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Category Archives: Ethics
New York: Most Unequal State in the Nation!
A new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) recently found that New York State is home to the highest concentration of extreme wealth in the United States. New York State also has the greatest income inequality … Continue reading
Posted in budget, economics, economy, Ethics, Fair elections, Pay Equality, Poverty, Tax Reform
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Sowed Discord
SpringsAugust 24, 2020 Dear David: The past three and a half years have been a master class in the havoc that can be wrought when a president is constrained by neither truth nor decency. Starting with the size of his … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, democrats, economy, Ethics, Fair elections, GOP, Health Care, long island, Nancy Goroff, public health, Trump, Trump atrocities, voting by mail, Zeldin
Tagged COVID, COVID-19, healthcare
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SPLC under attack
This past weekend, the Republican National Committee caved to white supremacist and other hate groups by adopting a resolution titled Refuting the Legitimacy of the Southern Poverty Law Center to Identify Hate Groups. The focus of the resolution is that “the SPLC is … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, bigotry, Civil Rights, Ethics, fascism, GOP, Zeldin
Tagged goroff, hate groups, Republifcan national committee, SPLC, Trump, white supremacists, Zeldin
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Protest in Commack drawing criticism
Some insightful letters to Newsday: The behavior of a few unruly demonstrators at the recent Commack protest was shameful [“Trump cheers LI protesters,” News, May 17]. If these few were, say, 4% of the demonstrators, the other 96% could have … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, economy, Ethics, first amendment, GOP, long island, Trump, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged COVID-19, economy, opening up, pandemic, protests
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Trump thinks we are gullible!
No Charitable Thought for Donald Trump (NY TIMES, NOV 8 2019) Fined $2 million after admitting his foundation was his piggy bank, the president shows he always comes first. By The Editorial Board Credit…Illustration by Nicholas Konrad; photograph by Doug … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 elections, Ethics, swamp, Trump, Uncategorized, veterans, Zeldin
Tagged foundation, sham, Trump
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Bombing Hospitals in Syria: a Crime against Humanity
I just saw a documentary on a Syrian underground hospital: The Cave. It should be compulsory viewing for everyone. INCLUDING Rep. Lee Zeldin. He too lived thru a period where his premature born twin girls where in the NICU. Might … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, foreign policy, GOP, New York Times, Trump, Trump atrocities, Uncategorized, war
Tagged bombing, crimes against humanity, documentary, hospitals, Syria
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The Truth About Lee Zeldin’s Record
October 1, 2018 by Jacquelyn Gavron and Amy Turner … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, DACA, democrats, Ethics, Guns, immigration/deportation, NRA, perry gershon, Politics, school shootings, Uncategorized, veterans
Tagged LGBTQ
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Child Abuse (Human Rights Violation)
Submitted by James Ewing (Watermill): IMAGES We want you to imagine for a moment what this might be like for a child: to flee the place you have called your home because it is not safe to stay and … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Discrimination, Ethics, GOP, immigration/deportation, Trump, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged border, children, families, kids, mexico, separation
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The da Vinci Lode
The painting ‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci at Christie’s. Credit Drew Angerer/Getty Images To the Editor: “The da Vinci Lode” (NY Times editorial, Nov. 17) is an important warning. The idea that the obscenely rich see nothing untoward in … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Ethics, Tax Reform, Uncategorized
Tagged art, christie's, investing in paintings, super rich
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EXCLUSIVE: Brookhaven Town Clerk Violates Ethics Code? (Part 3)
By J.Gavron and A.Turner This Exclusive Report investigates Brookhaven Town Clerk, Donna Lent, who’s running for reelection on Nov. 7th. Get the facts on Lent before you vote. Missed a Background Check? Part 1, Part 2 Did you know…. Donna … Continue reading
Posted in Brookhaven, Ethics, Uncategorized
Tagged Brookhaven, Brookhaven GOP, Donna Lent, NWPC, Town Clerk
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No one Above the Law, at Least in Israel
Sara Netanyahu Will Be Indicted For $100K Fraud Scheme September 8, 2017 By JTA The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara, will be indicted on four counts of fraud for allegedly diverting some $100,000 in public funds for … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Ethics, GOP, israel, Russian connection, Trump, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged fraud, israel, likud, netanyahu
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Poison Papers: EPA in bed with Industry
Transcript From Secret Meeting Illustrates EPA Collusion With the Chemical Industry Friday, July 28, 2017 By Rebekah Wilce, The Center for Media and Democracy (Photo: fotografixx / iStock / Getty Images Plus) The world of independent chemical testing has … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, EPA, Ethics, science, Uncategorized
Tagged chemical industry, collusion, EPA, food, poison, safety, scandal
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Natalia Veselnitskaya was no stranger, she was important to Trump’s business
Posted on Daily Kos By Mark Sumner Tuesday Jul 11, 2017 · 2:25 PM EDT Sean Hannity’s name may rhyme with sanity, but Donald Trump’s favorite Fox has never been the poster boy for rationality. As the dominoes have started falling ever … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Russian connection, Trump
Tagged Donald Trump Jr, Goldstone, Natalia, russia, Veselnitskaya
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New details emerge on Moscow real estate deal that led to the Trump-Kremlin alliance
Remember when Trump disavowed any business dealings with anyone in Russia? Someone found a thread to pull… Michael Isikoff Yahoo News July 11, 2017 View photos Donald Trump, Aras Agalarov and Rob Goldstone. (Photos: Sean Gallup/Getty Images; Sergei … Continue reading
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS BUY HEALTH INSURANCE STOCKS AS REPEAL EFFORT MOVES FORWARD
Posted on The Intercept Lee Fang July 6 2017, 5:33 p.m. JUST AS THE HOUSE Republican bill to slash much of the Affordable Care Act moved forward, Rep. Mike Conaway, a Texas Republican and member of Speaker Paul Ryan’s leadership team, … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union – SCARY!
GREAT INTERVIEW! THE STONE JULY 5, 2017 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Email Save Over the past few months, as the disturbing prospect of a Trump administration became a disturbing reality, I decided to reach out to … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Ethics, Fake News, foreign policy, GOP, Health Care, New York Times, Politics, Russian connection, science, Trump, trumpcare, Uncategorized, war
Tagged atomic, korea, nuclear, philosophy, war
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Voter fraud commission may have violated law — TheHill.com
BY LYDIA WHEELER AND MIKE LILLIS – 07/05/17 06:07 PM President Trump’s voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states, several experts on the regulatory process told The Hill. Experts … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Trump, Voter Fraud
Tagged elections, Kobach, Kris, Voter Fraud Commission
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This is what kleptocracy looks like
Trump, Arif and Sater, at right, Trump Soho launch party, 2007 Photographer: Mark Von Holden/WireImage Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is looking at “suspicious financial activity” involving “Russian operatives.” Bloomberg’s Timothy L. O’Brien reports that the other shoe to drop may involve “a … Continue reading
“Drain the Swamp?” — Please
President Trump signed an executive order in late January — echoing language first endorsed by Mr. Obama — ostensibly prohibiting lobbyists and lawyers hired as political appointees from working for two years on “particular” government matters that involved their former … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Executive Order, Trump
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Preet Bharara, Sally Yates & James Comey: “You are Fired!”
It is “Apprentice” live! FBI Director Comey is the latest official to fall foul of Trump mid-investigation. Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara had previously been dismissed As … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, FBI, immigration/deportation, Russian connection, Sally Yates, Travel Ban, Trump, Uncategorized
Tagged apprentice, bharara, collusion, comey, donald trump, fired, guilty, hacking, putin, russian, traitor, yates
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