‘Purple Parents’ Hate Group Disrupts School Boards Across Arizona
June 2, 2021
School Board districts across Arizona are the latest target for right-wing, Trump and QAnon followers from one end of the county to the other. Bringing in outside agitators creates chaos in public meetings and protesting curriculums they fear and know nothing about. Their goal is not better education but simple disruption. Recently from Scottsdale to
SCOTUS Watch: Final Decisions In June
June 2, 2021
Wow, it’s June already! And you know what that means: SCOTUS Watch. June is the last month of the Supreme Court’s term, and the Roberts Court has developed a reputation for cliffhanger endings to its most controversial cases, as if it is a reality TV show. We are about to find out just how radical
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Announces Her Bid For Governor
June 2, 2021
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs announced her bid for Governor in 2022 today. In the video announcing her bid, “We did our job,” Hobbs says. “They refused to do theirs. And there’s a lot more work to be done … When you’re under attack, some would have you believe you have two choices: fight
Why Republicans Attacked the Permanent Early Voting List: 70,000+ New Democratic Voters
June 2, 2021
Nearly 30 years ago Arizona began offering the ability for citizens to vote via an absentee ballot. In the decades since, the state has refined election laws to make voting easier for Arizonans. The majority of the state votes by mail. In the 2012 general election, 61% of Arizona voters cast an early ballot. By
Children Are Denied a Day of Recognition as Anti-Maskers Disrupt Scottsdale School Board Meeting
June 2, 2021
May 18, 2021, was supposed to be a festive day for children in the Scottsdale Unified School District. They were going to be honored for their academic and extracurricular performance at the monthly school board meeting. One student, seventh-grader Theo Joseph, was due to receive acclaim for the essay he submitted to the Phoenix Holocaust
Abortion and Gun Cases Should Ignite the Democratic Turnout in 2022
June 2, 2021
Governor Doug Ducey must be delighted with the abortion and gun-rights cases the Supreme Court will decide in June 2022, five months before the midterms. However, there is sure to be a backlash the governor doesn’t recognize. Ducey signed a bill banning abortion if the fetus has a genetic defect such as Down Syndrome. The law
Jennifer Adams Wants to Continue the Work She has Started on the Tempe City Council
June 2, 2021
Tempe City Councilwoman Jennifer Adams is seeking a second four-year term on the Tempe City Council. A civil and public servant for 40 years with ties to various local community organizations, Councilwoman Adams would like to continue working on the projects she specialized in her first term. Those include: Increasing affordable housing opportunities for the
American Democracy Is Under Assault, But Kyrsten Sinema Missed The Vote For ‘A Personal Family Matter’?
June 2, 2021
Our prima donna senator emerged from hiding in her chicken bunker since last Friday, speaking to reporters Tuesday in Tucson — after touring migrant facilities with the anti-immigrant Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, earlier in the day — Sinema had a short response when asked why she missed the vote on the January 6 Commission. Sinema on why she skipped
