Category Archives: Executive Order

Zeldin’s Environmental Voting Record Goes from Bad to Worse

Posted on August 28, 2018 by

Lee Zeldin wants to Drill in the Ironwood Forest National Monument By Marc Rauch: Latest update: Zeldin’s Environmental Voting Record Goes from Bad to Worse in 2018 In the first 3 years of Lee Zeldin’s congressional term (2015-2017), he earned … Continue reading →

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New York Agrees To Give Voter Info To Trump

Posted on August 3, 2017 by

BREAKING: The NY Board of Elections will comply with the feds and hand over the state’s voter database. Here’s what that means for you. By Simone Wilson (Patch Staff) – Updated August 2, 2017 6:32 pm ET ALBANY, NY — … Continue reading →

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“Drain the Swamp?” — Please

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

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 →

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Offshore Drilling on the Horizon?

Posted on May 20, 2017 by

Published in The East Hampton Star Re: Letter to the Editor: Offshore Drilling on the Horizon?   Dear David: On Sunday, Guild Hall hosted a program concerned with the preservation of the waters surrounding the East End. Flanked by scientists … Continue reading →

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Is Atlantic Oil Drilling In Our Future?

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

Published in Smithtown Matters on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 11:35AM. By Karl Grossman [A similar Opinion OpEd appeared in the East Hampton Press, page A8, on May 17th, 2017] Nearly 50 years ago I broke the story of the … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Executive Order Creates A Sham Voter Fraud Commission

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images The White House released the executive order Mr. Trump signed today creating a “commission on election integrity” — commencing the long awaited voter fraud investigation Trump promised after claiming baselessly that “millions” voted illegally in the 2016 election. … Continue reading →

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Trump Administration Cites Segregation-Era Ruling To Defend Its Travel Ban

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

Published by HUFFINGTON POST POLITICS 05/08/2017 06:57 pm ET | Updated 2 hours ago In 1971, the Supreme Court decided that courts shouldn’t investigate the motivations of officials who closed public pools rather than integrate them. By Nick Baumann, Julia … Continue reading →

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Sally Yates Mops The Floor With GOP’s Ted Cruz While Schooling Him On Constitutional Law

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

Posted on DailyKos.com By Leslie Salzillo Monday May 08, 2017 · 5:30 PM EDT During the Russian probe hearings on Monday, former acting DOJ Attorney General Sally Yates batted off Trump-supporting Republicans like flies during their attempts to discredit, shame … Continue reading →

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Greens sue Trump over offshore drilling order

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

Posted in The Hill May 3, 2017 BY TIMOTHY CAMA – 05/03/17 12:49 PM EDT 95 © Getty Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration, saying that part of the president’s executive order to expand offshore oil and natural gas … Continue reading →

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