Tag: Barack Obama

when I logged into Facebook this morning, I was greeted with this message about a post from 2016 being too graphic for some sensitive souls…despite the fact that this is actual American history…21st Century American history. and of course, that particular page has very little viewership since FB made it…

Consider the contrast to today!

and Joe Biden walks into an empty West Wing? We are already aware that, over the past four years, the federal government has lost experienced scientists, diplomats, and law enforcement personnel at all levels as a result of the Trump regimes mismanagement or harassment of skilled people. We also know…

I am reprinting it in its entirety, but here’s the link: My Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sixty years ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applied to be a Supreme Court clerk. She’d studied at two of our finest law schools and had ringing recommendations. But because she…

Well the Republicans certainly have…it seems like Trump’s be signing them nearly every day for the past two weeks. I haven’t counted but it seems like they are getting as common as a round or two of golf every weekend. Aina?

Apparently President Barack Obama issued some endorsements…including for a Democrat who is running against Representative Dan Crenshaw (R – TX2). And the representative took offense at that…accusing the president in meddling in Texas politics. Well first, to me although a Texas race, races for the House of Representatives in today’s…

In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision to allow the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to stand for now, many members of the Republican elected officialdom are very unhappy. It is important to remember that they didn’t weigh in on the legality of DACA itself, but…

In the wake of the president’s suggestion that he employ American military forces to quell disturbances following the murder of George Floyd by police, Secretary of Defense Mark Eper downplayed the idea…said that should only be considered as a last result. And retiring Wisconsin Representative Jim Sensenbrenner agrees…one point up….

How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change. [reprinted here in its entirety] As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached…