Does the leadership of I.C.E. have any decency?
August 9, 2019
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Does the leadership of I.C.E. have any decency? According to the Washington Post, they apparently knew where the close to 700 illegal immigrants that they arrested on Wednesday, worked in Mississippi. CNN published a piece showing photographs of I.C.E. agents at some of these facilities where the illegals worked. Instead, they decided to arrest many … Read more
Trump attempts to undermine the intelligence community with his loyalists
August 8, 2019
Last week, Donald Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) blew up in his face. Rep. John Ratcliffe is already out as Trump’s DNI pick: Congressman John Ratcliffe’s short-lived tenure as the Director of National Intelligence nominee has already come to an end. Less than a week after President Donald Trump … Read more
The 2020 election may be our last best chance to reverse catastrophic climate change
August 8, 2019
No, it wasn’t just your imagination. July Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded, UN Says: July 2019 may have been the single hottest month in recorded history, preliminary data from the World Meteorological Organization shows. Global average temperatures from July 1 to July 29, 2019, met and possibly even surpassed the previous record for the … Read more
‘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
