GQP Legislators Ignore The Will Of The Voters. Buy A Comfortable Pair Of Shoes And Dust Off the Clip Boards For Yet Another Voucher Referendum Campaign
A day after the Radical Republican Supreme Court Tears Down What Remained Of The Wall of Separation And Church And State, the White Christian Nationalists in the Arizona House took this as a green light to expand the ESA voucher program to all 1.1 million Arizona students: A proposal to let all 1.1 million Arizona … Read more
(UPDATED) Do you Believe in Miracles? Arizona Democrats and Republicans Reach Bipartisan Deal on Budget
Habemus Bipartisan Budget Deal! We have a bipartisan budget deal. BREAKING: We have reached a deal on a negotiated bi-partisan budget that features significant new investment in K-12 public education and universities. Voting begins soon. #AZBudget — Arizona House Democrats (@AZHouseDems) June 23, 2022 4am – a bipartisan budget has passed. Public education receives $526M. … Read more
Bipartisan (Bare Minimum) Gun Bill Advances In The Senate For First Time In A Generation
The Washington Post reports, Senate votes to advance bipartisan gun deal, breaking 30-year logjam: The Senate advanced a bill [Republicans didn’t filibuster] Tuesday night that would toughen federal gun laws and provide billions of dollars in new money to prevent future mass shootings after negotiators settled key disagreements, putting the legislation on course to be passed … Read more
Oh Lordy, There Are Tapes! (Princess Ivanka Contradicting Her Sworn Deposition Testimony)
Politico Playbook reports, SCOOP: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas unseen Trump tapes: The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 sent a subpoena last week to ALEX HOLDER, a documentary filmmaker who was granted extensive access to President Donald Trump and his inner circle, and who shot interviews with the then-president both before and after Jan. 6. … Read more
The Long-Term Foundational Funding of K 12 Public Schools is Threatened with the Arizona Republican Budget
Most people know that when houses or buildings are built, a solid foundation is needed for the structure to remain standing. With their 2023 budget proposal, Arizona Republicans have presented a financial blueprint that, if it is approved as is, threatens the long-term foundational funding of K-12 schools in future fiscal years, putting it on … Read more
January 6 Committee On The Personal Toll Of Trump’s Pressure Campaign To Subvert The Election
The Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday leaned on emotional testimony to illustrate the human toll that Donald Trump’s elaborate scheme to overturn the 2020 election had on public servants and their families. NBC News reports, ‘A dangerous cancer’: Jan. 6 panel depicts human toll of Trump’s election pressure: While the Jan. 6 hearings have focused … Read more
Radical Republican Supreme Court Tears Down What Remained Of The Wall of Separation And Church And State
Almost exactly two years ago I posted, SCOTUS tears down a section of the wall of separation of church and state (excerpt): Founding Father James Madison must be turning over in his grave today. James Madison was the chief author of the Bill of Rights and thus of the First Amendment. He was the foremost champion of … Read more
