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Michael Goodwin: Mamdani’s senseless plan to end homeless camp sweeps will almost certainly make NYC’s problem worse

It’s all very easy to say. The doing will be very, very difficult.

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Michael Goodwin: How NY followed Biden’s, Dems’ charge in harboring illegal immigrant criminals

Michael Goodwin: How NY followed Biden’s, Dems’ charge in harboring illegal immigrant criminals

For decades, Congress and a parade of presidents couldn’t agree on how to secure the southern border and what to do with the millions of illegal...

03.12.2025 60

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Michael Goodwin: Trump needs to hit the reset button if the GOP wants to win the 2026 midterms

Michael Goodwin: Trump needs to hit the reset button if the GOP wants to win the 2026 midterms

As far as President Trump is concerned, T.S. Eliot got it all wrong.

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Michael Goodwin: Trump’s meeting with Mamdani comes as a shock and promise that there is hope for NYC

Michael Goodwin: Trump’s meeting with Mamdani comes as a shock and promise that there is hope for NYC

The expected — and even hoped for — explosion between President Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani turned out to be a festival of...

23.11.2025 20

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Michael Goodwin: Trump miraculously receives praise from New York Times after UN backs Gaza peace plan

Michael Goodwin: Trump miraculously receives praise from New York Times after UN backs Gaza peace plan

Miracles come in all shapes and circumstances, but here is a truly remarkable one: The New York Times has said something positive about President...

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Michael Goodwin: Gov. Hochul flip-flops her governing principles to accommodate Mayor-elect Mamdani’s agenda

Michael Goodwin: Gov. Hochul flip-flops her governing principles to accommodate Mayor-elect Mamdani’s agenda

Does Gov. Hochul actually have any governing principles, or is she just making it up as she goes along?

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Michael Goodwin: Toxic Dems Schumer, Pelosi get shut down – and Trump stands tall with one of his biggest DC wins

The collapse of Chuck Schumer’s shutdown gambit when seven fellow Democrats and one independent broke ranks with him serves as a humiliating bookend...

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Michael Goodwin: Financial penalties for Mamdani election by GOP could cause irreversible damage to NYC

As awful as the mayoral election outcome was for sensible New Yorkers, misguided Washington Republicans plan to use the results as a club to further...

09.11.2025 50

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Michael Goodwin: Graceless sore winner Zohran Mamdani immediately drops his mask and declares war on NYC

Having fallen in love with the sound of his own voice and apparently convinced he is heaven-sent, a besotted Zohran Mamdani missed the warning that...

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Michael Goodwin: A Zohran Mamdani mayoralty would mean a long, sour decline for NYC

The New York mayoral race, where the Democrats’ nominee, Zohran Mamdani, is pushing a sweepingly radical agenda.

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Michael Goodwin: Andrew Cuomo has my vote for NYC mayor – the Big Apple cannot afford a Mamdani mistake

If anyone had dared to tell me last winter that I would eventually vote to make Andrew Cuomo New York’s next mayor, I would have shot back, “Never.”

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Michael Goodwin: Zohran Mamdani will finally have to answer for his sickening antisemitism at NYC mayoral debate

For the better part of a year, Zohran Mamdani has not paid a political price for his sickening anti-Israel and anti-Jewish positions and comments.

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Michael Goodwin: Trump bringing peace to the Middle East is the real prize

In hindsight, it was clear all along that President Trump didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

12.10.2025 30

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Michael Goodwin: NY Times should be ashamed of covering up Biden-appointed Jack Smith spying on Republican senators

Leftist media outlets never tire of preaching that the great lesson of Watergate is that the coverup is worse than the crime.

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Michael Goodwin: Hamas hits a new low for being too ‘slow’ on following through on peace deal negotiated by Trump

The Middle East being the Middle East, it was probably foolish to believe or even hope that the broad support for President Trump’s Gaza peace plan...

05.10.2025 50

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Michael Goodwin: Adams mulls endorsing Cuomo or Sliwa as he puts all energy into defeating Zohran Mamdani

Mayor Adams has dropped his re-election effort, but he certainly doesn’t sound like a man planning a vacation.

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Michael Goodwin: Netanyahu’s message to the UN is clear — Israel cannot be forced to destroy itself with a Palestinian state

The real reason the UN diplomats fled Benjamin Netanyahu's speech is that they can’t stomach a strong Israel. Most are quislings, as illustrated by...

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Michael Goodwin: Trump’s UN speech pulled no punches – and showcased leadership, common sense before the world

Watching President Trump slice and dice the United Nations Tuesday morning, I couldn’t help but think that the gods have a sense of humor — and...

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Michael Goodwin: The far-left patronizing Kimmel while calling Charlie Kirk evil shows how heartless Dems have become

Democrats have surely heard the sage advice that when you’re in a hole, drop the shovel and walk away.

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Michael Goodwin: Cowardly Kathy Hochul kowtowing to Mamdani proves Dems will always put their party ahead of NYC’s well-being

The race to jump off the cliff is on, as top New York Democrats line up like so many lemmings to back Zohran Mamdani.

17.09.2025 60

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Charlie Kirk’s assassination is the result of a decade of anti-Trump rhetoric from the left

There are not two sides equally responsible for the Charlie Kirk assassination. The single truth is that we are witnessing the inevitable result of a...

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Michael Goodwin: Eric Adams is in it to win it against ‘diabolical’ far-left Mamdani in NYC mayoral race

The polls say Mayor Adams is a sure-fire loser in November and wall-to-wall reports have him dropping out of the race or leaving City Hall early to...

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Trump’s presence in the NYC mayoral race could force Mayor Adams to drop out

Going back to the glory days of Tammany Hall, New York has had some wacky mayoral elections.

07.09.2025 20

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Michael Goodwin: NYC needs a mayor like Rudy Giuliani again — a bold, sensible leader in the face of rampant decline

It was during Giuliani’s two terms as Gotham’s fearless leader that he proved he is fully worthy of America’s highest civilian honor.

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The UN is an assembly of hate with it’s constant promotion of antisemitism

In the best of years, General Assembly gatherings at the United Nations are good only for New York restaurants, hotels, prostitutes and comedians with...

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Michael Goodwin: NY Times chipping away at Chinese meddling in NYC elections is a welcome change – but questions remain

In the spirit of giving the devil its due, we must salute The New York Times for its epic examination of how China is influencing New York City...

27.08.2025 7

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Republicans, it’s time to give up the Epstein saga once and for all

Hey Republicans, it’s time to get out the shovels and dig a very deep hole. Then bury forever the stench and false innuendo coming from the Jeffrey...

24.08.2025 7

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Michael Goodwin: Trump’s unique talents make him a true leader – and have redefined what it means to be commander in chief

If you need a laugh, try to imagine Joe Biden or any recent president holding court in the way Donald Trump is doing it.

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Michael Goodwin: Mamdani’s NYC borough tour attacking Trump smacks of amateur hour

It seems as if it was only yesterday that Zohran Mamdani was running to be mayor of New York on an agenda he vowed would solve the “affordability...

13.08.2025 20

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Michael Goodwin: Netanyahu taking control of Gaza will end the Israel-Hamas war for good

The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to have the Israeli military capture Gaza City and then occupy all of Gaza is a bad idea — unless...

10.08.2025 50

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Michael Goodwin: Sen. Warren backing Mamdani is the latest example of Dems floundering — and their zany agenda

More than six months into Donald Trump’s highly consequential second term, Democrats are still looking for their sputtering resistance movement to...

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Michael Goodwin: The 2-state delusion must be scrapped — a ‘jihadist’ state would solve nothing

Just months after Adolf Hitler started World War II, Winston Churchill smartly summarized why Europe’s hopes for peace had been shattered.

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Michael Goodwin: Mamdani’s cop-hating agenda speaks louder than his hollow words after horrific NYC shooting

Sensible New Yorkers didn’t need yet another reason to vote against Zohran Mamdani for mayor, but Monday’s horrific Midtown slaughter provided a...

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Dems are finally speaking up on Mamdani’s sickening embrace of antisemitism — but New York’s leaders remain silent

Some top Democrats finally are finding the courage to slam Zohran Mamdani’s sickening embrace of antisemitism. Sadly, the big Dems doing the right...

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Michael Goodwin: Cuomo remains NYC’s best shot to keep socialist Mamdani from being mayor – or the city will never be the same

He lost the primary by a stunning 12-point blowout, but as strange as it sounds, the ball is again back in Andrew Cuomo’s court.

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Michael Goodwin: Mamdani’s mayoral primary victory sealed a headache for Dems – and proved they can’t win no matter what

Here’s how you know Democrats are cursed: They lose even when they win.

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NYC mayoral primary delivers worst of all possible outcomes with Zohran Mamdani

A Democratic primary election for mayor that offered no good options managed to deliver the worst of all possible outcomes — socialist nepo baby...

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Michael Goodwin: Hochul’s snubbing of Mamdani will only help boost Cuomo’s campaign

Gov. Hochul made an unlikely gift to her predecessor and perpetual tormentor, Andrew Cuomo.

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Michael Goodwin: Cuomo should thank Mamdani for making him look like the safe, stable choice for NYC mayor

In his race for mayor, Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has done the impossible: He’s made Andrew Cuomo look like a safe, stable choice.

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Michael Goodwin: Democrats with Trump Derangement Syndrome are undercutting Israel

One way to look at the first six months of Donald Trump’s second term is that the wily president has managed to trick Democrats into fighting common...

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Michael Goodwin: Dems agree NYC is too expensive — and voters can’t afford them being in charge

If there is a single point of agreement among all the Democrats running for mayor, it’s that New York is too damn expensive.

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Don’t underestimate Donald Trump — he and his goals will survive without Elon Musk

Whatever the sensational event of the moment, the smart play has been to realize that this too shall pass — and to feel sorry for cats because...

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NYC mayoral candidates see who can promise more than upstart socialist Mamdani — while Cuomo ducks and dodges debate attacks

Zohran Mamdani might or might not win the Dems’ mayoral primary, but the first debate showed he’s already won the argument.

05.06.2025 20

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Michael Goodwin: Colorado attack proves America needs some common sense on immigration – stop importing terrorism

During a long-ago spate of police misconduct issues, then-NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly noted with dismay that some of the accused had only recently...

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Michael Goodwin: Washington media mob shows its true colors as Jake Tapper breaks ranks with Biden book

CNN anchor Jake Tapper has been a reliable cheerleader for all things Democrat and a snide anti-Trumper, but dramatically broke ranks by daring to...

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Michael Goodwin: Scott Pelley’s anti-Trump diatribe was more of the same warped, distorted nonsense that puts the BS in CBS

Leaving aside that Scott Pelley probably spoiled graduation day for some Wake Forest University parents and students, his anti-Trump commencement...

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Michael Goodwin: Dems’ cover-up of Biden’s mental, physical decline is a bombshell of bad news – and it’s going from bad to worse

A favorite Lily Tomlin line was made for this moment: “No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.” 

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Trump must not leave Israel out of his Middle East deals

May in Israel fear that President Trump is falling in love with a kumbaya fantasy about the Middle East that could end up further isolating and...

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Michael Goodwin: Trump recklessly accepting a plane from Qatar is the type of unnecessary risk that could ruin his presidency

Over the years, numerous studies, speeches and books have focused on a phenomenon known as self-sabotage.

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Michael Goodwin: Biden defending his presidency even has the Dems wanting him to go away

Many Democrats are no doubt convinced they ha’ve suffered enough, but fate seems to believe otherwise.

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