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New Mexico’s would-be future governor says NO to a border wall, and YES to an X-Ray gate and digital tagging​ Mexico Border Wall

New Mexico’s would-be future governor says NO to a border wall, and YES to an X-Ray gate and digital tagging​

Imagine a world in which borders are no longer a thing, and foreign nationals are digitally tagged and tracked through an X-ray gate that sits at the phantom-border edge between the United States and Mexico?Why? Because apparently, an X-ray gate is superior to the idea of building a border wall.Are…
bubmag
May 11, 2020
Column: Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits Old-Age Poverty

Column: Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits

View photosSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is fretting about the federal deficit, now that billions are going to working people in coronavirus aid, rather than to the wealthy via a tax cut.  (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)One has to hold begrudging admiration for the determination of the enemies…
bubmag
May 11, 2020
Column: Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits Old-Age Poverty

Column: Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits

One has to hold begrudging admiration for the determination of the enemies of Social Security among Republicans and conservatives: Not only are they refusing to let a global crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic divert them from the long-term campaign to undermine the program, they’re using the crisis to justify…
bubmag
May 11, 2020