Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego moves to help the Homeless and Promote Affordable Housing
March 11, 2020
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According to a January 2019 count; Phoenix has a homeless population of approximately 6600 people. A significant portion (about a third according to Phoenix Rescue Mission data about Maricopa County) of the homeless are families with children. Many of these people are sleeping in shelters, in tent encampments, or on the cold or … Read more
More Transparency in #AZ Commerce Authority Tax Giveaway Deals Is Needed (video)
March 10, 2020
Today’s video is about HB2409, small business investment tax credit extension. This is also known as the Angel Investor Tax Credit. In the big scheme of tax giveaways in the state of Arizona, this one is sort of small potatoes dollar wise, but I still have issues. It is an extension if $2.5 million per … Read more
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules for House on grand jury materials and unredacted Mueller Report
March 10, 2020
Last week Judge Reggie B. Walton sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr’s handling of the report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, saying that Mr. Barr put forward a “distorted” and “misleading” account of its findings and lacked credibility before the court. The judge ordered the Department of Justice to privately show … Read more
The Saudi Arabia-Russia oil war against U.S. oil producers
March 10, 2020
Two of Donald Trump’s favorite autocrat buddies, Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Vladimir Putin of Russia, have decided to engage in a price war over oil in an effort to capture market share in Asia, and to force American shale oil producers out of business to reduce American market share. Nice … Read more
(UPDATED) Science Denying Reactionaries Exposed to Coronavirus During CPAC Conference
March 10, 2020
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Two weeks ago, Trump Zone Resident and Fox Island reactionaries gathered at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) gathering to celebrate conservative causes, espouse fringe principles, and happily salute the 2016 KKK Endorsed Candidate (Donald Trump.) It was also an opportunity to attack Democrats and the media for overblowing the significance of the Coronavirus. … Read more
#AZLeg Should Add Coronavirus Prevention & Control to Budget (video)
March 10, 2020
The Coronavirus is spreading rapidly in some US states, including Arizona. Let’s put this contagion into perspective. One man in New York has been linked to 28 cases of Coronavirus. Last week, we heard about Coronavirus in one senior living facility in the Seattle area; one week later, there are Coronavirus cases in nine senior living … Read more
Coronavirus pandemic exposes the next financial crisis: leveraged debt
March 10, 2020
Wall Street took a beating Monday as collapsing oil prices and fears about the impact of the coronavirus almost nudged the American economy out of the longest bull market in history, exactly 11 years to the day since it began. Dow closes with decline of 2,000 points, almost ending 11-year bull market. The Dow Jones … Read more
Is it Too Early to Start Veepstakes in the Democratic Party; May the best Woman Win
March 10, 2020
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With the Democratic Presidential Contest down to two over 75-year-old white men, several political journalists and pundits have already started to speculate on who Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders would pick as their Vice President. The Vice Presidency, since the time of Walter Mondale, has been an increasingly important position in the United States Government. … Read more
