A New Progressive Think Tank Dawns in Arizona
June 13, 2019
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Hoping to become the counterweight to the conservative brain trust, the Goldwater Institute, Arizona progressives have launched a new Arizona focused think tank called The White Hat Research and Policy Group. This new think tank, growing out of assisting the buildup of local Democratic party and legislative district infrastructure has the dual purpose of becoming … Read more
GOP Immigration Playbook: Intentionally Break the System and Call it a Humanitarian Crisis
June 12, 2019
I’ve seen Arizona Congress-critters Biggs and Schweikert recently taking to the House floor to complain that the mean old Dems are ignoring a humanitarian crisis on the Mexican border. They both bemoan that the facilities of ICE are overflowing with asylum seekers and seek to lay the blame on Democrats for ignoring the crisis. Well, … Read more
Bill and Wilbur’s excellent adventure: census scandal (Updated)
June 12, 2019
The House Oversight Committee voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over documents about the administration’s decision to a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. House panel votes to hold attorney general, commerce secretary in contempt over census probe, the next … Read more
Trump’s love affair with Kim Jong-un is a national security threat to the U.S.
June 12, 2019
In February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean dicator Kim Jong-un and one-time heir to the North Korean leadership, was at the Kuala Lumpur international airport terminal when a woman approached him and wiped an oily substance on his face before disappearing, her unusual actions caught on CCTV. Moments later, another woman … Read more
The New York Times is helping the Dark Side of Politics by doing away with its Editorial Cartoons
June 12, 2019
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As people in Arizona know from seeing the editorial cartoons of artists like Steve Benson and David Wayne Fitzsimmons, their caricatures (mostly humorous in tone) have tremendous historical and critical value. Others have as well. For example, the below cartoon from David Low at the outbreak of World War Two in Europe shows Hitler and … Read more
Trump pulls a Joe McCarthy: ‘I have in my hand…’ a piece of paper
June 12, 2019
Senator Joseph McCarthy: “I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. . . .” (Both in a … Read more
The Case of Demetrius Gibbs: Why Americans need High Quality and Affordable Universal Health Care
June 11, 2019
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Demetrius Gibbs attempted to live the American Dream and lead a good life. College educated with a white-collar profession, Mr. Gibbs found he had kidney disease while undergoing a free checkup provided for by his employer-provided health insurance. Both of his kidneys were not functioning. Because of health reasons, no familial or voluntary kidney donors … Read more
Humanitarian Aid Giver Gets Hung Jury
June 11, 2019
Scott Warren was acquitted by hung jury (8-4 in favor of NOT GUILTY) today. Bravely, Mr. Warren stepped out of the courtroom and delivered the above taped remarks, making it more likely, if the U.S. Attorney for AZ has any political motivation for bringing these charges to trial, that they will try again with Mr. … Read more
