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While we’re considering the presidential candidates
I, for one, am greatly impressed with the people who’ve declared they’re running as Democrats. And something beyond the White House interests me. Each one of these candidates would, if not elected president, be superior agency heads — Cabinet secretaries. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, Cory Booker, Democratic presidential candidates, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Inslee, Joe Biden, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sherrod Brown, Trump administration, Trump Cabinet
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Guns 3: how to challenge the NRA
In Guns 2, I told you about my first letter to Kirsten Gillibrand–who at that time, 2009, still supported the NRA. I told her I’d be cutting out clips of every gun violence story I found in my two newspapers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, gun violence, Kirsten Gillibrand, NRA
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Guns 2: What I did to challenge the NRA
In 2009, after noticing so many gun violence stories in the Daily News, I began to clip them. My purpose was direct, as I said in the initial letter I wrote to my senator, Kirsten Gillibrand. Here’s the lightly abbreviated … Continue reading
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Tagged 2d Amendment, Bill of Rights, Bob Herbert, culture soaked in blood, dwindling testosterone, gun violence in New York City, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Daily News, New York Times, NRA, Second Amendment, US Constitution
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