The GOP Is A Propaganda Party – And One Big Grift
November 30, 2020
I have argued for years that the Republican Party has ceased to function as a normal political party in any traditional sense. The Republican Party no longer engages in public policy – other than more tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals – nor does it demonstrate any interest in responsible and effective management of the … Read more
(UPDATED) President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Formally Announce Nominees for Their Economic Team
November 30, 2020
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Continuing to create an historic White House team that looks like America, President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris formally announced some of the names of Nominees to their Economic Team. These names had mostly been reported yesterday. The nominees are: Heather Boushey: Member of the Council of Economic Advisors. Cecilia Rouse: Chair of the … Read more
Tell the Pima Supervisors: We Want Background Checks at the Gun Show
November 30, 2020
During a surging pandemic, Crossroads of the West Gun Show returned to Pima County Fairgrounds last weekend. It brought together indoors hundreds of people, milling from tables of AR-15s, to shelves of revolvers, to racks of high capacity magazines and cases of AK-47s. But the truth is that this show has never been safe for … Read more
AZ GOP Search For ‘Massive’ Voter Fraud Is Equivalent Of Searching For Bigfoot
November 30, 2020
Outgoing Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA) has some advice for Arizona’s QAnon cult member Republican legislators searching for the elusive “massive” voter fraud that Donald Trump falsely claims to exist. What hunting Bigfoot taught a Republican congressman about politics: There was a time in Denver Riggleman’s life when he sat on the banks of a creek … Read more
President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris Announce the First All Women White House Communications Team
November 29, 2020
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President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris continue to create a White House staff and cabinet that looks like America. Today, they announced their historic White House Communications Team. It is historic because they are all women. The Biden/Harris White House Communications Team Members are: Elizabeth Alexander: Communications Director for Dr. Jill Biden. Kate … Read more
SCOTUS Grants Special Treatment to Churches For Coronavirus Public Health Restrictions
November 29, 2020
When the government does something that it doesn’t want the public to pay too much attention, it announces it in a Friday night news dump. If it occurs on a Friday before a long holiday weekend, even better. The U.S. Supreme Court has clearly learned this tactic. A few minutes before midnight on Wednesday, before the … Read more
In her Interview with Donald Trump, Maria Bartiromo shows Journalists What Not to Do
November 29, 2020
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Saying “the facts are on your side,” “this is about America,” “this is disgusting. We cannot allow America’s election to be corrupted,” Fox Television “Journalist” Maria Bartiromo provided 2016 and 2020 Popular Vote Loser Donald Trump with a platform this morning (November 29, 2020) to vent his discredited allegations of fraud in the November 3 … Read more
Preview of SCOTUS Argument on Census Case: Trump v. New York
November 29, 2020
President Donald Trump’s memorandum to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to exclude people living in the country illegally from the 2020 Census population count used to apportion congressional seats is headed for a Supreme Court showdown on Monday in Trump v. New York. This is a fundamental element of minority rule by Republicans: shift congressional seats away from … Read more
