Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I unfortunately read the Clueless GOP-spin reporting about the Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting in our sad small-town newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star Supervisors stage political theater in budget session. Thank God there is still a real political reporter in Tucson, Bud Foster at KOLD 13. State lawmaker calls Tucson a "corpse" … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The grassroots organization The Other 98% has set up a new web site http://kochblocked.com/ which parodies the evil bastard Koch brothers: Last week, we pulled off one of our biggest and best actions yet against the Koch Brothers' war on democracy: we renamed the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Gang of Five on the U.S. Supreme Court who gave us one of the all-time worst decisions in the history of the court in Citizens United v. FEC (i.e., corporations are "people" entitled to the privileges and immunities of natural born persons) has unwittingly, or wittingly, unleashed the devil from hell. Republican lawyer … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell aired this must-see report on Tuesday night about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and the new report from People For the American Way into this far-right corporatist organization. The segment includes an ad from the nonprofit immigrants rights organization "Cuéntame the ¡Latino Instigators!" http://www.facebook.com/cuentame?sk=app_201143516562748#!/cuentame?sk=info, regarding … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Governor Jan Brewer got her panties in a twist over President Obama's channeling Stephen Colbert by correctly pointing out that nothing will ever satisfy Arizona's anti-immigrant demagogues. What do they want? A moat? With alligators? The political cartoonists have had fun with this. Benson from the Arizona Republic   Fitzsimmons from the Arizona Daily Star  

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): I hope things are going well with you now that the Legislature is no longer in session. The last Farley Report was a bit of a downer, based on the high quantity and low quality of bills that passed … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has set up a new web site DontEndMedicare.com: Don't let Republicans End Medicare, which provides an interactive map and list of scheduled Tea-Publican town hall events so you can attend and tell your Tea-Publican congresscritter what you think of their vote to end Medicare as we know … Read more