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Oh, SNAP! Welfare for large corporate agribusiness, but not food for the working poor (Updated)
December 5, 2019
Bloomberg News recently reported Trump’s $28 Billion Trade War Bailout Is Overpaying Farmers: President Donald Trump’s $28 billion farm bailout may be paying many growers more than the trade war with China has cost them. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s calculations overshot the impact of the trade conflict on American soybean prices, according to six … Read more
AG William ‘Coverup’ Barr may be on an island by himself with his ‘spying’ conspiracy theories
December 5, 2019
Last week, selected leaks to the media from the report of Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz destroyed multiple GOP talking points about 2016, including Trump’s claim that the FBI spied on his campaign: The New York Times reported that the soon-to-be-released report from the Justice Department’s Inspector General regarding the FBI’s counterintelligence operation (code-named Crossfire … Read more
House Speaker Pelosi makes it official: draft the Articles of Impeachment
December 5, 2019
Press Release of Pelosi Remarks Announcing House of Representatives Moving Forward with Articles of Impeachment: Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks announcing that the House of Representatives will move forward with drafting articles of impeachment. Below are the Speaker’s remarks as delivered: Speaker Pelosi. Good morning. Let us begin where our Founders began … Read more
ALEC: Destroying Democracy State by State
December 5, 2019
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Like an undiagnosed cancer, the organization ALEC secretly writes anti-worker, anti-consumer and voter suppression “model” legislation in state capitols nationwide, including Arizona. It is funded by major corporations that bribe state legislators with luxury vacations, free travel, and gaudy dinners — and then hand them ready-to-file, regressive legislation. In fact, ALEC — the American Legislative … Read more
WATCH: GOP Senators Push Tucson Judges In Today’s Confirmation Hearing; READ Their Questionnaires
December 4, 2019
Both Pima County judges recently nominated by President Donald Trump to the U.S. District Court bench in Tucson received their confirmation hearings today, and both were questioned more closely by Republican Senators than their Democratic colleagues. Judges Scott Rash and John Hinderaker were introduced to the committee by Arizona Senators Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema, respectively. Each judge later … Read more
‘Rootin’ for Putin’ Republicans plot to disrupt the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings
December 4, 2019
The House Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings today with an academic discussion from legal scholars of what constitutes an impeachable offense. But the thugs in the Trump criminal enterprise that is the Party of Trump have other designs. Their goal is to disrupt, distract and discredit the impeachment hearings with their own obstruction of Congress … Read more
The Arroyo Cafe Holiday Radio Show
December 4, 2019
A bunch of FB friends are doing this show, including AZ Daily Star cartoonist Dave Fitzsimmons (as usual). But remember it’s on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, so there must be some significance to that. Even Wilbur will be there, and a Mystery Guest (or two). Enjoy the holidays in December…
Kerry and Schwarzenegger Launch World War Zero
December 4, 2019
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This is not an article about a Zombie Movie or the latest video game to purchase for the kids during Christmas or Hanukah. 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee-former Secretary of State-former Senator John Kerry and former California Governor-current Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger have helped to assemble a bipartisan who’s who coalition of scientists, politicians, military leaders, and … Read more
