Author: Steven D

Email Congress Re: Social Security

This is the email I just sent to my Congressional representatives in Congress (I’m in New York’s 28th Congressional District so my Congresswoman is Louise Slaughter and my Senators are Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck...

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Shooting in Birmingham Hospital

Early this morning, at St Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, a man was walking around with a gun. He opened fire wounding three people before he was shot dead. Birmingham Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Johnny...

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My Say About the Newtown Massacre

I don’t have any profound points to make about the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT this morning. No one can when faced with a horror such as this one. But I cannot remain silent merely because I do...

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“Let them suck ice cubes”

In another stunning legislative maneuver, Michigan Republicans passed a bill last night (attached as an amendment to an appropriations measure) that provides Michigan grocery store clerks may refuse to accept Food Stamps (under...

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The stupid, it burns (Xtreme weather ed.)

Most climate scientists and many Americans link extreme weather to Climate change. However, sadly 1 out of every three have an alternative explanation for all the droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, derechos, tornados, heat waves,...

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