It is now officially ‘the Barr coverup’ (Updated)
April 4, 2019
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team of lawyers and investigators were remarkably disciplined during his investigation. They were never the source of any leaks to the press. When asked for comment, Mueller’s media spokesperson, in almost every instance, responded with ‘no comment” (refuting a Buzzfeed report was the rare exception). But now that the Mueller investigation … Read more
Hate Groups in America (map)
April 4, 2019
Last fall I missed a talk by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s outreach director Lecia Brooks in Sahuarita. But recently at a Theology Uncorked meeting on migrants at the border, I found a SPLC brochure on Active Hate Groups in the U.S. Here’s the link, stating that there were 1020 such groups in the U.S. … Read more
We’ve seen this movie before
April 3, 2019
Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles recently did a post he titled “It’s Back to The Future with Trump’s 2020 campaign.” Actually, I think the more accurate movie analogy for Trump and his MAGA supporters is the political allegory Pleasantville (1998). As Roger Ebert described it: The movie opens in today’s America, which we have been taught … Read more
Another word about abolishing the Electoral College
April 3, 2019
Democrats have introduced several measures to amend the Constitution to abolish the Electoral College this year, see H.J.Res.7 (Introduced 01/03/2019), S.J.Res.16 (Introduced 03/28/2019), and on Tuesday S.J.Res.17 (Introduced 04/02/2019) by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D- N.Y.). Senators To Introduce Amendment Abolishing Electoral College: Abolishing the Electoral … Read more
Direct Care Contracts: Cheap Non-Insurance Plans Could Put Patients at Risk (video)
April 3, 2019
In the Health and Human Services Committee, we have heard a few different insurance plans that would be cheaper and less comprehensive alternatives to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With SB1105, healthcare moves into the gig economy. SB1105 covers direct primary care agreements, a non-insurance alternative to the ACA. In Arizona, people are already allowed … Read more
New route for Spring Cyclovia 2019
April 3, 2019
It’s time for the popular Cyclovia Tucson — car free activity from 9 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 7 — along a new route in Tucson (see map below). The route goes from Banner-UMC to the Warehouse Arts District, via 4th Avenue and Feldman’s Neighborhood. More info at https://www.cycloviatucson.org/. So get out your bikes, … Read more
‘The Enemy of The People’ promises to ‘go nuclear’ to blow up the Senate
April 3, 2019
So our authoritarian wannabe tinpot dictator suggested during a press gaggle on Tuesday that he wants to “get rid of judges” who disagree with his autocratic executive orders. ‘Authoritarian nutjob’: Outrage grows as Trump proclaims ‘we have to get rid of judges’ in latest border threat: “We need to get rid of chain migration, we … Read more
Protect Patients: It’s time for Cannabis Testing in AZ (video)
April 2, 2019
Thirty-four states have some form of legal marijuana. Arizona is the only state that has no quality control testing for contaminants (like pesticides) or for make-up (how much THC, CBDs, etc.) Cannabis testing died at the end of the session in 2018 during a flurry of negotiations regarding several marijuana reform bills. It is back … Read more
