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The Phoenix City Council Takes 27 million steps to Fight Homelessness
April 28, 2020
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Mayor Kate Gallego and the other members of the Phoenix City Council took vital steps on April 21, 2020, to assist the approximately 6600 people who do not have a home to live in. After introducing plans to combat homelessness in March, they unanimously approved approximately $27 million of funds that will go towards assisting … Read more
If Elected, Joe Biden will have to Create a Team that will Govern
April 28, 2020
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In the increasing likelihood Joe Biden becomes President of the United States on January 20, 2021, he will not be short on examples of what and what not to do when taking charge of the country. Twentieth-Century United States History provides two such examples from Democratic Presidents. Margaret McMillan’s 1919, Roberta Strauss Feuerlich’s America’s Reign … Read more
AZ Sen: Poetic Justice in the Offing?
April 28, 2020
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It’s hard to find much to cheer about these days, but there is the Arizona Senate race. I love seeing justice done, but I especially love poetic justice. And maybe, just maybe, we could see a little of that in November. Flash back to 2018. An ailing, terminally ill John McCain, no longer physically able … Read more
The Trump death cult
April 28, 2020
Donald Trump does not seem to appreciate nor care that as the “Dear Leader” of a personality cult, his mindless sycophant cult members hang on his every word. And when he gives “advice” on miracle cures for the coronavirus, these damn fools listen to him. After Trump touted the anti-malaria drug chloroquine as a coronavirus … Read more
Veterans Facilities in the COVID19 Firing Line in AZ and Around the Nation
April 27, 2020
Just one month ago, VA officials were warning that they faced staffing shortages and lack of PPE for safe operations in their veterans’ facilities across the country. As of March 27th, they had confirmed 571 cases of COVID19 among their patients, and 185 among staff. As I write now, one month later on April 28th, … Read more
AZ GOP Chair Dr. Kelli Ward has contempt for health care workers
April 27, 2020
I have often wondered why anyone in their right mind would ever want to be a patient of Doctor Kelli Ward, D.O. (yes, she is an actual doctor), former state senator and Chair of the Arizona Republican Party. She is frequently one of the most extremely offensive and outrageous of the far-right Tea Party yahoos … Read more
SCOTUS upholds ‘Obamacare’ risk corridor payments to insurers
April 27, 2020
There are two cases currently before the U.S. Supreme Court that represent Republican efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare.” Today the U.S. Supreme Court overwhelmingly rejected that Republican effort in the lesser of the two cases, which I believe it is fair to read, in light of tens of thousands of Americans … Read more
What your politicians say and who they say it for.
April 27, 2020
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Project Vote Smart started in 1988 and by 1992 morphed into just Vote Smart (www.votesmart.org). The original founders ranged from Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford to Senators Barry Goldwater and George McGovern, Governor Michael Dukakis and Congresswomyn Pat Schroeder and Geraldine Ferraro. Arizona native Richard Kleindienst, former Nixon U.S. Attorney General, who pled … Read more
