Arizona Republicans Vote Down ERA (video)
Arizona House Democrats made a substitute motion to suspend the rules and bring HCR2010 Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to an immediate vote today (May 19, 2021). Republicans have been bringing us to the floor for one or two votes for several days in a row while they work their backroom budget deals, far … Read more
Only 35 House Republicans Vote For The Truth Over Continuing Trump’s Big Lie
The House on Wednesday passed a bill to establish a commission to investigate the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection on the Capitol on January 6. More House Republicans voted to whitewash this horrific assault on American democracy, in an attempt to disappear it down the memory hole, than the 138 House Republicans who gave aid and comfort … Read more
Guest Opinion: Ellie Sims “It’s Time for Our Senators to Realize the Legacy of John Lewis”
By Ellie Sims This past November’s election was, um, consuming for a lot of us, myself included. I recognized how high the stakes were for our democracy. But I’m 17, so I couldn’t cast a ballot. In next year’s election I’ll be able to vote for the first time and you can be sure I … Read more
New York Is Closing In On The Trump Crime Family
CNN reports, New York attorney general adds ‘criminal capacity’ to probe of Trump Organization: New York Attorney General Letitia James is joining the Manhattan district attorney’s office in a criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, James’ office said Tuesday. This tells me that the team of forensic auditors hired by Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance, Jr. … Read more
Democrats Cannot Negotiate With A Radicalized Anti-Democratic Insurrectionist GQP
By now I think I have made myself abundantly clear that I think Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is a naive fool who is putting the very survival of our American democracy at risk by appeasing a radicalized anti-democratic insurrectionist GQP with his version of Neville Chamberlain’s “peace in our time,” insisting that he can negotiate … Read more
(UPDATED) Are We in Kansas? Arizona Republicans Considering a Flat Tax That Could Take Funds Away from Schools, the Poor, and Police
This movie has been shown before. Fiscally ignorant Republicans, worshiping the altar of trickle down-supply side Reaganomics enact massive tax cuts for the wealthy, claiming the resulting cuts will be made up for in revenues brought about by people spending more money that will produce more jobs and higher sales tax and working/middle-class tax receipts … Read more
‘Ax The Flat Tax’ From This GQP-Only Fantasy Budget
Don’t say I didn’t try to warn you. ‘Ax The Flat Tax’ Talk Before This Damn Fool Idea Is Sprung On Us At The Last Minute: For those of you who were not born yesterday, you know that the state budget negotiated between the governor and Republican legislative leaders, and their favored stakeholders like the … Read more
The DNC Invests Vital Funds in Helping the Arizona Democratic Party Prepare for 2022
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is diligently planning for the 2022 elections and has planned to invest $23 million across the country in “Democratic state parties and grassroots infrastructure.” Among its priorities is helping emerging purple-blue states like Arizona. In this investment, the DNC will fund: $15.5 million in a State Partnership Program to fund … Read more
