Today, the emergency $600 weekly federal unemployment stipend expires. As of now, Congress is unable to come to an agreement about how to move forward on stimulating the economy as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to destroy the economy. With the November elections less than 100 days away, it is surprising that the Republicans have put… Read More About Twenty Million Americans About To Go Hungry
America and the rest of the world is an economic crisis. Most of us understand this. For the politicians, the economic crisis is about the November elections. For the rest of us it is about how we are going to deal with the added expenses of keeping kids home and, for some of us, having… Read More My Debt Moratorium Proposal As A Stimulus Package
We are amid major changes in the global economy and the way we live our lives. Those of us that have lived through the currency devaluations of our countries or other major economic changes mostly understand what is to come. We have lived economic chaos before. Most Americans do not understand how lives will change… Read More The Age of COVID-19
Today is Super Tuesday. There are 1,344 delegates up for grabs for those seeking the Democratic Party nomination. The 14 states voting today, include California’s 415 delegates and Texas’ 228 delegates. By the time the dust settles, the five, or six (if we count Mike Bloomberg as viable) Democratic Party pretenders will be whittled down… Read More Super Tuesday 2020
The Democratic Party delegate race heated up Saturday night when Joe Biden scored all the delegates up for grabs that night. Biden’s decisive win in South Carolina shows that the Democratic nominee will be selected by traditional party politics. Much has been made about Bernie Sander’s “revolution” and Pete Buttigieg’s emergence as the unlikely candidate… Read More Democratic Party Delegate Race Heats Up
There has been some buzz lately about Michael Bloomberg rising through the Democrat primary as the potential challenger to Donald Trump. As a wealthy individual from New York, Bloomberg was perceived to be a viable challenger to Donald Trump in the upcoming elections. On Wednesday night Bloomberg had his first opportunity to prove his ability… Read More The Michael Bloomberg Fail
Appropriately named Shadow, Inc. is at the center of the Iowa Caucus controversy. They are the software company that developed the APP that has delayed the caucus results. As more and more details come out about the company behind the APP, the more it leads to questions about political subterfuge and even corruption. Let us… Read More Shadow Politics
Representative John Yarmuth, a Democrat, had an interesting theory on CNN on Monday night on what could happen if Donald Trump were to be removed from office. As many have been contemplating, the removal of Trump would result in Mike Pence taking over. If Pence were to be removed as well, or resign before a… Read More Nikki Haley – The GOP Worst-Case Scenario
I was asked an interesting question yesterday by a very good friend. They asked what I thought about a Joe Biden and Beto O’Rourke ticket. I hadn’t thought about such a possibility before being asked about it. It is an interesting question that merits some discussion. Biden’s slump in the polls and Beto dropping out… Read More Joe Biden and Beto
Most readers are likely aware that Beto O’Rourke has dropped out of the presidential race. It is not unexpected although many in El Paso were living the fantasy of an El Pasoan president. Beto was never presidential material. But there is a lesson future politicos can learn from Beto. After the illusion of teenyboppers propelling… Read More Learn From Beto: Guns Are Political Suicide
Beto O’Rourke is pandering for political votes by misusing the murders of citizens by killers using assault weapons to kill. Either Beto knows that his call for taking assault weapons from the hands of U.S. voters is impossible or he just doesn’t care. This proves that Beto is only trying to garner votes. The fact… Read More Beto Panders for Votes
Donald Trump believes he is the “chosen one”. Clearly and without a doubt Donald Trump is about one thing – his ego. This is Trump’s Achilles heel – his vulnerability. Trump is driven by his ego. The grandiose branding around his name. The ridiculous assumption that Greenland is for sale. The idea that only Trump… Read More The Chosen One
An Open Letter to Democrat 2020 Presidential Candidates Dear candidates, It is heartening to hear most of you discuss the plight of immigrants in cages and immigrant children being separate from their parents. Unfortunately, as an immigrant myself, I see that there remains a fundamental disconnect about the issue of immigration. Although well intended, legalizing… Read More An Open Letter to Democrat Candidates About Immigration
(I edited this post on 07aug19 at 10:46ET to correct a term I should not have used.) So, Donald Trump has decided to visit El Paso today even though most elected officials from El Paso have told him he is not welcome. Almost all, but not Dee Margo. Why not Margo? Because Margo is a… Read More Trump Not Welcome in El Paso
The great takeaway from the second CNN debate last night is that Joe Biden is done. As expected he was targeted by the others because he is the front runner in the polls. The same polls that said Hillary Clinton would beat Donald Trump. The polls ask who is likely to beat Donald Trump. Biden… Read More Joe Biden is Done
El Paso political observers are likely rejoicing that Beto survived the CNN debates last night. The El Paso dream of a homegrown president remains in place. But it is fleeting. Beto has been in a decline since the last debate. Donations to his campaign are down and he is polling in the single digits. The… Read More Beto Survived the CNN Debate
The question by many is why is Nancy Pelosi so reluctant to impeach Donald Trump? On the surface it looks like Pelosi does not want the distraction of impeachment to dominate the 2020 national elections. That makes sense as part of the equation. But I believe there is more to the Pelosi impeachment equation. The… Read More The Nancy Pelosi Impeachment Strategy
Party politics in the United States has killed democracy. American voters do not have direct access to their government. Instead, American voters are filtered through party politics. This makes Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi the true national agenda directors. Trump more so than Pelosi simply because of the inherent powers of the presidency. Although Pelosi… Read More The Democrats Are Helping Donald Trump
The Democrats are too busy playing party politics to resolve the American crisis. Yesterday, a letter signed by over 400 former federal prosecutors made the point that Donald Trump needs to be investigated for criminal obstruction. But the Democrats, like the Republicans and, of course Donald Trump, are too busy jockeying for the 2020 elections… Read More Democrats Stop Playing Games
As I have written numerous times before, the issue of immigration is the singular item that is often misused by politicos to get votes. This is true for the Democrats and the Republicans. As I have written over many posts before, the Democrats are worse for immigrants than the Republicans but that is hard to… Read More Immigrant Pawns At The Border
One of the seldom discussed issues about immigration policies is that the Democrats have historically imposed draconian immigration policies. Yet today, the Democrats take control of the House amid the latest government shutdown around the narrative of being pro-immigrants. What will the Democrats do? The narrative is that the Democrats are for “open borders” and… Read More Will the Democrats Cave?
Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi won the Democratic nomination for Speaker even though there was talk that she may not be supported by incoming Democrat and some reelected representatives. Pelosi must still be elected by the whole body in January, where the rebellion to her leadership are hoping to block her. Although the vote was secret, we… Read More Veronica Escobar Puts Nancy Pelosi Before Immigrants and Border Issues
Barack Obama promised that if elected he would fix the healthcare debacle and push forth immigration reform. Obama delivered healthcare at the expense of immigration reform. Now that the Democrats control the House and that immigration remains a hot topic in national politics, the question is, will the Democrats help resolve the immigration imbroglio? The… Read More Will Democrats Abandon Immigrants for Healthcare?
Political talking heads on both sides of the isle are talking about the so-called “blue wave.” The Republicans may be publicly underplaying it, but they are worried as evidenced by GOP proponents – like Sean Hannity – going on about how Republican voters “must do their part” to keep Trump’s agenda going. The Democrats are… Read More Beto and The Blue Wave
Americans argue that they have the best democracy in the world. Americans argue that the government represents the people, instead of the other way around. The Brett Kavanaugh debacle is one example that disproves American democracy prowess. But the most obvious example of failure of democracy in America lies in how Americans vote. It is… Read More American Elections Are A Scam
Immigrants for some Americans are disposable commodities. Right now, Donald Trump and cohorts blame immigrants for criminal problems in America, violence and for taking jobs away. In the history of the United States and immigrants, we are in the midst of the third cycle of hating on immigrants. The first cycle was during the Great… Read More Immigrants Are Pawns in American Politics
There is an ongoing narrative about how the Democrats are pro-immigrant or immigrant friendly. In recent weeks, Donald Trump has accused the Democrats of being “open border” advocates. The Democrats have been applauding themselves for having deep empathy for the plight of the immigrants. Most people believe that the Democrats are immigrant friendly while the… Read More The Democrat Lies About Immigrants
Here is a simple question that the Democratic Party leadership doesn’t want you to focus on too much, will they cave on the much-needed legislation for the DACA recipients that are languishing in fear? Many of you reading this today, who are Democratic Party stalwarts, are asking yourselves one of two questions; (1) how could… Read More Will the Democrats Cave on the Dreamers
The reason we have Donald Trump to contend with today is because of party politics. It is these party politics that have led to the diminishing of U.S. national prestige across the globe, and a value system that sees three UCLA thieves as nothing more than a kid’s prank gone wrong. U.S. voters are voting… Read More Party Politics is Killing the Country
Party politics is a strange beast that I’m still trying to understand years after I started paying attention to politics. Individuals who support my blogging, suddenly become angry with me because I choose to point out the faults in a candidate, a candidate that for all intents and purposes represents everything my supporter opposes, except… Read More The Strange Dichotomy of the Republican Party
I sometimes wonder if I’m wrong that the public perception of issues are distorted in the general population. Jeb Bush’s recent comments reaffirmed for me that the reality is often obscured by the rhetoric and the misinformation perpetuated by the news media. What Jeb Bush said about immigration really should not surprise anyone that has… Read More Surprised by Jeb Bush, why? The Republicans Have Done More for Immigration than the Democrats
Once again immigration reform in the United States gets lost in the political posturing of party politics. It is unfortunate that the speechifying about economic and political consequences dominates the discussion and therefore immigration reform in the US will once again be nothing more but another layer of a perpetuating bureaucratic mess that will keep… Read More What Ronald Reagan Knew About Immigration Reform
El Paso Metro In a standing room only meeting held on Thursday night October 25th, a considerable and well-known group of political activists met to discuss the future of party politics in El Paso. After long and often raucous debate, the participants at the first JFK Democratic Club meeting decided that the best course of… Read More Raucous Meeting forms PAC
By Lupe Weaver, El Paso Metro The self-styled progressives within the Democratic Party have decided to form a John F. Kennedy Chapter. In a press release, the group stated that forming a Kennedy Democrats chapter was important because the El Paso Democratic Party was no longer “meeting” their needs. First of all, the El Paso… Read More Progressive Democrats to Form Kennedy Democrats