Reaction among Arizona Democrats to the Biden Immigration Executive Order denying asylum seekers access if they enter the United States illegally has been mixed. In a press release announcing her firm opposition to MAGA Republicans in the State House putting the overreaching HCR 2060 on the ballot this November, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs appeared to … Read more
I read economist Noah Smith’s Substack Newsletter Noahpinion pretty regularly. Today, he had an interesting observation about an economic story that will transform Arizona’s economy in the coming years: For over a year, along with many other writers who follow industrial policy, I sounded the alarm that the much-trumpeted TSMC fab (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) in Arizona … Read more
One day after he is long gone, someone will accumulate all the quotes (the great bulk of them fabrications) from Donald Trump from the time he declared his candidacy for the Presidency in 2015 to the time he finally shuts up and put them in a volume that may rival Bartletts in sales. Until then, … Read more
The GQP’s 2022 midtern election strategy is anti-immigrant hysteria “white fright.” At the same time, the GQP wants to blame Democrats for inflation, but it turns out that it’s their own anti-immigrant hysteria contributing to inflation. Because American business has long relied on the exploitation of immigrant labor to keep costs down. The so-caled “labor … Read more
The AP reported on Thursday, Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits last week: Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week reflecting a low number of layoffs across the economy. Jobless claims fell by 18,000 to 215,000 for the week ending February 26, from 233,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week … Read more