Monthly Archives: December 2017

Zeldin’s Friend Steve Bannon

Posted on December 31, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

You Are the Company You Keep!  “Personal branding is the name of the game these days, and in our age of radical transparency it is informed not just by how you present yourself but also by the people you associate … Continue reading →

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Firing Mueller: Beware!

Posted on December 25, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

Contact your local resistance group!  BE READY.

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Taking the Heart out of Obamacare

Posted on December 21, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

Tax bill sets up 2018 attacks on our health care This week, House and Senate Republicans passed their deficit-busting tax giveaway to corporations and the ultra-rich without a single Democratic vote, clearing it for Donald Trump’s signature. After failing to … Continue reading →

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Feel powerless? Here is something that will save a life, save a family.

Posted on December 21, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

DECEMBER 20, 2017 If you’re an attorney, law student, or fluent in English and another language, please consider volunteering with the Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative. Just one week of your time could help save a life. If you’re unable to … Continue reading →

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Keep Bannon out of New York

Posted on December 14, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

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 →

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Rally to protest Zeldin/Bannon fundraiser

Posted on December 12, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

Today, Dec 11th, in Patchogue we rallied to protest Bannon as the featured speaker in a Zeldin fundraiser scheduled for Dec. 14th in NYC.  Today we submitted a petition with over 5000 signature to Rep. Zeldin’s office in Patchogue and … Continue reading →

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Medicine and Why Net Neutrality Matters

Posted on December 11, 2017 by bcolbath42

Published in The Doctor’s Tablet by NANCY R. GLASSMAN, M.L.S., M.P.H, on DECEMBER 8, 2017 Recently, the library at Einstein, where I work as a medical librarian, experienced a momentary internet outage. In that instant everything seemed to stop in … Continue reading →

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Zeldin: gutting NY’s gun control laws

Posted on December 9, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

With the help of Lee Zeldin, this week, Republicans in the U.S. House pushed through a bill that would gut New York’s gun control laws and open the barn door to a flood of concealed, loaded firearms on New York … Continue reading →

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Tax Plan: Declaration of War

Posted on December 7, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

Published in the East Hampton Star, Dec 6th   To the Editor, The Republican tax plan is nothing short of a declaration of war on the lower and middle classes, especially those in blue states. Republicans have decided they can … Continue reading →

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The Republican Tax Scam

Posted on December 2, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

By Saumya Narechania, National Issues Campaign Manager, Organizing for Action Yesterday’s tax scam will go down as one of the most shameful acts in Senate history. In a single bill — finalized Friday night (Dec 1, 2017) in scribbled handwriting, … Continue reading →

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Why are Drug Prices Going Through the Roof?

Posted on December 1, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

By Francesca Rheannon, Journalist Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon, Producer and Host Twitter Accounts: @WritersVoice On Facebook & LinkedIn http://www.writersvoice.net/2017/11/wendell-potter-gerald-friedman/ Why are drug prices going through the roof? We talk with Wendell Potter about Big Pharma and what his new investigative journalism site, Tarbell, is … Continue reading →

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Zeldin and Bannon do the 2 step dance

Posted on December 1, 2017 by D. Posnett MD

White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. (AP/Steve Helber) A shorter version, was published as a letter to the editor in the East Hampton Star, Nov 30, 2017:  … Continue reading →

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