It’s Infrastructure Week – For Real This Time!
July 19, 2021
Just as I predicted the other day, “The lickspittle lackeys of Plutocrats and Corporations in Congress, i.e., the Gang of Twenty, are opposed to increased funding for IRS enforcement and audits to collect the taxes actually owed by Plutocrats and Corporations.” Joan McCarter reports, Republicans double down on protecting wealthy tax cheats at the expense
The Arizona Senate’s GQP Sham ‘Fraudit’ Exposed As A Grift By Its Incompetent Cyber Ninja
July 18, 2021
If you really want to subject yourself to the mendacity of QAnon conspiracy theorists, you can read the Arizona State Senate Hearing on the 2020 Election Audit in Maricopa County July 15. What a clown show conducted by Senator Karen Fann. If she had any integrity, she would resign in disgrace. Howard Fischer reports, Election
Republicans Support Not Just Sedition But Also Secession From the U.S.
July 18, 2021
Back in January, shortly after the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection in Washington, D.C., a Neo-Confederate “Lost Cause” Texas Republican state legislator Kyle Biedermann filed a ‘Texit’ bill for election on whether state should secede from the United States: As promised, District 73 state Rep. Kyle Biedermann submitted legislation calling for a statewide election on whether Texas
Arizona Daily Star Endorses Juan Padres for Ward 3 and Councilman Steve Kozachik for Ward 6 Council races
July 18, 2021
The Democratic primary for Ward 3 and 6 in the Tucson City Council races is coming up on August 3, 2021. Only the City of Tucson voters/residents in Ward 3 and Ward 6 vote in these primaries. There is no primary in Ward 5 as Democratic Councilman Richard Fimbres is running unopposed. The Arizona Daily
Political Calendar: Week of July 18, 2021
July 18, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status.
Education Activists Across Arizona Gather Petition Signatures to Save Voter Approved Invest in Ed-Proposition 208
July 17, 2021
Across Arizona, today (July 17, 2021,) Education Activists set up petition signature sites across the state to save voter-approved public education funding increases from the flat tax-cutting-anti democratic efforts of Governor Doug Ducey and the Republicans in the State Legislature. Saying “Arizonans have been loud and consistent in their support for public education funding” with
Swamp Creature Joe Manchin Appeases The Enemies of Democracy
July 17, 2021
Above: Media attention is what this prima donna diva Senator craves the most. Update to Joe Manchin Is The New Poster Boy For Appeasement Of The Enemies Of Democracy and The Senate Filibuster And The Death of American Democracy By Appeasement. Texas legislative Democrats fled the state of Texas to block GQP Jim Crow 2.0
Teran, Rios, and Bolding Demand Brnovich Investigate Republican Election Tampering in Arizona
July 16, 2021
At a press event earlier today (July 16, 2021,) Arizona’s Democratic Leaders: Party Chair (and Legislative District 30 Representative) Raquel Teran, Senate Leader Rebecca Rios, and House Leader Reginald Bolding demanded the state’s Attorney General Mark Brnovich heed the calls of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Republic Editorial Board and launch an
