Update: The Long Arm Of the Law Is Closing In On The Trump Crime Family
Update to The Long Arm Of The Law Is Closing In On The Trump Crime Family (Feb. 25, 2021). The Manhattan District Attorney ‘s office has had a team of forensic auditors working on the Trump Organization’s tax documents and financial records for over a month now. Prosecutors are putting the screws to the Trump … Read more
Nepotism, Not Merit In The ‘News’ Entertainment Business
I normally would not waste my time on “news” entertainment personalities but this past week two of these personalities who only have their job because of nepotism and having the same last name as someone in the business have really outdone themselves trying to convince us that they are “very serious people” with something important … Read more
Appeals Court: No Second Amendment Right to Open Carry a Gun in Public
Striking a blow for gun safety, the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that the Second Amendment does not provide a right to carry a gun, concealed or openly, in public. The court reviewed more than 700 years of English and American legal history that gives the government the power to regulate arms in … Read more
Political Calendar: Week Of March 28, 2021
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event (7 days would be most helpful). See the events icon at the top of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due … Read more
Cheapo Doug Ducey shows he really does not think there is a Border Crisis
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey does not really believe there is a crisis on the southern border. How can a statement be made given his grandstanding photo op with Florida Senator Rick Scott by one of the few segments of completed border wall last week? In a social media post from March 26, 2021, Governor Ducey … Read more
“Where are you from?” is a dreaded question
In yesterday’s AZ Daily Star, they published an opinion piece on page A6 by an adopted Korean American journalist Kurt Bardella, which ran in the LA Times earlier: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-22/op-ed-the-question-every-asian-american-hates-where-are-you-from?fbclid=IwAR1Pg1DCP1IWXbfWsJ0oa8cG8_Wg25C6hCYEQHkMoUOrCpAbWLgCYnRXZwY He writes about the question that is dreaded by Asian Americans: “Where are you from?” It is dreaded because when asked by usually white people, it … Read more
Will Bunch: White Supremacy Hiding In Plain Sight
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” ― William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun Will Bunch writes Georgia governor signed a voter suppression law under a painting of a slave plantation: Sometimes America’s legacy of white supremacy is hiding in plain sight, literally. When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a hastily passed voter … Read more
GQP Authoritarian Fascism Comes To Georgia – Stand With Rep. Park Cannon
Georgia state troopers arrested Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday after she knocked on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s statehouse office door as he was signing a controversial elections bill into law in a closed-door ceremony. Georgia legislator arrested, pulled out of state Capitol as governor signs voting law: Video of the incident shows Cannon, who … Read more
