What a stop-and-frisk sounds like
Briefing: Alvin. The Nation
5:30 pm Oct. 9, 20121
Albany
Two Albany television stations dropped NRCC ads attacking Democratic congressional candidate Julian Schreibman. [Brian Tumulty]
Cuomo's office pushes back on the claim that New York's tax climax is the country's worst. [Nick Reisman]
Best campaign apology: "Essentially, Senator Ball and your campaign flip-flopped so abruptly on the minimum wage last week that our mailer had already gone to print, and we couldn’t make the change. " [Jessica Bakeman]
Republican state senator Mark Grisanti used to be a top target for Democrats. [Liz Benjamin]
2013 / City Hall
"Losing your home doesn't mean losing your right to vote." [Celeste Katz]
"[O]ne of the only known recordings of stop-and-frisk in action." [Ross Tuttle]
Congress
Chuck Schumer is re-casting the debate over tax reform. [Jonathan Weisman]
Carolyn Maloney's challenger tries to track her down. [Warren Rojas and Warren Rojas]
The Onion finds her in the parlor. [The Onion]
2012
Democrats breathe a sigh of relief, after an Ohio poll shows Obama four points up. [CNN]
His super PAC says Nevada and Wisconsin look fine too. [Alexander Burns]
Obama is tweaking his stump speech to be more optimistic. [Carol Lee]
Obama's last fund-raising event in New York will feature Bill Clinton. [Maggie Haberman]
“Stop and Frisk” is a prime example of racial profiling running amuck in our Law Enforcement. Police and private companies profit from the judicial process and bottom-feed off of minorities in this country. You can read about how private companies and crooked politicians have turned our Police forces on their ear in every attempt to squeeze money out of the general public at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-privatized-police-state.html