Keep your eye on Texas
by David Safier I've heard lots of predictions that Texas' budget is going to be looking worse and worse as the year goes on. The state's budget woes were off everyone's radar last year because the legislature only meets every other year, so it wasn't going through public budget battles. When everyone else was flailing … Read more
Update: The GOP war on the poor – ‘Scarlet Letter’ legislator caves under pressure
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The best disinfectant is the bright light of sunshine. Shine a light on cockroaches and they scatter. As Jeff Foxworthy would say, "Here's your sign," asshole. A first-term lawmaker has dropped his proposal to make food stamp debit cards bright orange. Lawmaker drops proposal to make food stamp cards bright orange: Rep. … Read more
The GOP war on women: MoveOn ad “We Won’t Go Back” featuring Lisa Edelstein
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It never stops: the birthright citizenship and turning hospitals into immigration checkpoints coming back already…
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings While this will be covered as part of the regularly scheduled "Coming Week" post that will go up on Saturday or Sunday, but we need to get out a heads up on this to as many people as possible. The two birthright citizenship bills (SB1308 and SB1309) and … Read more
Fixgunchecks.org truck to drive across country
by David Safier Mayor Bloomberg went on Good Morning America talking about his campaign against gun violence. Here's the fixgunchecks.org truck which is beginning a cross country tour. In the video below, Bloomberg talked about the number of gun deaths "since Tucson." We've become a term, like Columbine. He also talks about the number of … Read more
When you find yourself in a hole, the first rule is: QUIT DIGGING!!
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings However, we all know what the Republicans in the Arizona legislature think about rules… Winged Victory is the weathervane atop the old State Capitol building (actually, it was the territorial capitol building first) and legend has it that as the desert winds changed, it would turn toward Arizona's future*. With the … Read more
