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Mike Pence in charge of coronavirus pandemic? God save us from these incompetent fools
February 27, 2020
Prepare for a pandemic says the World Health Organization. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the covid-19 virus (coronavirus) already meets two of its three criteria for a pandemic: it spreads between people, and it kills. The third is that it has to spread worldwide. The novel coronavirus is now affecting every … Read more
Arizona Republicans are on the Wrong Side of the Gun Issue Twice in One Week
February 27, 2020
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People need to understand that Democrats are not out to take any law-abiding citizen’s Second Amendment Rights away. Democrats, like Republicans, recognize that law-abiding citizens have the right to own a firearm to either use for recreational activities like hunting or for self-protection in their homes. Democrats, and some Republicans, are also for sensible gun … Read more
#AZHouse Republican Bills Suppress the Vote & Create More Bureaucracy (video)
February 27, 2020
It was another late night on Wednesday, but I snuck away to my office for a couple of minutes to do a video in the daylight. It’s about this time in the session when the Democrats start to get ornery because one bad bill after another is passed on a party line vote. If something … Read more
Reject the Politics of Fear
February 26, 2020
By Michael Bryan What disturbs me the most about President Trump? So much to choose from, I know. But I think the absolute worst is that his politics are largely just fear-mongering. He appeals to the worst aspects of American culture and character using a constant bombardment of lies to create fear and it’s consequences, … Read more
Socialism – That Scary Word!
February 26, 2020
A friend reached out to me to ask me how I handle it when family and friends bring up the scary word socialism. I understand the concern around the word socialism in the sense that there has been a long-ingrained fear in America surrounding that political model, usually dating back to childhood. However, this is … Read more
Paul Stapleton-Smith wants to bring Labor’s Perspective to the Arizona State Legislature
February 26, 2020
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The Retirement of Senate Democratic Leader David Bradley has created a chain reaction for Democrats in the Tucson centered Arizona Legislative District (LD) Ten. Democratic State House Incumbent Kirsten Engel has announced her candidacy to succeed Bradley in the State Senate. That leaves the other Democratic Incumbent Domingo DeGrazia, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, and Paul Stapleton-Smith … Read more
Is 5G ‘Risky Business’? (video)
February 26, 2020
Today’s video starts with a walk down memory lane to HB 2365. This was a very complicated, major telecom bill that passed the Legislature in 2017. I was the only person in the Legislature who voted “no” on the final read.* I believe I was the last person to vote. Rep. Isela Blanc turned to … Read more
70 former senators rebuke ‘the Grim Reaper,’ Mitch McConnell, for killing the Senate
February 25, 2020
I have oft repeated in several postings over the years, including this one, The ‘Enemy of The People,’ Mitch McConnell, is the real radical (snippet): As Dana Milbank wrote, Mitch McConnell, the man who broke America: By rights, McConnell’s tombstone should say that he presided over the end of the Senate. And I’d add a second … Read more
