Tariff Man’s US-China trade war threatens to tank the economy
August 6, 2019
While the nation is transfixed with the tragedy of two mass shootings over the weekend, and the failure of our white nationalist president and his enablers in Congress to address white terrorism and gun violence with any serious legislation, you may have missed that Trump’s trade wars took a turn for the worse on Monday. … Read more
Mitch McConnell at Fancy Farm forum: eliminationist images on America’s deadly weekend (Updated)
August 5, 2019
On Monday, a picture appeared on Instagram, apparently taken by a group of young men supporting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the Fancy Farm, Kentucky political picnic. Young Mitch McConnell supporters pose for a photo strangling a cardboard cutout of AOC: The picture showed them gathered around a cardboard cutout of Rep. Alexandria … Read more
Fourth Republican joins ‘Texodus’ from Congress – is Texas in play?
August 5, 2019
Representative Kenny Marchant of Texas announced on Monday that he plans to retire, becoming the fourth Republican House member from Texas in recent weeks to head for the exits rather than face re-election in 2020 in a state that is rapidly becoming more competitive. A Fourth Texas Republican Congressman Will Retire in 2020: Rep. Marchant, … Read more
Donald Trump failed the moral test of leadership today
August 5, 2019
Remember when Barack Obama’s longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, made incendiary remarks about the United States and its treatment of blacks in sermons? A video included him saying, “God damn America” and characterizing the Sept. 11 attacks as “America’s chickens … coming home to roost.” Oh my God, the conservative media entertainment complex went batshit … Read more
When will it ever End? Arizona Democrats speak out on the Senseless Tragedies of Mass Shootings
August 5, 2019
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Today is the 216th day of the year. There have been 251 mass shootings so far this year. There were four in the last week in California, Mississippi, Texas, and Ohio. That means that there has been, statistically speaking, more than one mass shooting every day. There have been 2,191 Mass Shootings since the horrific … Read more
Indigenous Peoples Day on August 10
August 5, 2019
https://www.facebook.com/events/2425108304390817/ Indigenous Alliance Without Borders (Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras) Presents: World Indigenous Peoples Day “Join us in a community celebration of the Alianza Anniversary, and a community dialogue of honoring our Indigenous languages. 225 East 26th St, Tucson AZ August 10th 5pm – 10pm. Speakers/Presenters: Blessing by Austin Nunez, Tohono O’odham, Chairman of San Xavier … Read more
Do This if You’re Sick of Gun Violence
August 4, 2019
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Nine dead in Dayton today. Twenty dead in El Paso yesterday. Three dead in Gilroy, California a week ago. America has entered a period of madness. Aren’t you sick of gun violence? I’m sick of it. It’s happening because anyone who wants a gun can get one. The problem is not video games or crazy … Read more
Call Congress back in session to address white supremacist terrorism in America
August 4, 2019
FBI Director Christopher Wray recently testified before a Congressional hearing that White Supremacists are a major cause of domestic terrorism. Most domestic terrorists come from the white supremacist, anti-abortion, anti-government, and militia movements. Last Sunday, a gunman opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, an annual summer festival in the city of Gilroy, California, located … Read more
