AZ Senator Kelly Townsend Is Running for Congress to Serve Trump and Fundamentalist Fascism
UPDATE 1/28: Rawstory just published a look at the disgusting career of Kelly Townsend, which reminded me of a few things, and informed me of a few more. I considered accusing Townsend of being a possible member of the Oath Keepers but had only associational evidence of it. Rawstory also suggests the possibility and presents … Read more
Tucson’s Own Gabriella Cázares-Kelly Appears on the Lawrence O’Donnell Show
[00:00:00] Lawrence O’Donnell: Our next guest, like Kyrsten Sinema, is an activist in Arizona, democratic politics before being elected to office herself in September of 2019. Gabriella Cázares-Kelly discovered that the county recorder’s office in her county, Pima County, Arizona maintains voter registration records in 2020. Gabriella Cázares-Kelly ran for the office herself and won. She … Read more
The Biden Boom: ‘It’s Morning In America’ According To The Economic Data
In 1984, Ronald Reagan began his reelection campaign with his Morning In America television campaign ad. It was a successful attempt to gloss over his dismal economic record. Reagan’s Recession: The deepest post-World War II economic downturn occurred in the early 1980s. According to the accepted arbiter of the economy’s ups and downs, the National … Read more
New State and Federal Voting Districts Are Now in Effect
With both Democratic members voting “no,” the Independent Redistricting Commission certified the new Congressional and Legislative district maps at their January 21st meeting, as described in this Jeremy Duda article in the AZ Mirror: Redistricting commission gives final certification to new maps Below are links to the new maps in both Google My Maps and … Read more
On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Never Forget the 12 Million that Perished or How this Hell Came to Be in the First Place
Today (January 27, 2022,) is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is a day to honor and remember the 12 million victims of Nazi and Nazi-Collaborater barbarity during World War Two. Six million of the victims were Jews. Others perished because of their: sexual preference. mental or physical disabilities. being Gypsies. being Jehovah’s Witnesses. being political … Read more
Mayor Regina Romero, Tucson, and the RTA Take Important Steps towards Regional Collaboration
In a positive step for Tucson’s infrastructure future, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA,) at their January 27, 2022 meeting, has agreed to expand Tucson’s representation on key committees (Technical Management and Citizen’s Accountability for Regional Transportation,) address an existing funding gap dating back to 2006, and potentially install, based on a Maricopa Association of Government structure, … Read more
Authoritarian GQP Election Subversion Bill For The Legislature To Set Aside The Will of The Voters
This happened in the Arizona Legislature last year. Authoritarian Rethuglicans Propose The Most Blatant Voter Disenfranchisement Bill Ever (excerpt): Now comes along the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick, former litigation chief for the “Kochtupus” Death Star the Goldwater Institute, Rep. Shawnna Bolick (R-Phoenix), who wants to reclaim the power of the state legislature, … Read more
The Fair Voting Act Citizen Initiative Petition Drive To Begin
EricAz posts at Daily Kos, Saving Voting Rights Amid A Storm of Right-Wing Crazy in AZ: Grassroots organizers reached agreement with lawyers on Wednesday on the final text of a sweeping Voting Rights Initiative that will push back on decades of Voter Suppression, broaden the franchise and prevent the radical rightwing from stealing voting rights … Read more
