Yesterday (June 8, 2020,) Congressional Democrats unveiled the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, a law enforcement reform measure. This legislative proposal is the response of Democratic leaders to the murder of George Floyd and the protests that took place afterward. The proposal, according to reporting from VOX News, calls for: Making it easier to … Read more
The Twitter-troll-in-chief on Tuesday tried to mainstream Russian propaganda through a tweet, which really tells you everything you need to know about Putin’s puppet. Axios reports Trump tweets conspiracy theory that injured Buffalo protester was “antifa provocateur” (paragraphs have been reordered for clarity): President Trump tweeted Tuesday that the 75-year-old protester who was shoved to … Read more
I admit it. I am a fan of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She’s re-making Democratic politics with her brilliant charisma and populist message of deep change. And she’s not afraid to stand up to the ossified and complicit elements within the Democratic Party that have become an impediment to real change, either. To that end, AOC is … Read more
Cross-Posted from Tucson Weekly’s The Range. I, like many Arizonans, have been following Gov. Doug Ducey’s regular COVID-19 press conferences. I really appreciate him doing these pressers—it allows the media to make inquiries about his policy choices in the face of the current crisis. And I’ve been able to closely examine the case that he … Read more
Too much success can be a bad thing – if you are African-American Greenwood, OK was a district of Tulsa organized in 1906. By 1921, it was home to 10,000 Black residents. Greenwood Avenue ran only through the Black area so they had it all to themselves. It was home to the Black commercial district that … Read more