Month: November 2014

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logo-pr-twPensito Review has been publishing commentary on politics and the news since January 2005. Coverage focuses on progressive politics in Washington as well as nationwide, with a particular interest in Florida and California where the company has offices.

The editors, Jon Ponder in California and Trish Ponder and Buck Banks in Florida, are all professional writers with decades-long careers in journalism, advertising, marketing and public relations.

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America is Awash in Guns — And Fear of Them

Trish
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Guns aren’t making us safe, they’re just scaring us.

What if we’re missing a bigger issue in our musings about Ferguson and race and unarmed black men being shot by white guys, often police officers? Yes, systemic racism and a breakdown in our ability to trust police are serious problems. But are we overlooking something more basic?

It’s a rare day without a story like this one:

A white cop observes a black man cut through a parking lot to avoid a red light. He follows the car and when it starts to pull into an apartment complex, he turns on his cruiser’s lights to pull it over. The black man, 29-year-old Brian Dennison, drives further into the complex and parks in a parking space. When he gets out of the car, the cop shoots at him. Luckily, the shot missed. It was lucky because Dennison had his 6-year-old daughter in the car. And she was having an asthma attack. And her inhaler was inside their home, where Dennison was rushing when he drove around the red light.

So why did Officer J.C. Garcia get it so wrong?

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Nearly Half a Million People Sign up for Obamacare in Second Enrollment Period’s First Week

Jon Ponder

462,125

Number of Americans who have purchased private insurance through exchanges operated under the Affordable Care Act during the first week of the second enrollment period, Nov. 15 to Nov. 21, 2014, according to the Health and Humans Services Department. Over 1 million people contacted call services for information about buying insurance. The number represents a blow to Republicans who are working tirelessly to prevent working-class, self-employed and other Americans from obtaining health-insurance coverage.

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Romney Still Most Republicans’ Choice

Buck Banks

19%

Percentage of Republican voters nationwide who prefer Mitt Romney as their presidential nominee again, followed by Jeb Bush at 11% and Chris Christie and Ben Carson at 8% each, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. No other Republican tops 6%. With Romney out of the race, Jeb Bush leads with 14%, followed by Christie at 11%, Carson at 9% and Sen. Rand Paul at 8%.

Schumer: Democrats Blew It

Buck Banks

Unfortunately, Democrats blew the opportunity the American people gave them… We took their mandate and put all our focus on the wrong problem — health care reform.

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), asserting that Democrats made a mistake by passing President Obama’s health-care law in 2010 instead of focusing more directly on helping the middle class, Bloomberg reports.