Gary Garrison

2 weeks ago | dailycamera.com | Gary Garrison

Less than 2½ years after George Santos rocketed from obscurity to being presented as the face of a young new GOP, the now-former Long Island con(gress)man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for wide fraud and aggravated identity theft. It’s a pitiful end to a bizarre situation. Everyone would’ve been better off if the Democrats and the press had exposed his total lies and had he lost that 2022 election. He never would’ve disgraced the Congress.

2 weeks ago | dailycamera.com | Gary Garrison

We live in frightening and uncertain times. The ability to have rational discourse on most issues has been degraded almost beyond recognition. But while there is always room for substantive — even hotly contested — debate on the issues of the day, there should be no room for political discourse that promotes threatening behavior and can instigate violence. If we cannot do any better than this, we have lost our way as a community, at a time when we simply cannot afford to do so.

2 weeks ago | dailycamera.com | Gary Garrison

Social Security is at the center of the fiscal emergency that threatens the U.S. Yet Washington is always reluctant to grapple with it honestly, partly because the issue is misunderstood. Although the system’s looming “insolvency,” now penciled in for 2035, has long been agonized over, this threat disguises the real problem. It suggests that for the next 10 years, the government still has a fund with assets to draw down, and time to put things right. In truth, the fiscal danger is here and now.

2 weeks ago | dailycamera.com | Gary Garrison

We must resolutely refuse anticipatory obedienceIt’s not too late to become active in opposition to President Trump. He must think the American people are so stupid that they believe he is actually powerless to return Mr. Abrego Garcia from El Salvador. We are not! Trump sent Abrego Garcia to El Salvador and a word from him to President Bukele will return him to the U.S. pronto. Here, both Mr. Abrego Garcia and the DOJ will have their day in court.

2 weeks ago | dailycamera.com | Gary Garrison

State immigration bill protects civil rightsI’ve always felt that I was safe to share my opinions, whether testifying at the Capitol, writing opinion pieces in the newspaper or being a member of groups supporting various issues. I now know that this is no longer completely true. Every day we see that ICE is not just focusing on immigrants where they have actual information that they a committed a crime.