THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH WANTING TO KNOW HOW OUR GOVERNMENT SPENDS TAXPAYERS' MONEY

In Senate floor remarks, Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana defended D.O.G.E. by calling out several governmental programs and slammed a not-for-profit organization employing Stacey Abrams, a well- known Democrat of Georgia. In 2022 President Biden passed Inflation Reduction Act, which in reality had nothing to do with reduction of inflation. The case of a $2 billion grant to Stacey Abrams not-for-profit organization is one of the most telling examples of where the money went from the funds appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act. Ms, Abrams went to work, in March, 2023, as senior counsel, for Rewiring America, a not-for-profit organization. In that year, in a form filed with the IRS, she told the IRS that Rewiring America was just started in that year. The only accomplishment listed in the form was joining the coalition of organizations seeking grants from Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. All those organizations were to form Power Forward Communities, another not-for-profit organization. According to its filing, Power Forward had only $100 of revenues in 2023. Yet, it had the audacity to ask the U.S. government for $2 billion grant "to expand access to clean energy by prioritizing housing, equity and resilience". It wanted to help people install energy efficient upgrades in people's houses. How did they qualify to receive the $2billion grant with no experience and $100 of revenues? Yet, in 2024, President Biden and his EPA announced the $2billion grant to Power Forward, of which Abrams'  Rewiring America was to receive a check for $49O million. President Biden and his EPA directed Power Forward to distribute the money within 21 days, but it directed them also to take a course (how to develop a budget) in 90 days. Go and figure it all ...The current EPA, under Lee Zeldin, has announced that he will attempt to call back the money, or whatever was left of it. Let us hope, that the circumstances of this $2billion grant will be investigated and explained fully to the taxpayers. In the meantime, how dare you, Democrats, to oppose D.O.G.E.?

Janusz Andrzejewski, is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

JAMES CARVILLE IN NEW YORK TIMES: DEMOCRATS, ROLL OVER AND PLAY DEAD

 Exciting times we have now, with Trump disrupting the established order. The Democrats, in their inability to catch up with the Trump's runaway train, are hilarious. Here is James Carville's quote from yesterday's opinion piece published by The New York Times: "With no clear leader to voice our opposition and no control in any branch of government it's time for Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead."

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

IN DANIEL PENNY TRIAL DEFEAT, D.A. BRAGG OVERPLAYED HIS HAND

Daniel Penny's trial threw New Yorkers back into the era of Ed Koch's unsafe subways, epitomized by Bernard Getz's trial and his acquittal, except for the illegal possession of a weapon charge. It was a time of subways not only covered with graffiti but ridden with crime. Daniel Penny trial was started before the last presidential elections, precisely on October 21, 2024, when Donald J. Trump and the republicans were busy in exposing the crimes and violent attacks in the New York City subway system, whereas the democrats were responding with claims of violent treatment of African-Americans by the police officers. When the trial ended on December 9, 2024, with jury acquittal of Daniel Penny of the remaining charge of negligent homicide, Donald J. Trump was already elected to his second term of the U.S. presidency. I have watched pretty much the whole trial in Judge Maxwell's courtroom on 15th Floor at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan, starting from the selection of the jury until the closing statements. It is obvious that the trial never should have been brought and that it was initiated by Manhattan D.A. Bragg for political reasons. When the jury got hanged on the reckless homicide charge, the more serious one of the two charges, Dafna Yoran, the lead prosecutor, apparently with approval of her boss, D.A. Bragg, overplayed her hand by withdrawing it, to let the jury proceed with deliberations on the remaining charge of negligent homicide. Surprisingly to her, and to almost all the pundits, the jury acquitted Daniel Penny of the remaining lesser charge. Now, Bragg was precluded from retrying the reckless homicide charge. Although the family and BLM holdouts were shocked, the majority of the courtroom as well as the public greeted the acquittal with relief, for they were afraid that guilty verdict would pour cold water on any people trying to act as Good Samaritan to straphangers attacked in the subways. Whereas Daniel Penny legal team was professional throughout the trial, the D.A. team attempted to play racist card with the jury, however, to no avail. Ultimately D.A. Bragg was punished by the jury for proceeding against Good Samaritan protecting the fellow straphangers. It was obviously a tragedy, the death of Jordan Neely, but the guilty is the City and the State of New York in not being able to protect mentally ill people.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993, You can reach him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

I SAY YES TO SECURED BORDER AND DEPORTATIONS OF CRIMINALS AND UNVETTED IMMIGRANTS

 No nation can afford to allow masses of unvetted immigrants to cross their borders unchecked. Trump has succeeded in securing the borders already, without necessity of any new legislation from the U.S. Congress, and he has shown that the democrats' claims, during the last election campaign - that the border cannot be secured, without passing the Lankford Bill - were false, made just for political reasons. However, let us hope, that after the initial period of Trump's presidency, reason would guide the immigration policy and that the U.S. Congress would consider the fate of those who entered the United States legally more than 5 or10 years ago, work here and pay their taxes, while staying away from vice and crime. I predict that the U.S. economy under Trump would surge and that eventually many new jobs would be created, and in order to sustain the economic growth, immigrants, who perform jobs unwanted by the Americans would be needed in order to sustain the economic growth.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

MERIT IS BACK, D.E.I. TAKES A SABBATICAL

 When the Solidarity movement in Poland won the first free elections behind the Iron Curtain, and then the Berlin Wall collapsed, it felt so unreal. The same feeling I have now when Trump's crew started to remove the ridiculous and artificial D.E.I. rules from the public space. Going a year or two back, I doubted that I ever see the common sense and merit would make a way back to hiring processes for the positions in government. Yet, the D.E.I.'s racist rules are being decisively crushed and removed from public space, and the merit and common sense finds a way back. D.E.I is dead, long live merit and common sense!

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at janusz@januszandrzejewski.com  

NOWADAYS, DEMOCRATS ARE A FODDER FOR THE COMEDIANS

 It is so hilarious, I mean watching the democrats engaged in fighting themselves. James Carville, the Texas man behind Bill Clinton's successful election campaigns, a common-sense guy, continues to curse and otherwise apply colorful, yet foul language, commenting on fellow democrats' statements and ideas. Chuck Schumer is getting more chucky with each day; I enjoy his public chanting immensely, he seems to be so phony at it, while Jamie Raskin seems to be lost in singing and dancing, imagining himself that he was transported back in time to civil rights war era. AOC went truly low, in trying to demean a brilliant mind of Elon Musk with a statement that he is the most unintelligent guy among the billionaires she met. And yes, she drives Tesla electric car. More and more liberal comedians are having fun addressing the state of collective mind of democrats.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney admitted to practice in 1993. You can contact him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

MISGUIDED DEMOCRATS

 The democrats and progressive media are incapable of regrouping and clearly are losing the war for the heart of the Americans. They are stuck on WHO (Trump, Musk, Hegseth, Patel, RFK, Jr., etc.) and HOW (unconstitutionally, illegally, without approval of Congress), however, the thing is that only WHAT counts (waste, fraud, debt). What President Trump is doing at the outset of his second presidency, leaves them in shock and awe of Trump's speed in delivering on all fronts as per his election promises.

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York attorney, admitted to practice in 1993.You can reach him by telephone (212-634-4250) or by e-mail at: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com