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Team Trump’s ‘trailer’ of coming attractions does not bode well for American Justice
January 26, 2020
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” – Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The conservative media entertainment complex aka the Republican propaganda machine has been trying to turn this adage on its head for decades. In a famous exchange between a George W. Bush administration official and journalist … Read more
Arizona’s Surprise Billing Law Doesn’t Go Far Enough to Protect Patients (video)
January 26, 2020
On Thursday, January 16, 2020, the Regulatory Affairs Committee started bright and early with a sunset review hearing for three different departments: the Residential Utility Consumer Office (RUCO), the Department of Insurance, and the Arizona Board of Library Examiners. (This post focuses on the Auditor General’s review of the Department of Insurance.) I have been … Read more
Senate Republicans See No Evil Hear No Evil
January 26, 2020
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It appears after the first five days of the Senate Impeachment Trial of Individual One-2016 Popular Vote Loser-KKK Endorsed Candidate President Donald Trump that most Senate Republicans are adopting the attitude of See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Even the moderates Democrats are hoping come to their side on calling witnesses (like Susan Collins or … Read more
Oh Lordy, there’s tapes! Lev Parnas releases video of Donald Trump corroborating his story (Updated)
January 26, 2020
Republican Senators who are actively aiding and abetting Donald Trump’s obstruction of Congress by voting to obstruct calling any fact witnesses or to subpoena relevant documents in this impeachment trial — the only impeachment trial in American history without calling witnesses — have a serious problem on their hands. They can try to hide the … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of January 26, 2020
January 26, 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
Get ready for the Trump TV #Foxgasm of Russian propaganda about Ukraine and the Bidens
January 25, 2020
I have previously explained in a series of posts, The conservative media entertainment complex is an ancillary to Russian active measures propaganda. As the Trump impeachment trial got underway with the House managers presentation of their case, Fox News covered it in a way that gave the appearance of journalism but was actually propaganda. Fox … Read more
House Republicans Push to Suppress Speech & Change Ethics Rules (video)
January 25, 2020
The Arizona House Republican leadership wants to change the House rules again this year. We have not voted on their proposed changes… yet…and if we do, there will be a floor battle because the Democrats don’t like the changes and neither do some of the more reasonable Republicans. The suggested GOP changes would further suppress … Read more
