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Voting Rights Summer: Congressional Democrats Join State Counterparts At Rally For Voting Rights
August 4, 2021
Democratic lawmakers, including more than 100 state legislators, rallied Tuesday outside the U.S. Capitol to urge the Senate to delay its summer recess until passing the For the People Act. The Washington Post reports, Democratic lawmakers rally in D.C. to demand the passage of voting rights legislation: The state lawmakers at Tuesday’s rally traveled from … Read more
CDC Announces New Eviction Moratorium, Likely To Face Challenge Before The Radicalized Republican Supreme Court
August 4, 2021
On Friday, House Democratic leaders scrambled to find enough votes to extend the eviction moratorium beyond the July 31 deadline. The House could not muster enough votes among Democrats alone to pass an extension. Democrats then tried to pass an extension of the eviction moratorium by unanimous consent, but Republicans objected. Even if House Democrats … Read more
2021 Primary Election Results for Tucson City Council Wards 3, 5, 6
August 3, 2021
The City of Tucson’s primary election for the City Council races in Ward 3, 5, and 6 was held today. Here are the results from the City of Tucson Elections Dept. Voter turnout was 22.47% of the registered voters. Ward 3 (open seat) Kevin Dahl (D) 3746 Juan Padres (D) 2493 There is a Republican … Read more
Maricopa County Refuses Arizona Senate Subpoena; Arizona Senate Refuses Court Order
August 3, 2021
The Arizona Mirror reports on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisor’s response to Senator Karen Fann’s demands for more for the Arizona Senate’s never-ending GQP sham “fraudit” by QAnon conspiracy theorist Doug Logan aka Cyber Ninjas: “Go pound sand.” Supervisors, Dominion won’t comply with new Senate subpoenas: The Maricopa County will not comply with the … Read more
Voting Rights Summer: Over 200 Arrested For Demanding Voting Rights On Moral Monday
August 3, 2021
Prominent civil rights leaders, the Revs. Jesse L. Jackson and Bishop William J. Barber II, were among about 200 people arrested outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday while protesting for Congress to end the filibuster, protect voting rights and raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The Washington Post reports, Jesse Jackson among … Read more
Arizona School Superintendent Kathy Hoffman Applauds Schools Mask Mandates
August 2, 2021
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Thank God this is Arizona and not Florida. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis is strongarming school districts into abandoning mask mandates by threatening them with loss of funding. What an ass! Any child who gets sick or dies because of his reactionary policies should be on his head and those families should take legal action against … Read more
God To Sarah Palin: ‘I Don’t’ Want You To Run For Senate
August 2, 2021
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said she may yet jump back into politics, teasing the possibility of a Senate run in 2022 against incumbent Lisa Murkowski, Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post reports. Said Palin: “If God wants me to do it I will.”
State And Local Governments May Require A Vaccine Mandate. ‘Red States’ Are Doing Exactly The Opposite
August 2, 2021
The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus expresses the frustration and anger responsible adults who live in the reality based community feel towards those reckless and irresponsible MAGA/QAnon cultists who refuse to get vaccinated out some partisan motive “to own the libs” – putting themselves, their family and friends, their neighbors and coworkers, and their fellow American … Read more
