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The Green Reflecting Pool is a Funny and Important Story, But Other Events Also Deserve the Same Amount of Attention

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The recent coverage of the Reflecting Pool by the Lincoln Memorial is funny, and another demonstration of Donald Trump destroying something he touches. However, while this episode is another example of Trump’s ineptitude, mismanagement, environmental destruction, and endangering living organisms (a duck died,) there are other events happening that merit more news coverage than this. … Read more

Calling CD Three “Resilent”, Representative Yassamin Ansari Delivers Her First State of the District Address

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In a packed Memorial Hall at Steele Indian School Park filled with constituents, activists, and political leaders, Arizona Congressional District Three House Representative Yassamin Ansari, the youngest woman in Congress, delivered a rousing State of the District Address, which focused on her first year achievements, what she would like to do for Arizonans in the … Read more

I.C.E. Out Community Assembly

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by Carolyn Classen, blogger Location: Location TBA- First Christian Church Organizer: Community Organized Every 2nd Saturday. Childcare and English/Spanish interpretation provided. Together, we can put an end to the cruelty of immigration enforcement. Bring your loved ones and your ideas, big or small. Everyone has something to offer. Gather to imagine, make plans, and take action.

DACA Recipient and Former Maricopa County Democratic Party Communications Director Edder Diaz Martinez Warns About Trump’s Dystopian Immigration System

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At a recent community meeting hosted by Representatives Yassamin Ansari and Adelita Grijalva, former Maricopa County Democratic Party Communications Director Edder Diaz Martinez was among the panelists, calling attention to the dystopian vision and actions of the Donald Trump/Stephen Miller immigration system and their cruel quest to deny innocent people who have lived in the … Read more

“Laying Like Sardines”: AZ Reps. Ansari, Grijalva, and Stanton Inspect ICE Facility and Discover “Horrible,” “Frightening,” and “Shocking” Conditions

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Nothing like a surprise trip to a government facility to uncover all the broken rules, compromised regulations, and appalling conditions being allowed there. That is what happened yesterday evening when Arizona’s three Democratic Representatives, Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Greg Stanton made an unannounced late evening visit to the DHS-ICE Administered Arizona Removal Operations Coordination … Read more