Governor Ducey does not Announce a Statewide Mask Wearing Mandate at his 11/18/20 Press Briefing
November 18, 2020
While acknowledging “the end is not on the horizon” with the Coronavirus Pandemic in Arizona, Governor Doug Ducey announced some enhanced COVID 19 mitigation measures at the state’s major airports and schools, but refrained from proclaiming a mask-wearing mandate for the Grand Canyon State. He also condemned death threats against Secretary of State Katie Hobbs
Death Threats from Fringe Malcontents on Both Sides of the Political Spectrum Have No Place in the Democratic Process
November 18, 2020
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and members of her family have been receiving death threats from right-wing reactionary fringe malcontents because they are not happy that Arizona went for Joe Biden in the Presidential Election. The same is the case with Brad Raffensperger, the Republican Georgia Secretary of State where Joe Biden has, in
The Navajo Nation is In Danger of Being Ravaged Again with the Coronavirus
November 18, 2020
With COVID 19 numbers rising in the Navajo Nation (which stretches across Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico,) the leadership, for the second time this year, instituted a three-week lockdown to mitigate the spread of the pandemic. The Nation has seen a surge in new cases with 172 reported last weekend. In the previous surge last
Update On AZ GOP Frivolous Election Lawsuits
November 18, 2020
There are currently two remaining lawsuits the Arizona Republican Party is hanging its hopes on to reverse the vote of the citizens of Arizona in the election. This anti-democratic assault on the election results will fail because both lawsuits are going nowhere. The Arizona Republic reports, Court challenge could delay certification of Maricopa County election
Hoffman and Thomas want Ducey to Adopt More COVID 19 Preventative Measures
November 17, 2020
On social media on late Monday afternoon, Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman, reacting to the surge in COVID 19 in the Grand Canyon State, posted: “I am in support of the following actions: ✅ a statewide mask mandate ✅ quarantine and testing requirements for seasonal residents ✅ a limit on social gatherings ✅ a
In her State of the City Address, Mayor Kate Gallego Outlines her Goals to Make Phoenix Stronger, Smarter, Greener, and Better
November 17, 2020
In a virtual address to Phoenix residents sponsored by that city’s Greater Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Kate Gallego recounted what Phoenix has accomplished in the midst of the COVID 19 Pandemic and outlines her goals to make the fifth largest city in the country stronger, smarter, greener, and better. Thanking everyone for their hard work
The Biden/Harris Team Adds Diversity to the Incoming White House Staff
November 17, 2020
President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris announced nine more selections to the White House staff on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, to go along with Chief of Staff Designee Ron Klain. These picks are: Former Campaign Manager Jen O’Malley Dillon: Deputy White House Chief of Staff Dana Ramus: Counsel to the President Julissa Reynoso:
Justice Samuel Alito Delivers Brazenly Partisan Federalist Society Rant
November 17, 2020
Just before Thanksgiving two years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts defended the courts’ integrity. He criticized Donald Trump’s argument that a Ninth Circuit ruling against his attempt to stop asylum seekers was made by an “Obama Judge,” Jon S. Tigar. “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” Roberts
