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Political Calendar: Week of February 2, 2020
February 2, 2020
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Senate Republican cover-up is because ‘everyone was in the loop’
February 1, 2020
While Senate Republicans were busy on Friday aiding and abetting Donald Trump’s “total obstruction” of Congress by voting not to hear from relevant first-hand knowledge witnesses who have offered to testify and who have receipts to corroborate their testimony, these very same witnesses were dropping bombshells in “breaking news” in split-screen coverage of the impeachment … Read more
Republicans will be remembered for a single vote of betrayal of the Constitution
February 1, 2020
Francis Wilkinson at Bloomberg sums it nicely, After Trump’s Acquittal, It Will Only Get Worse for Republicans (excerpt): It’s a foregone conclusion: Republican senators will damn themselves to infinity and beyond. The question isn’t what Republican senators will decide next week, but where the Republican Party will go after Trump’s acquittal. That answer, too, is … Read more
Fitzsimmons: ‘Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country’
February 1, 2020
Above: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull, 1819-1820. Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Arizona Daily Star political cartoonist and columnist David Fitzsimmons captures the heartbreak of American patriots today after the betrayal of our country by “Vichy Republicans” in the Senate on Friday. Fitz’s Opinion: When revolutions die and monarchs return where will we stand? … Read more
1-31-2020: The day the rule of law died in America
January 31, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that “the basic purpose of the trial is the determination of the truth,” and in the American system of jurisprudence, “to seek justice.” What we have borne witness to during the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump is the rejection by craven Senate Republicans and the president’s … Read more
Build Your Own Border Wall Bill Dead for Now in #AZLeg (video)
January 31, 2020
Majority Leader Rep. Warren Petersen’s (R-Gilbert) build your own border wall bill (HB2084) moved quickly through the process in the Arizona House. It was assigned to the Federal Relations and Rules Committees on the first day of the 2020 session. It passed out of Rep. Mark Finchem’s (R- Oro Valley) federalism committee last week, out … Read more
Dem Prosecutor Candidates Reject Prison Time for Minor Drug Offenses
January 31, 2020
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Democratic candidates running for Pima County Attorney are united in opposition to the death penalty and to prosecuting low-level nonviolent drug users. It was a rebuke of the policies of current County Attorney Barbara LaWall, whose harsh policies against minor drug users and in favor of the death penalty have dominated the office led for … Read more
