RIP GEORGE H.W. BUSH

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/01/politics/george-h-w-bush-dead/index.html

Book of the Week

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan

Idea of the Week: Promoting Opportunity Zones and revitalize depressed areas of the country like Empowerment and Enterprise Zones were intended to.

http://www.governing.com/columns/public-money/gov-opportunity-zone.html?fbclid=IwAR1uuHA_z80MOJ6OCR3ghXKttZ2JbzoRsySq5YziDR2VxcSUem-gt4J78ig

Documentary of the Week courtesy of Frontline Left Behind America

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/left-behind-america/

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Before we forget Michael Cohen admitted to lying to Congress and the KKK endorsed candidate wanted to give Putin a $50 million pent house in a Trump Tower in Moscow. No, there was no collusion. Yeah Right. Either that or the popular vote loser is an useful idiot to the Russian President who clearly knows how to play for the long game.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/politics/donald-trump-michael-cohen-robert-mueller/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/politics/trump-tower-moscow-putin-penthouse/index.html

People who deny Climate Change need to heed the lessons of Noah and the Ark

https://blogforarizona.net/people-who-deny-climate-change-need-to-heed-the-lessons-of-noah-and-the-ark/?fbclid=IwAR3nymMNc_oa3di4uIiMnK8hay0Kl3wifWBLNTxgjGp5PVsGnQLt4D0FwHg

Third Party Commentary on fiscal management courtesy of Jared Bernstein

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/29/what-would-real-fiscal-policy-look-like-reconnection-agenda-post/?fbclid=IwAR1_IqA69CRXGL25f8yFHN7HC0L2RTPAC_4VwMD7deo_8k6E1bnF6NerzUg&utm_term=.a41af0e79e4d

The Administration bans bump stocks. Actually, a sensible step.

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/29/18117774/guns-bump-stocks-ban-trump?fbclid=IwAR0XPqiKL9FzAFQ7dVFsoATeEJBmhGotcQTJL6OH3YHE1P_Af1hEhj6UFOQ

Two signs (children uninsured rate and decline in life expectancy) that health care in the United States has taken a step in the wrong direction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-life-expectancy-declines-again-a-dismal-trend-not-seen-since-world-war-i/2018/11/28/ae58bc8c-f28c-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2pdNP2yiJiveMYKp0T_yOjq_Owr1YSJwTIDI9_t9MIzXxQMDHFflwlef8&utm_term=.f0327f6cda28

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/29/18116371/uninsured-rate-children-health-insurance-medicaid-trump?fbclid=IwAR1zMX68uGVJTuqysBmyz4i3JgR598rBH8ey46CWuY9ESd637vduC0bABtw

Must read from the Washington Post on how Roger Stone and Paul Manafort helped create the swamp we are engulfed in.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/politics/paul-manafort-roger-stone/?utm_term=.0eaec2fb0212&fbclid=IwAR16DxiQZu68XeVoFkV3RHeJXmhLIjIDPuRM8EqDjlk7e5IDX4Z6Fa_v-XA

The Democrats have netted 40 new seats in the House of Representatives. Cool

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-me-pol-valadao-cox-victory-20181128-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1cMtwayPCnwqxye7T1DqJFGz9YpgwmeHlTwl-lP0xfvh6yjCVMEjcR8SU

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This is not organized mob rule Mr. Popular Vote Loser. You can not get away with threatening reprisals on your opponents, hindering the special counsel, and holding out the hope of presidential pardons to criminals so they do not cooperate with a lawful investigation. You are dishonoring the office of the Presidency and November 2020 cannot come soon enough for the majority of the country that did not vote for you the first time. Only 706 days to go until the KKK endorsed candidate is voted out of office.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/politics/ny-post-trump-manafort-pardon-on-the-table/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0hErdltp0fhwZbiQR1f_9Xk1T4RvvWdMUK6qoyv6f7yAQzB2P6auRLdEQ

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/politics/new-york-post-trump-threatens-declassify-devastating-dems/index.html

Go Solar and Wind

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/20/18104206/solar-panels-cost-cheap-mit-clean-energy-policy?fbclid=IwAR09_DbH-_eVxwKU1wkELSNxZgw_Q9O_LCcE-SyQo3K9cQ4jK7F9i830sGk

It is time for the grown ups to sit down and come up with comprehensive immigration reform. People should not have to wait months on line to apply for asylum. People should not illegally cross the border. Our leaders should take the solutions that everyone knows will work and solve this problem and stop using it as a campaign wedge issue. Shame on the Trump Party for fostering this unwarranted fear.

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/28/18089048/border-asylum-trump-metering-legally-ports?fbclid=IwAR21xhWj_zf_bS-wk7atEsU1cd24hBT7S5HMR4bcjFpc24OLTxw9tm2fv0M

The beginning of the end of the Korean War????

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/11/north-korea-wont-denuclearize-reconciliation-moon-kim/576745/?fbclid=IwAR15D8t2s_pjufXFVrYdbmtXogLZOvJc3q5gmznfnyoGLBjmkKStqMJgj94

Interesting tweet from the Nation's John Nichols on how gerrymandering enabled Republicans to retain control of the legislature despite losing the popular vote and every state wide office that was up for election this year.

https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising/status/1064490841543196672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3Ap2hannley%7Ctwcon%5Etimelinechrome&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogforarizona.net%2F&fbclid=IwAR1V9b_BCGuYmiPOOPdEb5K0g2MTuLe0aYKD-h2E5hiS4UmsoZt8i6xPBV8

And then there were None: No more African American Republican Representatives in the House and only one woman among the nine Republican Freshmen. There is only one African American among Republicans in the Senate. The Trump Party does not look like America.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/opinion/republican-black-congress-mia-love.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR1edIUDuIcpW0jqkLk27qFOiFpsYPgNQm_7zL7M_yqOXwOULfQLTmeGfPY

The latest from War on Our Future on the Climate Change Report the Popular Vote Loser does not believe

https://www.facebook.com/yearswaronourfuture/videos/124544358440507/UzpfSTM1MjU4NzE5ODE4MTE0MzoxNzI5NTMyOTE3MTUzMjI0/

The latest from Robert Reich on Congress subpoenaing the KKK endorsed candidate

https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/videos/1348837498586321/UzpfSTM1MjU4NzE5ODE4MTE0MzoxNzI5OTk5OTEwNDM5ODU4/

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These developments with Manfort and the Russian Investigation appear to show more evidence of collusion and obstruction of justice. Only the brain dead and most rabid of the KKK endorsed candidates supporters would still believe the popular vote loser's assertions that this is a witch hunt. Yea and the U.S. did not use tear gas at the border two days ago.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/politics/paul-manafort-julian-assange-meetings/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3Qx5t0egEjMYV1tD5BMWVGj_xgOruhc2El8NXyMxCkzq1m8a4kE1QatOQ

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/politics/manafort-lawyer-trump-cooperation.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR165B241rJpd-lD7i9M7BLcCzeLiXqlFJMwwnjepeJ-GEQTF0FtmUuvy5Q

Must read article on how some groups in Appalachia are thinking in terms of revitalizing the area through green energy infrastructure projects instead of relying on the dead coal industry. YES

https://www.thenation.com/article/coal-appalachia-green-jobs/

Democrats are up to winning 39 House Seats. Could number 40 come tomorrow?

If true, what China is doing to Muslims is wrong and should be condemned and stopped.

https://www.thenation.com/article/china-muslims-detention-camps/?fbclid=IwAR2IwsGAPA4Zg6jgm2cu0mcuZMzVkd7djfxlXxaC7cVT6IYaHQO7lNjVrcc

The Popular Vote Loser is actually right on this one. G.M. or any other company that receives financial assistance from the government should not commit mass layoffs of American Workers.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/business/gm-trump-subsidies/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0PC1-aN5nlrR4nI9sK6sFp-31g0Dzwv4txXAsMOM5KcXwgTEaHcZYuCcc

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Yes Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon can pose a danger if it contaminate the Colorado River. Why does this require thought. It should be an accepted premise not subject to debate. Do not do it.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2018/11/26/uranium-mines-near-grand-canyon-hazardous-wildlife/1633529002/?fbclid=IwAR0p3vlUanaogR06ux98wsltHDYAMaQJMSYAA-AeYukZsWkjh2NuWJctV4o

Two excellent articles on how Right Wing Violence is on the rise and how the Republican Party is dead and is now the Trump Party.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-the-united-states-right-wing-violence-is-on-the-rise/2018/11/25/61f7f24a-deb4-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0uhp3SF0k9Hc-NkgCZ1OtE1lu1eiAa63nBjEGdIg7meY5OKBzA3hERuhg&utm_term=.721b17bfe278

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-is-now-the-party-of-neo-confederates/2018/11/25/d5d9dd88-f109-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0Ivvx8w1D4szPxPPqR3dFfLmHFNsXrJhsjEULoHIQN7Gzb7eNq4SqFeTs&utm_term=.be2cce28b223

Two articles on progressive ideas from Democrats and how they should pursue them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-democrats-can-rewrite-the-tax-code-to-be-more-egalitarian--and-responsible/2018/11/25/d60d0558-ece7-11e8-baac-2a674e91502b_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0xkScwAHymkJYnudFPYgxzgF2IzFR21ixpcNlW9Bq8F-t8f1lcWh56NLo&utm_term=.cd56b1233f30

https://www.thenation.com/article/democrats-congress-house-anti-poverty-agenda-economic-justice/?fbclid=IwAR01D7EyosxA4tOIftdxM0Y5pLayssoRBWp5dOF2W_lVIwP2K2XC8PvGwz4

More news from the Mueller Investigation. Looks like Manafort is going to have Bubba as a roommate for the rest of his life because he can not even be a cooperating witness and Corsi wants a different plea deal. These people are under the delusion that crime does pay and they can get away with anything. For such elderly people, they should rethink their priorities and not depend on a Presidential Pardon.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/politics/jerome-corsi-plea-deal-robert-mueller/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2lRfMsYszNwoP8zyY9-TxedIWfxNj0a5SVs3BXwO51BJ0WGprgWL_lgHg

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/politics/paul-manafort-court-filing-russia-investigation/index.html?fbclid=IwAR22muFvauPap5drV0iEzwtuYbdgp0CyRTBfZk8e0QvWZu5ctbAkx3hqOVk

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Tom Steyer's Five Rights are similar in part to the Economic Bill of Rights Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed in 1944. Any Democrat would do well to borrow from this in outlining the positive goals they would pursue for the American People.

http://www.ushistory.org/documents/economic_bill_of_rights.htm

https://www.tomsteyer.com/5-rights/?fbclid=IwAR2J2oNYmfCRibFdpczOiStqWP2ONru9hYx_rJgnL-f1Ax-sM9j8n5BuQ8g

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/25/europe/russia-ukraine-kerch-strait-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3LTeP9fVsN671McvKyf3eV7x3jRcDP1-N4v2EEPFz5dFXfb1R3-UQCi6g

Trouble at the Border. We need to establish an orderly and safe process to handle the situation. This will not be accomplished by closing the border or trying to illegally cross it. Mature Adults on both sides need to take the lead here.

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000006175881/a-day-on-the-road-with-the-migrant-caravan.html

Reliable Sources from 11/25/18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kao_Bh5fsBA

Fareed Zakaria GPS from 11/25/18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37g1FV4l1q0

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