State Budget Centers on Vaccine Denialism, Voter Suppression, and Police Control of Civilian Review Boards
In their zeal to get a Republican-only budget through the state legislature (did any of these members of the former Party of Lincoln reach out to any Democrat on the budget,) Governor, Doug Ducey and Arizona Republican state legislative leaders have made several Faustian bargains with their members in order to secure their votes for … Read more
#AZ Republicans Propose Irresponsible Flat Tax Budget for 3rd Time (video)
The Republican budget — with the financially irresponsible Flat Tax, several other tax giveaways and miscellaneous failed bills stuffed into it to buy votes — is on the agenda today, June 22, 2021. Here we go again. This will be the third time that the House has debated versions of the largest tax overhaul in … Read more
PSA: Child Tax Credit Payments To Begin July 15 (Updated)
Did you know that Monday, June 21 was designated Child Tax Credit Awareness Day by the White House? Not if you rely on our local news media here in Arizona. Apparently they don’t care if you get the money to which you are entitled if you are raising children. So here is a public service … Read more
Pima County Dem Party headquarters reopening on July 2
Has it been over a year? The Pima County Democratic Party headquarters closed sometime last Spring 2020, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Director Cat Ripley resigned in the summer to run for PCC Governing Board District 1 (which she won), then Josh Polacheck took over as Interim. Now there is … Read more
This Man Is An Idiot
Our long time blog troll, Rep. John Kavanagh, is an idiot. But you all already knew that.
Cynical Sinema Trying To Have It Both Ways on The For The People Act – There Is A ‘Deadline For Democracy’ (Updated)
President Joe Biden ramped up his push to move his legislative agenda forward in private meetings Monday with two key Democratic lawmakers — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin — in separate meetings on Monday, according to a White House official. Biden meets with key Democratic senators as he pushes for … Read more
Right-Wing Attempts To Gin Up An Inflation Panic Are Unwarranted
Republicans do not know jack diddly-squat about economics. For over 40 years they have pushed the disproved and discredited economic theory of faith based supply-side “trickle down” economics. It is an article of faith among Republicans, damn all the evidence to the contrary. I have been seeing a lot of breathless news reports lately trying … Read more
A Potential 2022 Midterm Gift for Democrats: Militia Man Ammon Bundy Wants to be the Next Governor of Idaho
Ammon Bundy, the militiaman lunatic who led an armed 41-day occupation of federal land in Oregon (where one person died) and was surprisingly acquitted in a jury trial wants to be the next Governor of Idaho. Now, there is really no strong possibility that Idaho will turn Democratic in the 2022 Governors Race. The real … Read more
