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LD 23 Chairperson Patti O’Neil discusses Her District and the 2020 Election
February 10, 2020
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Donald Trump’s candidacy and Electoral College election was a political awakening to many people in Arizona and across the nation. Democratic Legislative District (LD) 23 Chair Patti O’Neil is one of them. A meeting and event planner, Ms. O’Neil had been a volunteer and canvasser for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. After the election … Read more
#HB2388: Big Brother Meets Aunt Lydia (video)
February 10, 2020
With big data surveillance, church recruitment, government-funded, incomplete and biased medical information, and unregulated clinics providing “all wrap-around pregnancy, counseling and post-childbirth services”, HB2388 is Big Brother and Aunt Lydia’s love child. Last week was draining– with multiple tax cuts in Ways and Means, fake pregnancy centers in Health and Human Services (HB2388), and passage … Read more
The Arizona Republican Plan to Protect People with Pre Existing Health Conditions is Good…For the Insurance Companies
February 10, 2020
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Thinking ahead to a potential nightmare where the courts may throw out the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare for those that think they are different things,) both Arizona Republicans and Democrats State Senators have offered competing bills to protect people with preexisting health conditions. Republicans sponsored bill SB 1397. This measure would tell insurance companies in … Read more
The Case for Amy Klobuchar as the “Goldilocks” Democratic Presidential Candidate
February 9, 2020
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On the ABC news show This Week with George Stephanopoulos, analyst Matthew Dowd, after the recent debate performances of Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, called her “the Goldilocks” Presidential Candidate. Is Senator Klobuchar the Presidential Candidate that is just right for the Voters? Maybe. Senator Klobuchar represents the left of the center wing of the Democratic … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of February 9, 2020
February 9, 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 calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
The fog of fascism descends upon America
February 8, 2020
Doctor Steven Jonas correctly noted in his 2015 essay, Fascism in the 21st Century: When we are looking at 21st century fascism, in the context of what is happening in certain of the capitalist states, at the present particularly in the United States, it should be noted that it is entirely possible that wholesale violence … Read more
Individual One behaved like an Unchained Animal the day after the Senate Shot a Hole in Our Democracy
February 7, 2020
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Mr. Trump did not behave like a President when he spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast on the morning of February 6, 2020, denouncing Speaker Pelosi (who was at the same event feet away from him) and Senator Romney for having religious convictions. He did not behave like a President when he presented himself to … Read more
