One of the misfortunes of the American Rescue Plan was that the provisions to expand the Child Tax Credit for the nation’s families expired at the end of 2021 after helping drop the child poverty rate to its lowest rate in decades. While several states, including Arizona, sought local remedies to partially or fully make … Read more
Meet the New. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Soon to be probably known as America’s Worst Political Nightmare. Make no mistake. While he may be more presentable and polished than a Jim Jordan or Steve Scalise, there does not seem to be a mainstream bone in his MAGA-White Christian Nationalist body. As NBC reports, … Read more
This is another week where voters in Arizona and the country can see the vast differences between the two major political parties. And not for the Republican’s benefit. On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, President Biden, with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Governor Katie Hobbs, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Representative Raul Grijalva, Representative Greg Stanton, and … Read more
Over the last 48 hours, the Conservative Majority on the United States Supreme Court has succeded in turning the clock back on affirmative action college acceptance guidance for minorities, sanctioning bigotry under the guise of free speech against all groups a prejudiced person has a problem with, and overruling the Biden/Harris Administration’s attempt to offer … Read more
The bombshell history-making indictment of Donald Trump for not turning over many documents labeled, confidential, classified, and top secret after his term, showing them to individuals in Florida who did not hold a security clearance, and keeping those sensitive papers in unsecured locations like a Mar A Largo ball and bathroom, have generated mostly polar … Read more