Category Archives: Talking Points
Republican Bill to Ban Dropping Off Mail-In Ballots in Arizona will Significantly Impact Coconino County.
Voters turned out in record numbers to exercise their rights as citizens to vote in the 2018 election in Arizona. Some races were not decided until the last ballot was counted. In some cases this took additional time after the election since many ballots were dropped off at polling places on election day or at […]
Continue readingGuest Column: Shutdown is disrupting the park experience
While the government shutdown may seem abstract to many, it has very real and devastating consequences for national parks and the people who care for them. National parks protect our nation’s culture, wildlife, history, and natural beauty, and we need to protect them in return. During this government shutdown, it is estimated the national parks […]
Continue readingCan We Get a Message, Please?
Ann Heitland, Communications Chair, Coconino County Democratic Party. Republican President Lincoln is famous for speaking the line, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” A few decades earlier Abigail Adams was more specific, writing “… A house divided upon itself – and upon that foundation do our enemies build their hopes of subduing us.” These […]
Continue readingQuotations of the Week
Here’s our challenge these next two years: We must scrub the stains of Trump’s corruption from our democracy. BUT we must not be so jaded by that duty that we stop believing our future can be brighter than our past. It still is. ~ Rep. Eric Swalwell Richard Nixon obstructed justice to cover up a […]
Continue readingJudge’s Ruling on ACA Lands Like a “Stink Bomb”
The Associated Press reports: “A federal judge’s ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who’ve seen the politics of health care flip as Americans increasingly value the overhaul’s core parts, including protections for pre-existing medical conditions and Medicaid for more low-income people.” Last Friday’s decision by a […]
Continue readingThe Caravan
An Editorial in last week’s Daily Sun challenges Democrats to talk about “the caravan.” I will. The Editorial concedes “The country’s strength is derived from the fact that it has been home to those in peril,” adding, “[t]his does not mean open borders but a smart and lawful methodology for determining who should be allowed […]
Continue readingHuman rights, property rights are intertwined
When analyzing the essence of our current political world, we see a conflict that has always roiled America: the clash between property rights and human rights. When analyzing the essence of our current political world, we see a conflict that has always roiled America: the clash between property rights and human rights. When the Constitution was […]
Continue readingIssues and Values at Stake in the 2018 Election
Democrats believe America is a great country that can become even better. Therefore, our mission in 2018 is to elect leaders who will protect the American Dream, the American Worker, and the Future of our Children. Democrats are a diverse group — often called a “Big Tent” — nonetheless, there are certain values we share. […]
Continue readingOrwell Warned Us About This
Outraged by Helsinki? Please be equally outraged by what has happened this weekend with the Carter Page FISA warrants. And spread the word. Here’s the threat: “If you repeat a falsehood enough times, many people will believe it. Especially if you have 53.2 million Twitter followers, the bully pulpit of the presidency and some media […]
Continue readingCreeping Authoritarianism Can Be Stopped — if people vote
The Trump Administration is quickly moving to consolidate power without regard to the rule of law. This is why Jeff Sessions remains as Attorney General in spite of the misstep of recusing himself from the Mueller Investigation. Thursday night, in the face of objections by three career Justice Department attorneys, the Justice Department filed a […]
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