Migrant Children deserve better treatment than Convicts
June 14, 2019
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What privileges do convicted prisoners have when incarcerated? They can watch movies and television. They can read books and go to a prison library. They can consult their legal counsel. They can exercise and play indoor and outdoor sports. Some have access to radios, computers, and Internet access. Migrant Children who have been cruelly … Read more
UPDATE: Gosar Committee Amends, Says Congressional Staff Did NOT Simply Receive Campaign Bonuses
June 13, 2019
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar responded immediately to the FEC’s letter seeking more information about his holiday bonuses for his Congressional staff. However, that response may raise further concerns about House Ethics rules violations and/or campaign finance reporting. The campaign committee filed an amended report yesterday. It now says that most of his Congressional staff were … Read more
Lyin’ Sarah Huckabee Sanders leaving at the end of the month
June 13, 2019
Some curious timing here, but I’ll take it! The slack-jawed hillbilly from Arkansas, Lyin’ Sarah Huckabee Sanders, will no longer darken the White House press room with her pathological lies and her snarling attacks on reporters as “fake news.” She is mercifully leaving at the end of this month. And a grateful nation rejoices: Hosannah … Read more
The Trump Campaign Owes AZ Cities $146K for Rally Security
June 13, 2019
The Trump Campaign loves it some MAGA rallies. Unfortunately, it will not pay for the extra police work that cities do in hosting such events. Presidential campaigns regularly pay for additional security for rallies. Not Trump. Trump’s campaign owes municipalities across the country millions for additional security, for which it has been billed and notified … Read more
OSC recommends that Kellyanne Conway be removed from federal service
June 13, 2019
At the end of May the Wicked Witch of the White House, Kellyanne Conway, scoffed at the idea that her engaging in politics while working in her official duties as a federal employee — a violation of the federal Hatch Act — would have any consequences for her. Kellyanne Conway dismisses Hatch Act violation: ‘Let … Read more
Traitor Trump is openly soliciting foreign intervention in 2020 election
June 13, 2019
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team tried to arrange an interview of Donald Trump — who repeatedly had said he would be happy to do so — for more than a year before finally settling on Trump submitting answers to written interrogatories on certain Russia-related topics in November 2018, but no questions about obstruction of justice. Predictably, … Read more
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
