Month: March 2020
House passes Families First Coronavirus Response Act
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan legislative package in response to the spread of coronavirus in the early hours of Saturday morning following intense negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Trump administration. The Hill reports, House passes bill to help prop up economy from coronavirus: The bill passed with broad, bipartisan support … Read more
An abject failure as president: ‘No, I don’t take responsibility at all’
Donald Trump’s press conference on Friday demonstrated to the world that he is an abject failure as a president, and as a man. Trump is an incompetent fool who fails to inspire confidence in anyone except the sycophant worshippers in the personality cult of Donald Trump. In any other endeavor or business he would be … Read more
Arizona legislature to consider suspending session over coronavirus pandemic
Remember back when legislative leaders were optimistic about holding a short legislative session and wrapping up the state budget by the end of March? What were they smoking? Lawmakers seem to be in no rush, with light committee agendas and floor action this week. No budget bills have dropped yet as negotiations continue between the … Read more
Technology won’t save us from the police – Round 2
By Dianne Post In June 2019, I wrote a blog saying that technology won’t save us from the police. I focused on suggestions from the 1960s and what developed i.e. tazers, body cams, sting rays, facial recognition. None have lived up to their hype. As Braunstein and Erickson point out in an article in the … Read more