Trump’s trade war with China and economic mismanagement raises risk of recession
August 23, 2019
Mr. “trade wars are easy to win” is blowing up the world’s economy with his 19th Century trade war with China, and is ensuring a global recession. The day began with Beijing’s announcement that it would levy new tariffs on $75 billion in goods, including reinstated levies on auto products, starting this fall. It all … Read more
Update: To save American democracy, fight the radical Christian Right
August 23, 2019
On Wednesday, Donald Trump for all appearances was suffering from a messianic “God complex,” approvingly retweeting a right-wing conspiracy theorist who said Trump is the ‘King of the Jews‘, ‘King of Israel’, and ‘The Second Coming of God’. Trump himself, while turning to look up to the heavens, later claimed “I am the Chosen One.” This … Read more
The cruelty is the point: new Trump policy to detain migrant children ‘indefinitely’
August 22, 2019
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a proposal to detain undocumented families together indefinitely, replacing the 1997 Flores settlement agreement that set a 20-day limit for holding children, with President Donald Trump saying it would discourage migrants from coming to the US. Because the cruelty is the point. Trump administration to allow longer detention of … Read more
House Committee on Ways and Means moves for summary judgment on Trump tax returns
August 22, 2019
In a memorandum filed in support of a motion for summary judgment on Aug. 20, the House Committee on Ways and Means argued that the committee must obtain President Trump’s tax returns in order to continue its oversight of and investigation into Trump’s financial records. House Ways and Means Invokes ‘Centuries’ of Congressional Oversight in … Read more
AG Brnovich hires notorious ‘voter fraud’ alarmist for new ‘elections integrity unit’
August 22, 2019
You may recall that back in late May, Republicans in the Arizona legislature inserted into the state budget $530,000 for a “voter fraud unit” in the Attorney General’s office. AZ House approves pissing away public funds on GOP ‘voter fraud’ fraud: Mark Brnovich According to the office of Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, the … Read more
What is the loud sound you hear in Greenland? Arizona Congressional Democratic Candidates React to it.
August 22, 2019
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What is the loud sound you hear in Greenland? No, it is not the 2016 Popular Vote Loser pouting about how “nasty” the Danish Prime Minister was to him for refusing to entertain his idea for purchasing the ice packed island. He did that on the White House Lawn yesterday when he was not proclaiming … Read more
Donald Trump’s anti-Semitic ‘dual loyalty’ trope was actually a threat (Updated)
August 21, 2019
Earlier this year, the Republican Jewish Coalition, which receives substantial funding from corrupt casino mogul and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, strategized what they called a “Jexodus” of Jewish voters from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party “with an aggressive campaign painting Trump — who has himself faced accusations of stoking anti-Semitism —as an [unquestioning] … Read more
