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Republicans Plot Another Hostage Taking, Threatening the Full Faith And Credit Of The U.S., And The Economy
August 31, 2021
Huffington Post reports, Republicans Pledge To Oppose Paying Debts They Voted For: Republicans in Congress say they will vote against legislation to increase the amount of money the federal government is allowed to borrow to cover the gap between revenue and spending ― even though they themselves are partly responsible for the deficit. Reps. Kevin … Read more
House Select Committee On January 6 Insurrection Zeroes In On Trump Crime Family And GQP Congressional Collaborators
August 31, 2021
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol is zeroing in on the Trump crime family and their insurrectionist coconspirators in the GQP Sedition Caucus who aided and abetted the January 6 MAGA/Qanon failed coup d’etat. The House Select Committee is doing the job that the FBI and Department of Justice … Read more
Luz de Vida Pop-Up Gallery on Sept. 10, to benefit families impacted by violence
August 31, 2021
Homicide Survivors, Inc. <hsi@azhomicidesurvivors.org> Mark your Calendars: Pop-up Gallery to Benefit Families Impacted by Violence Friday, September 10th 5:00 p.m. | MSA Annex, 267 Avenida del Convento, Tucson 85745 “Join Homicide Survivors Inc., JFCS of Southern Arizona, and the producers of the All Souls Procession Weekend on September 10, 2021 for Luz de Vida, a Pop-Up … Read more
Water, Our Most Valuable Resource
August 31, 2021
In 2015, I wrote a post entitled “Water…An Issue Almost As Important As Public Education” in which I wrote that, “[m]ost people however, are probably insufficiently incentivized to take appropriate action. I don’t believe we’ve made enough progress in the last six years. Evidently, AZ Representative Andre Canos agrees, as he wrote in yesterday’s AZ … Read more
MAGA/QAnon ‘Big Lie’ Conspiracy Theorists Have Compromised Election Equipment, Putting Future Election Security At Risk
August 30, 2021
The AP reports that MAGA/Qanon efforts to question the outcome of the 2020 presidential race – the Big Lie – have led to voting system breaches that election security experts say pose a heightened risk to future elections. Experts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software: Copies of the Dominion Voting Systems software used … Read more
Voting Rights Summer: Thousands Marched This Weekend For Voting Rights, Will Democrats Deliver?
August 30, 2021
Above: From right, Reps. Al Green, D-Texas, Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Martin Luther King III, participate in the March on for Voting Rights on Saturday. The event was held on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) On Saturday, thousands … Read more
People Come Together to Help the People of Gila Bend Recover from Recent Floods
August 29, 2021
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One thing people can say about the human spirit is in most cases, people will band together to help others when disaster strikes. It happened after 9/11. It happened after Hurricane Katrina. It happened and is still occurring when many donated food and supplies to help the people economically dislocated during the Coronavirus. It is … Read more
No Tolerance for the Unvaccinated: Get a Shot or Get Fired
August 29, 2021
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Now that the Tucson City Council made Covid vaccinations mandatory for all 4,300 employees, more businesses and employers are doing the same. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a 40-page legal opinion that businesses are free to impose mask mandates and vaccine mandates. And companies have the right to make the same demand of … Read more
