Hobbs, Gallego, and Sundareshan Comment on Colorado River Water Supply Negotiations
People who say global warming is not a major concern should have gathered at a January 30 meeting of the seven states dependent on water from the Colorado River. They would have had a rude awakening in reality. At that meeting, hosted by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, most of the Governors from the Upper Colorado … Read more
Juan Ciscomani Says He’s Saving Our Border, But He’s Fueling Terror Instead
A brave Minnesotan faces down Juan Ciscomani’s thugs on the streets of Minneapolis. (Photo credit: Arthur Maiorella via Getty Images) Congressman Juan Ciscomani crowed last week about funding the Department of Homeland Security for another year. The budget bill, he said, was “critical to securing our border and supporting the men and women on the … Read more
Corruption and Misconduct at ICE and CBP is Far Worse than You Think
Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005, according to journalist and historian Garrett Graff. Now we know where the Proud Boys, Three Percenters and the Boogaloo Bois have gone. In total, according to CBP’s own disciplinary reports, … Read more
URGENT ACTION: Board of Supervisors to vote on ICE Detention Center Tomorrow, TUESDAY FEB. 3rd!
You can add your voice and presence to this key issue before the Pima BoS to resist ICE’s invasion and occuption of Tucson. Mobilize Signup Link. Also to be discussed is restricting use of County property by ICE.
Arizona Congressional Democrats React to the Arrest of Journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon
With Donald Trump, no basic freedom enshrined in the Bill of Rights is safe. That includes the Freedom of the Press. Days after the courts refused to grant an arrest warrant, the Trump Fascist Injustice Department went ahead and arrested local writer Georgia Fort and former CNN journalist Don Lemon under the ludicrous charge that … Read more
Arizona Republicans Sure Love a Good Fantasy
Arizona has real problems. Relentless heat. Shrinking water supplies. Homelessness. A housing crunch. A healthcare system under strain. A climate that is becoming increasingly hostile to human life. So naturally, Republicans in the Arizona Legislature choose to look busy by pretending to worry about imaginary threats in the sky. This session, Republican lawmakers are advancing … Read more
Federal Agents Who Murdered Alex Pretti Are Identified
According to Pro Publica, the two ICE agents who murdered Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, as the shooters during the vicious murder of Pretti last weekend … Read more
While Arizona and National Republicans Take Freedoms Away and Defend ICE, Democrats Work to Save Working and Middle Class Rights and Affordability
Arizona Legislative Republicans are back at it at the State Capitol, playing the same old MAGA-White Nationalist-Religious Extremist broken records of voting suppression and taking away reproductive freedom, sponsoring measures designed to take people’s rights away in both areas. In both chambers, Arizona Republicans want to circumvent a probable Gubernatorial veto by sending a ballot … Read more
