Margot Cowan On Legal Representation for Immigrants
Margo has been fighting for years to get an initiative on the ballot to provide legal representation for those immigrants in deportation proceedings. Here is a great discussion of the issue on the Border Chronicle podcast. I also recommend subscribing to the Border Chronicle newsletter on substack. https://www.theborderchronicle.com/p/people-need-representation-a-podcast?r=ql07&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Advertisement Advertisement
Tucson Agenda and Arizona Agenda at TheDGT.org
As you can see at the bottom of our homepage, the founders of the Arizona and Tucson Agenda newsletters joined TheDGT.org for a discussion of their journalistic mission in Arizona and the importance of real local journalism for our democracy. The Agenda’s gents shared with us some discount codes for new subscribers. So, once you’ve … Read more
Get creative with Creative Mornings Tucson
“Everyone is Creative. Everyone is Welcome.” https:B//creativemornings.com/cities/tuc/talks?fbclid=IwAR1_XAFN5bsUzw2pTWiGqVoUJ5fA1xfbzkPkH0kIYgxE_CZ8UEe-R9HJz6s I’ve been hearing about these Creative Mornings to meet up with creative people. Then I noticed that former AZ Daily Star reporter Becky Pallack (now with AZ Luminaria, featured image) gave one of the talks, so I finally checked them out. Becky’s talk was entertaining & illuminating about … Read more
Sen. Mark Kelly says Biden Impeachment Talks are ‘a Waste of Time’
Heard on Morning Edition of NPR House Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused President Biden of lying about his family’s business dealings — and that the House will start impeachment proceedings. On NPR’s Morning Edition, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) told A Martinez that impeachment talks are “a distraction and a waste of time.” On McCarthy’s accusations that Biden lied about his … Read more
Knock Yourselves Out, House Maga Republicans
One definition of insanity is committing the same act again and again even though there was no positive benefit to the action. MAGA House Republicans want to force the Democrats (and even some Senate Republicans) to agree to their draconian spending cut proposals (including repealing many of the clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction … Read more
Best and Worst States to Work in – Three guesses where Arizona is
Oxfam has put out their fifth annual report on the best and worst states to work in, including the 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico. They added a new feature this year to compare the rankings to additional measures of well-being, including: The hypothesis was that when companies and governments invest in workers, not … Read more
Apparently, Not Quite Everyone is Sick of Sinema… Just Arizona Democrats – Independents, Too!
An interesting tidbit from some of Sinema’s Democratic colleagues inside the Beltway from Julia Ioffe… The Sinema Lovefest: One of the more counterintuitive themes to emerge from my recent conversations with Senate Democratic sources is that Kyrsten Sinema, who officially left the party late last year, is surprisingly now being seen by many inside the party as … Read more
