More Than Two Decades of Republican Rule In Texas Has Made It a ‘Failed State’
February 18, 2021
After New York and New Jersey were struck by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, 31 Senate Republicans Opposed Sandy Relief After Supporting Disaster Aid For Their Home States. Also, More than 20 Texas representatives and senators voted against Sandy aid, including Senator John Cornyn and Senator Ted Cruz. Now Texas is suffering from an Arctic winter … Read more
GQP: Minimum Wage is Bad, but Maximum Tax Cuts are Good
February 18, 2021
A recent letter writer in the Arizona Daily Star complained that if the federal minimum wage bill goes through ($15 an hour), a fast-food worker in a small town will make $30,000 a year and that this will be almost as much as a teacher or nurse. Unfortunately, the letter writer didn’t understand that because … Read more
Next Up for the Biden/Harris Administration and the Country: Immigration and Infrastructure
February 18, 2021
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While the Biden/Harris Administration and Congress are still negotiating the COVID relief measure, the American Rescue Act, they are also readying two other major legislative proposals on Immigration and Infrastructure for Congress to consider. The Immigration Reform Bill called the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 will be introduced in Congress today (February 18, 2021) by … Read more
Anti-democratic Arizona Rethuglicans Lead The Nation In Voter Suppression Measures
February 18, 2021
Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, branded Arizona “the meth lab of democracy” (in 2010). Nothing has changed in over a decade. Many of the Republican “cooks” in that meth lab unbelievably are still serving in the Arizona legislature. “No state is considering more bills to restrict voting rights than Arizona, where activists … Read more
America’s Future: Trillionaire Trust Fund Babies?
February 17, 2021
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Billionaire wealth is exploding. They’re passing that wealth to heirs and heiresses virtually tax-free. [Distributed via OtherWords.org] History doesn’t repeat itself, but sometimes, as the old saw goes, it rhymes. Take this year’s Forbes 400. If you listen close enough, you can hear echoes of the first Forbes list back in 1982 — you just have to turn it … Read more
Texans Need Leaders That Believe in Science and Clean Energy
February 17, 2021
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There have been examples in history of people in or aspiring to be in “leading” positions of authority who have lied by scapegoating minority groups to blame for society’s ills. The state leaders of Texas like current Governor Greg Abbot and former conservatives may the first “leaders” to spread the big lie of blaming clean … Read more
Arizona House Votes To Criminalize Public Protests (Just For Black Lives Matter)
February 17, 2021
Update to Why Policing Reform Is So Vitally Necessary (excerpt): Which brings me to this authoritarian Rethuglican in the Arizona Republican Sedition Party who wants to criminalize public protests (like Black Lives Matter) and to punish cities that “defund the police” (repurpose funds for mental heath, social services, and conflict resolution). Maybe we should first … Read more
Debbie Lesko Steps in It with Anti Hispanic Remarks at a House Hearing on COVID Vaccine Distribution
February 17, 2021
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The residents of Arizona House Congressional District (CD) Eight should be embarrassed and done with Debbie what is my name today Lesko. At a House hearing earlier this week on vaccine distribution plans, the CD Eight Trump Zone and Fox Island resident said: “I worked with people that are Hispanic. I mean they’re very good … Read more
