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The New Executive Director of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has some Explaining to Do
March 18, 2021
$63,000 for part-time work at one event at the end of a political campaign. Can I apply for a job like that and not report it too? Brian Schmitt, the new Executive Director of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission after winning a three to two vote on Tuesday, has some explaining to do. The Republican
Puerto Rico, DC: A Red and Blue Pair of New States
March 18, 2021
President Biden strongly supports statehood for Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, which is part of the Democratic Party platform. Even conservative Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott endorse Puerto Rican statehood, conceding to the state’s Latino voters. Republicans in other states don’t perceive Puerto Rico as a Republican-leaning state, as its constituency is non-white.
Go to Hell Moscow Mitch
March 18, 2021
When the history of the death of the Republican Party is written, people like Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay, Rush Limbaugh, Rubert Murdoch, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump will take up voluminous space. So will Enemy of the People-Obstructionist in Chief-Legislative Grim Reaper-Moscow Mitch McConnell. Since occupying a position in Republican Senate leadership, his three
VIDEO: ‘Rebel Constable’ Randall Helps Tenants Facing Eviction
March 18, 2021
[fusion_youtube id=”Wo0fdKcmzcY” alignment=”” width=”” height=”” autoplay=”false” api_params=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” css_id=””][/fusion_youtube] By A.J. Flick Even before the pandemic, there was a quiet revolution brewing among some Pima County constables, particularly how eviction notices are handled, which inspired former hydrologist Kristen Randall to run for constable. Constable Bennett Bernal led the revolution of “rebel constables.” “He told
Anderson Advertising Opens New Political Arm to Promote Democratic Candidates
March 18, 2021
Anderson Advertising and Public Relations is a Scottsdale-based marketing firm that has provided advertising services for renowned Arizona business enterprises and not for profits since 2005. Their clients have included: Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Make a Wish Foundation. Harkins Theaters. Desert Financial Credit Union. They have also worked with the Arizona Democratic Party and Democratic Candidates
House Approves Resolution Removing The Deadline For Ratifying The Equal Rights Amendment; Reauthorizes The Violence Against Women Act
March 17, 2021
The Hill reports, House removes deadline for ratifying ERA: The House on Wednesday adopted H.J.Res 17, a resolution to remove the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to formally ban discrimination on the basis of sex as one of Democrats’ top legislative priorities. Lawmakers passed the resolution largely along party lines, 222-204, to
Republican AGs Want To Take COVID Stimulus Funds From Local Governments To Subsidize Tax Cuts
March 17, 2021
A Last-Minute Add to The Stimulus Bill Was Meant to Restrict State Tax Cuts so that states could not steal COVID Relief funds from the recipients Congress deemed deserving of aid and use the federal funds to subsidize tax cuts for the usual suspects, i.e., corporations and the wealthy. A last-minute change in the $1.9
Unaccompanied Children should not be left Unattended to at ANY Border
March 17, 2021
As AZ Blue Meanie and AZ Central’s Laurie Roberts have reported, the xenophobic members of the former Party of Lincoln are salivating and lying at what is happening at the Southern Border the last two months. Strange these bigoted reactionaries never make a fuss at what is happening at the Canadian Border or other United
