Bush-era gun walking, Mexico, and Fast and Furious
by David Safier The Star's Tim Steller punches another hole in the Republican meme that Fast and Furious was a crime-of-the-millenium outrage unprecedented in recent history. Advertisement True, Fast and Furious was a botched ATF operation that let guns walk into Mexico without yielding the hoped-for results of leading us to the higher-ups in the … Read more
The Less Than Do Nothing Tea-Publican Congress in One Chart
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: h/t Daily Kos: The do-nothing Republican House
CBO Study: Income Inequality in America
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You may have seen this story in your local newspaper today Rich are getting much richer: The richest 1 percent of Americans have been getting far richer over the past three decades while the middle class and poor have seen their after-tax household income only crawl up in comparison, according to a … Read more
AZ GOP Congressional Caucus (FAIR Trust) is strong-arming Governor and Legislature on AIRC
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Fallout from our lame-duck Governor Brewer's autocratic attempt to assault the "independence" of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is continuing. It has come to light that the Arizona GOP Congressional Caucus, i.e., the "soft money" GOP redistricting organization FAIR Trust, is responsible for bringing pressure to bear on our lame-duck governor and Arizona legislature … Read more
‘Payday’ Paton loses round one in his quest to kill clean elections
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I recently posted about the wannabe tinhorn dictator of Tucson, Jonathan "Payday" Paton's attempt to kill Arizona Clean Elections in order to kill the City of Tucson's Clean Elections system — a twofer! Jonathan 'Payday' Paton still trying to subjugate the citizens of Tucson: [In 2010] was Paton's attempt to dictate to … Read more
Pima Dems call on ‘Rio Nuevo’ Rick Grinnell to denounce Governor Brewer’s naked power-grab over AIRC
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Did you know that the the Tea-Publican's "Hail Mary pass" write-in candidate for mayor of Tucson says that he is "nonpartisan" on his campaign materials — materials paid for by the Arizona Republican Party with a hefty contribution from GOP money-man Jim Click? Lucky for him campaign materials are not subject to Arizona's … Read more
Lame-Duck Governor Brewer Threatens the AIRC: Give her a Piece of Your Mind
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Our lame-duck Tea-Publican Governor often gets credit from our feckless political media for being the "adult in the room," i.e., less crazy than the Tea-Publican members of the Arizona legislature, simply because she vetoed a few of their bills this past session. That's setting the bar pretty low. Apparently these media villagers do not recall Jan … Read more
