Our prima donna senator emerged from hiding in her chicken bunker since last Friday, speaking to reporters Tuesday in Tucson — after touring migrant facilities with the anti-immigrant Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, earlier in the day — Sinema had a short response when asked why she missed the vote on the January 6 Commission. Sinema on why she skipped … Read more
My father served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater, and his brothers and cousins also served in the Navy, Army and Marines in the Pacific and European Theaters during World War II. My family was lucky. None were killed in combat, but some returned home from the war decorated combat veterans. They were … Read more
In October 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a speech on behalf of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, the right-wing extremist nominee of the Republican Party, known as the “a time for choosing” speech. Barry Goldwater went on to lose the election by one of the largest margins in history. I hate to borrow a turn of phrase from … Read more
Americans like to believe that we live in a democracy, but in fact the Constitution created anti-democratic constraints on what the wealthy elites of the time feared was the unruly mob. (They were not entirely wrong; there was a series of rebellions and insurrections in the early Republic). But now that we are the world’s … Read more
The Senate pushed action into Friday on a bill to create an independent commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters. Senate hits snag on vote for Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission: Republicans still plan to block the measure using the filibuster, but snags on another, unrelated bill … Read more