Obamacare, Politics, and the Rule of Law

By Barry Kirschner The survival of THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (Obamacare) is dependent on the perception of the Republican appointed members of the United States Supreme Court of the political harm that will result to its party if the Court rules as it has been asked to rule by their political allies. The twenty state … Read more

BREAKING: Trump retreats on adding a citizenship question to the Census, but reveals the next GOP voter suppression tactic

The media is focused on the obvious: Trump backs away from census citizenship question, direct agencies to hand over citizenship information to Commerce: President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday directing the Commerce Department to obtain citizenship data through means other than the US census, dropping a controversial plan to include a citizenship question … Read more

Obstruction of justice in plain sight: a completely lawless Trump administration

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday broadened its investigation into President Donald Trump and his possible obstruction of justice, authorizing subpoenas for a “Dirty Dozen” of witnesses. House panel authorizes subpoenas for Jared Kushner, Trump officials: The committee also authorized subpoenas to current and former Trump administration officials related to the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that … Read more

ICE raids reportedly to begin on Sunday

The last time was a head-fake to create a media distraction for the emergency border funding appropriation bill. This time may actually be the real deal, but also to create a media distraction from Robert Mueller’s testimony next week. Better to focus media attention on a scandal that actually inures to the benefit of Trump … Read more

Calendar update: DCSRA meeting on July 18

BfAZ readers — our Calendar link is not operating again, so here’s a message about an upcoming Democratic Club of Santa Rita Area meeting change: “Please, help us spread the word! Due to the Mueller hearings this coming Wednesday, July 17, 2019, DCSRA will move its weekly discussion meeting on current affairs to Thursday, July … Read more