Russia’s blitzkrieg on day one has failed
Illia Ponomarenko, a defense reporter with the Kyiv Independent, reported today that according to Ukraine’s top general, “Russia’s blitzkrieg on day one has failed.”
CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS/UNSHELTERED POINT-IN-TIME COUNT
The PIT Count is an essential element in our effort to end El Dorado County homelessness, as the data gathered from this census shows us so much more than how many people are homeless in El Dorado County – we also learn more about who is homeless and why. The PIT Count presents a great opportunity to raise awareness of the challenges our homeless citizens face, hear personal experiences from those experiencing homelessness, and demonstrate the compassion and generosity of our community!
Economy has performed better under Democrats
Just for fun, because today feels like a good day to talk about Grover Cleveland….
The economy has boomed under President Joe Biden, putting the lie to the old trope that Democrats don’t manage the economy as well as Republicans.
Look Who Censured Representatives Cheney and Kinzinger
The other big news today is that the Republican National Committee, meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, censured Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) for joining the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Reject the assault on rooftop solar
Who is behind the plan to slash the credit to homeowners with rooftop solar? Just follow the money behind the campaign. Hint: it’s not homeowners, who are doing the right thing for the environment by investing in solar.
City of Placerville grants use of Main Street building; county considering funding
Housing El Dorado could receive up to $115,000 in funding from El Dorado County and has the use of a building owned by the city of Placerville for its Pathways Winter Lodging Program. The group has its sights set on a fully functioning winter shelter program
But what did they think they were seeing?
I’ve thought a lot lately about Representative Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) tweet on January 6, 2021, saying, “Today is 1776.” It’s clear that those sympathetic to stealing the 2020 election for Donald Trump over the will of the majority of Americans thought they were bearing witness to a new moment in our history.
Confounding Contradictions
I am truly baffled by inherent contradictions in a particular set of beliefs. The first contradiction pertains to sovereignty over one’s own body. It claims “My body, my choice” in objection to COVID vaccinations while, at the same time, denying a woman’s right to choose how to deal with her own pregnancy.
Youth Franchise: The Forgotten Sixties Movement
Absent from popular memory and most scholarly histories of the 1960s is the youth franchise movement, which achieved the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1971. This amendment gave the right to vote to 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds and prohibited discrimination in voting “on account of age.” Proposed, passed, and ratified fifty years ago, it was the last time the United States significantly expanded and protected voting rights.
Opponents Team Up Against Voting Rights
In the week that we have commemorated Martin Luther King’s birthday, I found myself thinking about a football coach. In 1990, the voters of Arizona rejected a ballot measure that would have established a state holiday honoring the birth of the great civil rights icon.
Overturn Citizens United
Eleven years ago on Jan. 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Citizens United vs. FEC decision, ruled that corporations and other groups had a right to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections. This gave the wealthy, corporations and other entities even more influence on our government.
One patriot’s concerns
It was a year ago — a long year ago it seems — that insurrectionists invaded and ransacked the U.S. Capitol. We watched in horror as the citadel of our democratic republic came under attack,