-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 […]
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Trump, Kansas and the Immigration Civics Test
By now most of you, if not all of you know that Donald Trump posted a tweet saying that the Kansas City Chiefs are based in Kansas instead of Missouri. It got me thinking about immigrants. Specifically, I started to think about what is required to become a U.S. citizen, the citizenship test, and how […]
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El Paso Is Lawless
Impunity is when the judicial system breaks down. The legal system can break down in several ways. It can simply cease to exist. Its foundation becomes corrupted, Or, like in El Paso it becomes corrupt by simply allowing two legal systems to exist. One system incarcerates the poor while the other system coddles the well-connected. […]
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The Impeachment Farce
As you likely know, the Senate voted 51 to 49 not to call witnesses in the trial to impeach Donald J. Trump. Two Republicans, voted to call witness, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney. Although there was some intrigue before the vote, the outcome did not surprise anyone. More and more evidence of Trump wrongdoing continues […]
Posted inElections
The El Paso News Voter Guide 2020
In our continued effort to inform El Paso voters, the El Paso News is compiling a Voters Guide for the March 3 election. Yesterday, I sent 48 candidates a questionnaire asking them to submit their answers by the end of the day on Monday, February 3, 2020. We will use their answers to compile a […]
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Impeachment Questions And Answers Sessions
Over the last two days, the Senate has been going through tedious question and answer sessions over the issues in the impeachment of Donald J. Trump. I did not write a post yesterday because the Q&A sessions are nothing more than theater. There is nothing new I can offer readers that is not already available […]
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Bernie Sanders: Beware of Extremes
The news outlets are reporting that Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls. He seems to be leading in Iowa and in New Hampshire. It is still too early to know if he will be the Democrat nominee in November. However, it is clear that voters are voting extremes across the globe. In México voters […]
Posted inThe Latino Life
The El Paso Blue
Okay so here’s my opinion on the great “El Paso Blue.” El Paso has been Blue for decades upon decades. Personally when any party reins for a substantial amount of time it’s like “Groundhog Day” different faces same ol’, same ol’. I prefer individuals with well founded platforms and actual substance to themselves. Not puppets […]