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Amanda H. Cronin is a member of the Class of 2021 and studies environmental science, law, and communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She is a News Editor on the 137th editorial board and can be reached at acronin@cornellsun.com.
In an interview with The Sun, Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) touched on his plans to move the legislative machine in Congress, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and his vote for The United States Post Office.
An employee of Simeon’s American Bistro in Downtown Ithaca tested positive for COVID-19, potentially exposing customers during four shifts last week.
Tracy Mitrano J.D. ’95 sat down with The Sun in the backyard of her Ithaca home in August. The gun-owning Democrat, labeled a “radical liberal” by her opponent, insisted her policies aren’t that radical and distinguished herself form the party’s more progressive leaders.
Just over 100 days away from Election Day, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager Robby Mook and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer joined in a virtual conversation hosted by former Rep. Steve Israel, Director of Cornell’s Institute for Politics and Global Affairs to discuss presidential campaign strategies.
In front of the Ithaca Police Department, after a peaceful march filled with chants from the heart of Cornell’s campus to the Commons, a light rain began. The crowd of over a thousand knelt on the pavement in front of the police department for eight minutes and 46 seconds — the time it took for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to suffocate George Floyd to death.
A federal judge ordered that New York’s June 23 Presidential Primary must continue. Cornell Progressives called the move “democracy restored.”
On June 23, NYS registered voters will now only be able to vote for candidates in congressional and local races — not the presidential.
“It makes no sense to me to tell people you have to put your life at risk, violate social distancing, to come out to vote,” Cuomo said in a Friday press conference.
Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) joined Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), in a Thursday Zoom seminar on bipartisanship while en route to D.C. to vote on a $484 billion stimulus package.
On Wednesday April 8, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. The Cornell Democrats want unity among Cornell for Biden and Students for Bernie groups.