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The Staggering Cost of Ducey’s Campaign to Undercount Minorities in the Census
May 6, 2021
The new US. Census reapportionment data tells us that Arizona will not gain in Congressional representation for another ten years until the next Census in 2030. Ten years! It happened because Governor Ducey pursued a campaign of intimidation against marginalized communities in Arizona to prevent the chance that an additional Congressional seat might turn Blue.
(UPDATED) The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Picked the Mapping Firm whose Maps have Repeatedly been Tossed out of the Courts
May 6, 2021
For the Republican appointees and the Chairperson on the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, a mapping consultant who has been accused of drawing district maps that discriminate against minority representation and had those maps thrown out by the courts is not a job disqualifier. In fact, it may be just what they are looking for. On
Newsman Tim Steller: Way Too Many People Believe in Alternate Realities
May 6, 2021
Watch the video of Steller’s talk, above. Thanks to Anne Simmons for video editing. Tim Steller, a widely-read columnist at the Arizona Daily Star, warned that too many people believe in alternate realities, which is undermining legitimate journalism. Tim spoke at the May 3, 2021, meeting of Democrats of Greater Tucson. “Not everything done in
Richard Cordray, Obama’s Consumer Rights Chief, to Head Student Debt Program
May 6, 2021
The Biden administration’s choice of Richard Cordray, former President Obama’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) chief, to head the $1.6 trillion federal student-loan program, couldn’t be better. “As CFBP chief, Cordray led the bureau’s crackdown on consumer abuses in debt collection, student loan servicing, and for-profit colleges, garnering the respect of advocates and drawing the
Outlaw Dirty Money Returns and Strikes Back Against the Dark Money Phantom Menace on Star Wars Day
May 5, 2021
In a Grand Canyon State close close by. Outlaw Dirty Money has returned, under a new campaign name, Voters Right to Know, to strike back against the Dark Money Phantom menace that has attacked, warred, and preyed on Arizona political interests for decades. The campaign filed its ballot initiative with the Arizona Secretary of States’
Federal Judge Lambasts William Barr For Lying To The Court, Orders Memo To Be Released
May 5, 2021
Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. accused the Justice Department under Attorney General William P. Barr of misleading her and Congress about advice he had received from top department officials on whether President Donald J. Trump should have been charged with obstructing the Russia investigation and ordered that
Republican Legislators Want Schools to Teach About the Holocaust from the Nazi Perspective
May 5, 2021
When people think there is no other way Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature can demonstrate their devotion to the fringe white nationalist Trump Zone-Fox Island right, along comes Legislative District (LD) 25 State Representative Michelle Udall’s surprise amendment to SB1532 (a bill on government audits) on Cinco De Mayo and Teacher Appreciation Week to
The NY Times Tries To Normalize The GQP And Disappear Its Seditious Insurrection On January 6 Down The Memory Hole
May 5, 2021
The headline in the New York Times today reads Why Democratic Departures From the House Have Republicans Salivating. Nowhere in this analysis do the reporters even mention that 147 Republican lawmakers still objected to the election results even after the Capitol attack. Every one of these seditious insurrectionists should have been expelled from Congress. The
