President Obama offered peer review. He is allowed and the American people love him.

If President Obama's plans for gun control was not obstructed by the "Moscow" Mitch US Senate there is a very good chance none of this would be happening. There is no reason to try to blame President Obama for the violence during his presidency, the NRA didn't have him in their back pocket.

I looked for President Obama's speech to the NRA convention and I could not find one. 

The guns used over the past two weekends weren't purchased when Sandy Hook occurred.

President Obama is the only American President of Color. His insight should be taken seriously. Just because he is a peer, doesn't mean the peers are equal in their capacity to governor well.


January 5, 2016

THE PRESIDENT: (click here) Mark, I want to thank you for your introduction. I still remember the first time we met, the time we spent together, and the conversation we had about Daniel. And that changed me that day. And my hope, earnestly, has been that it would change the country.

Five years ago this week, a sitting member of Congress and 18 others were shot at, at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. It wasn’t the first time I had to talk to the nation in response to a mass shooting, nor would it be the last. Fort Hood. Binghamton. Aurora. Oak Creek. Newtown. The Navy Yard. Santa Barbara. Charleston. San Bernardino. Too many.

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Too many....

The RNC needs to pay it's bills. El Paso is stretched for resources with another visit from the President tomorrow.

August 6, 2019
By Christopher Wilson

...“Our resources are really strained right now,” (click here) said Alexsandra Annello, a member of the El Paso City Council. “Our police and fire are exhausted, our health department had for three days straight been working with the reunification of families. As you see from the bill, these are the services required for a presidential visit. In addition to financial costs, our community and resources are already strained and do not need this extra burden.”

According to the city, Trump’s campaign owed $470,417.05 for police and public safety services related to the February rally, which was not an official presidential visit. The city sent the Trump campaign a letter in May prior to the deadline notifying it of the past-due invoice and in June added a one-time 21 percent late fee penalty, bringing the total bill to $569,204.63....

International Opinion Pages are wall to wall criticism of the continued hostile tone of the Trump campaign.

This is an article at the BBC expressing concern for their American ally and the danger that lies within their lives.

The laws of the USA are inadequate in addressing Domestic Terrorists. There is probably a deliberate reason for it, due to the concern for zealotry that has existed in the country since 2001. The Patriot Act is still not well received by many Americans.

For the first time the enemy within, Home Grown Domestic Terrorists, are becoming a concern. The attacks by people like Timothy McVeigh were mostly few and far between, but, that has changed within the past year.  Today, Cesar Sayoc was sentenced to 20 years for his threats to the lives of very famous and important people and the news media. It was found he acted because of the influence he found important with the Trump candidacy and his rallies.

It is time in the USA to address the haters, the White Supremacists, White Nationalists and those that will not accept the USA's diversity as valuable and important. We are not alone in worrying about the longevity of these hate organizations, Europe has it's concerns, however, they DO NOT HAVE THE VIOLENCE PROBLEM the USA faces regularly.

5 August 2019

By Tara McKelvey

US authorities (click here) are investigating the shootings in El Paso that left 22 people dead as a possible case of "domestic terrorism". How big a threat is this kind of terror and how is the US combating it?

Police believe the white suspect, Patrick Crusius, drove hundreds of miles across Texas to a Hispanic-majority city to carry out his attack.

He is believed to be the author of a document posted minutes before the shooting which said the attack was "a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas".

In a statement, the FBI said the attack "underscores the continued threat posed by domestic violent extremists and perpetrators of hate crimes".

It also said it was concerned that "US-based domestic violent extremists could become inspired by these and previous high-profile attacks to engage in similar acts of violence".

Last month, the FBI said this kind of violence was on the rise and most of it was motivated by some form of white supremacist ideology....

“The Letter” — Amy McGrath for U.S. Senate

Kindly donate to Amy McGrath's Senate Campaign (click here), I am certain Russia is hard at work to defeat her.

This is the reception a Marine Veteran receives from the leader of the US Senate as she runs in opposition of McConnell obstruction which has alienated the US Senate from the needs of the American people.

The idea McConnell would double down on being the Grim Reaper as a campaign slogan which includes Amy McGrath's name is disgusting and threatening. McConnell has lost all honor in his politics.

Amy McGrath has an important task to end the corrupt reign of "Moscow" Mitch McConnell. He is not simply an obstructionist to the well being of the American people, he is a friend to Russia and is corrupt to the core.

July 31, 2019

In December 2018, (click here) the Trump administration announced it would lift sanctions from three companies linked to Russian oligarch and longtime Manafort business partner Oleg Deripaska. The sanctions were originally put in place to respond to Russia’s malicious cyber activities and attempts to subvert Western democracies.

Instead of punishing Deripaska, however, the deal negotiated by the Treasury Department freed him from hundreds of millions of dollars in debt—and allowed him and his allies to keep majority ownership of his most important companies. When a bipartisan group of Senators s­ought to block this deal, Mitch McConnell and the majority of his Republican colleagues voted it down.

Then, just three months later, one of these companies announced a $200 million investment into an aluminum mill in Mitch McConnell’s backyard.

That’s what a quid pro quo looks like....

Yes, you read that right, "Moscow" Mitch is in bed with the Russians.

When the US Senate measures to end the corruption by the US Treasury, the Senators issues a statement:

December 19, 2018

...“Today’s announcement, (click here) which comes as a result of negotiated changes to the En+ corporate structure, does not change the fact that Mr. Deripaska, his employees, and his companies work at Vladimir Putin’s behest and operate as de facto representatives of the Russian government - a government that has occupied and intimidated its neighbors, sought to disrupt free and fair elections, violated nuclear treaties, and continued to wage influence campaigns to undermine western democracies, including our own.  While the Treasury Department has made great strides in reducing Mr. Deripaska’s ownership state in En+ and making beneficial changes to the corporate governance, this deal will require constant monitoring to ensure that neither Mr. Deripaska nor the Russian government violate the terms of the agreement. The addition of Victor Boyarkin, one of Mr. Deripaska’s key lieutenants, to the sanctions list will help counter some of Russia’s malign influence efforts, and is a welcome step.  We will continue monitoring these sanctions’ effects, and to hold accountable those who would violate them.”

This is not a minor issue. What McConnell is engaged in is wrong and detrimental to the democracy of the USA and the freedoms we all enjoy.

King Salman is making a very generous offer to help heal the Muslims attacked in New Zealand.

Saudi Arabia is involved in a war that is producing child refugees. There still are no peace talks which should also include Iran. Hopefully, Saudi Arabia has begun to deal with the war and will move toward peace and talks with other parties.

This generous offer to the New Zealanders is a good measure to assist others, it should not stop there.

The memory of the attack does have lingering effects on survivors. I am sure their religious dedication will heal their worst nightmares.

6 August 2019

The scars (click here) from the nine bullets the gunman fired into Temel Atacocugu run down his left side like knotty rope. But it's the recurring mental images from that day at the mosque that he often finds hardest to cope with: The gunman's face. The puff of smoke from his gun. The worshippers falling as they clamored to escape.

After coming so close to dying nearly five months ago, Atacocugu feels he has been "reborn." And this week he plans to express his gratitude to God for being given the chance for a new life when he participates in the hajj, the holy Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

The 44-year-old kebab shop co-owner is among 200 survivors and victims' relatives from the Christchurch mosque shootings who are traveling to Saudi Arabia as guests of King Salman. The king is paying for their airfare, accommodation and travel costs, a bill that will run well over $1 million. The group will also travel to holy sites in Medina.

All able-bodied Muslims are required to perform the hajj once in their lifetime, with many saving for years to make the journey. The annual pilgrimage draws nearly 2 million Muslims from around the world to Mecca and sites around it to perform a series of ancient rites and prayers meant to cleanse the soul of past sins and bring people closer to God....