Political Calendar: Week of December 4, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. NOTE: … Read more
The DNC Finally Did It! Good Riddance To The Iowa Caucuses
The Associated Press reports, Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state in 2024: Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed by President Joe Biden to better reflect the party’s deeply … Read more
Donald Trump Openly Declares ‘Terminate the Constitution’ And Make Him Ruler (Updated)
If Attorney General Merrick Garland needed any more impetus to indict Donald Trump, this ought to do it. Trump is essentially saying “I did it before and I will do it again,” like the serial killer who taunts police with “stop me before I kill again.” Jason Easley reports, Trump Is Basically Promising A Coup … Read more
Court Compels Former White House Counsel To Testify To Criminal Grand Jury Investigating January 6 Insurrection
CNN reports First on CNN: Federal judge orders former top lawyers in Trump’s White House to testify in criminal grand jury probe: A federal judge has ordered former top Trump White House lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony, rejecting former President Donald Trump’s privilege claims in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation of his effort … Read more
Secretary of State’s Office Asks Attorney General To Investigate Rogue Republican Cochise County Supervisors
It is a safe bet that our partisan hack lame-duck Attorney General Mark Brnovich aka “Nunchucks” (or is it numbnuts?) will do nothing to investigate the two rogue Republican Cochise County Supervisors who defied state law until the Court intervened and ordered them to act. This investigation will have to be taken up by our … Read more
Governor Katie Hobbs Will Begin Her Administration With A Water (And Power) Crisis
Above: Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell. For eight years, climate denier Gov. Doug Ducey and his climate denier GQP-controlled Arizona legislature did little to nothing to address the impending water crisis long predicted to result from an historic megadrought in the western U.S. Their response was always “mañana.” Last July Gov. Ducey signed landmark $1.2 … Read more
AZ School Districts Demand a Special Session to Fix the Education Aggregate Spending Limit
Update to AZ School Districts Call For A Special Session To Fix The Fiscal Cliff Crisis Of The Education Aggregate Spending Limit (Sept. 2022). Still waiting! Gov. Doug Ducey is the self-proclaimed “education governor” (see above PR stunt). What a crock of shit. No Governor has been more successful in destroying public education in Arizona … Read more
