oligarchy – Coconino County Democratic Party

Let’s Get to Work

Author: Heather Cox Richardson, Historian Published on her blog. Emphasis added here. 2020 will be the year that determines whether or not American democracy survives. Our system has never lived up to its fullest potential, but until recently, its aspirations have driven us to fight to perfect it, guaranteeing everyone equality before the law and […]

Coconino Voices: Doctors, lawyers false targets of populist anger

I can remember reading an article in The Atlantic Monthly (now The Atlantic) years ago that examined what they called the Davos Crowd. The authors examined the class of wealth that was international, worth billions, and travelled among the same world capitals. In their description, this global elite is separated from the rest of us […]

Trips to Mar-a-Lago line Trump’s pockets | Letters to the Editor | azdailysun.com

In 2015, Trump said he would “rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done.” Now, he is golfing and visiting a Trump-branded property every few Continue reading on the Arizona Daily Sun website: Trips to Mar-a-Lago line Trump’s pockets | Letters to the Editor | azdailysun.com

Senators Demand Answers on Emoluments Compliance

Eight U.S. Senators — all Democrats — have signed a letter demanding that the President and the Trump Organization answer questions pertaining to profits they are deriving from Donald Trump’s occupancy of the Presidency. The Constitution, in two places, prohibits such profiteering while the President is in office: Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the […]