$250,000,000 Air Attack! ARIZONA Will See More Political Ads Than Every Other State (But Two)

Perhaps the strongest indication yet that Arizona’s 11 Electoral College votes are in play next year came today, when a major political ad-tracking firm noted that $249M worth of TV, radio and digital ads will bombard Arizona between now and November 3. 2020. Only two states will see more ad spending for the Presidential and … Read more

Do not let the Border Centers become the next Abu Ghraib

The situation at our Southern border is horrific. Innocent people who want to escape hardship and cruelty in their home countries and achieve the American Dream, and even those who have crossed into our country illegally, are being denied adequate and timely due process and subjected to harsh treatment that most thought was confined to … Read more

The social media habits of law enforcement are being exposed by investigative reporting

Last month the Phoenix New Times followed up on a Buzzfeed report on the Plain View Project, a database created by a team of Philadelphia attorneys in an effort to catalog bigotry and racism among police officers nationwide on social media. Phoenix Cops Bash Muslims, Call Black People Thugs in Shocking Facebook Posts: The database includes 282 … Read more

House Ways and Means Committee finally sues to get Trump tax documents

What took so damn long? This should have happened weeks ago. Mark Sumner at Daily Kos reports, House files lawsuit demanding Trump’s tax forms: On Tuesday, House Ways and Means Committee chairman Richard Neal filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department, demanding the release of Donald … Read more