Serious questions about the 2020 Census case in SCOTUS today
April 23, 2019
The Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census was argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this morning. First, the case background from the Washington Post, The Four Pinocchio claim at the center of the census citizenship question: [T]he justices could be weighing a Four-Pinocchio claim by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. … Read more
How do we excise the cancer that is the Party of Trump?
April 23, 2019
Ed Kilgore recently explained the Five Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Abandon Trump Like They Ditched Nixon. Th key is his third point: 3. Trump is a lot more popular among today’s Republicans than Nixon was among yesterday’s. People remember that Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972 by a huge landslide, but was forced to resign less … Read more
4th Annual PCC Ethnic, Gender & Transborder Studies Summit
April 23, 2019
Deadline to register for free lunch is April 24. Carolyn’s note: I’ve attended the past 3 summits and they are well-attended and informative and inspiring.
What if Trump Wins a Second Term?
April 22, 2019
I try hard to value others’ opinions, especially when they are informed. That’s tougher in the digital age, because we are increasingly entrenched in information silos which don’t always provide us unfiltered truths. Still, I’ve tried to moderate my publicly stated positions on President Trump because I’d rather inform than alienate. At this point … Read more
Multiple House investigations are a necessary predicate to impeachment
April 22, 2019
I want to borrow an idea from Roderick Kefferpütz at Medium last year. Trumping Trump: A Gulliver Strategy: “What seems to be effective in countering Trump is a “Gulliver strategy” — a convergence of many different smaller actors to contain him, as in Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels.” This is effectively what the House congressional committees are … Read more
ASU Asst. Prof. Plays Big Role In Elizabeth Warren ‘s $640B Student Debt Forgiveness Proposal
April 22, 2019
Democratic Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren today proposed a major $640B Student Loan Debt Cancellation plan. ASU Assistant Professor Raphaël Charron-Chénier is one of four “leading experts on student loan debt to analyze the proposal and conclude that it would help close the “racial wealth gap.” Charron-Chénier teaches at ASU’s School of Social Transformation, and tells Arizona’s Politics … Read more
Senator Krysten Sinema: Manchin of the West?
April 22, 2019
We now have some data to work from regarding Senator Sinema’s voting record and it turns out she really is voting like a centrist. That means she opposes Single Payer healthcare and Medicare for All, she voted against the Green New Deal, and has been quite slippery on Net Neutrality. She has voted with the … Read more
Herman Cain withdraws nomination; time for Stephen Moore to do the same
April 22, 2019
Donald Trump has been trying to capture the Federal Reserve Board by appointing his political cronies to the board to do his bidding. This is a threat to the stability of the world’s financial system. Today, Herman “9-9-9” Cain withdrew his name from consideration for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, a development President … Read more
