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Standing for Free Speech and Justice at
St. John’s University

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By Phil Orenstein

On the evening of November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team—along with its entire coaching staff, boosters, media members, and fans—crashed, killing everyone on board. In an instant, a proud football program and an entire community in Huntington, West Virginia, were plunged into unimaginable grief.

Marshall University had a storied football tradition and a fierce, unifying spirit. Yet in the wake of the tragedy, the university president and Board of Governors seriously considered suspending the program altogether. There were only a handful of players left—those who had missed the flight due to injury or illness—and no coaching staff. The emotional weight was overwhelming, and the future seemed impossible.

Then something extraordinary happened.


Defend Fairness and Free Expression at St. John’s University: Sample Letter & Contact Info

Defend Fairness and Free Expression at St. John’s University

Sample Letter & Contact Info for St. John’s Senior Administrators

Below is a sample letter urging the President and senior administration of St. John’s University to immediately review and reverse the unjust decision by the student government denying recognition to a Turning Point USA chapter. Time is critical. St. John’s alumni, donors, supporters, and concerned citizens—especially those in Eastern Queens and the surrounding community—are strongly encouraged to write, email, and call the senior administrators listed below without delay. You may use this sample letter or write your own respectful but firm message calling for fairness, transparency, and equal treatment of student organizations. Prompt and sustained engagement from alumni and community stakeholders can make the difference—please act now.



Videos: QVRC New Years Kickoff Meeting 2026

On January 8th the Queens Village Republican Club kicked off the New Year with the installation of our Club Officers and Board Members. True to our motto, “Educating and Informing all New Yorkers since 1875,” we were treated to a comprehensive and informational presentation on NYC’s green energy mandates, by commercial real state and energy policy expert, Edward Lombardo. See the videos below of the full presentation and Q & A. Thank you to our videographer, Jim Doukas.  

Installation of 2026 QVRC Club Officers and Board Members

Chris Mancz performed the swearing in of our club Officers at the January 8th 2026 meeting of QVRC. Chris is the owner of Mancz Auto & Tire now in Floral Park, formerly Robert Mancz Service Station. They have been a neighborhood institution with over 75 years of honest service.

Greg Hach: Pro-Trump Republican candidate for Congress in NY-3

Greg Hach isn’t afraid to tell it like it is! He’s a Republican running to unseat Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi, aka “Taxman Tom” for proposing a federal tax hike on people making over $400,000 and voting ‘NO’ on Big Beautiful Bill tax cuts and ‘NO’ to enhancing SALT deductions for New Yorkers. Greg is a US Air Force veteran, and co-founder of Hach & Rose, LLP law firm. He believes in secure borders, a strong middle class, tax relief, national security and “peace through strength.”

NYC’s Green Energy Mandates: What They Mean for Your Property & Your Wallet

At the 1/8/26 QVRC club meeting we learned from the foremost expert on the subject, Edward Lombardo, a commercial real estate mortgage and energy policy expert. New York City’s green energy mandates are no longer theoretical—they are hitting property owners with higher electric bills and serious penalties will be forthcoming under Local Law 97. This is the green energy agenda NYC has initiated to combat climate change. Knowledge is Power!


Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030

Message from the Secretaries

Welcome to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030.

These Guidelines mark the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in our nation’s history.
The message is simple: eat real food.

To Make America Healthy Again, we must return to the basics. American households must prioritize diets built on whole, nutrient-dense foods—protein, dairy, vegetables, fruits, healthy fats, and whole grains. Paired with a dramatic reduction in highly processed foods laden with refined carbohydrates, added sugars, excess sodium, unhealthy fats, and chemical additives, this approach can change the health trajectory for so many Americans.

The United States is amid a health emergency. Nearly 90% of health care spending goes to treating people who have chronic diseases. Many of these illnesses are not genetic destiny; they are the predictable result of the Standard American Diet—a diet which, over time, has become reliant on highly processed foods and coupled with a sedentary lifestyle.

The consequences have been devastating. More than 70% of American adults are overweight or obese. Nearly one in three American adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 has prediabetes. Diet-driven chronic disease now disqualifies large numbers of young Americans from military service, undermining national readiness and cutting off a historic pathway to opportunity and upward mobility.

For decades, federal incentives have promoted low-quality, highly processed foods and pharmaceutical intervention instead of prevention. This crisis is the result of poor policy choices; inadequate nutrition research; and a lack of coordination across federal, state, local, and private partners.

Learn more below….

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Brooke L. Rollins
Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture


NYC’s Green Energy Mandates: What They Mean for your Property & Your Wallet


Our featured special guest speaker at the New Year’s Kickoff Meeting on January 8th was Edward Lombardo, whose company is Lombardo CRE Consulting, Inc. A commercial real estate mortgage and energy policy expert, Edward Lombardo he foremost expert on the subject of he green energy agenda NYC has initiated to combat climate change. He spoke about New York City’s green energy mandates that are no longer theoretical—they are hitting property owners with higher electric bills and serious penalties will be forthcoming under Local Law 97. Here is his detailed power point presentation.


Reclaiming the Right to Free Speech in New York


By Elena Chin Coppola

“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” – Benjamin Franklin

On December 15, I had the honor of attending a White House event commemorating the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791. With America nearing its 250th birthday, it was a powerful reminder of the liberties that make our unique experiment in self-government possible. Today, more than ever, those liberties are being put to the test and must be defended, especially in our schools and on our college campuses, where viewpoint diversity is too often punished rather than debated. Students are learning that certain perspectives are protected while others are policed; that conformity is rewarded and dissent is prohibited.


2026: America’s 250th Birthday, the Year of New York and the USA!

President’s Message by Philip Orenstein
January 2026

It was Friday night, December 19th, and I had just begun drafting this President’s Message for The Queens Village Eagle. I was focusing on the critical 2026 Republican primary for Governor of New York, when breaking news changed the landscape. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced that she was ending her campaign for governor.

Congresswoman Stefanik is a rising Republican rock star and was the state GOP’s endorsed candidate, even as another major Republican leader had entered the race. I had planned to write about the fundamental importance of competitive primaries—why grassroots Republicans must have a real voice, rather than having their nominee dictated from the top down by party insiders. That approach has failed New York Republicans repeatedly in recent years, and the results speak for themselves.


Activist/Author Gloria Giorno Sounds Off Against College Students’ Attempt To Destroy Her Son

United Patriots Uprising with Gary Binford (Video)

Activist/Author Gloria Giorno Sounds Off Against College Students’ Attempt To Destroy Her Son

Dec 9, 2025 Shining a searing spotlight on hot-button issues

Her book, “Outcast: How The Radical Left Tried to Destroy A Young Conservative,” recalls the chilling story of how Belmont University students terrorized her son, Stevie, when he wouldn’t bow down to the woke mob. Having lived in Communist Yugoslavia, Gloria voices concern about NYC under recently-elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, how women vote, winning the midterm elections, and how our schools are producing more “Mamdani voters.”

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Where has the time gone podcast: The Year 2025 in Review with Gary Binford

The Year 2025 In Review, Part 1

United Patriots Uprising with Gary Binford (Video)

We’ll take a look back at this eventful year with podcast guests Charlie Kirk (in memory, a clip from 2024), Lucas Miles, Ted Nugent, The Patriot Barbie, Dr. Robert Malone, Professor Nicholas Giordano, Bishop E.W. Jackson, Chris Adamo, Christina Bobb, Virginia Prodan, Kevin McGary, Dr. Carole Lieberman. ***** Watch/subscribe to this Youtube channel. (All episodes are here):    / @garybinford1969   *** Listen/subscribe to podcast audio version (featuring more than 150 high-profile guests): https://radioinfluence.com/category/u… *** Social Media: X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/gary_binford Facebook:   / gary.binford   Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@GaryBinford Nation Savers 2025 on Facebook: United Patriots Uprising podcast on Facebook:   / profile.php  

The Year 2025 In Review, Part 2

Shining a searing spotlight on hot-button issues. We’ll explore some of the year’s hot-button issues with guests Alex Newman, Clare Lopez, Jim Daly, Tim Rivers, Elena Barbera, Charles Gasparino, Sam Sorbo, Debbie Kraulidis, Daniel Greenfield, Cheryl Chumley, Samuel Tolley, Charlie Kirk (in memory, a clip from 2024).

The Year 2025 In Review, Part 3

We close the book on 2025 with clips from guests Charlie Kirk (in memory from June of 2024), Brigitte Gabriel, Ted Nugent, Stacy Washington, The Patriot Barbie, Dr. Robert Malone, Christina Bobb, Chris Salcedo, Tina Descovich, Carl Jackson, Gloria Giorno, Lucas Miles.


They Say Trump Is A Bully! So What!

By Stan Norwalk

In the geopolitical world of war, hate, religious despots, territory-hungry tyrants, reckless leaders, evil actors, and maniacal would-be world conquerors, you have to be a bully. Otherwise, America ends up with meek world leadership—as we saw under Presidents Biden and Obama—allowing countries like Iran, North Korea, China, rebels in Syria, and Putin’s Russia to walk all over us. Under Biden, Iran and Russia found the perfect president to invade Israel and Ukraine, and under Obama, we saw the weak response while Christians were being slaughtered in Syria. They recognized weak American leadership and knew any response would be symbolic—meant only to save face—not a committed effort to win.

When I first arrived in high school, I was bullied. But after getting advice from my parents, I decided I wouldn’t let anyone push me around. I had a few fights, and after that, no one bothered me.

Some tough kids wanted money from me. They would watch what I brought to school for lunch. They took my lunch, spit on it, tossed it on the floor in the cafeteria, and demanded money. I went home upset and told my mother and father what happened. My mother told me I had to go back there and hurt them physically, even if I got hurt myself—and she promised me they would never bother me again. My father said I should report it to the principal. I listened to my mother.

On two different occasions, I confronted them. The first time, during lunch, I pushed their lunch table over and hit the ringleader in the head with someone’s lunch box. The second time, I walked over to them while they were eating and just stared them down, hoping to show I wasn’t afraid. That was the last time they bothered me. Yes, I got in trouble with the principal—but it was worth it.

Read Trump’s book The Art of the Deal. I use his techniques in business and in social situations. They work. Yes, Trump is a bully—but with the greatest military and largest economy in the world, he can be a bully, and he uses it to fight for the American people.

He is fighting for us—not just for Democrats or Republicans, but for all Americans. He is leveraging our military might and our economic power to gain benefits for all of us. I believe it is working.

Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “Do not be a girly-man.” Conservative radio host Mark Levin said, “Stand up for your country.” Let others know you will respond—unlike Obama did in Syria or Biden did with Ukraine and Israel. The world is a corrupt, sick place with too many foolish people, and you have to let them know you are not weak or naïve, like Presidents Biden and Obama were when the “you-know-what hit the fan.”

If you give an inch, they take a foot. If you strike back, you instill fear and doubt in their minds—and gain power and strategic leverage for the future.

Thanks, Mom. Thanks, Dad. But I liked Mom’s way better. It worked. I felt energized, proud, satisfied—I even enjoyed the revenge—and it taught me a lesson in life. Many in the school heard about it or witnessed it and thought I was nuts. They just didn’t know the whole story.

Sometimes in the hallways, going from class to class, kids would point at me or give me a strange look. I thought I knew what they were thinking—that I was crazy. I hoped so. They may not have liked me, but they feared and respected me.

So be strong, stand up for your country, thank your president, and be a MAGA Republican.


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