House Judiciary Committee approves guidelines for impeachment investigation
September 12, 2019
The House Judiciary Committee approved the parameters for its impeachment investigation into Donald Trump Thursday morning — the most significant step Democrats have yet taken as they weigh the divisive move. House Judiciary Committee approves guidelines for Trump impeachment probe: The move is largely symbolic, but it represents Democrats’ first legislative action on one of … Read more
The Trump administration’s war on legal asylum in the U.S.
September 12, 2019
So the Five Guys Supreme Court gave the Trump administration a temporary reprieve from the nationwide injunction against its Asylum ban 2.0, a day after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals limited the ban to California and Arizona. The New York Times reports, Supreme Court Says Trump Can Bar Asylum Seekers While Legal Fight Continues: The … Read more
Employers like A.P.S. should not have the power to tell their Workers Who or What to Politically Support
September 12, 2019
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A recent article from the Phoenix New Times on September 6, 2019, reported that an employee from the Arizona Public Service Electric Company (A.P.S.) had submitted a complaint to the Arizona Corporation Commission alleging that the powerful utility entity had engaged in “political bullying.” The piece further described how APS encouraged its employees to: Vote … Read more
Career Educator Rex Scott Takes on Ally Miller for Pima Supervisor
September 11, 2019
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Rex Scott, a public school teacher and principal for 27 years, is a fresh, new Democratic face who has entered the race for Pima County Supervisor in District 1 to challenge failed incumbent Ally Miller. A towering, friendly figure at 6-foot-5, Scott plans to be a supervisor who is openly available to residents, talks to … Read more
The Road to Affordable Health Care
September 11, 2019
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By Arizona Democratic Congressional District Eight Candidate Bob Musselwhite I am Bob Musselwhite and I am running for Congress in District 8. My comments here will be concerning Health Care. Affordable Health Care—There is no such thing as “free health care”. Politicians that promise, “free health care” are not being honest with the public. In … Read more
House Democrats act on Americans’ demand to ‘do something!’ about gun violence over GOP opposition
September 11, 2019
Above image: Every pair of shoes represents a child killed by gun violence since Sandyhooke Elementary School in 2012. The House Judiciary Committee passed three bills late Tuesday evening that seek to address the gun violence epidemic, preparing them for consideration in the full House, as Democrats push Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to take … Read more
Protecting Social Security for the People
September 11, 2019
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By Arizona Democratic Congressional District Eight Candidate Bob Musselwhite My name is Bob Musselwhite and I am running for Congress as a resident of Congressional District 8. I would like to thank Blog for Arizona for inviting me to make a few comments. After talking to thousands of people who hold a number of political … Read more
Appropriations bills break down in Senate over GOP poison pills
September 11, 2019
I warned you at the end of July that The budget deal does not avert a government shutdown this fall. Congress still has to pass the appropriations bills to fund the government by September 30. Already, “Senate appropriators had barely begun work on Tuesday before the process blew up, mired in disagreements over abortion-related “poison … Read more
