Category Archives: Trump

A Mom Speaks Out: Wake up America, we are at War!

Posted on February 21, 2018 by David Posnett

Speaking at Tuesday’s Feb 20 Rally on gun violence and international security: Mara Gerstein Thank you for being here. I’m Mara. I’m a mom, a lifelong New Yorker, and a constituent of Lee Zeldin. And I’m here to tell my … Continue reading →

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Put Our Safety First

Posted on February 21, 2018 by David Posnett

Tuesday Feb 20th, 3 PM:  Rally in Patchogue at  Lee Zeldin’s Patchogue Office Put Our Safety First – Protect the Russia Investigation/ Gun Reform Now! Zeldin’s voting record on guns: “Mr. Zeldin has accepted $14,850 from the NRA since his first congressional … Continue reading →

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Zeldin Kissing the Ring of Sheldon Adelson

Posted on February 14, 2018 by David Posnett

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, a famously private figure, has given few hints about his plans for the midterms. | Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images   From Perry Gershon: I saw this over the weekend in Politico: And then I read the first … Continue reading →

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Zeldin: Selective Civil Rights

Posted on February 7, 2018 by David Posnett

Michael Anthony writes on FB:  Lee Zeldin, the absentee Congressman, is concerned about Russian spy target Carter Page’s civil rights, but refuses to see the civil rights violations inherent in The Dept of Homeland Security’s administrative warrants used to detain … Continue reading →

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Dreamer Rally at Zeldin’s office

Posted on February 7, 2018 by David Posnett

About 100 people rallied in front of Zeldin’s office in Patchogue in support of Dreamers and a clean DACA bill on Feb 6.  The rally was organized by Bend The Arc and co-sponsored by many local groups including R&R. Six … Continue reading →

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Strongman Trump

Posted on February 5, 2018 by David Posnett

Webster: “Strongman: a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way” On Sep. 6, 2017, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, was rescinded by Pres. Donald Trump. Congress was given 6 months to … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side of SOTU

Posted on February 1, 2018 by David Posnett

Yoda, we need you! So perhaps you think that President Trump’s State of the Union was ‘presidential’ and his speach reached across the isle?  If so, you would be joining a majority of viewers according to some polls. But here … Continue reading →

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The All-important Numbers for NY CD-1

Posted on January 30, 2018 by David Posnett

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 →

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Zeldin Makes Excuses for Trump

Posted on January 26, 2018 by David Posnett

Published as a letter to the editor in The East Hampton Star, Jan. 25 Despicable World View East Hampton January 22, 2018 To the Editor, When President Trump denigrated Haiti and Africa with his comments, Lee Zeldin tweeted that the … Continue reading →

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How Germany fights bias

Posted on January 25, 2018 by David Posnett

Letter in the NY Times today Re “German’s Idea to Fight Bias Gains Support” (news article in NYT, Jan. 11): A rise of anti-Semitism among new immigrants to Germany has prompted a suggestion of having immigrants tour concentration camps. The … Continue reading →

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