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Quick Take updates to earlier posts
April 2, 2020
Quick Take updates to earlier posts: The Washington Post reports, Protective gear in national stockpile is nearly depleted, DHS officials say: The government’s emergency stockpile of respirator masks, gloves and other medical supplies is running low and is nearly exhausted due to the coronavirus outbreak, leaving the Trump administration and the states to compete for … Read more
Citizens Initiative Campaigns Petition Arizona Supreme Court to Let Them Electronically Collect Ballot Signatures
April 2, 2020
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With the Public Health Coronavirus Emergency along with the issuance of Governor Ducey’s Stay at Home Proclamation, four citizen initiative campaigns, led by Arizonans for Second Chances, Rehabilitation and Public Safety, Smart & Safe Arizona, Invest in Education, and Save Our Schools Arizona, have petitioned the Arizona State Supreme Court to allow them to collect … Read more
Wisconsin Republicans cynically use coronavirus as a voter suppression tactic to steal an election (updated)
April 2, 2020
You might be surprised to learn that there is still a presidential primary occurring next Tuesday in Wisconsin, despite practically every other state having already moved its primary to late May or June out of concerns for voters and poll workers being exposed to coronavirus. Even the Democratic National Committee postponed its July 13 nominating … Read more
There Should be a Special Place in Hell for People who Price Gouge during a Pandemic
April 2, 2020
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According to reporting by AZ Central, police and fire departments throughout the cities and towns in Maricopa County have been “waiting for days on N95 face masks and other protective gear.” While the wait is unbearable, what is potentially criminal is that the vendor supplying these masks and protective gear, called Galls, has reportedly marked … Read more
AZ Congress Members Allege Galls.com Price Gouging Phoenix
April 1, 2020
Is there anything more disgusting than unscrupulous people trying to price-gouge and profiteer in a national crisis? Recall the national outrage aimed at a random dude in Tennesee buying up hand sanitizer to resell at a profit? It’s just charging what the market will bear, right? No. There is no ethical justification for this selfish and … Read more
Renters Assistance in the CARES ACT (COVID 19 Stimulus)
April 1, 2020
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Most of us have heard by now that the COVID 19 package passed by both the Congress and the state legislature contains language in it about delaying evictions for 120 days during the pandemic. The Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Stimulus Act (CARES ACT (HR 748)) passed by voice vote in the House of Representatives … Read more
New Blog Features
April 1, 2020
Hello to all our readers! We just added a few subtle modifications to the blog that might not leap out at you, but that we hope will make your user experience a little bit better. We’ve added a “Load More” button at the bottom of the category sections, instead of the functionally ambiguous arrows that … Read more
If this is a ‘war’ on the coronavirus, then let’s fight it like a war, no more half measures
April 1, 2020
Last week, faced with intense criticism for the federal government’s failure to deliver needed ventilators to the states, President Trump finally issued an order invoking the Defense Production Act to force General Motors to manufacture ventilators after negotiations had broken down. Trump seeks to ramp up production of medical equipment after harsh criticism of his … Read more
