Monthly Archives: July 2016

Would Trump be Checked and Balanced?

This article was written by former New NY23rd contributor Ray Copson. You can now follow Ray at his U.S. Political Forecast blog.  

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Gary Johnson, Libertarian

Gary, Johnson, a former Governor of New Mexico, is running for President as a Libertarian. Johnson claims to be a social liberal and fiscal conservative. Johnson hopes to win enough votes to prevent any other candidate from winning a majority. … Continue reading

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John Plumb to Trump and Reed, “We don’t invite spies to hack our files!”

  “I can’t believe what I’m reading. Today, Donald Trump publicly invited Russia to hack our government’s emails in order to attack Hillary Clinton. I’ve spent my career defending our country from attacks. I never imagined we would see a … Continue reading

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Tom Reed makes poor use of facebook

Tom Reed recently posed as a facebook expert. In truth, he makes poor use of facebook. He has 700,000 constituents but only 4,400 likes on his official page. Here is information about some other Representatives: Representative Likes Justin Amash (R-MI) … Continue reading

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Is Tom Reed from here?

With 46 million Americans currently living in poverty, our safety net programs need to be reformed to better empower low-income Americans to find work and provide for themselves and their families. –Tom Reed Tom Reed’s reelection campaigns have attempted to … Continue reading

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UPDATED: Leslie Danks Burke Announces Fund Raising Information

Leslie Danks Burke, New York State Senate Democratic Candidate for the 58th District (Chemung, Schulyer, Steuben, Yates and part of Tompkins Counties), has announced that she has raised $213,929 in this filing period, making her total $385,894. She also announced: She … Continue reading

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Leslie Danks Burke Announces Fund Raising information

Leslie Danks Burke, New York State Senate Democratic Candidate for the 58th District (Chemung, Schulyer, Steuben, Yates and part of Tompkins Counties), has announced that she has raised $213,929 in this filing period, making her total $385,894. She also announced: She … Continue reading

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Reed’s facebook censorship

On July 21, a constituent complained about Reed’s censoring of constituents’ views on his public facebook page. Reed responded: House ethics require us to remove posts and comments that are campaign related. These are generally hidden by default, based on … Continue reading

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Plumb Comments on Reed, RNC & DC’s Broken System

The following is a press release from the John Plumb for Congress campaign. Reed has supported a $2,000 tax increase that would crush middle class families to pay for tax cuts for millionaires Jamestown, N.Y. – Congressman Tom Reed’s attendance at … Continue reading

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Upstate Infrastructure Improvement

A Corning Leader article posted on July 18 reported  Rep. Tom Reed’s opinion on the Republican National Convention, which he is attending. Basically he remain optimistic  that the party would unite and face the important issues facing America today. He also echoed … Continue reading

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