In their Latest Ad “Protect America,” the Lincoln Project Calls on Voters to Elect People that Will Save American Democracy
Another week. Another issue ad and warning from the ad creators and producers of the Lincoln Project. This week, the subject is Protecting American Democracy in the ad “Protect America.” In the ad, the narrator points out that the drive to expand voting rights through the American Experience has been hard and difficult. But it … Read more
Biden Infrastructure Law Helps Arizonans With No Broadband and in Native Communities
The Arizona Democratic Party has been spending a lot of time issuing press releases touting the merits of the Biden/Harris Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Arizonans and how it will help lift them up and move the Grand Canyon state forward. The Democrats also never miss an opportunity to remind Arizonans that not one Arizona member … Read more
Katie Hobbs, Candidate for Governor, Tells Democrats Her Top 3 Priorities
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is running for Governor, said her top three priorities are education, jobs and the economy, and water. She spoke yesterday at a meeting of the Tanque Verde Valley Democrats. Pat Weidhopf, Chair of the TVV Dems, relayed questions from the Zoom chat at Hobb’s appearance. Hobbs also addressed: … Read more
The Supreme Court Isn’t Well. The Only Hope For a Cure Is More Justices.
By Nancy Gertner and Laurence H. Tribe Nancy Gertner is a retired U.S. District Court judge. Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor emeritus and professor of constitutional law emeritus at Harvard Law School. Both served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court. We now believe that Congress must expand the size … Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom To Use Texas Abortion Law as Template For New Gun Laws
Update to SCOTUS Issues One Of The Worst Decisions Ever By The Court (With Implications Far Beyond Abortions In Texas). Just remember that a radical Republican Supreme Court opened the door to this, so all of you gun worshipers and fetishists have no one to blame but these radical Republican Supreme Court Justices for this … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of December 12, 2021
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
SCOTUS Issues One Of The Worst Decisions Ever By The Court (With Implications Far Beyond Abortions In Texas)
On Thursday, a Texas state Judge ruled Texas abortion law’s enforcement mechanism unconstitutional, but then unbelievably did not issue an injunction. The status quo here is Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood: a woman has a constitutional right to make reproductive decisions for herself in consultation with her medical provider, and it is … Read more
The IRC is ‘Packing and Cracking’ to Extend Republican Domination
The Independent Redistricting Commission is now in its final decision stage. The last of the 68 statewide meetings was held in Tucson on December 4. Tucson had more than 338 attendees with 132 speakers, where a Massive crowd protested a “safe” Republican district in Pima County. This is a more extended version of an Op-Ed … Read more
