Today, Governor Ducey declared a state of emergency throughout Arizona. He did this without consultation or prior communication with the mayors or police chiefs of Arizona’s major cities. Why? Likely, because those positions are largely filled with Democrats and their appointees, one imagines? Tucson’s Mayor Regina Romero was not consulted: I just learned through @dougducey's … Read more
Tens of thousands of Arizona voters– regardless of party affiliation– have signed up for the state’s vote-by-mail system by adding their names to the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL). Vote-by-mail is safe and convenient. The current anti-mail-in ballot rhetoric from the Republican Party is meant to suppress the vote by stonewalling against mandates for national … Read more
This week, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan will have a hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to answer accusations of bias made by Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser. Judge Sullivan declined to accept the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss the guilty plea entered by Michael Flynn … Read more
Carolyn’s note: Black American George Floyd was allegedly killed by a Minneapolis, MN police officer, while in police custody and handcuffed on the ground on Monday, May 25. Protests/rallies/marches have been held all over the nation (and world) in outrage over this action, and in memory of George Floyd, age 46. The officer in … Read more
Federal and state officials across the country have altered or hidden public health data crucial to tracking the coronavirus’ spread, hindering the ability to detect a surge of infections as President Trump demands the nation to reopen rapidly. Bad state data hides coronavirus threat as Trump pushes reopening: In at least a dozen states, health … Read more