NEXT GENERAL CLUB MEETING: THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Our new meeting place:
Young Israel of Holliswood / Holliswood Jewish Center 86-25 Francis Lewis Blvd., Holliswood, NY 11427
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Lester Jackson author of “Equal Justice for Victims: A Blueprint for the Rightful Restoration of Capital Punishment,” will speak on the topic: The Slaughter of 870,000 Innocent, Law-Abiding People in the United States During the Last 47 years: why It Happened and How to Stop It.
Thomas Zmich and Karina Moreno will talk about the MAGA Queens movement. Thomas, a
Gulf War Veteran and Queens native, is the president of MAGA Queens, and the
Vice President is Karina, who immigrated from Ecuador in 2000 and is the candidate
for Republican District Leader of 30AD.
MAGA Queenswas founded August 2018 to help spread the word of President Trump’s America First Agenda. They support our President’s agenda of pro-God, pro-life, and pro-America First policies. The short-term goal is to support all candidates who agree with this agenda, in the November election. The long-term mission is to unite all Americans, put America First, and build a united voter base of support for Trump in 2020, and the future political climate in Queens, NY.
Attack on Academic Merit Seen as Attack on Opportunity
On March 16, 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez starred in a
Jackson Heights education town hall meeting. While it was formally organized by
Jackson Heights People for Public Schools, AOC was the highlight and the reason
most attendees showed up. Many
radical progressive education proposals
were presented, e.g., stop suspensions, eliminate standardized testing, remove
white teachers.
During the town hall several speakers criticized the SHSAT
(Specialized High School Admissions Test). The SHSAT is an objective and merit
based test used as the sole admissions criteria for the Specialized High School including Stuyvesant,
Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech are among the best high schools in the country.
In recent years, Mayor de Blasio has been critical that the majority of students admitted to
the Specialized High Schools are Asian
and few are Black and Hispanic.
The SHSAT criticisms elicited raucous protests from a group
of vocal Asians parents. These Asians parents held up signs which read “Anti
SHSAT = Anti Asian”, “Equity! A Code Word for Anti Asian” and “Stop Progressive
Asian Racism”. Many of the AOC acolytes seem dumbfounded by the ferocity of the
Asian parents who feel the SHSAT is a opportunity to achieve the America dream
and feel their merit based culture is under attack by progressives. At one
point a panelist said the SHSAT was anti immigrant, causing one protester to
begin shouting in broken English, severely undermining the panelist’s argument.
Yesterday, the SHSAT results were released and Mayor de Blasio and his progressive followers instead of celebrating the achievement of hard working students have used it as a opportunity to engage in further racial division.
144th ANNIVERSARY LINCOLN DINNER Sunday, March 24, 2018, 3 – 8 pm Antun’s, 96-43 Springfield Blvd., Queens Village, NY 11429 For tickets and information visit: www.QVGOP.org Contact James Trent, Dinner Chair at 718-343-8830 or JTrent8830@aol.com
We anticipate a record crowd for our 144th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner on March 24th. Come and enjoy our greatest celebration of the roots of our Party, the Party of Freedom, the Party of Lincoln, and the Party of President’s Trump’s American First agenda!
The thrilling news is that Brandon Straka, the founder of #WalkAway Campaign will be our honored Lincoln Dinner guest speaker. We are proud to recognize his courageous work with the honor of our American Patriot of the Year Award.
A lifelong liberal who voted for Hillary, Straka has become an overnight sensation in the conservative movement, a superstar passionately leading the silent majority to become unsilent. In fact, recently he was denied service at a camera store in Manhattan because a salesman thought he was going to use the camera equipment for “alt-right activities.” He’s enjoyed frequent appearances on Fox News, including an hour-long interview on “Life, Liberty & Levin,” and he was a speaker at the recent annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). He’s received praise from President Trump for “starting something very special.”
Fearless and undaunted, he recognized the truth and walked away from
the intolerant identity politics of the left and led thousands of others to do the
same with a video that went viral on social media, where he said: “Once upon a
time, I was a liberal. But liberalism has changed, and I will no longer be a
part of an ideology or political party that represents everything that
contradicts my values of unity, equal opportunity, personal empowerment,
compassion and love.”
Straka has created a mass exodus of awakened Americans from all ethnic
communities and walks of life encouraging them to “walk away from the divisive
tenets endorsed and mandated by the Democratic Party of today.” He
mentions that “there is there is a seat at the table on the right for
everybody.” Our club is putting out the welcome mat to embrace our new friends,
to come and join us at the Lincoln Dinner and celebrate and honor the awesome
work of Brandon Straka.
We are thrilled to present our most exciting lineup of renowned speakers, local heroes and honorees at our dinner party, including President Trump’s original campaign managers, Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, our illustrious Master of Ceremonies, Frankie “Five Boroughs” Morano, and our heroic 2018 candidates, Republican Woman and Man of the Year, Vickie Paladino and David Bressler, Young Republican of the Year, Eric Butkiewicz, and our Veteran of the Year, Thomas Sullivan. Cathy Donohoe is being honored for her life-saving work as President of Bridge to Life, Charles Vavruska, honored for his vocal advocacy for saving the SHSAT. Special honors will go to Bob Turner, who has never been officially recognized for his service and dedication as former Congressman from Queens and our Party Chairman. Come to the Lincoln Dinner and join hundreds of enthusiastic Republican Patriots celebrating the Party of Lincoln and the dawn of a brand-new Republican Party!
Young Israel of Holliswood / Holliswood Jewish Center 86-25 Francis Lewis Blvd., Holliswood, NY 11427
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FREE PUBLIC FORUM: GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICAAND THE SECOND AMENDMENT
Featuring:
Robert Golomb: Nationally and internationally published columnist.
Nicholas Giordano: Professor of Political Science at Suffolk County Community College.
Donna Marino, LCSW: Licenced Clinical Social Worker in New York and Florida.
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BATTLING THE DEEP STATE
Featuring special
guest speaker:
Suzanne Israel Tufts: Trump Administration’s former Assistant Secretary for Administration in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She will recount her personal battle with the Deep State.
Other guest speakers to be announced.
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SPEAKER’S BIOS
Professor Nicholas Giordano
Nicholas Giordano is a Professor of Political Science at Suffolk County Community College and a former Catastrophic Planning Lead for the New York State Office of Emergency Management (NYS OEM) within the Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services. Professor Giordano teaches courses on American Government and World Politics/International Relations. Recognized and well-respected for his analysis, Professor Giordano is a senior contributor for the Your Island with Tom Schiliro radio program on 103.9fm and has appeared on FoxNews to provide analysis on current issues and trends within government, politics, international relations, homeland security/emergency management, and social/cultural related issues. In addition, Professor Giordano has been asked to provide his expertise on critical issues facing the United States and the international community.
Robert Golomb
ROBERT GOLOMB IS A NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED COLUMNIST. OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS, HIS WRITINGS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN APPROXIMATELY 100 NEWS OULETS. HE IS ALSO A FORMER PROFESSOR OF GRADUATE WRITING AND EDUCATION AND A RETIRED SUPERVISOR OF ENGLISH IN THE NYC BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Suzanne Israel Tufts, Esq.
Suzanne Israel Tufts is a the Trump Administration’s former Assistant Secretary for Administration in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, led by Secretary Ben Carson. Suzanne was nominated by President Trump and was unanimously approved for office by both the Senate Housing, Banking and Urban Affairs Committee and the full Senate.
She is a attorney, consultant and executive with a diverse background in law, political campaigns, conservative causes, entrepreneurship training/adult education, bioethics/patient advocacy, eldercare and voluntarism. She has extensive experience in management, budget, public and private administration, external and government relations, audits, investigations, national and local television and radio, fundraising and development.
Suzanne is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, where she created the university’s first major in Biomedical Ethics and where she received the first undergraduate degree in this field awarded by Princeton. She graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a Dill
Suzanne previously served in the Administration of President George H. W. Bush as the Regional Director of ACTION (now the Corporation for National & Community Service). She was President and CEO of the American Woman’s Economic Development Corporation (“AWED”) the nation’s first entrepreneurship training center for women, where she was responsible for eliminating the organization’s ten year old debt while expanding funding, improving programs and outcomes and building a Board consisting of CEO’s and C-suite leaders.
In March 2001, Suzanne was recognized by President George W. Bush for her service to New York’s small business community in the wake of the 9/11 including the creation of an emergency business relief programs for AWED alumnae, students and faculty within 72 hours of the attacks while keeping the organization fully functional despite a crisis-related 400% increase in demand for services.
Suzanne has practiced law with an emphasis on corporate governance, white collar and complex corporate litigation and investigations. She has worked for some of the nation’s most prestigious major law firms including Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and Friedman Kaplan Seiler and Adelman, and has served as a strategic advisor to the boards and staffs of exempt organizations and for-profit companies. She has held leadership roles in numerous Presidential and Victory campaigns as well as in state and local Republican and Conservative political campaigns in New York and nationally.
Suzanne has served on the University of Virginia’s Law School Jefferson Fellowships National Selection Committee, on the IRS Region II Exempt Organizations Advisory Council and in numerous alumni leadership roles for Princeton University. Suzanne is a member of the Federalist Society and the Republican National Lawyers’ Association. She has served on the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Election Law and has presented Election Day Continuing Legal Education trainings on behalf of the New York City Board of Elections.
She lives in Forest Hills, New York with her husband, Bob Tufts, a fellow Princeton graduate and former Major League baseball player, Wall Street executive and a cancer survivor who is currently a professor at the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University. He is the founder of My Life Is Worth It which advocates on behalf of patients for access and choice to innovative treatments. Her parents, the late Abraham and Henriette Israel, were Holocaust rescuers and survivors.
Donna Marino
Donna Marino, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York and Florida and member of the Queens Village Republican Club. A graduate of New York University, Donna has dedicated 28 years to the field of Social Work. Her services were employed by the Holliswood Hospital, and The Summit School, in Jamaica Estates, Queens. Her private practice is located in Fresh Meadows, NY.
