An Odd Defense of an Anti-democratic Rule: We Have Always Been Bullies!
This last week, the Republican majority in the Arizona state legislature formalized a rule that requires any Democratic bill to have written support from a majority of the majority. With only a slim margin between the two parties, this means that a House bill proposed by Republicans can be passed by 31 out of 60 … Read more
UPDATED: MAGA Fascists To Ask Voters To Usurp The Plenary Powers Of The Governor Over The State Budget
Above: The Arizona Freedom (sic) Caucus, more accurately the MAGA Fascist Caucus. Update to MAGA Fascists’ Unconstitutional Attempt To Usurp The Plenary Powers Of The Governor Over The State Budget. A clarification: the resolution would ask voters to approve cutting the governor out of the budget process in 2024. Last year voters approved limiting their … Read more
UPDATED: There is a New Senate Democratic Leadership Team at the State Capitol
Out with the new and in with the new new. That is the scoop at the Senate Democratic Caucus this week with the twin announcements that Leader (and former Party Chairperson) Raquel Teran and Whip Rosanna Gabaldon were stepping down and Mitzi Epstein, Juan Mendez, Eva Burch, and Lea Alston assuming the top leadership positions. … Read more
‘Krazy Kari’ Lake Files Meritless Appeal To Arizona Supreme Court
“Krazy Kari” Lake is still flogging a dead horse, her attempt to overturn the results of her 2022 election loss to Gov. Katie Hobbs. There is zero chance the Arizona Supreme Court is going to overturn the results of the 2022 election and install her as governor of Arizona. Zero, zip, zilch, nada. The Court … Read more
Republicans Are Fetishizing Fascism And Exercising Authoritarian Minority Rule
Two important opinion pieces which deserve your attention. The First is from Rick Wilson, a former Republican operative, a founder of the Lincoln Project and Resolute Square, and The Enemies List podcast. He writes at Resolute Square, Today’s GOP: Fetishizing Fascism: Joe Biden leveled up this week on the world stage. It’s hard to rival such singular … Read more
MAGA Fascists’ Unconstitutional Attempt To Usurp The Plenary Powers Of The Governor Over The State Budget
Update to No Surprise: Governor Hobbs Vetoes the Republican Only Budget. The MAGA Fascists’ political stunt of a do-nothing “skinny budget,” i.e., last year’s fiscal year budget 2022-23, passed by Republicans only and vetoed by Gov. Hobbs, is not over. While the media reports that “Republican lawmakers contacted Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday to open … Read more
With the Latest Republican Move of the Goal Posts, Arizona House Democrats are Mad as Hell
Arizona Republicans have demonstrated on numerous occasions with their MAGA extremist-reactionary-discriminatory legislative agenda, devotion to the Big Lie of the 2020 Presidential Election (despite revelations showing these same Republicans not stepping up to the plate to turn over evidence backing up their false claims when given the opportunity,) and unwillingness to negotiate with the Democratic … Read more
Mayor Kate Gallego Praises Phoenix for its Performance during the Super Bowl and Honors Its Past
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego can be considered a great Ambassador for the fifth-largest city in the country. After spending several months celebrating the city’s attractions and future-impacting industries before Super Bowl 57, she has spent the last couple of weeks praising local workers, residents, and the services they provided in putting Phoenix’s best face forward. … Read more
