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Walter Mondale ushered in the Modern Vice Presidency and Chose the first Woman Vice Presidential Nominee on a Major Party Ticket
April 25, 2021
In case you missed it with the coverage of the Chauvin verdict, the Global Climate Summit, and the debate over the American Jobs Plan, former Minnesota Senator, Vice President, and 1984 Democratic Presidential Nominee Walter Mondale passed away this week at the age of 93. President Jimmy Carter, for whom Mondale served from 1976 to
How to Find Help for Tenants Facing Eviction
April 25, 2021
Video editing by Anne Simmons. As the June 30 termination looms for the federal eviction moratorium, Marcos Ysmael, the Pima Country Housing Program manager, is acting to rescue Arizonians from eviction. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) might extend the moratorium on COVID-related evictions beyond June 30, he told Democrats of Greater Tucson
Redistricting Wars: Radicalized Republicans Are Continuing The Insurrection With Extreme Gerrymandering
April 25, 2021
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act bill needs to be passes A.S.A.P. Redistricting will begin shortly, this summer. Section 5 DOJ Preclearance needs to be restored and in effect by then. POLITICO reports, The redistricting cycle is about to begin: The most chaotic year in congressional politics is about to begin. The U.S. Census
Political Calendar: Week of April 25, 2021
April 25, 2021
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President Biden Recognizes the Armenian Genocide
April 24, 2021
After days of speculation and a Friday phone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Joe Biden officially recognized the slaughter of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as a genocide on the 106th anniversary of the start of the atrocities. That is a victory for human rights, the American Ideal,
Republican Bills Attack Voting Rights, Freedom of Expression (video)
April 24, 2021
Often when the House Democrats go into caucus, we were greeted with a HUGE list of bills to consider that morning. Such was the case a few weeks ago when the caucus agenda was several pages long, including two pages of proposals attacking your rights. Since the staff didn’t receive the caucus agenda until about
Dems: End the Madness and Protect Our Elections from Conspiracy Theorists
April 24, 2021
Yesterday morning a judge ordered the Senate and its “Fraudit” team to comply with all laws governing the right to a secret ballot and the confidentiality of voter registration data. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Coury ordered the Senate and its audit team to comply with all laws governing the right to a secret
#AZLeg Vote Protects Fetuses, Criminalizes Doctors & Patients (video)
April 23, 2021
Republicans have spent weeks and employed multiple levels of parliamentary procedures to ram Senator Cathi Herrod’s … er … Senator Nancy Barto’s fetal personhood bill through both houses … twice. SB1457 died in the Senate earlier in April, but the Republicans brought the zombie bill back to life for a do-over. SB1457 inserts BIG government
