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Trump Takes Major Swipes at the Affordable Care Act
Even with majorities in both houses of Congress, Republicans were unable to pass a repeal of the Affordable Care Act in 2017 even though they had made “Repeal Obamacare” a campaign cry ever since it came into being in 2010. When Republicans finally controlled Congress and the Presidency in 2017, the American people rose up […]
Continue readingMore “Witches” Indicted Today
While Republicans and our President continue to harangue the Mueller investigation, our loyal law enforcement officials continue to plug away. Today, the United States of American indicted more Russian citizens — specifically, officials of the Russian government under the command of Putin — on the grounds of conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 Election. The […]
Continue readingInflation-Adjusted Wages Down From Last Year
“Worker pay in the second quarter dropped nearly one percent below its first-quarter level, according to the PayScale Index, one measure of worker pay. When accounting for inflation, the drop is even steeper. Year-over-year, rising prices have eaten up still-modest pay gains for many workers, with the result that real wages fell 1.4 percent from the […]
Continue readingHow’s that Economy Working for You?
If you are fortunate enough to have stock market investments, you are enjoying an unprecedented streak of continual wealth growth — a streak that began in 2012 by the way. But only about 50% of Americans own a piece of the stock market and most of them own a very small piece. In fact, 10% […]
Continue readingCelebrate Independence Day with Us!
Watch for the Big Blue Wave in the parade. Then join us for the Ice Cream Social at Headquarters — 201 E. Birch. The Blue Wave is going to help win November’s election, but we need lots of hard work to really make the donkey jump the […]
Continue readingNever More Important
If there was ever any question whether the November elections would be the most important of our lifetime, Justice Kennedy’s retirement from the Supreme Court should remove all doubt. In 2017, Mitch McConnell held up President Obama’s nomination of moderate, yet brilliant, Jurist Merrick Garland for over 8 months on the ground that the American […]
Continue readingHypocrisy
We’re about to hear a lot of it as Trump rolls out his next Supreme Court nominee. As Coconino County Democrats, there is one vital thing we need to do to try to save our country: Find 7000 more votes in this County. Apart from that, we can only hope that there are others elsewhere […]
Continue readingTrump’s Narrowing of “Angel Families” Is an Insult to Victims
In our continuing quest for truth as a weapon against divisive propaganda, we dug up this 2016 article about “angel moms” — the origin of Trump’s false reality show today. No one can doubt the painful loss of the family members he put on display. They are entitled to seek comfort wherever they can — […]
Continue readingKeeping Families Together: Update
There is much confusing news today about the migrant/refugee situation. What we do know is that Trump’s Executive Order solves nothing for the families already separated and may not hold up in the courts for keeping new refugees together. We know that the Trump administration is not allowing asylum claims pursuant to international law. We […]
Continue readingSpeaking Out for Our Values: Abusing Asylum Seekers Is Wrong
Thank you, Congressman O’Halleran, for speaking out against the despicable border policy of the Trump Administration. June 15, 2018 Press Release WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s decision to separate children from parents at the border and deny asylum to victims of domestic violence and gang violence: “The […]
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