Trip to Fantasy Land
Friday the 13th I decided I had to get away from the cell phone, computer, people, and heat, so I headed up north. Shortly after noon, I hit Payson and stopped to eat. I missed the first café so I went to the second (Bee Line) but as I went to pull in, it … Read more
Arizona Republican Budget Priorities: $40,000 to Investigate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples; $5 Million for Race Horse Owners and Jockeys
There is a lot to criticize in the Republican 2022 Fiscal Year State Budget. There is: A billion-dollar flat tax that favors the ultra-rich at the expense of long-term fiscal stability. The circumvention of funding Proposition 208-Invest in Education by making a small business carve-out for ultra-rich individuals or married couples. The lack of investing … Read more
Ducey Offers Families and Schools Financial Incentives to Be Unsafe and Spread the Coronavirus
Members of the former Party of Lincoln really are living in an alternative reality where: Lies are truth. Believing in science is bad. Personal freedom trumps public safety. Spreading disease is good. Today, the Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey announced two financial incentive programs for families and schools that would incentivize denying scientific reality with … Read more
Voting Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Arizona Jim Crow 2.0 Voter Suppression Laws
Voting rights super lawyer Marc E. Elias tweets: From Democracy Docket: Voting Rights Groups Sue Arizona Over New Voter Suppression Laws August 17, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, various voting rights groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona challenging two new voter suppression laws in Arizona. Mi Familia … Read more
House to Vote On The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Next Week
Breaking: The Washington Post reports, Democrats unveil plan to update landmark voting law: House Democrats on Tuesday put forward a new proposal to update the landmark Voting Rights Act, seeking against long odds to revive the civil rights-era legislation that once served as a barrier against discriminatory voting laws. The bill, introduced by Rep. Terri … Read more
New York AG: The NRA Must Be Dissolved For Failing To Clean Up Its Misconduct
Update to The NRA’s Fraudulent Bankruptcy Tossed Out; New York AG Can Now Dissolve The NRA. New York Attorney General Letitia James, who sued a year ago to dissolve the New York-chartered nonprofit, said in a revised complaint filed Monday that the NRA’s “evasion of accountability” “continues unabated.” She said the organization’s leaders deliberately disregarded proper … Read more
The Right-Wing Media Returns to Anti-Muslim Hysteria: ‘You Can’t Bring Them Here!’
After spending a day attacking President Joe Biden for the chaotic scenes in Kabul of Afghans desperate to leave the country, conservative opinion leaders who were quick to condemn President Joe Biden for failing to evacuate Afghan allies are now insisting that those Afghan refugees cannot be brought to the United States. This should not … Read more
DOJ Civil Rights Division Calls On Congress To Pass Voting Rights Legislation
Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil rights, testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Monday, and called on Congress to pass the voting rights bills: US Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke testified in front of a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing about voting rights legislation on Monday, as the House prepares to move forward a … Read more
