“Trump Holiday? No! It is incredulous that any patriotic American relying on reality and fact based information could even contemplate showing any type of deference, let alone homage, to a man who fomented an insurrection in order to overturn a fair election, destroy our democratic form of government…”
- HELENA A
“There is constitutional authority and historical precedent for impeachment and removal of an ex-president. Spineless Republican lawmakers continue to lie to their constituents and put Party over country. Mr. Trump must be tried, convicted, and never allowed to hold public office again. There is irre…”
- HELENA A
“Since when has it become acceptable or moral to turn a blind eye to discrimination in any form or for any reason? LGBTQ protections in NAFTA 2.0 should absolutely remain. It’s about time the U.S. stand in solidarity to protect the human rights of all individuals. As far as funding for the boarder wa…”
- HELENA A
“No! Mr. Trump wants to build his symbolic, xenophobic Great Wall of China on our southern boarder for political reasons. Environmental impact studies, engineering studies, alternative security options, practicality, and financial feasibility all show that building a wall is a ridiculous idea. Furth…”
- HELENA A
“Tape please! I listened to the entire press conference between Putin and Trump. For Mr. Trump to hinge his entire defense on the omission of the word “not” would require all rational minded people with perfect hearing to disregard all his other dismissive, derogatory words regarding our intelligence…”
- HELENA A
“This is wrong on so many levels. It would appear that in the last year or so we have seen many pillars of our democracy attacked: our judicial system, our federal law enforcement, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, separation of powers, and now the American ideal of “equal justice under the …”
- HELENA A
“Pharmaceutical companies in the late 1990s assured the medical community that prescription opioid pain relievers were non addictive. Therefore, healthcare providers started to prescribe them for their patients. These pharmaceutical companies then hired lobbyists to discourage the passing of regulati…”
- HELENA A
“No! According to the FBI and DOJ, there are “grave concerns” about the memo. Not only does it threaten national security interests, but it also is a partisan document written by Devin Nunes, who worked for the Trump campaign. The information contained in the document is cherry picked to distort the …”
- HELENA A
“Absolutely not! Judge Alex Kosinski, a Reagan appointee said in 2005 when Republicans attempted to break up the 9th Circuit Court, "We've taken votes of our judges regularly and we always overwhelmingly vote against the split. And these are the folks that know the work of the court." Republicans dur…”
- HELENA A
“Yes, the federal minimum wage should be raised to at least $13.55 an hour. The current minimum wage is insufficient to lift people out of poverty. With Republicans in Congress attempting to cut programs for the poor and low income people, making sure those who work full time earn a living wage is mo…”
- HELENA A
“The AG of the United States, along with all members of the judiciary, is subject to the same code of ethics. They are to be impartial arbitrators of the law and not a rubber stamp for the executive branch of government. In other words, the judiciary is a separate and co-equal branch of our governmen…”
- HELENA A
“Really? The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday on Scott Pruitt, a man who has sued the EPA and has been ordered by a court to "release up to 3,000 documents by Tuesday in response to a request by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) under Oklahoma’s Open Records Act." The American public has a r…”
- HELENA A
“Family planning has been shown to be crucial to a family's social and economic viability. Furthermore, allowing families to avail themselves of birth control so that pregnancies can be planned out leads to less incidents of low birth weight, preterm birth, and small size for gestational age. This is…”
- HELENA A
“Please vote no on the bill requiring the drug testing of people on Welfare. "A paper posted online by the National Employment Law Project points its findings and describes the Republican push as 'inventing problems that do not really exist, scapegoating the unemployed, and wasting time and money ‘pe…”
- HELENA A