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Category Archives: GOP
The All-important Numbers for NY CD-1
Let’s look at the important numbers in NY CD-1. Demographics: Table I (Source: Ballotpedia, based on 2010 census) Population 720,071 Gender 49.6% Male, 50.4% Female Race 87.7% White, 4.6% Black, 3.5% Asian Ethnicity 12.8% Hispanic Unemployment 6.60% Median household income … Continue reading
Posted in Brookhaven, Congress, GOP, long island, Politics, Trump, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged CD-1, Politics, predictions, turnout, voting
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Keep Bannon out of New York
This demonstration is tomorrow Thursday on Park Ave and 47th in front of the offices of Wayne Berman, one of the hosts of Zeldin’s fundraiser with Bannon. The location may change in the last minute – keep checking this Facebook … Continue reading
Posted in bigotry, GOP, Peter King, Religion & tolerance, Trump, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged Alt-Right, bannon, fund raiser, jewish, KKK, religion, Steve Bannon
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Is Peter King (NY-02) Going to Retire?
Republicans are leaving the U.S. House at the highest rate in a decade. Nathaniel Rakich, a reporter with 538, has analyzed the Republican exodus and finds there are 2 groups: those that are moderate Republicans and belong to the so … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, GOP, long island, Peter King, Uncategorized
Tagged congressmen, NY-02, Peter King, retirement, tuesday group
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Dear America: An apology for Roy Moore, and all the rest
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Dear America, We’re sorry. I’m speaking for all of us here in Alabama, even if some of these people will never apologize and never believe that they’ve done anything wrong. The rest of us … Continue reading
Shame on Zeldin–Again!
Representative Lee Zeldin should be ashamed of himself. That’s what his constituents declared back in May at their “Shame on Zeldin” protest on his AHCA vote. And now, in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shootings, others have joined that … Continue reading
The Great Lakes Are Attacking Us Now
Can you really blame them? By Charles P. Pierce Original post on Esquire.com Oct 4, 2017 While the Secretary of the Interior is jetting around on our dime, and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency is slow-dancing with his … Continue reading
Posted in Air Pollution, climate change, Congress, Courts, Environment, EPA, GOP, New York Times, Politics, science, Trump, Uncategorized
Tagged algae, drinking, Gorsuch, Lake Erie, liver damage, microcystis, pollution, Supreme court, toxins, water
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GOP Health Bill’s Changes Go Far Beyond Preexisting Conditions
KAISER HEALTH NEWS — REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH By Julie Rovner September 22, 2017 Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) speaks as Sen. Dean Heller (R-N.V.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) listen during a news conference on health care September 13, 2017. … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, GOP, Graham-Cassidy, Health Care, Medicaid, Pre-existing Conditions, Trump, trumpcare
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Trump’s ‘election integrity’ group is waging war on the right to vote
The president’s commission lead by Kris Kobach, a champion of repressive voting laws, could do significant damage to hard-won voting rights The Guardian by Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles Sunday 17 September 2017 The Trump presidency is opening up a … Continue reading
Posted in GOP, Voter Fraud
Tagged Kobach, Kris, Voter Integrity
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East Coast Republicans join Dems to lobby Trump against Atlantic oil exploration
McClatchyDC.com BY TONY PUGH SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 5:15 PM WASHINGTON State and federal lawmakers from both parties have joined East Coast business interests to convince the Trump administration to halt its plan for fossil fuel development in the Atlantic … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, EPA, GOP, Offshore Drilling, Trump
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The Seventeenth Amendment Is Under Attack By The Right
What is the 17th Amendment? The Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, disenfranchisement, GOP
Tagged 17th Amendment, senate, Senators
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