Michael Kink

@mkink

ED, Strong Economy for All Coalition. Dad, public-interest attorney, activist, organizer, advisor to leading labor & community groups.

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Joined November 2008
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    23 May 2018

    Wall Street billionaires bought Toys R Us, piled on debt, took $500M in fees, dumped it into bankruptcy and left 33,000 Americans without jobs. Now workers are fighting back — for severance pay for their families and a real crackdown on Wall Street greed.

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    10 hours ago

    . strongly supports . The day that I, or other people of color cannot call out power, no matter what color holds that power, is the day democracy dies.

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  3. 9 hours ago

    It’s time to pass the TRUST Act in Albany —let’s go

    Mnuchin says he won't turn over Trump's tax returns to Congress, citing legal advice from the Justice Department. But neither Treasury nor the Justice Department would furnish the legal opinion, and it appears at this time a formal opinion doesn't exist.
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  4. 9 hours ago

    Democrats say Sen. Fred Akshar should resign, and he rips critics in video via

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    18 hours ago

    It's good, to me, that a coffee cup on the Game of Thrones set is getting more coverage than the ongoing, accelerating collapse of the foundations of human civilization

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    18 hours ago

    Puerto Rico has not been given $91-B in hurricane disaster relief - not even close

    Puerto Rico has been given more money by Congress for Hurricane Disaster Relief, 91 Billion Dollars, than any State in the history of the U.S. As an example, Florida got $12 Billion & Texas $39 Billion for their monster hurricanes. Now the Democrats are saying NO Relief to......
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    21 hours ago

    "Future forecasts indicate negative trends will continue in all scenarios except those that embrace radical change across society, politics, economics and technology."

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    16 hours ago

    We've filed a lawsuit against the Trump Treasury Department & IRS for failing to respond to records requests as required by law. The agency eliminated donor disclosure requirements for tax-exempt groups & refuses to comply w/the law to explain the rationale for these changes.

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    18 hours ago

    Balancing the power of money influence in our political system, thru , is an issue communities of color — particularly black communities — care about. Strengthening our political power is why my ancestors fought for emancipation, citizenship, and the right to vote

    The progressive push has alienated the party’s old guard of black leaders, igniting an internal battle with racial overtones. “What the driving force of this movement cares about isn’t what communities of color care about,” said w/
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    18 hours ago

    Thnks for allowing a young Black progressive voice into the conversation on . This piece illuminates the fact that radical dissent from the Black left can be referred to as "brainwashed" and that young, Black leaders like me, can be called "uncle Tom"

    “It is definitely a struggle as a woman of a color, feeling 100 percent safe in a mostly white, progressive world.” The growing debate about whether NY’s emboldened progressive movement does enough for black voices, w
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    17 hours ago

    “That would leave large swaths of America with radically diminished access to local news.”

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    19 hours ago

    Mark your calendars: the State Senate released their rent reg hearings. The regs are due to expire June 15.

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    18 hours ago

    Call me crazy, but I AM PRETTY SURE that the voters Bernie engaged with this weekend in Iowa CARE DEEPLY about his policies to REVITALIZE rural America. I'm not crazy.

    "Let's just focus on policy" can also reflect a bit of elitism. People inside the bubble—journalists, party activists, high-info voters—care a lot about policy. And their views are influential. But rank-and-file voters usually don't as much and they're who matter most in the end.
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    19 hours ago

    INBOX: Senate Dems to hold four hearings across state on rent regs and tenant protections. Assembly has two more, in Albany and Rochester, this week. Here's how the first one went:

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  15. 19 hours ago

    Not enough that they're swarming all over our pension funds, now private equity billionaires want our 401Ks and retirement accounts. At the very moment FSOC is warning that LBO debt is dangerously and unsustainably high. Yeah, sure this will end well...

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    May 1

    THANK YOU Senate Majority Leader for your STRONG LEADERSHIP protecting our one and only . What. A. Difference.

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    21 hours ago

    An interesting and nuanced story: the rise of the progressive movement in New York is upsetting some of the longtime black power brokers in the Democratic Party, who have long enjoyed close relationships to the establishment. by and

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    20 hours ago

    Landlords, facing a changed Albany, are waging a big-bucks advertising blitz aimed at winning over a tough crowd: their tenants.

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    22 hours ago

    Bizarre the extent to which the "electability" conversation leaves out the fact that the only Democrat elected in two decades is black.

    Kamala Harris touching tonight on the Midwest electability conversation often leaving out black voters, who are pretty important especially in the context of the narrow losses Dems saw in 2016
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    May 4

    “If you’re like me, every time you hear a news reporter or anchor talk about how great the nation’s economy is, you wonder what world they are living in.” Via

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    May 5

    A new strategy emerges to let undocumented immigrants obtain NYS drivers licenses compared with failed effort in 2007. Backers say, this time, they are confident of victory.

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