People who worried about a demagogic avalanche of right-wing “populists” and Euroskeptics taking over the European Union after the four day European Parliamentary elections can rest easy as pro-union parties, spread out over more political groups, secured the great majority of the seats as motivated voters turned out in rates not seen in recent electoral … Read more
The Arizona legislature is in session today on Memorial Day, with a tentative budget deal reached with Sen. Paul Boyer, and possibly moving to sine die shortly after. With everyone away for the holiday, there will be even fewer eyes on the legislature to watch these sneaky bastards for any last minute shenanigans stuck into … Read more
On her first day in office as Tucson Mayor, real estate developer Randi Dorman will rivet her attention on five key sectors of the city economy, finding new businesses to come to Tucson and boosting businesses that are already here. She will accomplish this by fully staffing the city Economic Development office, promoting Tucson as … Read more
In case you missed this, The Phoenix New Times reports that “Arizona’s Republican lawmakers and its attorney general want to create a $530,000 “voter fraud unit,” despite the fact that voter fraud is pretty much nonexistent in the state.” GOP Arizona Lawmakers, AG, Want to Create Unit to Probe Nonexistent Voter Fraud: Contrary to claims … Read more
On Thursday Donald Trump crossed the Rubicon — the event in 49 B.C. that precipitated the Roman Civil War, which ultimately led to Caesar becoming dictator for life and the rise of the imperial era of Rome — when he gave his incredibly corrupt Attorney General William P. Barr sweeping new authorities to conduct a … Read more