Political Calendar: Week Of September 25, 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
Hobbs and Mayes Denounce GOP’s Banning All Abortions AZ
“It (The 1901 abortion ban) was passed before Arizona was a state and before women could vote…This law is cruel, life-threatening, and rips away millions of Arizonan’s freedoms… The government has no business interfering with the decisions doctors make every day when doing their jobs…As Arizona’s governor, I will do everything in my power and every … Read more
President Biden Assails The House GQP ‘Commitment To America’ Agenda (Updated)
Update to House GQP’s So-Called ‘Commitment to America’ Accidentally Leaked By Kevin McCarthy. The Arizona Mirror reports, U.S. House GOP outlines agenda in bid for control in the midterms. Shorter version: “All culture wars, all the time.” Scare the GQP crazy base of White Christian Ntionalists into frothing at the mouth. This is not a … Read more
Adrian Fontes ‘Owned’ Insurrectionist Mark Finchem In His Debate
Update to David Gordon’s post, Mark Finchem Demonstrates During His Debate With Adrian Fontes Just How Crazy He Is. Laurie Roberts of The Republic adds, It took only 30 minutes for Adrian Fontes to own Mark Finchem in their debate: Thursday night’s face-off between the two men who want to run Arizona’s elections showed exactly why … Read more
Leading Democratic Reaction to the Pima County Court Ruling Taking Away Women’s Reproductive Freedom
It did not take long for many of Arizona’s leading Democratic voices to denounce the Pima County Superior Court Ruling taking away abortion rights and putting in place a ban from 1864 that would not provide exceptions for rape, incest, or severe birth defects. This in effect makes women second-class citizens in the Grand Canyon … Read more
Ducey-Appointed Judge Rules 1864 Territorial Abortion Law Is Back In Force
Another Ducey-appointed Judge attempted a Friday night news dump hoping that no one will not notice. Oh, we noticed. Pima County Judge Kellie Johnson has ruled in favor of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s aka “Nunchucks” motion to set aside a 1973 Court decision suspending Arizona’s complete ban on abortion after the Roe v. Wade decision. … Read more
School Voucher Expansion is On Hold. Let the People Decide. AGAIN.
Save Our Schools Arizona did it. With about an extra 23,000 signatures, the organization and their pro-public education allies submitted 141, 714 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office to halt the Ducey-Republican universal voucher empowerment scholarship account law from going into effect. It should be noted, that per the Arizona Department of Education, 76 … Read more
