Trump administration leaves the door open for social media manipulation by foreign states of 2020 election
February 20, 2019
This past week, it was reported that Trump’s DHS Guts Task Forces Protecting Elections From Foreign Meddling: Two teams of federal officials assembled to fight foreign election interference are being dramatically downsized, according to three current and former Department of Homeland Security officials. And now, those sources say they fear the department won’t prepare adequately … Read more
No one is Above the Law! That includes Arizona State Legislators.
February 20, 2019
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Everyone remembers “speedy” Paul Mosley, a former Arizona House State Representative from Lake Havasu. He sparked a legal controversy last summer when police body cam footage was released of when he was pulled over in La Paz County last March for driving close to 100 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone. … Read more
The real ‘national emergency’ may be a politicized U.S. Supreme Court (Updated)
February 19, 2019
As was expected from the first time the idea was first floated, 16 States Sue to Stop Trump’s Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall: A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, on Monday challenged President Trump in court over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars … Read more
The media is again failing the American public in its early coverage of the 2020 presidential campaign
February 19, 2019
If you want your news from a Republican perspective, there is Mike Allen, co-founder and executive editor of Axios and former chief political reporter for Politico. Today he has a post with Jonathan Swan who covers the Trump presidency and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill for Axios. The GOP grabs socialism as 2020 lifeline: For the … Read more
The Democratic Party needs to turn to its next generation of young leaders (Updated)
February 19, 2019
Donald Trump is the oldest elected president in U.S. history. He was 70 years old at his inauguration. Previously, the oldest elected president was Ronald Reagan, who took the oath of office at the age of 69 in 1981. (Technically, Reagan is still the oldest president, when he was elected to a second term at the age … Read more
And the children shall lead them: School Shutdown Climate Strike on March 15
February 18, 2019
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls … Read more
‘The Enemy of The People,’ Mitch McConnell, surrenders the Senate to ‘Dear Leader’
February 18, 2019
With his executive order declaring a national emergency so that he can do an end-run around the congressional power of the purse in the Constitution, Trump’s national emergency declaration once again highlights his affinity for strongmen — and authoritarianism, the authoritarian wannabe tinpot dictator Donald Trump Is Trying to Hollow Out the Constitutional System of … Read more
Mark Finchem, the master of condescension
February 18, 2019
As one of LD11 ‘s Representative Mark Finchem’s constituents, I’m thinking he largely penned today’s shared op-ed in the AZ Daily Star titled “Bills see to improve oversight of education vouchers”, and asked Senator Sylvia Allen (AZ Senate Ed Cmte Chair) to give it some credibility by lending her name to it. His attack on … Read more
