Kirsten Engel Looks to Emerge as the Frontrunner in the Race to Succeed Ann Kirkpatrick in Congress
September 14, 2021
The last ten days have seen a shakeup among Democratic contenders in the race to succeed Ann Kirkpatrick in what is now Arizona Congressional District Two. Dr. Randy Friese decided to drop out of the race and focus his time working to help people stricken with the Coronavirus and other health ailments. This surprising development
Who Is Behind That Ridiculous Ad Polluting The Airwaves?
September 14, 2021
Over the last couple of days I have been annoyed by a cartoonish, totally ineffectual social media meme-styled political ad from a political PAC misleadingly calling itself the Common Sense Leadership Fund. This PAC name was formerly a Leadership PAC affiliated with former Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA). The Hill reports, Conservative group targets Kelly, Hassan
Democrats Fiddle While Republicans Stack the Electoral Deck
September 14, 2021
I am becoming increasingly impatient with the Democratic Party’s leaders and Democratic members of the House and Senate as the days of September slip by with no visible progress on anything. The double-tracked “infrastructure” bills lie dead in the water while Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema play statespersons—not because they are, but because they can.
Last Chance For A Voting Rights Bill: Call Sen. Sinema And Demand That She Support Ending The Senate Filibuster Rule
September 14, 2021
In the Seinfeld TV series, Jerry’s nemesis and sworn enemy is his neighbor, the mailman Newman. Jerry’s trademark greeting for Newman is to say “Hello, Newman” in a snide and condescending tone. This is how I have come to view Sen. Joe Manchin. Every time I see his name in the news I reflexively say “Manchin”
Meanwhile in the Trump Zone, Townsend and Finchem Make Awful News
September 14, 2021
Even when the Arizona Legislative Session is over, fringe Trump Zone Zealots Kelly Townsend and Mark Finchem are in the news and it is for all the wrong reasons. Townsend, the Legislative District (LD) 16 Senator caught the attention of journalists and columnists at AZ Central and the Arizona Mirror by again equating the push
It is Time for Some Democrats to Cut the Crap and Get a Deal Done for the American People
September 13, 2021
When I was growing up, my dad stressed the importance of always being united as a family when facing adversity or when one member is wrongly or rightly attacked. This is a theme most families and successful groups and movements in history have adhered to. Democrats like Joe Manchin, and to a far lesser extent,
53 Years and We Haven’t Learned a Thing
September 13, 2021
We can’t pray our way out; we can’t train our way out; technology won’t find a way out of the problem of racism and police violence. There must be rules, structure, and accountability. We must be rethinking the role of police and the community. Police should not have “relations” to the community; they should be
The GQP ‘Big Lie’ Part Deux: The California Recall Election
September 13, 2021
MSNBC reports that the California recall election is Trump’s new election fraud testing ground: Call it Stop the Steal, California edition: Former President Donald Trump and other leading conservatives are aggressively pushing the false narrative that California’s election system is rigged ahead of Tuesday’s special election to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The efforts show
