How Republicans Will Overthrow the 2024 Election
Following are highlights of “Tyranny of the Minority,” by Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University, presented in the April 27, 2023, Pitt Speaker Series talk. It’s pretty clear that American democracy is at a crossroads. On the one hand, we stand at the brink of multiracial democracy, which is an unparalleled achievement. On the … Read more
Political Calendar: Week Of April 30, 2023
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
Chief Justice Roberts Has An Ethics Problem As Well – Failure To Recuse For His Wife’s Clients With Business Before The Court
Above image: h/t Business Insider. Business Insider reports, Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show: Two years after John Roberts’ confirmation as the Supreme Court’s chief justice in 2005, his wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, made a pivot. After a long … Read more
Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud: Russian State Media Offers Their Favorite American Propagandist A Job
Update to Fallout From Dominion Lawsuit: ‘White Power Hour’ Host Tucker Carlson Is Out At Fox Propaganda (Updated). The Independent reports, Tucker Carlson receives a job offer from Russian state TV after Fox News firing: It didn’t take long for Tucker Carlson to land a job offer after losing his primetime slot on the most-watched cable … Read more
UPDATED: The AZGOP’s Secret Sting Operation Against Representative Stephanie Stahl Hamilton
UPDATE 4/2/23: Three Members of the Arizona House have indeed filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Stahl Hamilton. You can read this fundamentally dishonest piece of MAGA hypocrisy here. Readers are probably familiar by now with the narrative around Representative Stahl Hamilton having moved a couple Bibles around in the Captial’s Private Member Lounge, what … Read more
Paul Krugman On The Biden Boom Economy
Economist Paul Krugman writes, Joe Biden and the Not-So-Bad Economy: Joe Biden has, to nobody’s surprise, formally announced that he is seeking re-election. And I, for one, am dreading the year and a half of political crystal ball gazing that lies ahead of us — a discussion to which I will have little if anything … Read more
Justice Clarence Thomas’ Billionaire Benefactor Did Have Business Before The Court
Update to Clarence Thomas: ‘Sorry I Got Caught. Not Sorry!’ Bloomberg reports, Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Friend Did Have Business Before the Supreme Court: Justice Clarence Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to disclose private jet flights and luxury vacations paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow because, although a close friend, Crow “did not … Read more
