The Biden/Harris Three Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Plan Appears to be Taking Shape
$1.9 Trillion allocated in the American Rescue Plan. To paraphrase Al Jolson, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” According to reporting from the New York Times and Washington Post, the Biden/Harris Administration team is preparing an approximately three trillion-dollar infrastructure plan built on the themes on Biden’s “Build Back Better” campaign plans that will include provisions … Read more
Ted ‘Cancún’ Cruz Led A Seditious Insurrection, Now Is Leading GQP Voter Suppression And Disenfranchisement
Authoritarian wannabe tinpot dictator, Donald Trump, said the quiet part out loud last year: “They had things [in the bill], levels of voting that if you’d ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again,” Trump said during an appearance on Fox & Friends [of Fascism]. After losing the election … Read more
Democratic Reaction to Governor Ducey’s Grandstanding at the Border last Friday
As has been reported by various news sources like AZ Central and this blog, Governor Doug Ducey engaged in some political theater and grandstanding by visiting, with Florida Senator Rick Scott (who may have been on a recruitment drive to convince Mr. Ducey to change his mind and run for the Arizona Senate seat currently … Read more
Governor Ducey Shows Disdain For Arizona Voters For Enacting Invest In Ed
I have corrected this Arizona Daily Star headline for accuracy. Ducey talks disdain for Arizona’s new education tax, vows fast fix: A new voter-approved tax on high-earning Arizonans [Prop. 208, Invest In Ed] that will boost education spending is firmly in Gov. Doug Ducey’s crosshairs, with the Republican vowing Friday to see Proposition 208’s new … Read more
Governor Doug Ducey Demonizes Children Seeking Legal Asylum, Because The Cruelty Is The Point
Doug Ducey, the ice cream man hired by Koch Industries to run their Southwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Arizona, has a fantasy about running for president in 2024. (Ducey denies that he is running for the U.S. Senate.) If Ducey does run for the U.S. Senate, he will lose in the GQP … Read more
Political Calendar: Week Of March 21, 2020
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
Democratic Hero Ethel Maynard Blazed a Trail for All Women to Follow
Ethel Maynard, the first Black woman elected to the Arizona legislature, is a Tucson public servant people should remember for her trailblazing achievements. Born in Connecticut, Maynard became a nurse in Harlem, New York, before moving to Tucson in 1946 and working at the Tucson Medical Center. A Vice President of the Arizona NAACP and … Read more
The Sedition Caucus aka The QAnon Caucus Must Be Expelled From Congress
The GQP House Freedom (sic) Caucus, more accurately described as the GQP House Fascist Caucus, is the Sedition Caucus aka the QAnon Caucus, chaired by Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs. Previously FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIR ANDY BIGGS HELPED PLAN JANUARY 6 EVENT, LEAD ORGANIZER SAYS; Ali Alexander, who organized the “Stop the Steal” movement, said he hatched … Read more
