The Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington this Saturday
June 19, 2020
While all of the media will focus their attention on Donald Trump’s Nuremberg-style death cult rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma tomorrow, where his disastrous failures of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic, the collapsing economy, and systemic racism in America will all collide — the media are the lookie-loos who crane their necks to check out this train … Read more
The Republican Party is the New Know Nothing Party
June 19, 2020
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Professor Erika Lee’s recent work: America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States is highly recommended reading for this moment in time. In the book, Dr. Lee gives a thorough summary of the emergence of the Know-Nothing Party (also known as the American Party and Order of the Star-Spangled Banner.) The Know-Nothing Party … Read more
‘Juneteenth’ should be a federal holiday (add two more holidays)
June 19, 2020
Most American students have been taught in their K-12 American history classes that the Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to the Union’s General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. But it would be more than 16 months before President … Read more
SETTLED: Arizona’s Election Day Deadline For RECEIVING Mailed In Ballots Remains… For 2020, At Least
June 19, 2020
Arizona and Democratic groups finalized the settlement of a lawsuit challenging the law that mail-in ballots must be received by 7pm on Election Day. The Democratic Party said that the ballots should be accepted and counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day (and received within five days after). The E-Day receipt deadline … Read more
Thoughts on Veepstakes; It is still about who is ready to be President on Day One
June 19, 2020
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With the unfortunate withdrawals of Senators Amy Klobuchar and Catherine Cortez Masto from the 2020 Veepstakes, this appears to be the current list of potential Vice President options for Democratic Nominee Joe Biden. Stacey Abrams Senator Tammy Baldwin Representative Val Demings Senator Tammy Duckworth Senator Maggie Hassan Senator Kamala Harris Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms … Read more
Maricopa County Attorney Candidate Will Knight discusses Law Enforcement Reform
June 19, 2020
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Running to become the next Maricopa County Attorney, Will Knight is campaigning in part on the need for law enforcement reform. This issue has become vital in the last month with the police murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Dion Johnson, and Rayshard Brooks. Democrats and Republicans have composed plans to address this important issue. … Read more
Please help get the Second Chance and Invest in Ed Initiatives on the November Ballot
June 19, 2020
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Voters, if they have not already, have 13 days to sign petitions to get the Second Chance and Invest in Ed initiatives The Second Chance Initiative, if passed this November, would enable nonviolent prisoners to earn release credits towards leaving prison after serving 50 percent of their sentences, provide for sentencing reform for nonviolent offenders, … Read more
If he becomes the next Pima County Attorney, Jonathan Mosher wants to help enact Law Enforcement Reform
June 19, 2020
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The question is not if law enforcement reform will come to Arizona and the country. With the recent events that have occurred in Phoenix, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and the protests across the county, It undoubtedly will. The real questions are when it will become law and to what extent this legislation (either in Arizona or in … Read more
