Donald Trump Has a Long History of Disparaging The U.S. Military
September 7, 2020
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, told CNN his magazine’s story about Donald Trump disparaging Americans who died in battle as “losers” and “suckers,” was just the tip of the iceberg. “I would fully expect more reporting to come out about this and more confirmation and new pieces of information in the coming days and weeks. … Read more
QAnon Cult Supporters Running For The Arizona Legislature
September 7, 2020
Update to Media Notes: QAnon is a ‘Collective Delusion’. It turns out that the Arizona Capitol Times has done the kind of reporting that your local newspapers and TV news readers have not done about QAnon cult members running for office in Arizona this year. Demand that your local news do a better job. Voters … Read more
Anti-government Extremist Militia Types Running For The Arizona Legislature
September 6, 2020
A couple of recent reports deserve wider public attention. First, Politico reports on DHS draft documents: White supremacists are greatest terror threat: White supremacists present the gravest terror threat to the United States, according to a draft report from the Department of Homeland Security. Two later draft versions of the same document — all of … Read more
Media Notes: QAnon is a ‘Collective Delusion’
September 6, 2020
Update to The moral rot of the GOP: it has become a fringe conspiracy QAnon Party: Donald Trump emerged from the fever swamps of fringe right-wing conspiracy theories on the Internet and talk radio to become the leader of the Obama birtherism movement. Somehow this made him popular enough with Republican voters to win him … Read more
Biden and Arizona Democratic Reaction to Trump’s Reported Vile Comments on America’s Bravest
September 6, 2020
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Reaction to Jeffrey Goldberg’s report in the Atlantic that Donald Trump has used vile comments against our bravest who gave their lives for their country and its ideals has met with condemnation from Joe Biden and many in the Democratic Party. Ironically, Republicans, the party supposedly of national defense and security, have not come out … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of September 6, 2020
September 6, 2020
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
Putting ‘Putin First’: a compromised Trump is our greatest national security threat
September 5, 2020
The Washington Post’s conservative columnist Max Boot asks the questions to which Americans should demand an answer: What is it with Trump and Russia? Why is the “America first” president so eager to cater to the anti-American dictator of Russia? That is the central mystery of the Trump administration. Almost every day, there are fresh … Read more
Outrageous: Trump Disparages Fallen American Soldiers
September 5, 2020
I first saw reports Thursday night about an article in The Atlantic by Jeffrey Goldberg about the president’s reaction to and behavior around our country’s war dead and those who have borne the human cost of our conflicts. Goldstein’s article points out one more time just how Mr. Trump’s personality, psychoses, and intellectual limitations disqualify … Read more
