Parliamentary Rules and Filibusters

ACORN Politics

            Pearl River         Who would have imagined that lower income families would ever find themselves thankful for parliamentary rules?  Not me, for sure!  Yet, somehow, miracles never cease, and we’re getting a break from the parliamentarian of the US Senate, as she goes through the budget reconciliation pretense that powers Trump and the Republican’s …

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Immigration Story: Abuse of Power, Not Rule of Law

Immigrant Politics Trump

            Toronto           Let’s be clear.  It’s great news that the Trump government has been forced by constant protests, agitation, legal action, and court decisions to finally return unlawfully deported and arrested immigrants to freedom.  Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from Maryland has finally been returned from an El Salvador hellhole where he had been detained for …

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