On Oct. 19, 2021 three ACLUs (New Mexico, Arizona, San Diego/Imperial Counties) presented an online panel discussion on the US/Mexico border militarization and the viewing of the border film “Undeterred” (filmed mostly in Arivaca, Arizona, but also Ajo, Arizona). “Border residents and activists joined together this afternoon to talk about how we can resist militarization … Read more
MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY STARTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 | REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson Until further notice, The Loft Cinema will require ALL customers, employees, and volunteers, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks while visiting its campus. Masks may be removed while seated and actively eating or … Read more
Fox News contributor Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of Donald Trump (Eric Trump’s wife), urged Americans living on the Mexico-U.S. border to “arm up and get guns and be ready” to use potentially lethal force amid a recent surge in border crossings by refugees from Central America. Salon reports, Lara Trump calls on Texans and Arizonans to “get … Read more
Michelle Goldberg at the New York Times writes, Sinema and Manchin’s Nihilistic Bipartisanship: We are in the eye of the storm of American democratic collapse. There is, outwardly, a feeling of calm. The Biden administration is competent and placid. The coronavirus emergency is receding nationally, if not internationally. Donald Trump, once the most powerful man … Read more
To distract Americans from the violent MAGA/QAnon insurrection and failed coup d’etat to overthrow American democracy on January 6, Republican politicians and their propagandists in the conservative media entertainment complex began harping on the one issue that motivates the white nationalists base of the GQP: there was a “border crisis” of brown people invading America … Read more