SCOTUS makes it easier for president to fire CFPB director
June 29, 2020
Republicans have been trying for years to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — the brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren — an agency responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. Republicans were unsuccessful in killing the CFPB, but today the Supreme Court did give the president the freedom to fire the CFPB director. Donald … Read more
SCOTUS: abortion rights survived today, but Chief Justice signals openness to overturning Casey (updated)
June 29, 2020
In 2016, the Supreme Court struck down a TRAP law from Texas requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors performing services at abortion clinics in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt. The state of Louisiana then enacted the very same TRAP law as the Texas law already struck down by the high court, for a do-over attempt at … Read more
Joan Greene thinks Andy Biggs is a Reactionary Fascist; He is
June 29, 2020
by
Arizona Congressional District Five House Representative Andy Biggs took to writing an op-ed for the Washington Times. Appearing on June 23, Mr. Biggs presents a picture of America where: Democrats are Marxists and violently going further left. Republicans not sharing his (Biggs) views are wimps for wanting to work with the Democrats and condemn systematic … Read more
“John Lewis: Good Trouble” film about Congressman John Lewis
June 29, 2020
STREAMING RELEASE! JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE STARTS STREAMING FRIDAY, JULY 3 FOR $12 at Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson “Once you purchase an “e-ticket” you will be sent a link & password to view the film. The Loft Cinema will be splitting the revenue with the film’s distributor 50/50. You can watch John … Read more
Suzanne Story wants to bring “Responsible Stewardship” to Maricopa County
June 29, 2020
by
If you live in District Four of Maricopa County (west of 43rd Avenue,) Suzanne Story needs your help on August 4, 2020. Ms. Story is running to become the next County Board Supervisor from that district in the November elections but she needs the residents of that area to write in her name on the … Read more
‘Bounty Gate’: Trump’s Sergeant Schultz defense falls apart under closer scrutiny
June 29, 2020
Raw Story gets to the heart of the scandal: It seems the president has uncovered where the intelligence faltered in the reporting of a Russian bounty on American soldiers. Trump tweeted late Sunday that “Intel” never told him about the story because they didn’t find it “credible” enough to tell him. [However] intelligence officials believed … Read more
Trump responds to ‘Bounty Gate’ with the Sergeant Schultz defense: ‘I know nothing!’
June 28, 2020
Donald Trump, when he is in trouble, routinely defends with “I barely knew the guy” … “I never met him” … “I don’t know anything about it” … or just last weekend, “I’m not involved” with the firing of Manhattan US attorney Geoffrey Berman, that was “all up to the attorney general.” Trump’s statement came minutes after Attorney General … Read more
In its latest Digital Ad “Debt,” the Lincoln Project condemns Trump for Sacrificing the Surviving Members of the Greatest Generation
June 28, 2020
by
There are very few remaining members of the “Greatest Generation” that are still alive today. These people, the ones who were born between 1901 and 1927, were the ones who sacrificed and fought to save the world from Fascist Totalitarianism in World War Two. They, because of their age and health, are also the people … Read more
