Traitor Kevin McCarthy And The GQP Gang Of Coup Plotters To Obstruct The January 6 Committee
May 30, 2022
Greg Sargent of the Washington Post writes, Kevin McCarthy’s coverup for Trump just got much more alarming: Let’s stipulate this upfront: A top lawmaker who is actively working to scuttle a full accounting into a violent insurrection has no business playing a potentially decisive role in the process by which the next presidential election is
SCOTUS Watch: A Month Of Dreading Reactionary Decisions From Radical Republican Justices
May 30, 2022
It’s June, and you know what that means, it’s time once again for SCOTUS Watch. June is when the Supreme Court issues its most controversial decisions, only because the Roberts Court has adopted the disreputable practice of treating the Supreme Court like it’s a reality TV show, each term must end with a cliffhanger ending
The GQP Is A Dangerous Anti-Democratic White Christian Nationalist Cult
May 29, 2022
Frank Schaeffer is the son of theologian and author Francis Schaeffer, and working with his father as a young man, was responsible for laying the foundation of the radical Christian Right movement. In 2007 Schaeffer published his autobiography, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up As One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right and
Political Calendar: Week of May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political
Dr. Roxane Gaye On ‘Incivility’
May 27, 2022
Dr. Roxane Gaye at the New York Times writes, Don’t Talk to Me About ‘Civility.’ On Tuesday Morning Those Children Were Alive. There is a cultural obsession nowadays with civility, with the idea that if everyone is mannered enough, any impasse or difference of opinion can be bridged. But these are desperately uncivil times. And
Arizona Is Dead Last (#51) In Classroom Instruction Funding When The State Has A $5.3 Billion Surplus
May 27, 2022
Above: Remember this from 2015? It was all a Big Lie. The Arizona Constitution requires the state legislature to enact a state budget before the start of the new fiscal year on July 1. In addition, the legislature really only had two priorites to address this year: (1) the school funding cliff that the last
We Must Become Single-Issue Voters on Gun Safety
May 27, 2022
For the past few days, I have been thinking about the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo (an attack on defenseless African Americans by a brainwashed young white nationalist American) and Uvalde (an attack on defenseless children and their teachers by a deranged young Hispanic American). Both are different in motivation and method – but both
City of Tucson to open 6 Cooling Centers when temperatures reach 110 degrees
May 26, 2022
“When temperatures reach 110 degrees, the City of Tucson will open six cooling center locations, one in each Ward. The centers will be open from noon-6 p.m. These locations will be open on any day when temperatures are expected to reach 110 degrees. Donna Liggins Center, 2160 N. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705 El Pueblo
