The MAGA/QAnon Cult Turns to Book Banning – Can Book Burning Be Far Behind?
A number of years ago, I used to present a one hour seminar on “Things they didn’t teach you in your high school history class” – the unsanitized version of our history that is not included in the hagiographic myth making in virtually every high school text book. The white nationalist MAGA/QAnon cult freakout over … Read more
Mayor Romero and 4 Latino Mayors Call for Passage of Build Back Better Agenda
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero joined other Hispanic mayors from Long Beach, Brownsville, Topeka, and Providence to call for immediate passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. They praised the historic investments and generational impacts for local communities and families that the agenda will bring. The mayors highlighted … Read more
“A Traitor” — DiSanto and Stahl Condemn Gosar After New January 6 Accusations
Rolling Stone documents meetings between the organizers of the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack on Congress and Republican members (and their staffs) of the House of Representatives and the White House. Among the usual fringe suspects cited in the October 24, 2021 article who helped plan the events of January 6 are White House … Read more
As Gun Deaths Skyrocket, Will the Justices Allow Guns to be Everywhere?
On November 3, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will decide whether the Constitution grants individuals the right to carry guns in public, not only to bear arms at home for self-protection. The case, New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Buren, brought by an NRA affiliate, arose after plaintiffs … Read more
The Party Of Donald Trump Is A Party Of Thugs
Let’s just say it: the MAGA/QAnon personality cult Party of Donald Trump is a party of thugs. They are threatening and intimidating poll workers, school boards, and public health officials – literally anyone who does not share their quasi-religious political cult beliefs – with violence and death threats. They are using threats, intimidation and violence … Read more
The So-Called ‘Law And Order’ Party Is Now The Party That Coddles Criminals
On Saturday, the pathetic Pima County GQP hosted insurrection co-conspirator Steve Bannon for a so-called Lincoln Day Dinner, shortly after he defied a congressional subpoena from the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. I’m sorry, but the GQP does not get to use Abraham Lincoln any longer. Lincoln … Read more
(UPDATED) Red Alert: Redistricting Commission Gerrymanders Arizona into Many GOP Districts
This is an urgent call to action: send in a comment today and Thursday to object to the pro-Republican maps proposed by the Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC). It creates 15 solid Republican voting districts (up from 13) and shrinks solid Democratic districts to only 10 (down from 13). The Commissioners met this morning and approved … Read more
Is Juan Ciscomani the Right Person to Represent Southern Arizona; Kirsten Engel does not Think So
Juan Ciscomani, an advisor to Governor Doug Ducey, is the leading Republican candidate (so far) vying for his party’s nomination to represent most of Southern Arizona in the House of Representatives after the 2022 elections. But is he the right person for the position? Let us see where he stands on the issues. A woman’s … Read more
