Category Archives: Talking Points
The Problem with Guns in America
One in three people in the U.S. know someone who has been shot.1 On average, 32 Americans are murdered with guns every day and 140 are treated for a gun assault in an emergency room.2 Every day on average, 51 people kill themselves with a firearm, and 45 people are shot or killed in […]
Continue readingSchool shooting Is a real problem
There have been 95 shootings on K-12 and college campuses — an average of nearly one every week — in the two years since the deadly attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., according to a new analysis. These shootings have left 45 people dead and 78 injured. Twenty children and […]
Continue readingLegislative Looney Toons
State Legislative District 6 (including much of Coconino County) has become the butt of many jokes because of the absurd extremists who are our State Legislators. Brenda Barton and Bob Thorpe are not just an embarrassment to their district, but also to their Party, and to Arizona. Barton, who […]
Continue readingAnn Kirkpatrick–Votes 2nd half of 2013
Below is a comprehensive list of all House votes taken the second half of 2013. You will find a description of each bill, an indicator of vote passage, the votes in favor, the opposing votes, and at the bottom, you will see how Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick voted. Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting – Passage […]
Continue readingPresident Obama on Inequality
Transcript from speech delivered 12/4/2013 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. Please, please have a seat. Thank you so much. Well, thank you, Neera, for the wonderful introduction and sharing a story that resonated with me. There were a lot of parallels in my life and probably resonated […]
Continue readingNational Labor Relations Board To Prosecute Walmart For Violating Workers’ Rights
credit ap BY Bryce Covert November 18, 2013 AT 3:01 PM The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that protects workers’ rights to organize and demand better conditions, will announce a decision today to prosecute Walmart for violating workers’ rights by firing, disciplining, and threatening workers who went on strike or attempted to […]
Continue reading"Lockup Quotas," "Low-crime Taxes," and the For-Profit Prison Industry
Donald Cohen In 2012, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest for-profit prison company in the country, sent a letter to 48 state governors offering to buy their public prisons. CCA offered to buy and operate state prisons in exchange for a 20-year contract, which would include a 90 percent occupancy rate guarantee for the […]
Continue readingState representative stands by her comparison of Obama to Hitler
By Hank Stephenson – Arizona Capitol Times Published: October 7, 2013 at 3:28 pm Republican Rep. Brenda Barton of Payson compared President Barack Obama to Adolph Hitler on her Facebook page today in a post urging county sheriffs to revoke authority from the National Parks Service “thugs” who are enforcing the federal shutdown on […]
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