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How likely is someone like Teachout kicking out Faso in the 19th district this time? He's no longer doing real town halls, scared of his own constituents.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:How likely is someone like Teachout kicking out Faso in the 19th district this time? He's no longer doing real town halls, scared of his own constituents. Faso is my congressman and unfortunately the district includes some pretty hillbilly areas, along with a bunch of old people and really traditionally red communities. It would be an uphill battle but even old republicans are pretty loving pissed at him right now. They held a couple town halls without him and they were pretty interesting affairs. He also refuses to answer phones and is generally a huge loving coward. Most typical people weren't fond of Teachout either though - the GOP painted her as a city intellectual elite and that didn't go over well either. 
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LegionAreI posted:Faso is my congressman and unfortunately the district includes some pretty hillbilly areas, along with a bunch of old people and really traditionally red communities. It would be an uphill battle but even old republicans are pretty loving pissed at him right now. They held a couple town halls without him and they were pretty interesting affairs. He also refuses to answer phones and is generally a huge loving coward. Anybody else interesting on the Democratic side around there?
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as much as i like zephyr teachout, she was absolutely a carpetbagger in that district. i'm not sure whether that encompasses some of Amedore's state senate district, but if it does, it'd be nice to see Cecilia Tkaczyk run. she won the first election there in 2012 even though it was carved out to be GOP friendly, but she lost the rematch two years later and hasn't bothered running since
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get that OUT of my face posted:as much as i like zephyr teachout, she was absolutely a carpetbagger in that district. i'm not sure whether that encompasses some of Amedore's state senate district, but if it does, it'd be nice to see Cecilia Tkaczyk run. she won the first election there in 2012 even though it was carved out to be GOP friendly, but she lost the rematch two years later and hasn't bothered running since Unfortunately, according to Wikipedia, her home is in Duanesburg, which is in the 20th, represented by Democrat Paul Tonko.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:How likely is someone like Teachout kicking out Faso in the 19th district this time? He's no longer doing real town halls, scared of his own constituents. we like people trying to kill us with carcinogens in the river more than people from brooklyn who didn't pay their taxes like they should've at some point
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Tweezer Reprise posted:we like people trying to kill us with carcinogens in the river more than people from brooklyn who didn't pay their taxes like they should've at some point Pretty much. A lot of the 19th has a giant mad on for anyone regarded as too "city" ever since people from NYC started "invading" with their ever so progressive ideas such as not storing old tires in front lawns and recycling and poo poo. If a Democrat is going to win they need to be local and there's really no big names just yet.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Unfortunately, according to Wikipedia, her home is in Duanesburg, which is in the 20th, represented by Democrat Paul Tonko. bahahaha what, i used to live in duanesburg (specifically delanson) and this: quote:She and her husband Eric own and live on a small sheep farm in Duanesburg, New York yeah that's fuckin duanesburg alright
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May 5, 2017 11:55
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To this day I refuse to believe there is actually a human being named Zephyr Teachout
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goose willis posted:To this day I refuse to believe there is actually a human being named Zephyr Teachout From someone else with a stupid name like that: cut it out, buddy
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http://buffalonews.com/2017/05/04/collins-says-didnt-read-health-bill-proves/ Collins didn't even read the goddamn bill Of course he isn't having a town hall, I'm gonna have to find out where he lives and shout things at a house
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May 5, 2017 16:17
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"A Principal Is Accused of Being a Communist, Rattling a Brooklyn School" Unreal.
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GalacticAcid posted:"A Principal Is Accused of Being a Communist, Rattling a Brooklyn School" I wonder if Sam Bee will have her on?
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GalacticAcid posted:"A Principal Is Accused of Being a Communist, Rattling a Brooklyn School" This left-wing political correctness is really getting out of control.
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quote:Over the years, Ms. Bloomberg has become one of the most outspoken and visible critics of New York City’s public schools, regularly castigating the Education Department’s leadership at forums and in the news media. Most of her criticism is aimed at actions that she says perpetuate a segregated and unequal educational system and that penalize black and Latino students. Through the years, she has helped organize protests and assemblies to push for integration and equal resources and treatment for her almost entirely black and Latino student body. I'm pretty sure that's the real reason and the communist stuff is just a smokescreen
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goose willis posted:I'm pretty sure that's the real reason and the communist stuff is just a smokescreen when i read the first clause i thought this was going to be about michael bloomberg's wife pushing charter schools or something
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May 6, 2017 02:08
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I wonder if with how ridiculously far-right Russia is getting and with the non-existence of the Soviet Union maybe we'll see communism being openly discussed again instead of being isolated to some weird people with bad facial hair sitting in bookstores wearing drab colors
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Badger of Basra posted:when i read the first clause i thought this was going to be about michael bloomberg's wife pushing charter schools or something  Yeah, a rich white lady pushing for charter schools is going to get in trouble.
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MizPiz posted:
What if that charter was The Communist Manifesto?
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So Maloney is currently making good on his threat that if Faso was going to hide and not explain AHCA to his constituents, he would. https://twitter.com/NYCjamescobb/status/861712346279968770
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LegionAreI posted:So Maloney is currently making good on his threat that if Faso was going to hide and not explain AHCA to his constituents, he would. #AdoptADistrict better be going nationwide
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LegionAreI posted:So Maloney is currently making good on his threat that if Faso was going to hide and not explain AHCA to his constituents, he would. They used to go on duels for less in Congress before someone outlawed it.
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Laurie Cumbo officially came out against the Bedford Union Armory plan. constant pressure from community groups finally got to her
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Cross-posting from NYC thread: Cuomo distances himself from the state-run MTA quote:Gov. Andrew Cuomo, following weeks of service failures in New York City's subways, told reporters Thursday that his responsibility for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority merely consists of appointing a few people to its board, a responsibility shared by Mayor Bill de Blasio and county executives across the state. The state-run authority, he said, is a "regional transportation system." 
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when cuomo finds out who proposed cutting over $60 million from the MTA budget this year, he'll really have egg on his face! speaking of which, NYC residents want cuomo to run for president by a 2-to-1 margin, presumably because many of us are loving stupid
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GalacticAcid posted:Cross-posting from NYC thread: This loving guy. Didn't he purpose some multi billion dollar fantasy of making the subway system something out of a Sci-fi novel?
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get that OUT of my face posted:when cuomo finds out who proposed cutting over $60 million from the MTA budget this year, he'll really have egg on his face! If he's president he won't be governor anymore. Checks out.
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CaptainPsyko posted:If he's president he won't be governor anymore. That's the selling point for me!
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Also, the poll question is "run for president" not win. If he runs he's going to be spending 18 months in Iowa and New Hampshire and Wisconsin and Nevada and Ohio and all sorts of places that aren't New York even as he is still governor, and will be too busy to keep trying to poo poo on the mayor. (Regardless of what you think of Deblasio, Cuomos relentless urge to score points on the guy is bad for all of us.) I'm all in on the idea the more I think about it!
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May 20, 2017 01:57
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Tell me about this Medicare for All legislation. I thought the college funding was never going to happen but here we are.
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https://twitter.com/steenfox/status/861030537066029056
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GalacticAcid posted:Cross-posting from NYC thread: It's like the old proverb about victory having a 1000 fathers but defeat is always a orphan...
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Cuomo is asking Trump for help on Penn Station. Will this be his "Chris Christie hugs Obama after Sandy" moment?
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Privatizing mass transit infrastructure is always a wonderful idea!
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Here's his tweet about it: https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/866347007719473153 Lots of unsatisfied replies.
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demolish msg and expand penn station
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uncurable mlady posted:demolish msg and expand penn station Bring the train station back to Albany! The irony of the Smart City Technology Innovation Center residing in the former Union Station is just too indicative of NY capital development.
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i read a labor blog trashing trump's infrastructure plan and he apparently signed a law getting rid of the requirement to blacklist construction firms with bad safety records from working on federal projects. there's no low that cuomo won't sink to getting rid of the current MSG to rebuild Penn Station was going to be a thing a few years ago, but James Dolan is a dick and refused to build a new arena a block or two away get that OUT of my face posted:Laurie Cumbo officially came out against the Bedford Union Armory plan. constant pressure from community groups finally got to her
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Bring the train station back to Albany! why would you want a train station when you could have a gondola station instead??
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uncurable mlady posted:why would you want a train station when you could have a gondola station instead?? Still gives me a chuckle, that. Albany Democrats, I tell ya...
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