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Candidates 2026 – February 19, 2026

Location of the February 19, 2026 meeting is at Grace Lutheran Church, 103-15 Union Turnpike, Forest Hills, Queens from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.   Designated petitioning period is from February 24 - April 2. You could watch the meeting live on YouTube from 7:30 to 9:30 pm! AGENDA 1. Pledge of Allegiance 7:30 2. Reading of club’s Mission Statement (Jim Strawhorn) 3. Roll call of officers and board members (Jimmy Schwartzman) 4. Reading of club’s 1/15 minutes (David Kemp) 5. Report of the Financial Secretary/Treasurer (Sophia Worrell) 6. Committee Reports 7. Old Business 8. Announcement - Carlos Pesantes, Compost Collective - Stan Norwalk on Rep/Dem debate 9. New Business:  2026 Candidates - Greg Hach, Congressional 3 - Melvin Rivera, Congressional 7 - Kaley Marie Aldrich, C...
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Special Election (Epstein 74, Hoylman-Sigal 47, Mamdani 36) February 3, 2026

Early Voting totals as of February 1, 2026 Proclaimed December 15, 2025 (50 days before election) 74th Assembly district to replace Harvey Epstein, who won  his race for City Council District 3 Keith Powers (D,WF) Joseph Foley (R,C) Proclaimed January 2, 2026 (32 days before election) 36th Assembly district to replace Zohran Mamdani, who won his race for Mayor. Diana Moreno (D,WF) Rana Abdelhamid (Queens for All) Mary Jobaida (People First) 47th Senate district to replace Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who won his race for Manhattan Boro President. Eric Bottcher (D,WF) Charlotte Friedman (R)
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An Outraged Anti I.C.E. Democrat Defends Alex Pretti !

Steve is outraged on why Alex Pretti was killed by I.C.E. agents. Here is what Steve said on Facebook. "Let’s shut down the right wing smear campaign against Alex Pretti right now. Alex Pretti was a U.S. citizen. A VA ICU nurse. A homeowner. A legal gun owner. No criminal record. Not a caricature. Not a slogan. Not a convenient villain they can scribble over and toss in the trash. The same people who scream Second Amendment and good guy with a gun suddenly decide those rights are optional when federal agents get nervous. Freedom for them. Obedience for everyone else. That’s the whole philosophy once you scrape off the flag decals. The video doesn’t show a clean standoff. It doesn’t show a clear imminent threat. It shows chaos. A pile of bodies. Force already in motion. Then...
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President Trumps Accomplishments in the First Year of His 2nd Term!

One year ago today, President Donald J. Trump returned to office with a resounding mandate to restore prosperity, secure the border, rebuild American strength, and put the American people first. In just 365 days, President Trump has delivered truly transformative results with the most accomplished first year of any presidential term in modern history. From negative net migration for the first time in 50 years to the largest homicide drop on record, trillions in reshored investments, peace deals ending multiple wars, record energy production, and massive bureaucracy cuts, President Trump has put America First with urgency — and he’s just getting started. Here are 365 wins from President Trump’s first 365 days back in office: SECURING AMERICA’S BORDERS AND PUTTING AMERICANS FIRST 1...
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Trump is Incompetent, Inept, Ill-informed, Intellectually lacking, Unfit to Serve …

Below is my friend Steve's opinion of President Trump (Steve is a very well educated doctor and a great family man) I have known him for many years. Steve recently wrote about Trump "He isn't "flawed", he is Incompetent, he is Inept, he is Ill-Informed, He is Intellectually Lacking , He is Completely Unfit to Serve, Has No Loyalty to Uphold, Protect and Defend The Constitution, no Loyalty to our Allies or Anyone who didn't Vote for Him, He's Corrupt Beyond Measure and Shields PEDOPHILES from Accountability, AND...HE IS IN SERIOUS COGNITIVE DECLINE!!! " My response Steve it sounds like you are describing President Biden aka "Sleepy Joe" whose family received 10's of millions of dollars from China, Ukraine and other foreign actors and did not have a product or service to exchange...
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Stephen Colbert is Not an Entertainer, He is a Hired Hand Out to Destroy President Trump and Discredit His Administrations Policy’s!

Stephen Colbert is not a comedian or an entertainer; he is a hired hand, a bounty hunter in a way and a political pundit for the left. His mission is to take Trump out of the political arena by degrading and insulting him, demeaning his policies, his administration and anyone who is a friend or alli of the President. It is apparent that Colbert's CBS's senior executives encourage this vitriolic one way political diatribe or else Colbert would not do it. After all CBS pays his salary. And why would they allow such a display of hate since they are insulting half their audience who voted for President Trump. They knew they would lose that revenue stream. So my question is who is picking up the difference in revenue to offset the losses that enable this to happen? Someone has to follow th...
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A Common Sense Message to Trump Haters!

By Stan Norwalk There are many criticisms you can make against President Trump. Yes he is a narcissist, a braggart, a man with a big ego, a bully and more but we also have to realize the good things he has done. He saved hundreds of thousands of lives by closing the border, cutting down the flow of opiods throughout America that has killed over the last decade 1-2 million of our future leaders, our young people. He has reduced dramatically the trafficking of children for sex and free labor. He has reduced the flow of illegal gun smuggling that has caused death and mayhem in blue cities especially in minority's neighborhoods most of the problems are Black on Black crimes, simply by closing the border. Didn't we say "Black Lives Matter?" He has reduced the incidence of sexual assa...
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Ilhan Omar : How Can I Make Close to $30,000,000 Million Dollars Like You On A Congresswoman’s Pay Or Is This A False Rumor?

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar along with others in Minnesota including the Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz who almost became our Vice President is stirring up the protesters in their home state of Minnesota against I.C.E. endangering the lives of everyone, encouraging anarchy and causing the destruction of property. These public officials who took an oath to protect and defend our Constitution, our country and its citizens are perhaps guilty of treason. They are protecting the criminals and not the people who put them in office. They betrayed their oath of office. Someone should have them read the Constitution which clearly states' crossing our nation's sovereign border is a Federal crime unless you have a passport or visa and cross at the official cross...
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What Happened to “The Borscht Belt” ? AKA “The Jewish Alps” in the Catskill Mountains of Ulster and Sullivan County’s New York

"The Borscht Belt" in Sullivan and Ulster County's in upstate New York was the summer playground destination for vacationing Jews to escape the heat of the city when air conditioning did not exist till 50 years later. It catered primarily to poor and middle class mainly immigrant Jews starting around the late 1800's, early 1900's ending around the late 1990's when the industry collapsed and ended its' premier place in vacation history for the mainly Jewish populations and in the end people from all over the world as a leading destination. In the early 1900's some hotels advertised and would say no Jews or Hebrews in their ads. Hence Jews had to look elsewhere for vacationing away from the hot New York City summers. In the beginning It became a popular destination for trout fishing, c...
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Special Elections and 2026 Candidates – January 15, 2026

Watch the meeting on YouTube. Larry Block and Michael Ruiz played a few songs before the meeting.  Bernard Vaiselberg and Ronen Nahom led the Pledge of Allegiance.  Jim Strawhorn read the mission statement.  Danniel Maio did the roll call.  Juan Pagan read the December 18 minutes.  Sophia Worrell reported the club's bank balance. Announcements: Sophia Worrell on immigration; George Sarantopoulos on his 2024 City Council race and on "Vaunt", a Conservative online paper; Phil Grillo on his January 6 memorial event in Washington, DC.  Danniel Maio announced that the JFK Democrat Club invited Central Queens Republican Club for a debate on Monday, President's Day, February 16, and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman will be the keynote speaker at Queens Village Republican Club's Lincol...