John Huppenthal and Michele Bachmann: birds of a history-distorting feather
by David Safier I posted awhile back about not-yet-Ed-Supe Huppenthal getting it wrong three times in 20 seconds when he talked about Ben Franklin's relationship to slavery. In each case, Huppenthal glossed over the complexities and contradictions in Franklin's stands and actions which were typical of many of our Founding Fathers when it came to … Read more
Protect Our Elections asks U.S. Department of Justice to bring criminal charges against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for knowingly and willfully failing to disclose his wife’s income over a five-year period
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Legal Schnauzer reports today that Justice Clarence Thomas has stepped in the doggy doo-doo, so to speak, for knowingly and willfully failing to disclose his wife's income for a five-year period. Legal Schnauzer: Did Clarence Thomas Commit a Federal Crime by Hiding Wife's Income?: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not report almost … Read more
Half a bird and a dead fish
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Breaking news from the Chicago Tribune: In a 2-1 ruling, the appellate panel said Emanuel does not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Chicago for a year prior to the election. The judges reversed a decision by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, which had unanimously agreed that Emanuel was … Read more
How the right is using the ‘Tragedy in Tucson’ to attack Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rahm Emanuel is often credited with saying "never let a good crisis go to waste," but it is right-wing politicians who have taken his words to heart and put them into actual practice. Their latest effort to take advantage of a crisis is to recall Pima County's Sheriff-for-life Clarence Dupnik because Dupnik … Read more
Media false equivalency and domestic terrorism
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the wake of the "Tragedy in Tucson" as it has been labeled by the media, many media villagers and Beltway bloviators were quick to draw a false equivalency between right-wing extremists groups and "leftist radicals" in their blame game analysis, citing 1960s radicals like the Weather Underground and the Black Panthers (the … Read more
Cut: $1.4 million for transplants. Added: $1.8 million for for-profit charter schools
by David Safier Cynic though I am, even I didn't believe it when my almost-namesake Sen. David Schapira said it at the AZ Dem Reorg meeting Saturday. But he told me where I could find the proof. And I found it. Brewer has proposed $1.8 million be paid to for-profit charter schools out of the … Read more
The coming week – legislative edition
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona Legislature or other online sources, and subject to change without notice. "SHR" indicates that a meeting room is a Senate Hearing Room; "HHR" indicates a House Hearing Room. Committee hearings on the Senate side of the Capitol this … Read more
