Reconstruction after the Civil War and after the Civil Rights Movement
It was immediately evident after the Civil War that assistance would be needed from the North for the South to rebuild not just physical infrastructure but a whole new legal and social system. Reconstruction governments established public schools, passed laws to allow plantation laborers more power, made taxation more equitable, and outlawed racial discrimination. After … Read more
All politics are still local
Arguably, the best strategy for success at the top of the ticket may be energizing voters about races near the ballot’s bottom.
The Politics of Threat: How MAGA Bullies America. Is This Who We Want to Be?
The Brennan Center has put out a report entitled “Intimidation of State and Local Officeholders” on the rising tide of politically motivated threats, violence and intimidation in our public life, especially focused on elected officers, government workers, and candidates for public office. The trends they document that have emerged since that moment when Trump glided … Read more
Book Review Round-Up: Liz Cheney’s Best-Selling Rehash
Roll out the red carpet for another political tell-all, or maybe don’t. We’re diving into Liz Cheney’s “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning,” and let me warn you: it’s not exactly spilling the tea on the Orange Jesus in ways we haven’t already heard before. Half-Assed Disclaimer: Look, I wanted to read Cheney’s … Read more
Kari Lake Bribery Scandal Demolishes the Arizona GOP; Chair Resigns in Disgrace
After sitting on the evidence for ten months, Republican Kari Lake demolished what’s left of the Arizona Republican Party by proving that the state’s GOP chair, Jeff DeWit, tried to bribe her to quit the US Senate Race. He resigned in disgrace today. He claimed that he chose to resign because Lake’s team threatened him … Read more
New Children’s Action Alliance Leader January Contreras discusses Her Legislative Priorities for 2024
Former Biden/Harris Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services, Attorney, Public Interest Advocate, and 2018 Democratic Arizona Attorney General Nominee, January Contreras is having a “wonderful” time as the new head of the Arizona Children’s Action Alliance (CAA.) A 35-year-old bipartisan organization dedicated to the … Read more
Keystone Kop Kern, #KKKern, Will Decide Who Gets Arizona’s Votes for President?
Anthony Kern, who currently contaminates an Arizona Senate seat and wants to besmirch a seat in Congress (based on his credentials as a treasonous #Jan6 conspirator, an as-yet-unindicted felony fraud fake elector, or a petulant, back-turning Hobbs election denying twat, apparently) thinks that Arizona’s citizens should just shut up and let him and his MAGA … Read more
