What did Rule o’ Law Russell say?
by David Safier Much as I trust AZ Blue Meanie to get his facts and quotes straight, this time I did a double take and had to check the source. Is it possible Rule o' Law Russell Pearce said, Advertisement "It's not the law of the land when a Supreme Court issues a bad decision." … Read more
Arizona’s Tea-Publican Senate Votes to Secede From The United States
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Is there a Confederate battle jack flag flying over the Arizona capitol building this morning? Because last night the Neoconfederate insurrectionist Tea-Publicans in the Senate followed the inglorious precedent set by South Carolina in 1832 and again in 1860 by passing a "nullification act," which asserts that Arizona can nullify and refuse … Read more
Tea-Publican Tyranny in Wisconsin
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Laws and rules are for everyone else to follow. For authoritarian Republicans, anything goes. "Laws? We don't follow no stinkin' laws." IOKIYAR. This played out early this morning in Wisconsin. Talking Points Memo reports WI Assembly GOP Passes Walker Budget In Surprise Vote — Dems Chant "Shame!": The Wisconsin State Assembly has just … Read more
Russell Pearce bringing Senate Judiciary to heel
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Over the last couple of weeks, Senate President Russell Pearce and his "associates" have been thoroughly embarrassed by the failure of his Sen. Ron Gould's anti-birthright citizenship and other anti-immigrant bills to pass the Senate's Judiciary Committee. In successive weeks, SB1308, SB1309 (anti-14th Amendment/birthright citizenship) and SB1405 (turning hospitals … Read more
Redistricting update: not much to update
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Today, the four partisan members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) met to interview the five Independent candidates for the final, and chair's, spot on the AIRC, but after the interviews, they chose to delay the selection until Tuesday. The meeting start a few minutes late, at approximately … Read more
Lee Enterprises, Star’s owner, fiercely anti-union. Caveat emptor.
by David Safier This is a connect-the-dots post based on a number of items I pulled up on the web. If I made any errors, I apologize in advance and hope others will correct me. One of the luxuries I have as a blogger is the freedom to put tentative information out there, then write … Read more
Best headline of the day
by David Safier Phoenix New Times' Feathered Bastard has the day's best headline: Russell Pearce's Day of Bigotry, Barbarism and Triumph Steve Lemons' nom de plume, Feathered Bastard, is pretty good as well, I have to say. And this line isn't bad either. I actually read it earlier in another article about the discussion of … Read more
