20 State Attorneys General Sue The Postal Regulatory Commission Over Louis DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan
October 11, 2021
The U.S. Postal Service’s controversial slowdown of mail delivery that began October 1 is sparking a pushback from 20 state attorneys general. CBS News reports, USPS mail slowdown sparks lawsuit from 20 state attorneys general: On Thursday, the state attorneys general— ranging from California to New York — sued the Postal Regulatory Commission, alleging that
Never Trumpers: There’s Only One Way To Save Our Democracy – An Alliance With Democrats
October 11, 2021
The Never Trumpers in the Republican Party have had since 2015 to form a new conservative political party. They have failed to do so because they suffer from the delusion that the party’s descent into Trumpism, the new American fascism, is only temporary, and that they could take back the party with the defeat of
Der Führer Donald Trump Wishes Horst Wessel, er, Ashli Babbitt A Happy Birthday
October 11, 2021
Earlier this year, I pointed out that Donald Trump is stealing a page from the Nazi propaganda playbook in trying to make Ashli Babbitt, a domestic terrorist killed while trying to storm House chamber on January 6, into a martyr for his Big Lie MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection: Heather Digby Parton points out that the Hitler
Democrats: Send Comments to the Independent Redistricting Commission before their Oct. 12 Meeting
October 11, 2021
From the LD10 Democrats: It is critical that Democrats speak up now because it appears that Independent Redistricting Commission deliberations are being dominated by Republican Commissioner David Mehl and that Chair Erika Neuberg is deferring to him. The IRC has posted the next version of the grid maps (see below) and as described in the
Film Fest Tucson on October 14 to 17
October 11, 2021
“Film Fest Tucson is a destination film festival, a place for filmmakers and audiences to meet, discover and experience unique and important stories told on film. The festival is for the community of Southern Arizona, as well as for visitors to the region to experience the unique environment, heritage and culture of Tucson and the
Updates: From Taxes to Reproductive Rights & COVID … What’s the Latest? (podcast)
October 10, 2021
One of my pet peeves is reading a cliff-hanger news story, only to be left hanging when there is no follow up. Several stories reported in my previous podcasts have had newsworthy developments since those episodes aired. To catch you up on the details, Episode 8 is a compilation of updates. Many of my podcasts
Bodine and Williams on the Issues that will Drive Change in Arizona
October 10, 2021
Podcaster Ron Williams and writer Larry Bodine agreed that the issues that will drive change in Arizona are public school funding, voter suppression, and a fair tax system where the rich pay their fair share. “We have to get the message across to those independents and disaffected Republicans,” said Williams, who is the host
Three Questions for Corporate Shill, Senator Kyrsten Sinema
October 10, 2021
Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin face the same unpopularity with voters in both Arizona and West Virginia. I don’t like either one’s “my way or the highway” attitude or Sinema’s tiresome antics. Sinema, who takes money from corporate interests that opposed the Biden agenda, appears to have sold her vote. This would explain her
