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ACA in Reverse!

Posted on May 3, 2018 by David Posnett

About 4 million working-age people have lost insurance coverage since 2016 The uninsured rates among lower-income adults rose from 20.9 percent in 2016 to 25.7 percent in March 2018 Check out the story here! This is also interesting:  Survey shows … Continue reading →

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Jobs? Where are they?

Posted on May 2, 2018 by David Posnett

From: John Tepper Marlin, Ph.D., President, Boissevain Books LLC,  Principal, CityEconomist WHERE ARE THOSE GREAT NEW JOBS FOR LONG ISLAND THAT TRUMP AND ZELDIN PROMISED These figures were released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They are for Nassau and … Continue reading →

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FDR should have done more about the Holocaust

Posted on April 29, 2018 by David Posnett

Children looking at Statue of Liberty, June 4, 1939; on view at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) Letters to the Editor Opinion, WaPo The April 22 Arts & Style article “Reconsidering FDR on refugees” … Continue reading →

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A Second Chance

Posted on April 14, 2018 by David Posnett

Published as a Letter to the Editor in The East Hampton Star, 4/12/18 Political Crisis East Hampton April 9, 2018 To the Editor: It’s past time to end the scapegoating: Hillary was too unlikeable, Bernie was too far left, the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night Massacre Repeat?

Posted on April 11, 2018 by David Posnett

Saturday Night Massacre 2018 version? Contrary to much of the discussion on TV, the raid on Michael Cohen (Trump’s personal lawyer) by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York tells us that i) Mueller is sticking … Continue reading →

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Liability for local law enforcement choosing to work with ICE

Posted on March 31, 2018 by David Posnett

  Police Chief Suspended for Exposing Illegal Aliens Employed at Local Plants   A brand new report points to the legal liabilities for local government that choose to enforce Federal Immigration Laws.   What is remarkable is that the 13-page … Continue reading →

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March for our Lives – SAG HARBOR

Posted on March 24, 2018 by David Posnett

Today was another huge day with rallies across the country to protest inaction on gun laws and to protest for the very right to go to school without being afraid of being gunned down. What have we become?  A murderous … Continue reading →

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Does the Constitution Permit a State to Abolish Marriage?

Posted on March 21, 2018 by David Posnett

This is what makes constitutional law so interesting… 21 MAR 2018 MICHAEL C. DORF After the Supreme Court found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges in June 2015, county clerks and other state and local officials … Continue reading →

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Secretly Harvesting Facebook Data Helped Decide the 2016 Election

Posted on March 20, 2018 by David Posnett

On March 17th, The Guardian and The New York Times published a groundbreaking article about whistleblower Christopher Wylie and his role in harvesting Facebook data used by Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm contracted by the Trump campaign. Wylie asserts … Continue reading →

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The “dustbin of history” and November reckoning

Posted on March 18, 2018 by David Posnett

John Owen Brennan, 7th director of the CIA,  was the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from March 2013 to January 2017. wikipedia.org https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-cia-boss-john-brennan-131502100.html McCabe’s firing: FBI’s Andrew McCabe fired days before retirement; Trump applauds Sessions’ move More on McCabe: … Continue reading →

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