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Meanwhile, In NYC and Virginia

By J Robert Smith

  • March 7, 2026
  • 3-min read

In New York City, Will Serious Crime Rise Soon?

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a man of his word. Among other pledges, he’s going soft on crime in part by reducing personnel at the New York Police Department (NYPD).

In January and February, NYC saw a drop in serious crime, yet, crimes on the city’s subway system rose by 18.5%. According to Fox News, March 7: “[T]ransit crime jumped 18.5% in February, largely driven by felony assaults and grand larcenies.” Felony assault isn’t petty crime. Don’t attribute the city’s two-month crime drop to Mamdani. He only started his term on January 1.

A spike in subway crime may indicate bigger problems brewing. “Broken Windows” – policing stopping lesser crime has proven to deter criminals from committing bigger crimes. It worked for Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg for many years. Broken Windows policing isn’t Mamdani’s way.

More from the Fox News’ article:

[T]he preliminary FY 2027 budget notes the importance of “significantly reducing current vacancies,” which could include reductions in funding for the NYPD based on unfilled positions. Mamdani’s budget proposes a $22 million decrease in the NYPD’s $6.4 billion budget next year.

Mamdani’s predecessor, Eric Adams, proposed at the end of his term that the city hire 5,000 more police officers. However, upon entering office, Mamdani moved to cancel all orders signed by Adams following his Sept. 26, 2024, indictment on bribery and campaign finance offenses. This included the proposed NYPD personnel increase.

Police on the streets discourages crime. That’s a fact and common sense. New Yorkers should enjoy safer streets while they can.

Abigail Spanberger and Virginia Democrats are Setting Up a Confrontation with Uncle Sam

Last year, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger ran for Virginia governor as a moderate. She won – thanks mostly to votes out of DC’s northern Virginia suburbs. Right. She’s moderate – perhaps according to leftist standards. No sooner were she and legislative Democrats sworn in, legislation to raise multiple taxes and soft on crime measures popped up in the legislature. And Spanberger made sure that the commonwealth would be a sanctuary state, signing an executive order ending cooperation with ICE.

Now, Spanberger is refusing to turn over to ICE an illegal alien who not only committed murder but has a long rap sheet.

Oh, and did I mention that Old Dominion Democrats want to arrest ICE agents doing their jobs?

A set of legislative proposals has gotten Mike Davis’ attention. Davis is a Trump stalwart and runs the Article III Project.

Writes Davis for Fox News, March 7:

The latest example is Virginia, which is passing a series of unconstitutional laws that would dangerously and illegally obstruct ICE. These proposals include criminal penalties, meaning that state law enforcement would attempt to arrest and jail ICE agents for simply doing their jobs. This effort is seditious, insurrectionist, extremely dangerous and blatantly unconstitutional. For the sake of the Republic, the Justice Department must immediately and aggressively quell this Virginia seditious conspiracy.

If these proposals pass, it’ll take the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in again.

Warns Davis:

But civil enforcement is not enough. Virginia Democrat officials plotting to arrest ICE agents for doing their jobs (seditious conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 2384) — and especially those who cause the arrests (insurrection under 18 U.S.C. § 2383, assault, kidnapping, harboring, conspiracy, and more) — must go to federal prison for their serious federal felonies. If anyone gets killed in a deadly standoff between these new Virginia confederates and ICE, these Virginia Democrat officials must face felony-murder charges.

Setting state law enforcement against federal law enforcement amounts to an act of sedition. State authority doesn’t exceed federal authority in matters of immigration enforcement. A serious effort by Virginia Democrats to do so resulting in injury or death to federal and/or state law enforcement officers should be regarded as felonies. It should be regarded as steps toward rebellion. Isn’t that where these Democrats are heading?

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Incredibly Awful Virginia Democrats are Winning Their Races

By J Robert Smith

  • Oct. 10, 2025
  • 3-min read

Abigail Spanberger is the Democrat nominee to be Virginia’s next governor. She can’t even answer a simple question: “Should males be allowed in female restrooms and locker rooms?” She won’t give a straight answer when she’s asked because if she says, No,” LGBTQ+ activists will turn on her. Their money will dry up. Northern Virginia’s affluent, progressive whites might walk away.

On the other hand, if Spanberger says, “Yes,” then the large middle of Virginia voters might go for Winsome Earle-Sears, Virginia’s current lieutenant governor. Earle-Sears has made it crystal clear that males don’t belong in female restrooms and locker rooms.

Here’s Spanberger weaseling out of answering the restroom question in last Thursday night’s debate with Earle-Sears:

Spanberger also said that her voters need to be fueled by rage. This is her idea of trying to motivate the Democrat base to vote? It’s an odd choice of words in light of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Here’s the Merriam Webster Dictionary definition of rage:

a: violent and uncontrolled anger
b: a fit of violent wrath
c: archaic : insanity

Virginia really wants a governor who is calling for her voters to stoke their anger to the point of… rage? Spanberger isn’t dumb. She knows what rage means. It was no slip of the tongue, either. She believes that her voters need to work themselves up into a frothing anger. Where does uncontrolled anger lead?

Real Clear Politics has Spanberger running ahead of Earle-Sears by an average of seven points. That’s outside the margin or error. Balloting has been underway since September 19, so a lot of votes have been cast. There’s still three weeks before the November 4 election deadline, so Earle-Sears could gain ground and win. But it would be a squeaker.

Then there’s Jay Jones, the Democrat nominee for attorney general. National Review surfaced text messages from a few years ago. When Jones was a state delegate, he messaged a colleague about the GOP Speaker of the House, saying “[Speaker Todd] Gilbert, hitler, and pol pot, [sic]” Jones wrote. [Who gets the bullets?] “Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.”

Jones fantasizing about killing Gilbert wasn’t satisfying enough. He then stated he wished the speaker’s children would die in their mother’s arms.

Jones’ campaign has taken a hit, but even after those messages were revealed, he’s still leading incumbent GOP attorney general Jason Miyares by a point in a recent poll. Jones appears to be tanking, but a lead is still a lead. His support should have cratered. Yet, it’s a good bet that Miyares overtakes Jones. Whether or not that hurts Spanberger’s candidacy is the key question.

Neither Spanberger nor any other prominent Virginia Democrat has called for Jones to drop out. If there was ever a case where decency overrides partisanship, its Jay Jones’ candidacy. Yet, Democrats remain silent. What does that tell us?

It tells us that Democrats have a decency problem. Their lust for power is greater than their willingness to call out one of their own for outright violent and ghoulish intentions.

If you’re a Virginia voter, keep that in mind.

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