Must See TV: Lawrence O’Donnell Eviscerates Irresponsible Senator Sinema
From 1989 to 1995, Lawrence O’Donnell was a legislative aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (one of the giants of the Senate). From 1989 to 1991, he served as senior advisor to Moynihan. From 1992 to 1993, he was staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, then chaired by … Read more
What is Paul Gosar Smoking or Drinking or Inhaling This Week
Following Arizona politics, it is sometimes hard to keep up with the wild, preposterous, and downright crazy statements and acts of some of the Grand Canyon states most “colorful” fringe and dangerous figures like Wendy Rogers, Mark Finchem, Andy Biggs, Debbie Lesko, and Paul Gosar. This week it is Paul Gosar who probably gets the … Read more
Corporate Democrats Should Not Be Rewarded For Their Bad Faith Obstruction
Permanent musical accompaniment, A Matter of Trust, by Billy Joel (1986). Amanda Marcotte is exactly right: Centrist Dems broke a promise on infrastructure. They should not get their “bipartisan” victory now: When the two-track plan to pass President Joe Biden’s ambitious jobs and infrastructure program first emerged, many progressives understandably thought it was a trap. … Read more
Sinema Sells out to Big Pharma as Retirees are Abandoned to Pay High Prescription Prices
This past week Senator Sinema threatened to derail President Biden’s legislative agenda for lowering prescription drug prices meanwhile taking more than $750,000 in donations from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. According to an analysis by Kaiser Health News, Sinema ranks as one of Congress’s leading recipients of pharmaceutical industry donations despite her successful 2018 Senate … Read more
Arizona’s Legislative Traitors to Democracy Name Themselves
To the People of Arizona: A group of Arizona “lawmakers” have outed themselves as the enemies of democracy in an open letter packed with lies, misinformation, and insurrection. They call for a baseless, illegal, and anti-democratic overthrow of our 2020 elections, in which, it must be noted, THEY were themselves elected. If they sincerely believed … Read more
CrowdPAC To Fund A Primary Challenger To Kyrsten Sinema Launched
Yeah, that’s a thumbs down to you, princess! Update to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is Facing A Vote Of ‘No Confidence’. They elected her to office, now she treats them with contempt. Democratic activists are following up on their recent resolution at the state committee meeting. Igor Derysh reports at Salon, Activists who helped elect Kyrsten … Read more
The ‘Terrible Two’ Are Obstructing The Biden Agenda, To What End?
Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman of the Washington Post make the point that I have been making for months, Memo to centrists: Progressives aren’t your problem. Manchin and Sinema are.: In case you doubted that House progressives would stick to their strategy in the intraparty battle over President Biden’s agenda, they just reiterated their intention … Read more
COVID19 in Arizona: Where Are We Now? 18 Months Later (podcast)
Eighteen months ago the Arizona Legislature shut down due to the COVID19 pandemic and the governor’s shelter in place order. Arizonans have traveled a rocky road since then. Throughout most of the pandemic, Arizona’s government has been willing to sacrifice lives in order to hew faithfully to the right’s anti-science ideology, which dovetails neatly with … Read more
