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This May Be a Great Day for Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico
May 26, 2026
When the history of the 2026 Midterms is written, historians may point to the Donald Trump endorsement of ethically flawed, morally bankrupt, and criminally corrupt MAGA-loving and Trump Mini Me Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his primary runoff campaign victory over MAGA-lite incumbent Senator John Cornyn as the turning point on the road to
Congress Flees Town in the Face of Hard Decisions. Our Juan Ciscomani Goes, Too.
May 24, 2026
(Photo credits: TheHill.com and Arizona Daily Star) In 1814 the US government fled Washington, DC, while the British Army sacked and burned the buildings of the nation’s capital. President James Madison, congressmen, and the other leaders soon returned, however, and took steps to end the War of 1812. From an overall viewpoint, the war was
Get a Petition and Break the Mass Deportation Machine
May 24, 2026
“I was kidnapped,” said Karla Toledo when vicious ICE goons in black masks illegally broke down her front door. ICE had no search warrant, and Karla had no criminal record, yet she was thrown into the deadly Eloy Detention Prison for four days. Why? She was a DACA recipient who grew up in the U.S.
Where’s All that Oil from Venezuela?
May 24, 2026
Now that the U.S. is “running” Venezuela after spending $4.7 billion on “Operation Southern Spear” to steal the country’s oil – where the heck is it? It’s not turning up as gasoline at your corner gas station. Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven reserves, the largest in the world. That’s one-fifth of the world’s
Mayor Kate Gallego and Phoenix City Council Members Unanimously Pass Budget Focused on Affordability
May 20, 2026
With the unanimous passage of its city budget, Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council have signaled that, after 12 public hearings, they are listening to the people’s concerns about affordability and have built a fiscal plan focused on food assistance, childcare, housing opportunities, and combating extreme heat. Among the budget provisions that achieve
Affordability? We Sure Can’t Afford Donald, Pete, and Juan’s Version
May 20, 2026
Photo source: William Hancock blog at Substack.com A major theme in the United States, that of “affordability,” the chances of the average American coping with rising prices, is being overwhelmed by the attention to the misbegotten Iran War. (We call it “Donald, Pete and Juan’s War” after the impulsive but confused president who started




