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$2 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus bill delayed by bipartisan wrangling
March 25, 2020
Senate leaders announced a Deal for $2 Trillion Stimulus Package shortly after 1 a.m., and wanted to pass it today under intense pressure to take steps to reassure an American public rattled by the coronavirus. But this is the U.S. Senate, the most dysfunctional governing body in the world, mostly because the Senate’s legislating skills … Read more
Criminal Negligence: Donald Trump and Fox News are a public health menace
March 25, 2020
In his most reckless and irresponsible action to date, Donald Trump went on his propaganda network Fox News aka Trump TV for a Fox News Town Hall, and argued that “we’ve given this coronavirus two weeks” at the end of this month — as if an edict from “Dear Leader” has anything to do with … Read more
#AZ Legislature Passes ‘Skinny’ Budget with #Bipartisan #Coronavirus Plan (video)
March 25, 2020
With the novel Coronavirus pandemic swirling around the Arizona capital and, most likely, through the halls of the legislature, the Arizona House passed the skinny budget with the Senate-negotiated bipartisan package to address the pandemic in Arizona. The budget includes $50 million to address the Coronavirus. Along with the emergency response funding of $55 million … Read more
For Demetrius Gibbs, Life is better but Challenges Remain after Getting a New Kidney
March 25, 2020
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Life is getting better for 49-year-old Demetrius Gibbs but challenges still remain. When readers last read about Demetrius, he suffered from kidney disease and was attending dialysis treatments three times a week for four hours each session because no viable donor had been found for the new kidney he needed. Secondary illnesses and being forced … Read more
We’re All Puerto Ricans Now
March 24, 2020
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It was early on in the Trump presidency when Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico. We watched in angry horror as the vicious combination of Trump’s ineptitude, pettiness, narcissism, corruption, and callous disregard for human life were on full display in his non-response. He shot off angry tweets at San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz. He … Read more
(UPDATED) Arizona Mayors ask Governor Ducey for Guidance and Assistance during the Coronavirus
March 24, 2020
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Earlier today Mayors Gerry Anaya of Somerton, Coral Evans of Flagstaff, Thomas McCauley of Winslow, Regina Romero of Tucson, and Ana Tovar of Tolleson sent a letter (see the link to the letter at the end of the article) to Governor Doug Ducey asking for: Additional guidance on what is considered nonessential services in the … Read more
Hillary Clinton would have Handled the Coronavirus Differently
March 24, 2020
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Imagine an alternate reality where there was no Electoral College and Hillary Clinton won the Presidential Election in 2016. Fast forward to 2020 and the first stirrings of a new virus in China are making their way to the Pandemic Team on Clinton’s National Security Council. What would a Hillary Clinton Presidency have done? Probably … Read more
Republican ‘death panels’ – let millions of Americans die to fix the economy
March 24, 2020
Today’s headlines tell a disturbing story of gross incompetence and indifference to human life. Reuters reports, U.S. has potential of becoming coronavirus epicenter, says WHO: The United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic due to a “very large acceleration” in infections there, the World Health Organization said on … Read more
