The Christian Right’s Annual Culture War Week In The Arizona Legislature
Arizona’s unofficial and unelected “31st Senator,” Cathi Herrod of the Center for Arizona Policy, is having a good week (for her) with the Christian Right’s annual “Culture War Week” in the Arizona legislature. Using the Mississipi 15 week abortion law currently under review before the U.S. Supreme Court as a model, Republicans are once again … Read more
White ‘Snowflake’ Anti-Anti-Racism Bill Passes House On Party-Line Vote (Updated)
White “Snowflake” Republicans in the Arizona House passed their culture war bill on Thursday. White “Snowflake” Rep. Michelle Udall’s anti-anti-racism bill passed the House on a party-line vote. House OKs anti-critical race theory bill banning ‘racially divisive’ curriculum: Arizona Republican lawmakers are seeking to ban so-called “critical race theory” education in Arizona schools after the … Read more
The Biden Boom: Strong January Jobs Report Shows Forecasters Were Wrong (Again)
As I have said before, the Coronavirus pandemic has made job forecasts difficult, and unreliable. Yet the corporate media continues to report these forecasts as if they are credible and reliable. For example: CNBC: January jobs report could show omicron caused first steep decline in payrolls in more than a year. NY Times: January Jobs … Read more
Vindman Sues Trump Lackeys Over ‘Perfect’ July 25 Phone Call to Ukraine
Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified at Trump’s first impeachment trial that he listened to the so-called “perfect” July 25 phone call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, filed civil suit Wednesday against four Trump crooks. The defendants are Donald Trump, Jr.; Rudy Giuliani; former White House deputy chief of staff Dan … Read more
Sunnyside Unified Stands to Lose $16.3 Million if the State Expenditure Cap is NOT Lifted
Consuelo Hernandez is the President of the Sunnyside Unified School District Governing Board and a Candidate for a Legislative District 21 Arizona State House seat. It never ceases to amaze me that in times of greatest need – this Governor and the Trump Republicans in the legislature fail to do their basic job. Whether its … Read more
Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council Make Juneteenth a City Holiday
On February 2, 2022, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council unanimously approved making Juneteenth (June 19,) a city holiday. Juneteenth is the day in 1865 the last slaves in Galveston Texas received word that they were now free following the Civil War. Commenting on the vote, Mayor Gallego stated in a press … Read more
Fillmore and Hoffman Show Arizonans Again How Historically and Scientifically Ignorant Many Republicans in the State Legislature Are
Remember when Legislative District (LD)Six State Senator Wendy Rogers made comments equating the COVID Vaccine with the Mark of the Beast. Please click here if you need to read about that again. Well Arizona Republican (Repulsive may be a more accurate descriptor) Representatives John Fillmore (LD 16) and Jake Troll Farm Hoffman (LD 12) made … Read more
AZGOP Chair Kelli Ward Trumps Up The Courts in Response to #Jan6th Commission Subpoenas
Any time I need a good laugh, I read a court filing by the bevy of complete shysters the AZGOP has representing them in their attempts to overturn a legitimate election or to stymie the investigation of the same. They are always amusing and creative – and utterly baseless. Their desperate attempts to even find … Read more
