75th Anniversary of the Social Security Act
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today is the 75th Anniversary of the Social Security Act, the most popular and most successful government program in history. Social Security has kept many millions of elderly and the disabled from living destitute lives in abject poverty. Social Security is a solemn moral obligation from one generation to the next generation … Read more
Pimps for Private Prisons and Profit
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Introduction: AzScam In February 1991 a major political scandal rocked the state of Arizona as a grand jury charged seven legislators, five lobbyists and five others with felonies including bribery, money laundering and filing false campaign statements. Scandal In Phoenix – TIME: The product of a 16-month, $1.4 million investigation by the … Read more
Second private prisons segment on the Maddow Show
by David Safier Here is the second part of Rachel Maddow's coverage of the Arizona private prison story, including the close relationship between the private prison industry and Arizona Republicans. This time, Russell Pearce is on the hot seat, along with all that good campaign money he rakes in from the private prison crowd. (And … Read more
Ben Quayle Gets Dirty
By Michael Bryan Let's give the new web ad by Arizona Congressional candidate Ben Quayle The Dirty treatment, shall we? Feel free to crack wise in the comments. This is Ben Quayle. His claim to fame is being even prettier and even less intelligent than Daddy. Not an easy legacy to fulfill. What is with … Read more
Maddow show gives BfA credit for prison privatization story.
by David Safier Bill Wolff, executive producer of the Rachel Maddow Show, does a preview of the night's show on the Maddow Blog. In tonight's preview, about 30 seconds in, Bill says, "The fellows from blogforarizona.com, very nice guys, said, 'You really ought to look into the story about the privatization of Arizona prisons.' . … Read more
Could CD8 Republicans really be that crazy?
By Michael Bryan The answer is apparently: Yes! They say that insanity consists in doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. If that's true, then CD8's Republicans might just be crazy. All signs point to a "Tea Party" upset by Jessie Kelly in the CD8 GOP primary. Now that Brian … Read more
3 Ways You Can Stop the GOP’s War on the Children of Undocumented Immigrants
Who could possibly hate this baby? Oh, I know — Republicans. Last week, I wrote a piece for Change.org entitled 3 Ways You Can Help End the GOP's War on Undocumented Immigrants. In it, I identified three strategies that Right-wing fundies are using to wage a war on illegal immigration — by attacking the rights … Read more
