President Joe Biden used a presentation on the looming debt limit crisis to place the blame for this potential financial catastrophe on the political party that is doing the bidding of America’s enemies: the former Party of Lincoln that is led by the twice impeached Donald Trump, Moscow Mitch Enemy of the People McConnell, and … Read more
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver nailed it last night. NSFW language (hey, it’s John Oliver).
Background: Greta Garbo was a Swedish-born American film star of the silent era. Louis B. Mayer, chief executive of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), brought her to Hollywood in 1925. With Garbo’s first “talkie” film, Anna Christie (1930), MGM marketers enticed the public with the tagline “Garbo talks!” Garbo’s most famous movie quote was delivered in the 1932 … Read more
Lincoln Mitchell, who teaches in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, writes at CNN, Manchin and Sinema are hurting their party more than any Republican ever could: After a failed, all-day scramble to get the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed on Thursday, President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda is in jeopardy … Read more
In another farsighted move designed to reduce carbon emissions eighty percent in Tucson by 2035 and invest in clean energy, the City introduced five electric buses to its public transportation fleet on September 30, 2021. Tucson Mayor Regina Romero attended the introduction of the electric buses, posting on social media: Today would not have been … Read more