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Federal Judges Association calls emergency meeting over DOJ and Trump intervening in cases
February 17, 2020
This is something we have never witnessed in our history. The federal judiciary is concerned about “Coverup-General Barr” and Donald Trump intervening in cases to aid the president’s associates or to punish his political enemies. USA Today reports, Federal judges’ association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger Stone: A … Read more
Attorney General William ‘Coverup’ Barr must go
February 17, 2020
Last Thursday in an exclusive interview with ABC News, Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr said that President Donald Trump “has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case” but should stop tweeting about the Justice Department because his tweets “make it impossible for me to do my job.” Barr blasts Trump’s tweets on … Read more
Tucson Police Chief Calls for Gun Background Checks and Red Flag Laws
February 17, 2020
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Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus said it’s time to enact common-sense gun safety laws to Arizona, including red flag laws, universal background checks and closing the gun show loophole. “Do people need to be carrying high capacity weapons and weapons of war as a means of protection? Let’s get real – we’re talking about major … Read more
Some Bipartisan Good Government at the Arizona State Legislature with regards to Education
February 17, 2020
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While headlines sometimes focus on controversial education bills that draw sharp divisions among both political parties at the Arizona Capitol like the out of state voucher expansion bills or the restrictions on transgender athletic participation, there are several less contentious measures making their way through the legislative process with considerable bipartisan support. One example of … Read more
A warning from our Founding Fathers on Presidents Day
February 17, 2020
Our wannabe tyrannical king, Donald Trump Compares Himself To A King, is bringing his Nuremberg-style MAGA personality cult rally to Phoenix (again) on Wednesday, at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1826 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix. The rally is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. The venue will open at 3 p.m., according to the campaign. There is … Read more
GOP Voter Suppression Week at the Legislature
February 16, 2020
This is the last week for bills to be heard in committee in their chamber of origin. Expect to see packed committee agendas this week. For those of you who are doing bill tracking and using “Request to Speak” (RTS) to comment on legislation in the Arizona legislature, we could use your help in posting … Read more
Fancy a Trip to Antarctica for Spring Break
February 16, 2020
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While Phoenix was experiencing a cold weather front with temperatures coming close to freezing a week ago, parts of Antarctica (the South Pole) had a higher warming trend, approaching 70 degrees in the same period. During this high temperature, an iceberg roughly the size of the city of Atlanta or the small nation of Malta … Read more
How Can the #1 ‘Pro-Life’ State Be #50 in Child Wellbeing? (video)
February 16, 2020
Several times during the tax cut debates on Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the House Ways and Means Committee, Chairman Ben Toma and other Republicans repeated the mantra that Arizona has a “budget surplus”. The only reason that we have funds that have not been allocated is because we have had decades of budget cuts and … Read more
