‘Twitter Trump’ used tragedy for a campaign event and Twitter rage
August 8, 2019
You knew that “Teleprompter Trump” being forced to read from a hostage statement prepared for him on Monday — a “low-energy, vacant-eyed mouthing of the words written for him condemning white supremacists this week,” as Joe Biden so accurately described on Wednesday — would not last. “Twitter Trump” used the tragedy of a mass shootings in … Read more
Jerry Pollock, Cesar Chavez, and the Recall Election Which Never Came
August 8, 2019
By Barry Kirschner Long time political activist and Phoenix lawyer Gerry Pollock died July 29, 2019 at age 87. Pollock was a man of conviction, willing to challenge the establishment in spite of long odds. He is most well known for being a candidate for Governor of Arizona in a petitioned for recall of Jack … Read more
No Hope for Gun Reforms Until 2020
August 8, 2019
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It is unlikely that Congress will do anything about gun safety until after the 2020 elections, when the pro-gun legislators should be voted out of office. The past is prologue and within two weeks social media, cable news, and print newspapers will jump on something besides the gun massacres in El Paso, Dayton, and Gilroy. … Read more
The 2019/20 School Year has started while School Revenues remain stuck at 2008/09 levels.
August 8, 2019
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A new school year has dawned and despite funding increases enacted by the State Legislature over the last two years, Arizona schools are still being appropriated at Pre 2008 recession levels. This is 2019. Schools should be funded according to the economics of 2019 not 11 years ago. Currently, Arizona is ranked 49th in the … Read more
Why Can’t the Ronstadt Center Be an Open-Air Transit & Community Space?
August 7, 2019
Do you remember the controversy surrounding redevelopment of the Ronstadt Transit Center? Back in 2013-2014, developers were making a play to redevelopment the Ronstadt Transit Center. They had pitched redevelopment of the Ronstadt in the past and failed; the 2013-14 plans revolved around building something on top of the Ronstadt. I mention this ancient history because the … Read more
‘White Power Hour’ host Tucker Carlson says ‘white supremacy is a hoax’, gets owned
August 7, 2019
Tucker Carlson is a privileged white rich boy who got his start in media only because of his father’s extensive connections — Richard Warner Carlson is a former Los Angeles news anchor and U.S. ambassador to the Seychelles who was also president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and director of Voice of America. He … Read more
The forgotten history of La Matanza in Texas
August 7, 2019
Above: Texas Rangers parade down Elizabeth Street in Brownsville, circa 1916. Photograph: Courtesy Robert Runyon Photograph Collection. Life and death on the border: effects of century-old murders still felt in Texas. Many reporters have described the recent mass shooting in El Paso, Texas as the worst modern-day massacre of Mexican-Americans in American history. The qualifier … Read more
No Surprise Here: The Liar in Chief is also a Deadbeat who does not Pay Anyone.
August 7, 2019
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The current occupant of the White House has been referred to by this writer as: The 2016 Popular Vote Loser (Hillary Clinton received almost three million more votes from the people) The KKK endorsed Candidate (because they supported him in 2016) Individual One (stemming from the Michael Cohen case) Tiny (Stormy Daniels description) Well, the … Read more
