The Upstate Republicans are preparing to
battle over a tax reform plan that could hurt New Yorkers financially, a budget that cuts programs that are popular Upstate such as Meals on Wheels and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and an immigration crackdown at a time when Upstate cities are embracing refugees and new immigrants.
A quick recap of Trump's first year in office: an airstrike on a Syrian airbase, FBI Director James Comey's firing, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's appointment to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the GOP healthcare fiasco, U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, North Korea's ongoing threats of nuclear annihilation, «Crazy Mika «tweets, the Mooch, Charlottesville, #MeToo, Democratic gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey, Roy Moore's Alabama Senate run, Paul Manafort's indictment, Mike Flynn's plea deal, an ongoing
battle over the Consumer Financial Bureau, the annihilation of ISIS, a resurgence of al - Qaeda terrorist networks, the repeal of net neutrality, the move of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Republican
tax reform, Steve Bannon's fall from grace, «shithole» countries and continuing Fire and Fury fallout.