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lapucelle

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18. I am one of the many people who work hard to elect Democrats on Long Island.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #17)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:12 AM

Apr 27

Unfortunately the culture war crap plays really well here.

When Peter King retired, we had some real hope of flipping that seat, but the covid culture war (masks, vaccines, NYS's detailed and responsible rules for school reopening) really hurt us.

Garbarino voted for the Medicaid cuts and has failed on his promise to help overturn the SALT cap, so we'll have another shot in 2026. He's at a point where he's holding telephone (as opposed to in person) town halls.

Jamie Raskin (!) is holding a live town hall in NY-02 on May 3, so we're laying the groundwork.

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Education Department to probe New York for trying to pull school mascot of Native American [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 26 OP

Yeah, because making Native Americans into mascots is Balatro Apr 26 #1

Sure, our heritage of racism they want to preserve.However, our more sacred heritage of due process and free speech, Walleye Apr 26 #2

"When they say heritage, they mean oppression misogyny and racism." BumRushDaShow Apr 26 #3

Exactly Walleye Apr 26 #7

The Massapequa School District had the option to meet with local Indigenous leaders lapucelle Apr 26 #4

For context, Massapequa is LI Trump country. lapucelle Apr 26 #5

But one of the biggest pushers of this BumRushDaShow Apr 26 #8

I think that NAGA might have been founded to specifically challenge mascot laws. lapucelle Apr 26 #15

Yes - and NAGA is who was involved in this... BumRushDaShow Apr 27 #17

I am one of the many people who work hard to elect Democrats on Long Island. lapucelle Apr 27 #18

And as for cultural respect, I can't count the number of times I've heard "Massapequa" lapucelle Apr 27 #19

They keep causing me to JustAnotherGen Apr 26 #6

This is what the bigots running the education department are doing. travelingthrulife Apr 26 #9

... catbyte Apr 26 #10

And they will use what I call self-hating "Clarence Thomas-like" orgs to push these things as "justification" BumRushDaShow Apr 26 #11

You're absolutely right about what Linda MacMahon said. lapucelle Apr 26 #16

New York Indigenous tribes didn't wear full feather headresses like that anyway Bayard Apr 26 #12

It's none of your fucking business! liberalgunwilltravel Apr 26 #13

As if what's left of the Department of Education actually gives a shit about any of this. patphil Apr 26 #14