Currently, the California state effort to temporarily upend its current election redistricting process, initiated by the governor’s office, seems on track to be successful. We should not become complacent, however, […]
Tag: Donald Trump
Posted inGovernment/Politics
Congresswoman Maxine Waters blasts President Trump’s cruel and unlawful move
On Oct. 14, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump ordered the mass firing of Department of […]
Posted inLocal, News
‘No Kings Day’ protest happening this Saturday
A prominent labor union and organizers for Saturday’s “No Kings Day” protest today urged Angelenos and Southern California residents to participate in several demonstrations planned across the region against the […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of Trump and the Olympics again
To be clear, as POTUS, in spite of more loud threats and harangues lately, Donald Trump does not have the legal authority to unilaterally cancel or move the 2028 Olympics […]
Posted inNational
Private data tells the story Washington won’t
With the federal government shutdown grinding on, the nation’s economic picture is collapsing into silence and uncertainty. For the first time in decades, there is no official monthly employment report […]
Posted inCounting the Cost
Trump’s issue with Black women
Donald Trump has a type — and it’s not the one tabloids flaunted. His real issue is Black women who hold power. From Letitia “Tish” James to economist Lisa Cook, […]
Posted inGovernment/Politics
House Republicans getting paid on recess
The latest move of distraction on the part of President Trump has been two-fold. First, the freeing of all hostages in Gaza and flying there to participate in the cease-fire, […]
Posted inNational
Obama fills the Void in a fading Democratic Party
Former President Barack Obama has stepped back into the political arena, delivering some of his sharpest critiques yet of President Donald Trump as the Democratic Party struggles through one of […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of Trump’s visage on everything
Apparently, in a love affair with himself, POTUS Trump has recently decided to put his face on new American coinage. He has ordered his vassals to dedicate an upcoming new […]
Posted inPractical Politics
The politics of Trump as the nutty granddad
Most of us have at least one family member we would prefer not to have. There’s the boozy, profane aunt, the loud, always-lying cousin, the funky-smelling and sticky-fingered grandparent, etc. […]