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![“The process of [the Electoral College] election affords a moral certainty” The Federalist Papers, Number 68. And a Petition.](https://i0.wp.com/talkerofthetown.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/trump-1.jpg?resize=440%2C264&ssl=1)
Brighton School Board candidate Melaney Bernhardt is unfit to hold any office from David Cay Johnston
[Melaney Bernhardt of Brighton holds two signs, Freedom Over Fear and Honk For Freedom, joining a...
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The Big Cheat (December 2021) with Brighton’s Pulitzer Prize winning author David Cay Johnston
[David Cay Johnston with first copy of his new book The Big Cheat at his home. His shirt refers to...
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On the electoral road with Patrick Reilly
[10/30/21 Patrick Reilly greeting (l-r) Lily, Jessica and Finn Harter Photo: David Kramer] During...
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As for Cuomo, Talker was ahead of the curve: “A 1913 headline many would like to see in 2021”
[Is the Cuomo legacy tarnished? Lt. Gov. Mario Cuomo celebrates his win Republican over opponent...
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On the electoral road with Christine Corrado
[Christine Corrado greeting Tom Upson on Avalon Drive in the Meadowbrook neighborhood. Always...
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Voting early at Empire State College and celebrating Loving Day at Brighton Town Park
[6/12/21 Brighton Town Park. John Robins, a.k.a The Bubble Guy, provided effervescent...
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On the electoral road with Van White
[6/2/21 Van White, Brighton High School, ’80 (left) and David Kramer, BHS ’81 in...
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On the electoral road with Robin Wilt
[5/16/21 Robin Wilt greeting Tom Upson on Avalon Drive in the Meadowbrook neighborhood. Always...
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On the electoral road with Albert Blankley
[5/10/21 Albert Blankley greeting Tom Upson on Avalon Drive in the Meadowbrook neighborhood....
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On the electoral road with Rajesh Barnabas
[5/2/21 Rajesh Barnabas greeting Tom Upson on Avalon Drive in the Meadowbrook neighborhood. Always...
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City Council candidate Alex White (D) on the primary process and gathering petition signatures
[Alex White (once G, now D) outside Boldo’s Armory. Photo: David Kramer 4/13/21] Last month,...
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Listening to the inauguration at the same spot, four years later: From “American Carnage” to “The Hill We Climb”
1/20/20. 11:53a.m. The Water Towers in Washington Grove, Cobb’s Hill. The ice is not thick...
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Democrat and Chronicle prints “Chilling to think Trump could run for a federal office again”
©Ingram Pinn/Financial Times. From “A Senate trial is not the right answer to Donald...
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I didn’t vote for you, but job well done, Congressman Tom Reed (R-Corning)
Nazareth College, Pittsford, NY, October 26th, 2010. Headline: Zeller, Reed, cover issues in...
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Trump’s Banana Peel? (306 doesn’t always equal 306)
Cartoon: Joep Bertrams, The Netherlands, May 19, 2017 by Michael J. Nighan When Georgia was...
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Trump Stole the Election from Himself
A depiction of politicians trying to buy votes from an 1857 Harper’s Weekly. [Photo: Library of...
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Introductions
[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1981. Caption: Dave Kramer of Brighton concentrates on his next...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Joseph Biden
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Site says Brighton is best place to live in New York
Twelve Corners Memorial Park, Brighton, NY 4/5/18 [Photo: David Kramer] Recently, the Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2021
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] SEE ALL PHOTOS 2015 – 2021...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1973 – September 11th, 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. The area that contained the missing last 19 granite...
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Bill Pruitt celebrates Talker’s sixth birthday with “Human News”
[Lux Lounge at 666 South Avenue, Photo: David Kramer, 9/20/21, see Impromptu poetry slam at Lux...
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