Spoiler in NY-24
Here in NY-24 we have a very close congressional race that may be thrown to the Tea Party by a Green Party candidate. Is this happening elsewhere? Is the Green Party trying, once again, to play spoiler...
View ArticleSeizing the moment
Don't let the pundits establish this as a "no mandate" or "status quo" election. Democrats won decisively yesterday, the Tea Party got a strong rebuke, and this is the moment to push hard for what we...
View ArticleThe wackos are still at it
This morning the Syracuse Post-Standard printed the letter below. I hope it made many other readers laugh, too. But I also wonder how reputable news sources can maintain their reputation when they...
View Articletax political contributions
After Citizens United, the government has a much harder time regulating campaign donations, but it can still tax them, right? How about a progressive tax on donations to candidates, political parties,...
View ArticleAnti-McCutcheon protest gone wrong
A "rapid response" protest today here in Syracuse against the horrible McCutcheon decision should have been a moment for broad movement-building but ended up alienating me, for one. A coalition of...
View ArticleAll our children
My New Year pledge: to remind my politicians that their first goal should be to serve ALL our children, because they are all OUR children. It's easy for us to claim a child as "ours" if she's our...
View ArticleHow to respond about the email thing
This is the answer I wish Hillary Clinton had given Chris Wallace at the last debate, and it is even more appropriate now.“Thank you for asking, again, about my emails. This question has come up almost...
View ArticleUnited We Stand!
Day by day, we are getting more information about Russia’s attack on our democracy. What was their strategy? Undermine the Democratic Party and elevate the GOP to power. They understood how thoroughly...
View ArticleThe Marshall Plan turns 70 today, and we need its lessons more than ever
70 years ago today, General George Marshall, President Truman’s Secretary of State, spoke at Harvard University’s commencement celebrations. His speech lasted only eleven minutes, but it made history....
View ArticleRachel May for NY State Senate!
I’m running for NY State Senate! My goal is to help flip the Senate from red to blue, which would make it possible to pass a lot of truly progressive legislation. Please support me— my opponent is a...
View ArticleNew York Senate Fake Dems Make it Clear: IDC Stands for I Don't Care - about...
Four women who are running primaries against incumbent IDC “Democrats” in the NY State Senate issued a challenge to the Senate leadership this week to include Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, leader of the...
View ArticleIDC = "I Deserve Cash." Annals of corruption in the NY State Senate
A few months into my campaign for NY State Senate and I’m beginning to understand — really understand — why politicians are so prone to bribery and corruption. I go to bed every night and wake up every...
View ArticleIf we can be this effective just campaigning, wait till we get into office!
We won! The IDC is dead. For the past year, we’ve been campaigning intensively against New York’s turncoat “Democratic” faction that spent the last 7 years giving power to the GOP in the state Senate....
View ArticleThis Wednesday, do something nice for someone: In memory of Frank Allen.
Thirty years ago this week I watched a beautiful light go out of the world. Frank Allen was not just my beloved husband. He was a friend and inspiration to so many, a deeply humane man with a huge...
View ArticleThe surprising joys of campaign fundraising
It’s well known that the absolute worst part of campaigning is having to spend endless hours on the phone and at fundraisers, asking people to part with their money. Except when it isn’t.I’ve been...
View ArticleDespite Democratic reunification, the IDC is still helping the GOP block...
The NY State legislature has wrapped up another session, and once again they have failed to act on issue after issue. New York will continue to have some of the worst election laws in the country. New...
View ArticleDemocracy in the kitchen! NY State Senate candidate video
Hi, everyone! I’m running for State Senate in NY against one of the founders of the nefarious “Independent Democratic Caucus.” The goal is to flip the Senate from red to True Blue, so we can pass...
View Article6/9/20 - A day of mourning, a day of action
I was unable to watch the funeral of George Floyd yesterday, because my colleagues and I in the NY State Senate were busy honoring his legacy in a different way: by passing a whole package of...
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