UPDATE 5/15: Reuters reports: The first batch of 100 test cases of criminal tresspass against undocumented immigrants crossing the US/Mexico border into newly designated National Defense Areas (discussed below), alleged by the Administration to be part of military bases, have been dismissed for lacking probable cause for the arrests. The court ruled that the arrestees … Read more
In a letter to the Chairpersons and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and 15 other state chief executives urged Congressional members to fully fund the national pre-school program Head Start. Head Start serves 17,000 children in Arizona. Since Trump returned to office, he and his MAGA Republican … Read more
Welcome to America’s hottest new reality game: Tank the Economy: Medicaid Edition. The rules are simple: Step 1: Propose massive cuts to Medicaid. Step 2: Funnel the savings into tax breaks for billionaires. Step 3: Watch hospitals collapse, ERs overflow, and working families get crushed. Step 4: Don’t even bother to hide the greed. This … Read more
Photo by Kacey Montgomery. At the demonstration against Avelo Airlines rendition flights on Monday May 12, and at other similar events, I have often heard the question “who are these people” voiced about those who wear masks and no name badges, abduct people off streets, shackle them like animals, and march them onto a plane … Read more
Center-left organizations Center for American Progress and Third Way have both released statements and reports critiquing the MAGA Republican budget and tax reconciliation bill making its way through House Committees the last two days as a cruel attack on working and middle class families, especially the nation’s most vulnerable. In the conclusion of their report … Read more