Congress urges Supreme Court not to delay House committees’ access to President Trump’s financial records (updated)
December 12, 2019
Lawyers for Congress urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday not to delay House committees’ access to President Trump’s financial records, saying the information could be crucial to investigating foreign involvement in American politics and legislative protections for next year’s elections. House asks Supreme Court not to delay access to Trump’s financial records, citing threat to … Read more
Federal court blocks theft of military funds to build Trump’s border wall
December 12, 2019
Donald Trump’s long losing streak in the courts over his “big beautiful wall” on the Mexico border continues. The New York Times reports, Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction Blocking Border Wall Funding: A federal court in Texas issued a nationwide injunction late on Tuesday preventing the Trump administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds … Read more
Court allows lawsuit to proceed for records of Trump’s private meetings with his pal Putin
December 12, 2019
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to toss out a lawsuit over missing notes documenting President Donald Trump’s face-to-face meetings with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Judge rejects government’s motion to toss suit over missing Trump-Putin meeting notes: American Oversight and Democracy Forward, a pair of left-leaning nonpartisan watchdog groups, sued … Read more
‘Rootin’ for Putin’ Republicans again fail to secure U.S. elections from Russian interference
December 12, 2019
“Moscow Mitch” McConnell, “the Grim Reaper” of the Senate “graveyard” where bills go to die on his whim, has for the past year sought to prevent any of the election security bills — several of them with broad bipartisan support — designed to deter Russian interference in the 2020 election to come to a formal … Read more
The State needs to Fully Fund Public School Safety Needs
December 12, 2019
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On December 13, the State Board of Education will consider the Department of Education recommendations for close to 400 school safety grant applications for either new counselors, school resource officers, or social workers. According to reporting from AZ Central, the schools that received grant funding recommendations will be able to provide for “148 counselors, 118 … Read more
Greta Thunberg is Time’s Person of the Year, jealous Donald Trump flips out
December 12, 2019
Oh boy, the flat-earth climate change deniers are going to be “triggered” over Time Magazine‘s Person of the Year. Greta Thunberg: TIME’s Person of the Year 2019: That Greta Thunberg is the youngest individual ever named TIME’s Person of the Year says as much about the moment as it does about her. The 92-year-old franchise is … Read more
Impeaching The Party of Trump: ‘A Clear and Present Danger to Our Free and Fair Elections and to Our National Security’
December 11, 2019
Now that the House Judiciary Committee has settled on two articles of impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, there are only two questions that every member of Congress must answer: Is it OK for a president of the United States (and his political party) to solicit a foreign government to interfere in … Read more
Flagstaff Mayor Coral Evans is campaigning to become the next Legislative District Six State Rep.
December 11, 2019
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Flagstaff Mayor Coral Evans has devoted her professional life to serving the public. Prior to becoming Mayor in 2016, Ms. Evans, who still lives in the Flagstaff house her grandfather built in 1942, has served as: Member of the Flagstaff City Council. The Executive Director of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association The Vice President of Mission … Read more
