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Tag: Local Politics

Our Fragile Democracy

Kingston Abolishes Police Department; Replaces It With Civil Goat Patrol

KINGSTON- Unprecedented nationwide protests calling for police reform and an end to systemic racism following the death of George Floyd have caused many cities to re-imagine their approach to law …

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History is Bunk

Kingston Decides to Swap One George Clinton for Another

KINGSTON- In an effort to resolve the controversy over the historic statues at Academy Green once and for all, the Kingston Common Council voted this week to replace the statue …

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History is Bunk

Kingston Replaces Academy Green Statues With Flying Spaghetti Monster

KINGSTON- The Kingston Common Council voted this week to replace the bronze statues of Henry Hudson, Peter Stuyvesant and George Clinton following an online petition to remove them as “symbols …

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Our Fragile Democracy

Trump Invites Rapping New Paltz Cop to Perform at Republican Convention 

WASHINGTON, DC— Just days after he posted a rap that led to accusations of transphobia, New Paltz Police Officer Robert Sisco received word that the president had seen his video …

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The Plague

Cuomo, in Bid to Boost Press Conference Ratings, Forces County Execs to Compete to End Lockdowns

Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan hesitates before eating hissing cockroaches yesterday at the Capitol ALBANY- In the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily press briefings were …

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Our Fragile Democracy

Mid-Hudson Bridge Renamed for Andrew Cuomo

HIGHLAND- The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge is no more. From now on, the span connecting Poughkeepsie and Highland will be known as “The Andrew M. Cuomo Mid-Hudson Bridge.” The …

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The Plague

Cuomo Commends 10-Year-Old for Informing on Parents for Social-Distancing Violations

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo took time out of his daily coronavirus update today to shine a light on local youngster Cooper McCarthy, recent recipient of the “Hero of the …

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The Plague

Millennial’s Shocking Ultimatum to Boomers: ‘Cancel Student Debt or We Will Cough on You’

So much for “We’re all in this together.” Rachel Henderson, 30, an unemployed bartender and waitress living in the Hudson Valley, recently issued a stark warning to the elder generation, …

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The Plague

New Yorkers’ Stimulus Checks to Be Further Delayed While Cuomo Adds Signature Next to 50% Tax

ALBANY- New Yorkers in need of financial help will have to wait a little bit longer. Soon after the news broke that the stimulus checks were to be delayed following …

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Our Fragile Democracy

Upstate New York Secedes

The new state flag.  SYRACUSE- From Buffalo to Schenectady, Lake Placid to Peekskill, the bells of disunion are tolling.  “The tea has been thrown overboard; the revolution of 2020 has …

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