Political Calendar: Week of June 20, 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
Arizona Senate Asserts It is Above The Law, Not Subject To Public Records Requests
Our MAGA/QAnon blog trolls have frequently posed a defense of the Arizona Senate’s GQP sham “fraudit,” to wit, “if you are so confident in the election results, what harm is there in letting this audit play out?” This false framing presupposes this Cyber Ninja Dude, Doug Logan, is a legitimate election audit expert and is … Read more
Doug Ducey is Soliciting Economic Advice from…Wait for It… His Dentist
Most political operatives and historians (including Democrats) recognize that President Jimmy Carter made a horrible gaffe in his 1980 Presidential Debate with then-former California Governor Ronald Reagan when he appeared to trivialize the threat of nuclear weaponry and proliferation when he said he discussed the vital national security matter with his young daughter Amy. While … Read more
AZ Freedom Riders leave PHX on Juneteenth Holiday Headed for Wash., D.C.
Click arrow to play podcast. As a commemoration of the Freedom Riders of the 60’s civil rights movement, Arizona Freedom Riders left Phoenix on the first celebration of the Juneteenth holiday to push once again for voting rights legislation in Washington, D.C. Four buses carrying almost 200 young and older Black, Latinx, White, middle … Read more
Mark Brnovich does not think (surprise) that the Justice Department should Investigate the Arizona Sham Audit
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, the one that tried to take your health insurance away until the United States Supreme Court stopped him yesterday, is trying to make nice with the Trump Zone Cult base after he would not subscribe to their world view about the November 2020 Presidential election. In trying to get on … Read more
Celebrating Juneteenth With Freedom Rides In Support Of Voting Rights Legislation
Facing South reports, Black Voters Matter holds Freedom Ride across the South to promote voting rights (excerpt): Now, with voting rights once again under attack, organizers are borrowing a page from that storied chapter in American history to raise awareness and promote policy solutions — including a voting rights bill named for Lewis. On June … Read more
(UPDATED) Progressive Reaction to the United States Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act
Reaction among progressive circles to the seven to two United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act has been universally jubilant in Arizona and across the country. President Joe Biden issued a statement that read: “The Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land. Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision … Read more
House Votes To Repeal The 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) In Iraq
The House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed to give legal backing for the Iraq War with the support of Democrats, Republicans and the White House — an unprecedented coalition to end post- 9/11 authorities to engage in hostilities that critics argue are outdated. The Washington Post … Read more
