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
In perhaps their best ad yet that demonstrates both the failure of Donald Trump and the benefits of a Joe Biden Presidency, the Lincoln Project unveiled their latest video called “How a President Leads.” The one minute video starts with how past modern Presidents dealt with national tragedies with a background text of “Our Presidents … Read more
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
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
Arizona Democratic Leaders at the State Legislature have released the economic and social justice policy initiatives to combat the socioeconomic effects of the Coronavirus they would like to pursue when Governor Ducey decides to call a special session this summer. Broken into the sections of a Stronger Arizona, Strong Schools, Healthy Communities, Indigenous Peoples, and … Read more