Category Archives: DACA

We Are Not Stuck With Zeldin

Posted on May 26, 2018 by

Fight Back East Hampton May 21, 2018 To the Editor, I want to live in an America that strives to be the best it can be, an America that does not look backward with blinders on and pine for illusory … Continue reading →

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Zeldin: Trump Apologist Extraordinaire

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

Published as a Letter to the Editor in The East Hampton Star, 5/10/18 National Disgrace East Hampton May 7, 2018 To The Editor: With his refusal to release his tax returns, taunting of Gold Star families, ridicule of P.O.W.s, derision … Continue reading →

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Strongman Trump

Posted on February 5, 2018 by

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in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way” On Sep. 6, 2017, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, was rescinded by Pres.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

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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Welcoming refugees brings unexpected economic benefits

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

The Trump Administration continues to govern with a blind eye toward inconvenient facts and analyses. Stephen Miller, Trump’s top white nationalist advisor in the White House, reportedly rejected a study proving refugees contribute significantly more to U.S. revenue than they cost.   From … Continue reading →

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Trump’s DACA decision could strip thousands in New York of Medicaid coverage

Posted on September 6, 2017 by

When President Barack Obama created the DACA program in 2012, thousands of New Yorkers who were brought to the United States at a young age were suddenly eligible for Medicaid. | Alex Wong/Getty Images POLITICO By DAN GOLDBERG The Trump … Continue reading →

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