A Georgia Grand Jury Is Investigating Trump for the Same Election Interference to which Arizona Turns a Blind Eye
Business Insider has the most up-to-date report on the Georgia grand jury investigating Donald Trump for election interference, a crime in Georgia: Pressuring officials to manipulate election results What did Trump do? On January 2, two months after Trump already lost the 2020 presidential election, including the electoral college votes in Georgia, Trump called Brad … Read more
Climate Scientist Exposes Deceptions by Fossil Fuel Industry
Today, fossil fuel companies are using disinformation and deceptive tactics to block actions against climate change – and keep their profits flowing – according to a leading climate scientist. They are harnessing the anti-science playbooks of the tobacco and gun industry playbooks. Michael Mann, a Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University, reveals … Read more
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Defining Patriotism on Independence Day
Arizona’s GQP-friendly newspapers rarely do editorial opinions, and when they do, it is usually some lame-ass GQP apologentsia. For example, see The Arizona Republic fka The Arizona Republican after the MAGA/QAnon violent seditious insurrection in the nation’s Capitol on January 6. Impeachment or removal sounds good, but that’s not what America needs most now. A … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of July 4, 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
(UPDATED) Arizonans are Striking Back with Ballot Referendums
With the Arizona Legislative Session over, citizen activists, stunned by the regressive taxation and voter suppressing measures passed over the last several months, are readying referendum petitions for Arizonans to sign that will appear on the 2022 ballot. Organizations like Stand for Children, Arizona Deserves Better, and Invest in Arizona (which includes groups involved in … Read more
Bidenomics Works. It is Time to Pass the Infrastructure and Democratic Budget Plans
850,000 new jobs were created in June. Sectors that grew the most were hospitality and leisure, education, and state government workers. It is the highest monthly jobs growth this year. However, there are still 6.8 million fewer jobs than when the COVID 19 Pandemic surged across the nation. In comments to the nation, President Joe … Read more
Arizona and National Democratic Reaction to Yesterdays Supreme Court Ruling on Section Two of the Voting Rights Act
While Republicans in Arizona and the rest of the nation were dancing in the street after yesterdays Supreme Court Ruling validating two Arizona voting laws that seemingly make it harder for certain groups like Native Americans to vote (and Justice Alito’s opinion giving credence to the specter of nonexistent voter fraud,), the reaction among Democrats … Read more
Richard Hasen: The Supreme Court Is Putting Democracy at Risk
Election law expert Rick Hasen in an essay a the New York Times explains The Supreme Court Is Putting Democracy at Risk: In two disturbing rulings closing out the Supreme Court’s term, the court’s six-justice conservative majority, over the loud protests of its three-liberal minority, has shown itself hostile to American democracy. In one case, … Read more
