(UPDATED) The Arizona Legislative Session Ends; Onto the Court House and Ballot Box
June 30, 2021
The Arizona Legislative Session ended with hours to spare today. The only winners during these last several weeks of the grueling budget process were: The wealthy received large tax cuts they did not need and possibly greater opportunities to milk the school voucher system. People who enabled the 2020 Election Big Lie and took a
House Approves House Select Committee On January 6 Insurrection With Only 2 Republican Votes
June 30, 2021
In mid-May, the House voted 252-175 to create an independent commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. 35 House Republicans voted with all of the House Democrats. The “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Mitch McConnell, and the Sedition Caucus in the Senate filibustered the independent January 6 Commission. Six Republicans joined Democrats in
AZ Senate’s GQP Sham ‘Fraudit’ Is Backfiring on GQP
June 30, 2021
Politico reports, Arizona ballot audit shows signs of backfiring on GOP: When Arizona Senate Republicans first pushed for a partisan audit of the 2020 presidential ballots cast in the Phoenix metropolitan area, they argued that they needed to know if any irregularities or fraud caused President Trump to lose this rapidly evolving swing state. But
The Authoritarian AZ GQP Assault On Your Constitutional Right To Citizens Initiatives (Updated)
June 30, 2021
The Authoritarian Republicans in the Arizona legislature routinely refer legislative initiatives backed by right-wing special interests (e.g., the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Goldwater Institute, Center For Arizona Policy, Club For Growth, etc.) to the ballot so that these organizations will not have to spend any money on a petition drive to collect enough
The 10 Lies that Got Rudy Giuliani’s Law License Suspended
June 30, 2021
Rudy Giuliani repeated ten blatant, made-up lies that were “an immediate threat to the public,” leading a New York court to suspend him as a lawyer on June 24. He continued to lie even after the Attorney Grievance Committee asked for his suspension for his lying. As a result, Giuliani is expected to be disbarred
Former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes launches bid to become Arizona’s Next Secretary of State
June 30, 2021
With incumbent Secretary of State Katie Hobbs running for Governor, former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes has declared his intention to succeed her in the 2022 elections. The Maricopa County Recorder from 2017 to 2021, Mr. Fontes oversaw the modernization of that office and, despite the COVID 19 pandemic, presided over one of the highest
Wicked Witch Fight in AZ Senate Defeats Pair of GQP Voter Suppression Bills
June 30, 2021
An evil witch fight between the GQP Queen of voter suppression, Michelle Ugenti-Rita, and QAnon Queen Kelly Townsend, ended in mutually assured destruction of their voter suppression bills on Tuesday. It reminded me of the witch fight scene from Oz The Great & Powerful (only there’s no “Glinda the good witch” in this version – they
DiSanto and Stahl React to Paul Gosar’s Invitation to a White Nationalist Fundraiser
June 29, 2021
With regards to Paul, “my family will not vote for me,” Gosar, there is one near certainty with the 2022 elections. If he is not indicted and tried for any role he may have had in the January 6, 2021, Domestic Terrorist Attack on the Nation’s Capital by Trump Zone Insurrectionists, there will be no
