Idea of the Week: Convicted American war criminals who were outed by their military comrades, unless there was a frame up or a verified instance of post traumatic stress disorder, do not deserve Presidential Pardons

Idea of the Week: Progressives need to make a concerted attempt to connect with Rural America. They want the same things the rest of America does and Democratic messages can resonate with them

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/31/democrats-must-win-rural-america-heres-how/?utm_term=.f8a103416c56

https://onecountryproject.com/

Documentary of the Week courtesy of Frontline

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/supreme-revenge/

Book of the Week

War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945 (FDR at War) by Nigel Hamilton

Editorial Poster courtesy of Robert Reich/Patriotic Millionaires

Interesting third party commentary on the effects of the Tax Act from 2017, Reaganomics and the Middle Class and whether Democrats should seek cooperation with Republicans or go to war.

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/445830-tax-law-had-small-effect-on-economy-wages-study?fbclid=IwAR1OJJe4QRilVvJzxx5T23urxcTNJJUPTr5WkZzlyPKnIQKjuxZDFDkBGdc

https://www.salon.com/2014/04/19/reaganomics_killed_americas_middle_class_partner/?fbclid=IwAR17BFOz5rLsX-T2PqI17wA9hxFNqnp3X3Oxk5MGFbfhlPYZ6tF-fc_t-n0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-split-work-with-republicans--or-wage-war-against-them/2019/05/30/3ae7f3f8-825b-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3FXu3cpy_6rAj7ryAfmOgjx9tLrikvUqBuFVdTCTm5HfS5pI1ojqy9EMw&utm_term=.22011b7f6fb0

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It is beneath contempt that it takes just two Republican legislators, one at a time, in the House of Representatives, to thwart disaster relief for millions of Americans and their communities. What the hell are these two pieces of fecal matter and vermin doing in public service anyway?

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/gy4wjq/its-pathetic-2-republicans-are-blocking-disaster-relief-because-they-can?fbclid=IwAR1NJ-1uPFyvVURB4cm1hIt04vL1unHtr3srBfjC3ClhOscx5HU8LMd80_Y

Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is telling Democrats what Justin Amash said later "The ball is in Congresses court." People need to remember that Watergate was a two year process and support for Richard Nixon only evaporated when the tape contents were revealed towards the end of the process. People need to be patient with the Democrats as they launch their investigations. Democrats also do not need to fear impeachment if it comes to that. They should know that the majority of the people are with them and those supporters will come out on droves on election day in November 2020 if they know Democrats have a spine and will fight for what this country is supposed to be about. Finally, Robert Mueller needs to testify to Congress to give voice to the report so many, including in Congress, have not read.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/30/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-nancy-pelosi-impeachment/index.html

A Profile in Courage: Justin Amash is right. He is like the lone juror in Twelve Angry Men who fights to acquit the accused. In that movie, the other 11 jurors, one by one, slowly agreed with him. Let us hope the Republicans act like the jurors in that movie.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445862-amash-gets-standing-ovation-at-first-town-hall-after-calling-for-trumps

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/

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A Case Study in Democratic Suppression: Before leaving town, Arizona Republican Legislators suppress Democracy AGAIN.

https://blogforarizona.net/before-leaving-town-arizona-republican-legislators-suppress-democracy-again/

The Democrats are not running a Do Nothing House. Mitch McConnell, the Enemy of the People, is running a Do Nothing Senate where judges who do not publicly declare Brown vs the Board of Education a good decision can apply.

https://blogforarizona.net/the-democrats-are-not-running-a-do-nothing-house-mitch-mcconnell-the-enemy-of-the-people-is-running-a-do-nothing-senate-where-judges-who-do-not-publicly-declare-brown-vs-the-board-of-education-a-go/

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MUST READ. IT WAS 84 DEGREES RECENTLY IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. SUNBLOCK WILL NOT HELP UNLESS WE TAKE STEPS TO ADDRESS IF WE CAN, CLIMATE CHANGE.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/moderate-democrats-delusions-2020-senate-climate-democracy-crisis.html

Editorial Poster courtesy of PTSD Awareness Summit

Please remember to honor those who have fought for our country and those that still are this Memorial Day Weekend.

Reliable Sources from 5/26/19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjxu4p60Dxo

Fareed Zakaria from 5/26/19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQg_4BjNMY

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The latest from Robert Reich on the Popular Vote Loser's betrayal of the Working Class.

https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/videos/1250249621792078/

Arizona: A Case study on how not to pass a state budget with only one party votes that does not benefit the people.

https://blogforarizona.net/the-people-will-remember-in-2020/

https://blogforarizona.net/state-budget-stalls-in-senate-over-child-sexual-assault-survivors/

Shields and Brooks from 5/23/19

https://www.pbs.org/video/shields-and-brooks-on-1558734285/

Cartoons of the Week courtesy of AZ Blue Meanie at Blog for Arizona

https://blogforarizona.net/cartoon-of-the-week-277/?fbclid=IwAR0OFsS7vWkaBVsHUQ3oLwbhI42AYuJ7IbzkqLiCtHfHyC2v0fQ8TuGFEXo

Idea of the Week: Investigate McConnell, Gluliani, and all the suspected figures who collaborated with the Russians and the Trump team. Also enact legislation that makes it a felony punishable with decades in prison for people to openly work with a foreign government to influence an American election.

Documentary of the Week courtesy of Frontline on the Supreme Court

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/

Books of the Week

Michael Lewis The Fifth Risk

Adam Gopnik; A Thousand Small Sanities: The Moral Adventure of Liberalism

Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein: The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality

By the way, where is the Popular Vote Loser's plan to pay for the two trillion infrastructure plan he agreed to go with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer.

BASTARDS THE PROBLEM WITH THE POPULAR VOTE LOSER. LIAR IN CHIEF, AND KKK ENDORSED CANDIDATE IS THAT NO ONE NEEDS TO DOCTOR HIS VIDEOS TO MAKE HIM LOOK BAD.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/doctored-video-pelosi/index.html

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Cover of the New Yorker

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A Case Study: CD 6 Representative David Schweikert is plugging the Republican Line (LIES) on the Democratic House.

https://blogforarizona.net/cd-6-representative-david-schweikert-is-plugging-the-republican-line-lies-on-the-democratic-house/?fbclid=IwAR2TJm9tuO3T5MFoprYHmoSOx9TcfayBToioLep-rrZdx3MdoaYbVgGvjZk

Investigating the Investigation

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/trump-intel-agencies/index.html

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The latest from Robert Reich on Subpoena's and the Liar in Chief Administration

https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/videos/1481714845298585/

Great Commentary from CNN on the Liar in Chief pouting and being a man baby after the Speaker said he was engaging in a cover up. The fact checking from MSNBC of what he said is again priceless. How does his base still believe his fecal matter?

https://www.facebook.com/AC360/videos/400851417431622/UzpfSTM1MjU4NzE5ODE4MTE0MzoxOTc1ODg3MjEyNTE3Nzky/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yChLKgGWpp0

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A Specter is haunting Europe, the United States, and the rest of the World: It is the Specter of Putinism

https://blogforarizona.net/a-specter-is-haunting-europe-the-united-states-and-the-rest-of-the-world-it-is-the-specter-of-putinism/?fbclid=IwAR3_ms-Jf95sPaXdlB_JF9mANP14sPwDLbqUdmfi6HW6RRDAGrtOQkwHdnw

Maybe it is time to launch the impeachment process since the Popular Vote Loser appears to think he is above the law and can ignore Congressional oversight. That in itself could be considered obstruction of justice. Democrats should pressure Republicans to defend the KKK President in their home states. This could be the key to retaking the White House and Senate.

https://prospect.org/article/house-now-has-constitutional-duty-impeach-trump?fbclid=IwAR0x9gEiFi_UWIu5Piv-R1gm5_D9mGBnUe6hV6kIzv_MA3GQOJ1WdNjgxf8

This is so 1984. When the computations show what air pollution what mean in terms of the people killed by it, the Liar in Chief administration at the E.P.A. just change the computation parameters. Talk about fake facts and news.

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/paj3v8/scientists-said-air-pollution-would-kill-thousands-so-trumps-epa-just-changed-the-math?fbclid=IwAR0OVX7J9FQL6IiLN_18W9CTaFW4eHsYSnW7F-wnFFxsxl7Th7M_rzEiHVE

Interesting form of protesting in Britain by throwing milkshakes at Right Wing Fanatics like Nigel Farage

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/mb83p3/what-is-milkshaking-its-the-reason-nigel-farage-got-covered-in-mushy-dairy?fbclid=IwAR2bLWKzKmgizNA0LKqhy6Em3nS3k6DZjjgDZEF-yuJcVw9ikaz3THDPVlk

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