White House jeopardizes US national security with security clearances
January 25, 2019
Earlier this week, Democrats opened an investigation of the White House security clearance process: House Democrats are opening an investigation of the Trump White House’s security clearance practices and what they are calling “grave breaches” of procedure that allowed potentially compromised people to access the country’s most sensitive secrets. The investigation, announced Wednesday by House … Read more
Tucson Peace Center’s Vegetarian Spaghetti Dinner
January 25, 2019
Saturday Jan. 26, 2019 6 to 9 p.m. First Christian Church, 740 E. Speedway Blvd, Tucson “Delicious spaghetti dinner! There will be music and a short presentation of the new Tucson Sanctuary City proposal and petitions, as well as a silent auction of exceptional pieces of art, jewelry, etc. The dinner will take place until … Read more
Get me Roger Stone! (Updated)
January 25, 2019
I have wanted to see long-time GOP ratfucker Roger Stone in prison since his Watergate days. That a creature so vile and devoid of any human decency has been allowed to practice his dark arts freely for so long with impunity is a blot on the American justice system. But my faith has been restored … Read more
Catherine Ripley is New Executive Director of the Pima Democrats
January 24, 2019
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Catherine Ripley, a former Democratic candidate for state House in Tucson’s LD10, has been named as the new executive director of the Pima Democratic Party, adding to a sweep of new voices in the party. She starts work on Friday, Jan. 25. Ripley will replace Heath Butrum, who will stay on the job till Jan. 31. … Read more
Politico Updates Rural Arizona Transit Woes Due To Government Shutdown – “We’re Out of Business”
January 24, 2019
Politico has updated an earlier Arizona Republic story about effects of an ongoing federal government shutdown threatening rural Arizona transit service. In fact, Yavapai Regional Transit could be “out of business.” The shutdown is now into its second month, and today’s votes in the Senate mean that there is no solution currently in sight. Yavapai Regional Transit Board Chairman Ron … Read more
Deal, no deal on federal government shutdown
January 24, 2019
In December, the Senate approved unanimously by voice vote a spending bill that had been approved by party leadership to which President Trump had agreed. But then racist polemicists Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter told the president that he was done with his white nationalist racist base if he did not build the “big beautiful wall” … Read more
Steve Benson is an Asset to the Arizona Republic; How can Gannett lay him off?
January 24, 2019
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The war on journalism by conservative corporate interests continued yesterday. The Gannett Company, like Sinclair in other media outlets, is apparently attempting to steer the bias of journalistic coverage towards a conservative orientation. The latest example is Gannett’s January 23, 2019 decision to lay off 1993 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoonist Steve Benson. Working at the … Read more
Federal Furloughed Employees’ Rally in Tucson
January 24, 2019
Friday Jan. 25, 1 to 2 p.m. US Federal Bldg., 300 W. Congress St., Tucson Hosted by Southern Arizona Furloughed Feds Connection, Pima Area Labor Federation, Justice Alliance: Indivisible Southern Arizona “The Government Shutdown is in its 32nd day. On Friday, January 25, most impacted workers will see a second payday come and go … Read more
