase will “mark the peak” for inflation as year-over-year comparisons drive the numbers lower and energy prices subside.   Just an "Inflated Price" thought.