The fight for fair, transparent and secure elections

If Russian citizens can take to the streets to demand fair and transparent elections, at risk of imprisonment and their very life for doing so from Vladimir Putin’s totalitarian regime, The pro-democracy protests rocking Moscow, explained, then surely Americans who do not live under such a threat of violence can take to the streets and … Read more

Sen. Martha McSally drafts bill to make domestic terrorism a federal crime

Oh, this isn’t going to help Martha McSally with the gun toting patriot militias and the white nationalists in the Arizona GOP base, or Libertarians, or states’ righters, or the NRA … or Donald Trump. This will almost certainly draw another GOP senate primary challenger from the far-right, and maybe even a Libertarian. Politico reports … Read more

Yet another racist Republican wants to run for Congress in Arizona?

The Arizona Republic reports that former Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Curt Schilling, now a right-wing troll, is ‘absolutely considering’ running for Congress in Arizona: Former Arizona Diamondbacks legend and outspoken conservative Curt Schilling said he is “absolutely considering” running for Congress in Arizona against one of the state’s five Democrats. … Read more

California cities sue to challenge Trump administration plan to deny green cards and visas to poor immigrants (updated)

President Donald Trump’s top immigration official on Tuesday offered a revised version of the poem long displayed inside the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal that aligns more closely with the administration’s latest rule aimed at curbing the number of people who enter the United States legally. Trump immigration official offers rewrite for Statue of Liberty poem: … Read more

Another sham police and community listening session in Phoenix

By Dianne Post The AACCC (African American clergy) hosted a “Police and Community Listening Session” on August 6, 2019 at the First Institutional Baptist Church, Phoenix.  About 70 people discussed a series of questions presented by the facilitators at seven different tables.  The questions asked to tell of a positive and negative interaction with a police officer, … Read more