Category Archives: 2020 elections

200,000 Deaths….and Counting

Posted on September 23, 2020 by David Posnett

Letter to the Editor, The East Hampton Press, September 23 Grounded In Science More than 200,000 Americans are dead from the coronavirus — a staggering number, with no end in sight — and, yet, for Donald Trump, this is little … Continue reading →

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Rigged Elections?

Posted on September 22, 2020 by David Posnett

Submitted by John Tepper Marlin, originally from Heidi Fiske: heidifiske@hfiske.com, 212-721-0140 Trump and his enablers complain about “rigged elections.”They should know. They’re doing their best to rig them.Since it looks as if we have the votes to keep the House … Continue reading →

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Something you can do for RBG

Posted on September 21, 2020 by David Posnett

From Randall Parsons/Judith Hope: If you feel the need to do something… or something more than you’ve been doing, here’s a way to honor RBG and help stop McConnell from pushing through another ultra conservative Supreme Court nominee. Leave voicemails … Continue reading →

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Social Security Under Attack

Posted on September 18, 2020 by David Posnett

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/news/2020/08/12/489401/trumps-plan-defund-social-security/ The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, on August 14, 1935, to function as a “federal safety net for elderly, unemployed and disadvantaged Americans,” while legislating that it cannot spend more … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Science Denialism

Posted on September 2, 2020 by David Posnett

“People don’t seem to understand that public health is a critical element of national security,” said Randall Larsen, a retired Air Force colonel. “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to … Continue reading →

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SPLC under attack

Posted on August 24, 2020 by David Posnett

This past weekend, the Republican National Committee caved to white supremacist and other hate groups by adopting a resolution titled Refuting the Legitimacy of the Southern Poverty Law Center to Identify Hate Groups.  https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do The focus of the resolution is that “the SPLC … Continue reading →

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Out of His Depth

Posted on July 11, 2020 by David Posnett

From: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/winston-churchill-cigar   Letter published in the East Hampton Star July 9th 2020 To the Editor, France declared war on Germany shortly after the German invasion of Poland in September of 1939. By June of the following year, Hitler’s armored … Continue reading →

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Complete Lee Zeldin Environmental Voting Record

Posted on July 8, 2020 by David Posnett

Lee Zeldin’s League of Conservation Voters (LCV) score for 2019 was 28%. This seems like an improvement from his scores from prior years, which hovered around 10%, but to put things in perspective: The average Member of Congress score in … Continue reading →

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Don’t Waste This Moment

Posted on June 12, 2020 by David Posnett

Printed as a Letter to the Editor in The East Hampton Star, June 11 edition Transformation East Hampton June 8, 2020 To The Star: Three and a half years of the Trump administration have left America reeling, its values and … Continue reading →

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Virtual Forum: 8 hours and 46 minutes

Posted on June 1, 2020 by David Posnett

Dear Friends, Over the past week, there have been thousands of people gathering together across the country to protest and rally against injustices against the black and brown community. There have been renewed calls for accountability, transparency and reform of a system that that … Continue reading →

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