There has been quite a lot of activity in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary in recent days. Two governors have entered the race. Some big names expected to enter the race have announced that they are not running for president in 2020. And more are still contemplating entering the race. Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper … Read more
You may have missed this because it got lost in all the chaotic insanity last week coming out of Washington, D.C., but Congress just blew past the federal debt ceiling limit it had agreed to suspend until March 2. Congress voted in February 2018 to suspend the debt limit through March 1, 2019, as part of the … Read more
The Hill reports that Democrats are ready to vote on their top legislative priority this week, H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019, a hallmark of their 2018 midterm campaigns and the legislation that was formally introduced on the first day of the new Congress. This week: House Democrats poised to pass sweeping … Read more
Republicans have long used their party’s opposition to abortion as a rallying cry and a way to turn out their base voters. The emerging 2020 GOP strategy is a culture war to make abortion the core issue. Trump and Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as radical on abortion: A key component of the strategy: painting … Read more
By Michael Bryan I recently read an interview with author Luis Alberto Urrea in the Tucson Weekly’s coverage of the upcoming Tucson Festival of Books and was struck by what Mr. Urrea said about the border wall in Nogales. It is applicable to the entire project of building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico: … Read more