#Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2021” The Issue: Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Georgia over its new voting bill. I will not be attending, watching or listening to any Major League Baseball games for the foreseeable future due to MLB’s ill-advised actions toward the state of Georgia…

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#Trump calls for boycott of MLB, Coke and Delta Airlines

#Trump calls for boycott of MLB, Coke and Delta Airlines

“#Trump calls for boycott of MLB, Coke and Delta Airlines” Former President Trump called Friday night for a boycott of Major League Baseball, Coke and Delta Airlines — and all other companies that have pulled out of Georgia or otherwise protested the state’s controversial new voting reform bill. The Republican called for a boycott in…

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#Amazon joins major companies slamming GOP-led voting laws

#Amazon joins major companies slamming GOP-led voting laws

“#Amazon joins major companies slamming GOP-led voting laws” Amazon has joined the chorus of corporations condemning Republican efforts to tighten election laws in Texas and Georgia. The e-commerce colossus said it opposes measures “aimed at restricting the ability of Americans to vote” as the Lone Star State’s Senate passed a bill that would limit access…

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#The walls close in around Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin

#The walls close in around Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin

“#The walls close in around Andrew Cuomo: Goodwin” During his three terms in Albany, Gov. Cuomo has been an extreme micromanager who surrounded himself with a small band of aides, most a generation younger than he is. They are essentially on call 24/7, and are involved in all aspects of his job, from running the…

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#Letters to the Editor — March 30, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — March 30, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — March 30, 2021” The Issue: The Democrats’ push to end the Senate filibuster and stop voting reform laws in red states. President Biden’s party is poised to push through “reforms” designed to turn a democracy into a permanent one-party state, while using inflammatory words at a time when we are…

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#Activists call for PGA and MLB to boycott Georgia

#Activists call for PGA and MLB to boycott Georgia

“#Activists call for PGA and MLB to boycott Georgia” Civil rights groups are calling for major sporting events to be moved from Georgia, after the state’s GOP-led government passed an election reform bill that Democrats say will restrict voting rights. The Masters is set to take place in Augusta next month, and the MLB All-Star…

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# Gnosis and Snapshot create tool to bind DeFi governance votes on-chain

# Gnosis and Snapshot create tool to bind DeFi governance votes on-chain

“# Gnosis and Snapshot create tool to bind DeFi governance votes on-chain ” Gnosis and Snapshot have collaborated to develop SafeSnap, a product that allows automatically executing successful governance votes on Snapshot. The module, which combines features of Gnosis Safe Multisig and the Snapshot off-chain governance platform, was released on Tuesday. Snapshot is a “governance-as-a-service”…

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#Get set for NYC vote-count chaos

#Get set for NYC vote-count chaos

“#Get set for NYC vote-count chaos” If you thought the vote-counting in the 2020 presidential election was a mess, just wait for this summer’s New York City primaries. The city has adopted “ranked-choice voting,” or RCV, an idea beloved of certain reformers that massively complicates the tallying process by having voters mark their second, third…

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