Trump Fluffer Lyin’ Lindsey Graham requested the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to score the Democrats’ Build Back Better Budget Reconciliation bill – correction, he requested the CBO to score a fictional version of the bill which is not the bill advanced by Democrats. I’m not sure why the CBO went along with his bad faith, … Read more
Donald Trump liked to claim that “Before the coronavirus pandemic, the United States had ‘the greatest economy in the history of our country.’” Yeah, that was total bullshit, and Politifact rated it as “false” at the time. Donald Trump’s dubious statement about presiding over ‘the greatest economy’ in history (excerpt): Growth in the nation’s gross … Read more
The State Budget process in Arizona has shown several fundamental truths for the former Party of Lincoln. They are: The Big Lie on the 2020 Election is alive and well as evidenced by their enactments of several provisions like putting watermarks on ballots, going after social media sites that tell the truth about Republican officeholders … Read more
Fellow blogger and mentor Larry Bodine may be right when he said, after learning the depressing details of the budget the Arizona Senate Republicans passed this morning, “we’re doomed.” We definitely will be if we do not stay engaged and fight back. Political polarization and fringe tribalism in Arizona has come to a point where: … Read more
Most political operatives and historians (including Democrats) recognize that President Jimmy Carter made a horrible gaffe in his 1980 Presidential Debate with then-former California Governor Ronald Reagan when he appeared to trivialize the threat of nuclear weaponry and proliferation when he said he discussed the vital national security matter with his young daughter Amy. While … Read more