President Obama channels his inner Colbert
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Oh, you know Stephen Colbert will be doing a segment on President Obama's immigration speech in El Paso on Tuesday after this. Advertisement I was struck by one passage from the president's speech that sounded all too familiar. Remarks by the President on Comprehensive Immigration Reform in El Paso, Texas: So, here’s … Read more
Update: Pearce Recall on track to collect enough signatures – help put them over the top
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There was an Anne Murray hit single back in the 1980's, "We sure could use a little good news today." Well, here's your "a little good news" for today, and things will only get better if you get out there and work to make this goal a reality. Russell Pearce will likely … Read more
Congressman Grijalva’s weekly video update
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Congressman Raúl Grijalva has launched a weekly video update on current affairs. Here is the first video on bringing the troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq, and promoting the Congressional Progressive Caucus' People's Budget. Maybe the Clueless reporters at the Arizona Daily Star can simply watch and file a report… or we will … Read more
Update: If it’s Sunday, it’s GOP Beltway PR
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jon Stewart and The Daily Show mock the architects and apologists of the Bush illegal torture program to make the point If it's Sunday, it's GOP Beltway PR. The "lamestream media" has completely failed this country. This is why more people get their news from The Daily Show. The Daily ShowTags: Daily … Read more
Pat Fleming answers Peggy Judd
by David Safier When I read that Peggy Judd (R, LD-25) said, “We are spending more money (on public education) in Arizona than we need to,” I wrote, LD-25 Democrats, fire up your laptops and start your engines. Silly me, thinking I had to remind Pat Fleming, who lost her LD-25 seat in last November's … Read more
The President’s Blueprint for Building a 21st Century Immigration System
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Speaking in El Paso, Texas today, President Barack Obama made the case for comprehensive immigration reform. UPDATED. Text of full Remarks by the President on Comprehensive Immigration Reform in El Paso, Texas | The White House. From the White House blog, The President’s Blueprint for Building a 21st Century Immigration System | … Read more
It’s official: schools can’t require immigrant status information
by David Safier The U.S. Departments of Education and of Justice have made it official. School districts may not use enrollment practices "that may chill or discourage the participation, or lead to the exclusion, of students based on their or their parents’ or guardians’ actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status." In other words, school … Read more
