National Politics

While Trump wants to take Your Health Insurance Away during a Pandemic, Joe Biden wants to make it Better, pledging to be a President “that will Care”

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500,000 Americans enrolled in the Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) marketplaces during the pandemic after their employers let them go. These were in states that run their own health care exchanges. Unfortunately for Arizona, they could not let any people enroll during this period because they are part of the federal exchange and Donald Trump cruelly … Read more

SCOTUS: a bad day for asylum seekers

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One week after its surprising DACA ruling, the Supreme Court today proved that its sympathies for immigrants seeking better lives are still limited. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, legal analysts for Slate explain, The Supreme Court Doesn’t See Asylum-Seekers as People (excerpt): In a 7–2 ruling, the justices approved the Trump administration’s draconian interpretation … Read more

Is Donald Trump a Killer? You Judge

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Colleague Larry Bodine published this video from MediaTouch called “Trump Kills US” on the Blog for Arizona social media. Please watch below: Fellow Blogger AZ Blue Meanie shared this commentary from Charles Blow of the New York Times titled “Can we call Trump a Killer?” Is Donald Trump a killer? He has never led a … Read more

Why Are Protesters Pulling Down Our Statues?

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A lot of people are upset by protesters pulling down or defacing public statues of and memorials to Confederate figures, and even of historical persons who espoused racists views, or who owned slaves. Even some readers of this blog have revealed deep ambivalence about this movement. Many Americans are confused and angry that Black Lives … Read more