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Bannon’s Dilemma: Accepting Trump’s Pardon Means Admitting Guilt
February 19, 2021
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, who is prosecuting Donald Trump for tax and bank fraud, is considering bringing a case against Steve Bannon, whom he indicted for federal tax fraud in August and who was pardoned by Trump on his last night in office. Trump frantically deliberated over whether to issue Bannon a pardon, which
Lawless Authoritarian Rethuglican Senators Declare Themselves Above The Law
February 19, 2021
Update to Authoritarian Rethuglicans In The Arizona Legislature To Decide That They Are Above The Law (excerpt): Republican senators, having been thwarted in their efforts to arrest the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, have dreamed up a new plan for how to get their hands on the county’s ballots from the November election. Simply pass a
Arizona Republicans are the Party of Autocracy, Big Lies, and Voter Suppression
February 18, 2021
It should be clear to Arizonans by now that there is only one major political party committed to Democracy, reality, and maintaining/expanding voter access. It is not the Republican Party in case there is still confusion. Since the 2020 Presidential Election, members of the former Party of Lincoln in Arizona have: Engaged in spreading false
More Than Two Decades of Republican Rule In Texas Has Made It a ‘Failed State’
February 18, 2021
After New York and New Jersey were struck by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, 31 Senate Republicans Opposed Sandy Relief After Supporting Disaster Aid For Their Home States. Also, More than 20 Texas representatives and senators voted against Sandy aid, including Senator John Cornyn and Senator Ted Cruz. Now Texas is suffering from an Arctic winter
GQP: Minimum Wage is Bad, but Maximum Tax Cuts are Good
February 18, 2021
A recent letter writer in the Arizona Daily Star complained that if the federal minimum wage bill goes through ($15 an hour), a fast-food worker in a small town will make $30,000 a year and that this will be almost as much as a teacher or nurse. Unfortunately, the letter writer didn’t understand that because
Next Up for the Biden/Harris Administration and the Country: Immigration and Infrastructure
February 18, 2021
While the Biden/Harris Administration and Congress are still negotiating the COVID relief measure, the American Rescue Act, they are also readying two other major legislative proposals on Immigration and Infrastructure for Congress to consider. The Immigration Reform Bill called the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 will be introduced in Congress today (February 18, 2021) by
Anti-democratic Arizona Rethuglicans Lead The Nation In Voter Suppression Measures
February 18, 2021
Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, branded Arizona “the meth lab of democracy” (in 2010). Nothing has changed in over a decade. Many of the Republican “cooks” in that meth lab unbelievably are still serving in the Arizona legislature. “No state is considering more bills to restrict voting rights than Arizona, where activists
America’s Future: Trillionaire Trust Fund Babies?
February 17, 2021
Billionaire wealth is exploding. They’re passing that wealth to heirs and heiresses virtually tax-free. [Distributed via OtherWords.org] History doesn’t repeat itself, but sometimes, as the old saw goes, it rhymes. Take this year’s Forbes 400. If you listen close enough, you can hear echoes of the first Forbes list back in 1982 — you just have to turn it
