Regis McDermott

Go Irish ‘09

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

@NYCMayor You suck please leave

[Hon. Vickie Paladino @VickieforNYC]

My official statement on the budget, as read in chambers this evening, before I was muted:

"I’ve been a member of this city council going on five years now. And I’ve voted yes on the budget every year so far. All of them had problems. All of them contained things I didn’t like or agree with. But I’m not here to demand perfection, I’m here to work with what we have — within reason.

Unfortunately, this year is very different. And I must vote no.

Even in the context of our dysfunctional city government, this year’s budget represents a complete departure from reality, spending more money than we’ve ever spent — precisely when we can least afford it.

We have never seen a larger single-year increase in spending in the history of this city. Requiring not only new taxes from Albany, but pension deferrals and an eight billion dollar bailout from the Governor. And even still, the revenue projections are optimistic at best.

This isn’t a ‘balanced budget’ — it’s budget by bailout. A ticking time bomb.

And it’s the beginning of a fiscal death spiral that our current leadership will not be able to pull us out of, because they lack both the experience and the seriousness to do so.

What will we do next year? And the year after?

The only responsible way for our city to spend more is to grow the economy. New businesses, new private economic development, major investment. That’s how you grow an economy, and get more money into the city budget.

But we’re doing the opposite. Deliberately chasing away everything our city needs to sustain our spending with childish political attacks on very people we need most.

Our tax base is isn’t growing. It’s leaving.

The middle class, the financial sector, and businesses of all sizes are choosing to go elsewhere. And they’re being replaced with low-income foreigners and transplants who require significant subsidies just to survive here.

We’re trading investment banks and small businesses for delivery app drivers on welfare, and nonprofit workers whose paychecks ultimately come from government spending. That isn’t growth.

And when ordinary New Yorkers complain, they’re told to shut up and leave if they don’t like it. And that’s exactly what many are doing.

This is obviously unsustainable. But nobody in this chamber really seems to care.

And what are we getting for our money? We already spend more in real dollars AND per capita on everything from schools to housing to healthcare than anyone else in the country.

We can’t even build a public bathroom for less than three million dollars.

Why would anyone believe that shoveling even MORE money into this broken system will improve anything?

It won’t. I guarantee that we’ll all be sitting here again a year from now, with the exact same problems, listening to the exact same lectures about how the city needs even MORE money, AGAIN.

At what point do we, as a City Council, start to demand results before we allow more spending? When do we demand accountability?

The answer seems to be never. Because this spending isn’t really meant to fix anything. It’s meant to keep the machine going, keep the money flowing into the special interests and nonprofits and the political allies of the Mayor, with no real consideration for anything else.

I realize a lot of people don’t want to hear this, but we are a municipal government, not a sociology experiment or a political slush fund or the United Nations.

We are here keep the lights on, keep the water running, pave the roads, and put criminals in jail. That’s it. And we would be very well advised to get back to basics. Because we’re failing on nearly every count, other than our peerless ability to hand out free money.

Shame on this Council for pretending this budget is anything other than a disaster. I know that my single vote ultimately doesn’t matter here, but nonetheless I won’t put my name on it. I respectfully vote no."

[Conor Ryan @ConorRyan_93]

“Loch Lomond” in Foxborough. Quite a sight. #WorldCup

[Ryan Wellner @RyanWellner]

@IMLCACoaches let’s help a fellow Coach out if you can! Any amount helps: https://t.co/GGPqLoFpyH

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

Gives you chills. Bad ass leadership and military power. Proud to be an American is an understatement!

[Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman]

🚨 General Dan Caine just laid out the gritty reality of the two Iran pilot rescues.

F-15 Strike Eagle Dude 44 downed in hostile territory. Daylight rescue for the front-seater: A-10 Warthogs in Sandy role went toe-to-toe with the enemy in a gunfight so the Jolly Greens could get in and extract him under fire.

One A-10 hit, pilot still completed the mission and ejected safely later.

Night rescue for the injured back-seater: larger force fought through weather, enemy search, and multiple contingencies. Brought him home Easter Sunday after nearly 48 hours of evasion.

Every American accounted for. Rescue motto in action: “These things we do that others may live.”

General Caine to enemies: we will come get our people anywhere, anytime.

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

Powerful: Pat McAfee sends a message to all the people criticizing him for covering Team USA’s $150,000 bar tab after winning Olympic Gold.

“You’ll never outweigh the happiness and unity sports bring so that you can eat sh*t.”

😤😤😤

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

@SenSchumer Just shut up and retire chuck. You’re not important

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

And no, we're not tired of winning yet.

[Jessica S. Tisch @NYPDPC]

Detective Steven McDonald will forever be a blessing to the New York City Police Department.

https://t.co/mpGSksF4WQ

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

@nypost @LIRR does the same thing and it’s a joke. Almost miss trains so 15 extra conductors can stand there and twiddle their thumbs. Commuters are punished for not activating a ticket on time, yet the same trains are late very single day. Rules for thee but not for me

[Carl Higbie @CarlHigbie]

And just like that… officer is proven innocent.

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

Oh boy, those art majors are MAD

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. A leftist just ASSAULTED Border Commander Greg Bovino in MN, but he took NO BS!

*She shoves him*

BOVINO: "OUT OF THE WAY!" *Takes matters into his own hands*

BOVINO IS A PATRIOT and a BAD*SS! Stay safe!🔥

[JD Vance @JDVance]

This is preposterous.

First of all, she's not waving the officers through and has no right to do so even if she were. She is waving another car through, before the officers approach her car.

Second, the officers are not randomly searching her, they are approaching her vehicle because she is violating the law: namely, she is obstructing a lawful enforcement operation. You're not allowed to walk up to or drive up to people who are enforcing the law to make it harder for them to do their jobs.

Third, this defense attorney is drawing a meaningless distinction between an ICE officer and a "real police officer." Again, you're not allowed to interrupt a lawful enforcement operation, which is exactly what this woman was doing.

Fourth, the officer didn't discharge his weapon to prevent her from fleeing. When he discharged his weapon, she had pointed the vehicle at him and pressed the gas. He discharged his weapon in self defense, and other angles of the video show the woman *clearly* hit the officer with her car while accelerating.

The gaslighting is off the charts and I'm having none of it. This guy was doing his job. She tried to stop him from doing his job. When he approached her car, she tried to hit him.

A tragedy? Absolutely. But a tragedy that falls on this woman and all of the radicals who teach people that immigration is the one type of law that rioters are allowed to interfere with.

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

This is too good. That loser mayor

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

NOW: Nicolás Maduro arrived at DEA headquarters in downtown New York.

The scene is unfolding in NYC under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has absolutely no authority.

It’s kind of messaging to Mamdani, you might be mayor, but the big boys are in town and you are completely powerless.

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

Shut up you dinosaur

[Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV]

🚨Chuck Schumer is upset after his meeting with SecWar Pete Hegseth:

“It was a VERY unsatisfying briefing. I asked Sec of Defense Hegseth whether he would let every member of Congress see the unedited videos of the Sept 2 strike. His answer was, ‘We have to study it.’ Well, in my view, they have studied it long enough!"

[Mike BerardinoNDI @MikeBerardino]

WATCH: #NotreDame leaves Razorback Stadium 10 weeks ago after 56-13 dismantling of Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek’s SEC doormat.

Yurachek today, in his capacity as CFP selection chair, cited gap in “athleticism” in choice of Miami over Irish for playoff field of 12. #NDFootball

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

This sounds like me asking my 3 year old for an explanation. Not a surprise why Arkansas is the bottom feeder of the SEC. This guy is in charge

[Tyler Horka @tbhorka]

Here’s College Football Playoff chair Hunter Yurachek’s answer for why Notre Dame vs. Miami’s head-to-head result didn’t matter for five weeks but all of a sudden it did on selection day.

Spoiler: It’s not a good one.

The CFP committee completely contradicted itself all along.

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

@nypost Give it a rest. That’s a perk they SHOULD get. Good for them

[Angelo Di Carlo @angdicarlo]

At the now world famous St. Peter’s Pub just off the campus of Notre Dame, the Notre Dame Glee Club put on a fabulous performance on the eve before Senior Day.

[Regis McDermott @rmcderm1]

Hey @MTA can we cut the bullshit with the wasted payroll checking tickets as we enter tracks 18/19 at Penn only to be checked again on the train?