SCOTUS Watch: Chief Justice Roberts Creates New Property Law To Undermine Government Regulation of Business (Updated)
In the second long anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision today, the six conservative Justices on the Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid held that California’s access regulation, which gives union organizers the right to enter the property of agricultural employers for a certain amount of time, constitutes a per … Read more
Michigan Debunks The Big Lie Election Theft Conspiracy Theory
The Arizona Senate has embarrassed itself and the state of Arizona with its shitshow of a GQP sham “fraudit” of Maricopa County ballots by an unqualified QAnon conspiracy theorist promoting the Big Lie that the election was stolen from Donald Trump. It is just one big grift of the simple-minded fools who are members of … Read more
Arizona Senate Republicans Pass a Budget for the Dark Ages
Fellow blogger and mentor Larry Bodine may be right when he said, after learning the depressing details of the budget the Arizona Senate Republicans passed this morning, “we’re doomed.” We definitely will be if we do not stay engaged and fight back. Political polarization and fringe tribalism in Arizona has come to a point where: … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: The ‘Cursing Cheerleader’ Wins First Amendment Free Speech Case
The U.S. Supreme Court decided four cases today, reducing the number of pending cases to eight (I expect four on Friday, and the last four on Monday). The much anticipated “cussing cheerleader” case was decided in her favor, consistent with the Court’s previous First Amendment free speech precedents, i.e., Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School … Read more
Lawrence O’Donnell Trashes Sen. Sinema’s Uninformed Op-Ed On The Filibuster
From 1989 to 1995, Lawrence O’Donnell served as a legislative aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY). 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 Senator Moynihan, and from 1993 … Read more
Phoenix had Six Consecutive Days of 115 Degrees or Higher
The Southwest is going through a tremendous heatwave. Record high temperatures are being set in California, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona. Utility regulators in Texas and California are counseling homeowners to conserve their air conditioning output because rolling blackouts may occur if they do not. Wildfires like those in the Payson area are being caused … Read more
Activists Arrested For A Peaceful Protest At Senator Sinema’s Phoenix Office
Karoli Kuns at CrooksAndLiars blog reports, Activists Arrested Protesting Filibuster In Arizona: Arizona activists have gathered at Kyrsten Sinema’s office to send her a very strong message: Ditch the filibuster and ditch it now. Because they are outside in the Arizona desert sun marching at the building her office occupies, exercising their First Amendment rights, … Read more
Arizona House Democrats Block Governor Ducey’s Bogus Budget By Preventing A Quorum
Wow, The Hill is out in front of our local media here in Arizona. Arizona Democrats have learned this tactic well from their Texas Democratic counterparts. What’s next? Will they have to resort to this: The last time Texas Democrats broke quorum in the House, they fled to Oklahoma. Pro Tip: Flee to Nogales, Mexico. … Read more
