Political Calendar: Week Of March 20, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. … Read more
Tune in to AZDemocracyNeverSleeps.com Citizens’ Initiatives Telethon, March 26-27 Starting at 4pm
[bctt tweet=”Please tune in for the 2nd annual “AZ Democracy Never Sleeps Telethon” begins on March 26 at 4pm, to support and pledge to circulate and sign these citizens’ petitions for the November 2022 ballot. Visit AZDemocracyNeverSleeps.com today!” username=”BlogForArizona”] Activists from across the state, including Phoenix anchor-host Paul Weich (www.ArizonasLaw.org), Tucson host Michael Bryan (www.BlogForArizona.net), and … Read more
Rep. Kavanagh Bill To Make It A Crime To Record Police Misconduct On A Cell Phone Passes Senate Committee
Update to (Updated) Rep. Kavanagh Bill To Make It A Crime To Record Police Misconduct On A Cell Phone Passes House Committee (February 22, 2022). The Arizona Mirror reports, Republican-backed measure to restrict filming of police officers passes Senate committee: Legislation which would make it illegal to film police officers within eight feet of them … Read more
Mark Meadows Should Be Asked About His Voter Fraud In North Carolina
Update to Insurrection Coup Plotter Mark Meadows Is One Of The Rare Cases Of Actual Voter Fraud: The headline at the Arizona Republic reads, without any hint of irony, that Mark Meadows to headline election conference in Phoenix (behind a pay wall), starting Friday afternoon and continuing Saturday. Seriously? This insurrection Coup Plotter is one … Read more
It is Time for High Quality-Free Universal Pre-K in Arizona
The benefits of high quality and free Universal Pre-K where every child across Arizona and the country starts to attend school at age four have been evident for some time. Studies from the Brookings Institute on the effectiveness of Head Start programs since its creation in the 1960’s and the National Bureau of Economic Research … Read more
New Maricopa County Democratic Party Political Director Andie Gomez sees 2022 as the Year of Opportunity
The Maricopa County Democratic Party has set a major ambitious political goal for 2022. To build a strong political bench of winning candidates at the local level in school board, city council, and other local races so these people can later vie for higher offices at the County, State, and Congressional Levels. They have already … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Asks Americans To Boycott Companies Still Doing Business in Russia
Russia is a terrorist state ruled by a homicidal sociopath. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. Putin ordered the Chechen capital, Grozny, laid to waste. Tens of thousands of Chechen civilians were killed. Russia’s wars in Chechnya offer a grim warning of what could be in Ukraine. Putin order the world heritage site of the … Read more
Senate To Call ‘Big Oil’s Slippery Six’ Back To Testify About Their Price Gouging On Gas Prices
Business Insider reports, Senate Dems want to haul in Big Oil CEOs to testify on price gouging. Joe Manchin likes the idea but doesn’t want Congress to be ‘beating people up’: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that oil and gas CEOs would soon be expected to testify before Congress with prices still high … Read more
