Chairman Livingston Threatens to Take Disabled Kids’ Existing Vouchers Hostage Against a Possible Line-Item Veto of New Universal Vouchers
January 27, 2023
Chairing the Joint Appropriation Committee on Jan 17th, GOP AZ Rep. Livingston makes completely clear the AZGOP Cuaucus’s intention to hold the old voucher program for disabled kids hostage to Governor Hobbs’s potential line-item veto of their pet universal vouchers, which benefit mainly wealthy elite private school-attending constituents getting a huge rebate on their massive
The AZGOP’s Resolutions Show They Haven’t Learned Anything From Losing
January 27, 2023
Looking at the resolutions of the AZGOP put up for adoption at their organizing meeting for 2023, one could be forgiven for concluding that they haven’t learned shit from their string of electoral failures in Arizona. In fact, it seems that the lesson they learned was that they didn’t believe their own bullshit forcefully enough.
What the Hell is Happening at PimaGOP?
January 27, 2023
I recently noticed this newsletter from Pima GOP. [underline emphasis added, bold in original.] Your Pima County Republican Party, Legislative District’s Executive Committees, and volunteers are diligently working to reorganize headquarters, replace and upgrade computers and printers, and rebuild the Pima County Republican Party website (www.pimagop.org) and social media platforms for a fresh start. Stay
Tom Horne: An Old Dog with a CRT Bone
January 27, 2023
AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is the living embodiment of the saying that an old dog can’t learn new tricks. His campaign gave us a preview that he was not going to change his ways. After all, he didn’t tout plans to improve our public schools (he was vying for the position overseeing
The GQP Arizona Freedom (sic) Caucus Sends A Ransom Note For Lifting the Education Aggregate Spending Limit
January 27, 2023
Above: The GQP Arizona Freedom (sic) Caucus in the Arizona legislature. Last February, Michael Bryan explained What is the Aggregate Expenditure Limit and How Screwed Will Your School Be on March 1st? ahead of the brinksmanship by Arizona Republicans over public school funding at the time. These anti-public education Republicans agreed to a one year lifting
Commentary On the Arizona Legislature’s Rules To End Transparency And Accountability
January 27, 2023
Update to Authoritarian Arizona GQP Leadership Adopts Rules To End Transparency And Accountability. Jim Small at the Arizona Mirror writes, Fear and loathing in the Arizona legislature The Republicans who run our state legislature are terrified. They’re terrified that their policy proposals are deeply unpopular. Terrified of facing even a tiny bit of accountability. Terrified
Obamacare-The Affordable Care Act Reaches All Time Record Enrollment Levels in Arizona and Across the Nation
January 26, 2023
As Joe Biden said when he was Vice President, “This is a big f—ing deal.” Obamacare, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after numerous attempts by Republicans and the twice impeached 45th White House occupant to repeal it, has set an all-time enrollment record in Arizona and across the nation. In Arizona, 235,229 people
The Prima Donna Davos Diva Kyrsten Sinema is Courted By Republicans
January 26, 2023
Bloomberg News reports, Independent Sinema Courted by GOP as Democrat Raises $1 Million: Newly “independent” [Prima Donna Davos Diva] Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is being courted by Senate Republicans, as the Democrat running to take her seat next year raked in $1 million the day after announcing his candidacy. Representative Ruben Gallego has capitalized
