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Organize Now to Protect Abortion Access in Arizona!
The Arizona Abortion Access Act initiative (The AAA) to amend AZ’s constitution to protect women’s access to abortion has now officially launched its petition drive under the coalitional organization of Arizonans for Reproductive Freedom. You can visit them to sign up to help the effort. You can directly register yourself in their volunteer intake form … Read more
Roadhouse Cinema Helps the Hearing Disabled
Many people who are hearing disabled find that watching a movie is a struggle, just to make out what the actors are saying. Awkward captioning devices that plugged into a seat cupholder were a mediocre solution. Most hearing aids don’t work with the old-fashioned hearing loop induction service. But Now, thanks to the Roadhouse Cinema … Read more
The Lincoln Project Frames What is at Stake in 2024 with Contrasting Ads on Biden and Trump
The Lincoln Project has unveiled four new ads in the last week that, in case there are still people on the fence, frame what is at stake in the 2024 Presidential Election. The Project released two new ads, called “Fact Checking” and “Trump’s Instincts” based on clips from Kristen Welker’s first interview with Donald Trump … Read more
The Biden/Harris Administration Launches The American Climate Corps
Following the tradition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps, John F. Kennedy’s Peace Corps, and Bill Clinton’s Americorp, the Biden/Harris Administration, through Executive Action, launched the creation of the American Climate Corps On Wednesday, September 20, 2023. Originally a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act that was pulled during negotiations, this Corps, when fully … Read more
AZ’s MAGA Congressman Eli Crane is an Agent of Chaos – Even to the GOP
I generally don’t just comment on other’s work, but since AZ BlueMeanie is on an extended vacation in Pepperland, I note The Status Quo utterly hit the nail on the head as to the raging chaos and dysfunction that is the GOP Congressional Caucus, and the weakness and fecklessness of Speaker McCarthy, who keeps getting … Read more
Why Abortion is This Century’s Prohibition
There will be an ironic outcome of the Republican dogs finally catching the car they’ve been baying after for the past 50 years: abortion rights in this country will be stronger and more firmly entrenched in our laws after overturning Roe than they ever were under Roe. There are two fundamental human truths underlying my … Read more
Die, Project Veritas, Die
NEW: Project Veritas Suspends All Operations Amid Devastating Layoffs and Fundraising Struggles Project Veritas, the right-wing phony media organization founded by James O’Keefe, suspended all operations on September 20, 2023, after another round of layoffs, according to Mediaite. CEO Hannah Giles said that the group cannot “carry the present staff count any longer” and that … Read more
Biden to Create New Office of Gun Violence Prevention
President Biden on Friday will create a new office for gun violence prevention, an escalation of the administration’s efforts to tackle the issue, according to the Washington Post. Biden and Vice President Harris are scheduled to announce the new office at an event in the White House Rose Garden on Friday afternoon, the people said. … Read more