Is México really about to raffle its presidential airplane? That’s the question that I keep getting asked when talking about Mexico’s political state. With Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, anything is possible. Like Donald Trump, AMLO likes to push unconventional issues to distract from what is going on the county. So, what’s the story […]
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A Critical Review of Who Rules El Paso?
Who Rules El Paso? has recently been making the rounds through social media as the primer on El Paso political power, namely arguing that money buys control of the city. Unfortunately, the book glosses over many important details, leaves many out and offers little to no concrete facts from which to prove their central thesis. […]
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A Critical Review of Who Rules El Paso?
Who Rules El Paso? has recently been making the rounds through social media as the primer on El Paso political power, namely arguing that money buys control of the city. Unfortunately, the book glosses over many important details, leaves many out and offers little to no concrete facts from which to prove their central thesis. […]
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El Paso Veterans Needs Assessment
Last Saturday I attended a meeting at the Veterans One Stop Shop where a group of Veterans met to discuss a Survey Assessing the needs of the El Paso Veterans. El Paso City/County partnered with Combined Arms Houston, UT Austin and Endeavors Cohen Family Clinic created this survey which went live February 5th. Myself and […]
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Nope, Not Acquitted
As expected, Donald Trump is taking a victory lap telling anyone that will listen that he was acquitted in the impeachment trial. Under the rules, yes he was, but the outcome is far from an exoneration of Trump. These are the unpleasant facts that Donald Trump ignores. The Senate, although Donald Trump controls the majority […]
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El Paso News March 3 2020 Voter Guide Is Here
Earlier this month we sent out a request to local Democrat candidates running in contested races for the upcoming March 3 election to respond to a set of questions we posed to them for our voter guide. (link) We asked the candidates to respond no later than February 9, 2020. We identified 36 local Democrat […]
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Shadow Politics
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 […]
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U.S. Senate Votes On Impeachment of Donald J. Trump
-Breaking News- The United States Senate voted today on the impeachment of Donald J. Trump. The vote on the two articles of impeachment went along party lines. On Article One, Abuse of Power, 52 Republicans voted “not guilty”. One Republican, Mitt Romney, voted “guilty,” along with 48 Democrats and Independents. On Article Two, Obstruction, 53 […]
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Third-Rate American Democracy
Americans are fond of labeling other countries as “first-world” or “third-world” countries without really understanding where the terms come from. The terms are a legacy of the Cold War, with “third-world” countries being the ones that were not aligned with either the Soviet Union or the United States. Overtime the term has evolved into a […]