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Trump Economy Flailing Workers

The Labor Department said Thursday that 884,000 Americans filed first-time claims for jobless benefits in the week ended Sept. 5—matching the upwardly revised figure for the prior week. This exceeded the number expected by most economists. For comparison, the weekly jobless claims during the Bush recession of the last decade topped a mere 665,000. Continuing […]

When It Comes to the Environment, Trump Is Gaslighter-In-Chief

James Hohmann, national political correspondent, for the Washington Post, justifiably reacted with vigor to Trump’s claim to be “the number one environmental president since Teddy Roosevelt.” The following is excerpted from his September 9 Daily 202 column: President Trump had the temerity on Tuesday to describe himself not just as a “great environmentalist” but as […]

The Race for Flagstaff City Council

Like most cities in Arizona, Flagstaff’s election for City Council is non-partisan. Nonetheless, we get calls asking about candidates. For your information, all six candidates running for the three open seats are registered Democrats. In the Mayoral race, Paul Deasy is a Democratic and his opponent is a Republican. The non-profit Friends of Flagstaff Future […]

COVID-19 HERD IMMUNITY

A Prescription for Death and Debilitating Illness While talk of coronavirus herd immunity has been floating around conservative talk shows and chat groups for some time, President Trump recently brought Scott Atlas, a proponent of herd immunity, on board as a White House coronavirus adviser. Atlas, a neuro-radiologist and fellow at Stanford University’s conservative Hoover […]

Suckers and Losers

The Arizona Democratic Veterans and Military Families Caucus issued this statement: Late Thursday night, The Atlantic reported, and yesterday other news sources confirmed, that President Trump called American service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation “losers” and “suckers.” While this abject disrespect is reprehensible, it is not surprising. For years, President Trump has demonstrated time and again […]

Trump’s Plan to Bankrupt Social Security’s Dedicated Funding Streams

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, establishing a system of old-age benefits and unemployment insurance. A year earlier, in the depths of the Great Depression, Roosevelt had sent a special message to Congress promising a plan for social insurance to protect “against the hazards and vicissitudes […]

Trump COVID Insurance Just Another Failure

Millions of people lost health coverage because of the pandemic, and Trump’s quick-fix “program” turned out to be a scam. His program has created chaos and confusion as sick Americans try to navigate the health system — leaving them unknowingly without coverage or with piles of surprise bills. “Trump Program to Cover Uninsured COVID-19 Patients […]

The Republican Party Platform

The Republican Party neglected to write a platform this year. Perhaps that’s because they didn’t really have a convention – it was only a stage show. Perhaps it’s because their Dear Leader doesn’t read long documents. Or, perhaps they couldn’t because it would show what they really are — what the party of Lincoln has […]

A Day in Three (Surreal) Parts

August 24, 2020 by Historian Heather Cox Richardson In Contempt of Congress Postmaster General Louis DeJoy appeared before the House of Representatives today to explain recent changes to the United States Postal Service. Those changes—removal of sorting machines and postboxes, and an end to overtime hours, for example—have drastically slowed mail delivery. Undelivered mail has […]

Don’t Be Perturbed By Jeff Flake

Jeff Flake, John Kasich, Meg Whitman, Colin Powell, James Comey, and whatever Republicans may join their parade don’t agree with Biden’s policies. They are endorsing him because they believe that Trump is a clear and present danger to our Constitutional survival. They won’t be around when Democrats form up for the 2022 election, they will […]