In the latest episode of “Story Hour,” the Lincoln Project reveals, by reading an excerpt from Mary Trump’s book Too Much and Never Enough that Donald Trump’s mother came to the United States in 1930 via “chain migration.” The Presenter than points out that, because the future mother of Mr. Trump was a White Anglo Saxon … Read more
There have been far too many reports and commentaries recently suggesting that Chief Justice John Roberts has become a “liberal” based upon a handful of somewhat surprising opinions this past term. Puh-lease. John Roberts, since his days in the Reagan Justice Department, has first and foremost been an advocate for GOP voter suppression, just like … Read more
There are several ways to find out where your candidates for legislative district office stand on the issues. The obvious first option would be to visit their website and see if they have taken policy positions on topics like education, health care, how to combat COVID 19, and helping children. Another avenue would be to … Read more
Governor Doug Ducey’s weekly coronavirus pandemic briefing is at 3:00 p.m. today. Among other things, the governor must address the expiration of his eviction moratorium next week. Is he going to extend it? Or is he going to allow members of the Arizona Multihousing Association to evict thousands of Arizona tenants beginning next week? the … Read more
When states imposed stay-at-home orders and locked down businesses in the initial stages of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, retail sales fell 8.3 percent in March, and 14.7 percent in April (revised data). Then there was a rush by state’s to reopen in May, followed by Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and Father’s Day weekends. … Read more