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The Destruction of the Supreme Court
May 18, 2020
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As my reading pile diminished, I asked my housemate who works in a still operating library to bring me home a pile of books to keep me busy. One of the books she brought me was Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for A More Unjust America,Adam Cohen, Penguin Press, NY, 2020. … Read more
Tucson Judge Scott Rash CONFIRMED To Arizona’s U.S. District Court Bench
May 18, 2020
UPDATE, 5/19/20, 9:40am: Pima County Superior Court Judge Scott Rash was elevated to a lifetime position on Arizona’s U.S. District Court Bench this morning, as the Senate voted overwhelmingly, 74-20, to confirm him. Both of Arizona’s Senators supported his confirmation. Rash is 57 years old and has been the presiding Family Court judge in Tucson. … Read more
#COVID19: Should Grandma ‘Take One for the Team’? (video)
May 18, 2020
The House Health and Human Services Committee met on Thursday, May 14, to hear testimony from several California experts on opening up Arizona’s economy. The two primary presenters were scientists whose recent research shows that COVID19 infection in the population could be much more widespread in the population than we had thought and that the virus has been in … Read more
Some Baseball Players are Spoiled Brats
May 18, 2020
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Tampa Bay Rays Pitcher Blake Snell should stick to what he does well which is throwing the baseball. Being a labor activist is not a talent he possesses. Last week, when news leaked that baseball owners would, because of declining revenues and a hoped-for abbreviated half-season schedule for 2020, ask for additional financial concessions from … Read more
The entire Republican Party apparatus is gearing up to suppress the vote in 2020
May 18, 2020
In 1982, the Republican Party agreed to a consent decree after Democrats sued it for activities at polling places that they said were aimed at suppressing the minority vote. The consent decree barred the organization from using voter challengers, poll watchers, i.e., the “National Ballot Security Task Force,” and vote caging plans to target and intimidate voters … Read more
WATCH: Biden Grassroots Strategy Summit
May 18, 2020
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This article was first published on Democrats of Greater Tucson. The Biden Campaign held an online Grassroots Strategy Summit with Campaign Manager Jen O’Malley Dillon on May 17, 2020 (see the video at the bottom). Three things you can do now to support Biden for President: Download the Team Joe app on your cell phone. … Read more
The Party of Trump is the Party of Putin, a seamless attack on the 2020 election
May 18, 2020
When the history of this era is written the most remarkable story told will be how a failed state, the gangster kleptocracy of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, was able to defeat the most powerful democracy and defender of freedom in the world, the United States, by coopting one of its major political parties, and getting a … Read more
Wanda Kolomyjec wants to fight for Quality Public Schools as a Member of the Kyrene School Board
May 18, 2020
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Dr. Wanda Kolomyjec has been a dedicated educator for close to 20 years. An Ahwatukee resident with her family for almost 26 years, Dr. Kolomyjec has been a high school science instructor, a university professor of Justice Studies and Professional Development, and a site-based council member at her children’s schools in the Kyrene School District. … Read more
