New Text Messages Implicate Sen. Mike Lee And Rep. Chip Roy In Trump’s Seditious Conspiracy
Above: Three of the Coup Plotters: Rep. Chip Roy, Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and Sen. Mike Lee, all Tea Party Republicans who engaged in a seditious conspiracy for the insurrection on January 6, 2021. Who can ever forget the idiotic speech given by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in 2013, in which he portrayed … Read more
Senate Republicans Blocked The Next Round Of Covid Relief As Part Of Their Anti-Immigrant ‘White Fright’ 2022 Election Strategy
Multiple senators confirmed earlier this month that they delayed voting on a bill to pour $10 billion more into pandemic programs until after the two-week Easter recess, a decision top administration health officials have said further threatens the country’s ability to fight the virus and prepare for potential surges and variants. Politico reports, Senate punts … Read more
China’s ‘Zero-Covid’ Policy Is Causing Supply Chain Disruptions And Resulting In Inflation
Americans, in particular the anti-science, anti-masker, anti-vaxxer crowd, are fond of saying that they are done with Covid-19, they are going to live their life as normal. Even more responsible Americans, those who have had both shots of their Covid-19 vaccination and the booster shot, also are saying that they are done with Covid-19, they are … Read more
Anti-Democracy Republican Party Withdraws From The Last Remaining Norms Of Democracy
Above: h/t The Bulwark, Trump Is the One Who Wants to Burn It All Down. The Washington Post reports, RNC votes to withdraw from presidential debates commission: The Republican National Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, following through on threats to bar GOP presidential nominees from participating in … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of April 17, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political … Read more
Border Democrats and the Biden/Harris Administration Need to Develop Immigration Reform
Democratic Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema, plus Congressmen Thomas O’Halleran and Greg Stanton, are calling on the Biden/Harris Administration to postpone the suspension of a Trump-era immigration law, Title 42. Title 42 is an anti-immigration policy put forth by the Trump Administration using the COVID 19 pandemic as a pretext to stop asylum seekers … Read more
AZ Citizens Clean Elections Commission’s debates start on April 19
Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission holds debates for contested statewide and legislative districts races in election years. This year 2022 they just posted the upcoming debate schedule for the Primary: https://www.azcleanelections.gov/arizona-elections/debate-information First off are Republicans running in LD 1 on April 19, then Democrats running for Secretary of State on … Read more
DNC Opens Up Early Primary Calendar, Taking Applications For The 2024 National Convention
Above: NRG Park, Houston, Texas. Update to DNC Winter Meeting To Consider Resolution Which Could End The ‘First In The Nation’ Status For Iowa Caucus. The New York Times reports, Democrats Weigh Shake-Up to Presidential Primary Calendar: Just over two years after Iowa’s disastrous Democratic caucuses, in which officials struggled to deliver results, party officials … Read more
