#StopTheBans is a nationwide day of action on Tuesday, May 21 to protest radical Republicans’ assault on women’s reproductive freedom and access to safe, legal abortion. Across the country, we are seeing a new wave of extreme bans on abortion, stripping away reproductive freedom and representing an all-out assault on abortion access. This is Trump’s … Read more
Is it a coincidence that Charter School Week is the same week as the landmark Supreme Court Decision Brown vs the Board of Education? On May 16, Arizona House Republicans stood to honor Charter School Week while a proclamation was read. A few minutes later Rep. Gerae Peten reminded us all that Friday, May 17, … Read more
Richard Nixon was going to be impeached for the very same misconduct Donald Trump is engaged in now, before he resigned. Article 3 of Nixon’s Articles of Impeachment was for “obstruction of Congress,” i.e, his failure to comply with the lawful subpoenas from Congress. The latest on the Trump administration’s “total obstruction” of Congress: House Judiciary … Read more
Been awhile since I’ve written about the ongoing Trump constitutional emergency. Not that things have been quiet, but they have been consistent. Last time I wrote about the emergency was before Barr turned over the redacted version of the Mueller Report. Now the full report remains under lock and key, but the world has seen … Read more
The House on Friday for the first time approved legislation banning anti-LGBT discrimination in a 236-173 vote (23 not voting). House approves anti-LGBT discrimination Equality Act: Every Democrat voted for the measure, as did eight Republicans. GOP Reps. Susan Brooks (Ind.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Will Hurd (Texas), John Katko (N.Y.), Tom Reed … Read more