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My country, making Disease, Pestilence, and Starvation great again. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

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My dad wrote a book about the Cuban Missile Crisis and "that extraordinary human faculty that we label 'judgment.'" It was intelligence, courage, empathy for Khrushchev's position, and above all, judgment, that forestalled nuclear war back then. We can rely on none of that now.

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EPA declares that all the evidence and all your senses are lying to you. Also renames itself Egregious Propaganda Agency www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky

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"Rep. Paul Gosar... lamented what he described as the BIE’s 'refusal to insulate itself from fraud, waste and abuse.'" Buddy, if you are in the Trump-Musk GOP, you are utterly failing to insulate yourself from fraud, waste, and abuse. auburnpub.com/news/nation-...

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Syracuse has the nation’s highest child poverty rate, fastest rising rents, and rapidly rising homelessness rates, with homeless families outnumbering individual adults We need the Working Families Tax Credit. www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...

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At my town hall today I said a key reason NY is better poised to weather this storm is because we did raise taxes on the super rich and now have resources to fund our safety net. Biggest applause line of the event. (And no, the super rich haven’t fled the state.)

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If 83% of Americans oppose the pardons for violent J6 rioters, but 100% of elected Republicans are in favor or silent on the issue, is that a failure of -Democracy -GOP cowardice -Authoritarian intimidation tactics -Propaganda -All of the above? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Just trying to keep track. This admin is: PRO police misconduct, foreign corrupt practices, financial fraud, foreign interference in elections AGAINST Alzheimer's research, Head Start, national parks, & the post office. Most cartoon supervillains are more plausible. bjs.ojp.gov/national-law...

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I keep flashing back to my time in Brezhnev's USSR. Every "elected" Party official knew they served at his pleasure. Criticizing the Kremlin could land you & your family in Siberia. Press coverage was pure fawning and triumphalism. Airbrushed hero images of the aging Brezhnev were everywhere.

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Well, now we know how he's put together such a crack team...

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"the deputy mayors felt that they were not merely working for an indicted mayor, but for someone whose personal interests risked outweighing the interests of New Yorkers." This is untenable. If Adams doesn't resign, Governor Hochul should remove him. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/n...

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Here's some winter beauty to brighten your day.

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No doubt the same people profiteering on fire trucks - fire trucks! - also love to complain about taxes and government spending, as if they weren't the ones driving up taxes so they can make "exceptional profits." At the cost of their own public safety. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

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Prepare for the elimination of NHTSA.

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JD Vance to neo-Nazis in Germany: "There can be no security if you are afraid of the voices, the opinions, and the conscience that guide your very own people." Meanwhile, in coverage of our own government: "Sources asked to remain anonymous, fearing retribution from the Trump administration."

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My former ultra-MAGA congressman was put in charge of this agency. Look how that’s going! www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

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A) I want to be that supervillain here in NY B) we are getting more like Soviet Russia every day. You always assumed someone was listening, watching, ready to inform on you, b/c the whole reward system was built around rats. Not innovation, not talent or diligence or competence. Just menace.

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Happy 💝 day! Here in NY it’s the last day to change your voter registration if you want to vote in a party primary in June. In Syracuse or NYC if you’re registered as independent/unaffiliated, you’ll have no voice in the D primary and therefore no real voice in choosing the mayor. elections.ny.gov

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More of this, please!

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Saying the quiet part out loud: They only care about protecting the billions in bank profits, not the consumers being defrauded. "Buyer beware" is basically the all-purpose GOP campaign slogan now. www.alternet.org/news-politic...

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Olga Sadovskaya, in Novaya Gazeta, says no USAID workers would speak on the record to journalists about what's been happening. So painful that a Russian human rights correspondent is calling out the US for infringing freedom of speech.

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Hm. Why would this admin not want anyone cracking down on scams or protecting consumers from financial fraud? It’s a mystery. As chair of the Consumer Protection Committee in the NYS Senate, I look forward to holding hearings on how this hurts New Yorkers www.businessinsider.com/eliminate-cf...

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Trust me, bro.

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I’m old enough to remember when our economy was the envy of the world. Manufacturing taking off. Unemployment low. Inflation troubling but lower than elsewhere. We were leaders in global health, foreign aid, scientific research. We had allies. 2 weeks is a long time.

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Worth watching the defiant celebration of Black History Month in the NYS Senate today. Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins was 🔥🔥. Watch here, starting around minute 12. www.nysenate.gov/calendar/ses...

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Pretty much how they spin it!

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Good day to celebrate the Canadian-New York partnership!

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Is there a single person in the administration who would qualify for security clearance on their own merits?

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Is this a good day to recall that last summer every R member in the State Legislature endorsed Trump as the "common sense" candidate?

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A co-President who makes Nazi salutes A President who randomly blames a tragedy on nonwhites and "dwarfism" (though white men were in charge) Cabinet appointees whose sole qualification is their Aryan good looks We are seeing exactly what we think we are seeing.

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For an administration that claims it wants the "cleanest air and water," how exactly will that be helped along by purging top scientists with decades of research and experience from EPA's Science Advisory Board and Clean Air Science Advisory Committee? www.npr.org/2025/01/29/n...

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Over the last 48 hours the President did what he does best: sowed fear and chaos. My office & many others were fielding frantic calls from village mayors, community centers, fire depts, foster care agencies, food banks, & other providers of critical services, fearful of losing their federal aid.

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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

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Affordability on the agenda today in the NYS Senate! The Democratic Majority is passing a package of bills to lower utility rates and make billing more predictable and transparent.

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Still there!

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How many times already have R [Royalist] Senators voted out of fear of retribution, not because they actually support the cause? Both impeachments, Speaker Johnson, Hegseth nomination,… and so many more to come. #notademocracy

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Nothing says Gilded Age 2.0 more than giving tax breaks for buying gold bars at the same time that child poverty in NY is rising. Read more in our report: www.senatorgounardes.nyc/tax-report

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We knew they were in a frenzy to own the libs in week 1, but whose bingo card included “insult the military”? Try to privatize the VA; install the most compromised and unqualified Defense Secretary imaginable: that’ll make the base happy. Who will they go after next, farmers? Oh, wait…

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No foreign power has ever posed as massive and immediate a threat to the United States as the current administration.

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We must not normalize this! Our neighbors, following the law, working hard, paying taxes, caring for their children, and being treated as criminals. www.syracuse.com/news/2025/01...

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This! I’m working on taking a positive message on the road about progressive policies that are making a difference for the better in my district and the good ideas propelling us forward. We have to stop reacting, stop obsessing, and give folks a reason to care about what we care about.

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