by DJ | Oct 31, 2019 | Legislative Watch
Joe Sam Queen gives updates on NC State Legislature: State Redistricting & Broadband Access
by DJ | Oct 28, 2019 | Issues, News
Number 2 in a series (watch this space for more) Have the Democrats impeached Trump? The Democrats have not yet impeached Donald Trump. They are in the process of holding investigation hearings to determine if there is sufficient evidence to impeach him....
by DJ | Oct 28, 2019 | News
“We’re building a wall on the border of New Mexico. And we’re building a wall in Colorado, we’re building a beautiful wall, a big one that really works that you can’t get over, you can’t get under and we’re building a wall in Texas. We’re not building a wall in Kansas...
by DJ | Oct 28, 2019 | 2020 Elections, Impeachment, Issues, News
Number 1 in a Series (stay tuned for more) Based on the Mueller Report, which I have read, including all those footnotes, it’s obvious that President Trump obstructed justice multiple times. Based on the Michael Cohen convictions, it’s likewise obvious that Trump...
by DJ | Oct 20, 2019 | Photo Galleries
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by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Legislative Watch
Last updated on October 15, 2019. The deadline for filing for the March 3, 2020, primary is December 20, 2019. What follows is based on the latest information we have on candidates who have filed. (It is the position of the North Carolina Democratic Party to refrain...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | News
An advisory panel begun while Ryan Zinke headed the Interior Department is recommending that the National Park Service privatize their campgrounds. The Subcommittee on Recreation Enhancement, a delightfully ironic name, suggests we can make our wilderness experience...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Legislative Watch
Last week Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger announced that he plans to adjourn for the remainder of this year by the end of October without passing a budget for our state. Stay tuned. North Carolina needs a real, comprehensive, balanced budget that meets all the...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | 2020 Elections, Issues, Legislative Watch, News
Our US Congressman made the October 1, 2019 issue of The New Yorker. It appears that he was once interested in old bones, having purchased considerable property in a Colorado town known for its fossils. Appropriately, it’s named Dinosaur. Three years ago he sold that...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
The Atlantic (November, 2019); 42-49 Mark Bowen’s article is subtitled: “What Top Military Officers Really Think about Trump.” He divides his critique into five categories, each of which should make you shiver a tad. First, President Trump “disdains expertise.” We...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
From the US Congressman Thom Tillis Twitter Feed: “It’s easy to sleep knowing that Justice Brett Kavanaugh serves on our Supreme Court, upholding our Constitution and protecting our values.” Yes, indeed, I sleep better knowing the man who, as an adolescent, bragged...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
According to US Congressman Thom Tillis, Impeachment is “a waste of resources.” Lawmakers need to focus on our economy rather than shift “resources away from what I don’t believe rises to the level of any kind of impeachment inquiry or impeachment.” One very...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | News
September 24, 2019 (missile treaty): Based on an article in the September 23, 2019 issue of The Nation. I doubt many of us go to bed at night worrying about the INF Treaty. If you’re like me, you weren’t really even tuned in to its existence. The Intermediate-Range...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
We were an idea, before we were a nation. Our borders were of less concern to our founders than a constellation of what were then almost unspeakable notions, like all men were created equal and they had, inherently, certain rights. Those rights were not granted by a...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | News
“As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!).” (Donald Trump, October 7, 2019)...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
The arrival of a new movie about the last months of Judy Garland’s life started me thinking about my first encounters with her professional work. It was all those “Let’s put on a show” movies with Mickey Rooney. You’d rush to your neighbor’s house after school (they...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | News
If I want to find out about impeachment and don’t want to read beyond a short, bulleted explanation, what do I do? Rather than read what follows, check out Jane Koenig’s regular Democratic e-mailed newsletter. She summarized the process in late September, 2019. You...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
At Governor’s School, where I taught for several summer, a famous computer scientist from MIT was once a guest speaker. I’m talking a name that was off the charts in his field. Yet, early in his lecture he completely lost his audience of high schoolers, when he...
by DJ | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
Organ Pipe Cactus National Park is in Arizona. It contains some of the oldest plants in the United States and is one of our globe’s most fragile eco-systems. Home to Saguaro and Pipe Cacti, it also houses at least 22 archeological sites. Its existence is so rare and...
by DJ | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog
Barn Dance – Yee Haw!
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