A common quote misattributed to Marie Antoinette in Pre Revolutionary France was “Let them eat cake.” Today, on the first day of a government shutdown instigated by Republicans refusing to restore subsidies for people enrolled in the Affordable Care Marketplace, the White House acknowledged that the construction of the new White House Ballroom, funded by … Read more
The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies and mass deportation strategies are not an immigration issue; that’s just a smokescreen for what’s really happening, which is “Ethnic Cleansing”. A literal translation of the Serbo-Croatian phrase etnicko ciscenje, ethnic cleansing, was widely deployed in the 1990s in Yugoslavia. The targets included Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims), Serbs in Croatia, … Read more
Refusing to negotiate in good faith with Democrats. Pathologically lying about Democrats wanting to fund health care for illegal immigrants. Willing to let working and middle class Americans suffer with crippling price increases stemming from the Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, and Rural hospital health care cuts enacted in their Big Ugly Billionaires First Bill. Those … Read more
In early August, the utility company, Arizona Public Service (APS) abandoned their commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050. They also want to raise rates by 14 percent. Fast forward to this last week and there are two more developments, spurred on in part by encouragement from science denying MAGA allies in Washington D.C. and … Read more
So much for America First. Just when you thought he had misplaced priorities with his Big Billionaires First Rob from the Poor and Give to the Rich Bill, spending $200 million for a White House Ballroom only he wants, and forcing the country into a government shutdown while people are starving to death because of … Read more