City of Tucson Proposition 411 passes
May 17, 2022
The City of Tucson Elections Dept. published their special election results tonight: Prop. 411 Yes 52,844 No 19,149 “Proposition 411 is a proposal to amend the Tucson Charter authorizing a 10-year extension of a temporary half-cent (0.5%) sales tax to fund street improvements.” https://www.tucsonaz.gov/clerks/elections https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/clerks/electionReports/22SAZTUC_UNOFFICIAL_CANVASS_051722.pdf In the Choice is Yours booklet, there was no opposition
Update: Russia Is Losing Its War In Ukraine; Finland And Sweden Vote To Join NATO
May 17, 2022
Above: The Azovstol steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. Fast changing circumstances in the Russo-Ukraine War. The Ukrainian garrison holding the massive Azovstol steel plant in Mariupol, despite being heavily outnumbered by the Russians and suffering heavy casualties due to round-the-clock Russian shelling for weeks, apparently will not have to make good on their their Alamo “to
Democracy is Under Full-Blown Attack: Get tickets to Frank Figliuzzi
May 17, 2022
Democrats of Greater Tucson is presenting a special event two days from now, on May 19th. It is titled “Democracy Is Under Full-Blown Attack.” Our speaker will be Frank Figliuzzi, who is a national security expert on MSNBC and NBC News. Frank will analyze dangerous events that we face leading up to the election. And if you
Political Embarrassment and Pestilence Wendy Rogers is At It Again
May 16, 2022
The mass shooting in Buffalo this last weekend where ten people were ruthlessly gunned down and murdered and three others injured at a local supermarket has rightfully earned the condemnation from all in the world of reality for what it is: a despicable hate crime by someone who subscribes to the baseless views of critical
Russia Is Losing Its War In Ukraine; Finland And Sweden Vote To Join NATO
May 16, 2022
When Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine he apparently believed that Ukraine’s government would flee in exile and its military would collapse in a matter of days, a couple of weeks at tops. It is one of the greatest military miscalculations in history. Ukraine’s government did not run, it has stood tall in defense of
White Christian Nationalist Republicans And Their Fascist Media Networks Are Responsible For Mainstreaming White Supremacist Ideology
May 16, 2022
The United States was a shooting gallery from coast-to-coast over the weekend. What is the common thread to all these shootings? Easy access to guns, and a Congress which is paralyzed from taking any action by campaign donations from the merchants of death, who can use the Senate’s Jim Crow relic filibuster rule to block
Mayor Romero at Reproductive Rights Rally: ‘We’ve got to be pissed off. We’ve got to fight.’
May 15, 2022
Tucson Mayor Romero spoke at the ‘Bans off our Bodies’ rally for reproductive rights, which attracted hundreds of supporters. She spoke on May 14, 2020 at the rally in Armory Park. Edited transcript of Mayor Romero’s remarks: There is power in our work together. They are coming, not just for this, and it’s not
The Pennsylvania GQP Primary On Tuesday Is A Preview Of The Arizona GQP Primary In August
May 15, 2022
Ahead of Pennsylvania’s GQP Senate primary election on Tuesday, the media is hyperventilating about how Kathy Barnette, a right-wing provocateur/commentator is suddenly surging late. Kathy Barnette is neck and neck with Oz and McCormick in the Pa. Senate race, poll says. Barnette has been running a shoestring campaign and is surprising the supposed frontrunners, quack doctor
