Justices Argue EPA’s Authority to Regulate Carbon Emissions
March 1, 2022
On Monday, the Supreme Court appeared inclined to nix the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. The Court’s decision could further impede President Biden’s plans to fight global warming, which is stalled in the Senate. The case, Peabody Coal Company v. EPA, was brought by Peabody Coal Company and several others
UPDATED: #ColdWar2, in Ukraine and in Arizona
March 1, 2022
[bctt tweet=”America, and the liberal international order we lead, have been engaged in a new #ColdWar2 with an autocratic alliance led by Russia and China for years now, but many of us have only recently become starkly aware of this fact.” username=”BlogForArizona”] Given that we haven’t widely realized this fact as a society, it’s really
Gigi Sohn FCC Nominee Bad for Media Diversity
March 1, 2022
Minority-owned TV networks have had to claw and scrape for years to earn a place in cable and satellite channel lineups. And even after breaking through these barriers, diverse creators and programmers still face existential fights against Big Tech strip-miners – aided and abetted, in some cases, by captured government agencies – eager to steal
Updated: Sen. Wendy Rogers Censured. Not Good Enough, She Must Resign Or Be Expelled From The Senate
March 1, 2022
UPDATE: The Arizona Democratic Caucus is demanding Senator Rogers resign: The Arizona House Democratic Caucus called on white nationalist Senator Wendy Rogers to resign after her Senate colleagues voted today to censure her for threatening colleagues and advocating political violence, but not for her string of anti-Semitic tweets and for speaking to a white nationalist
The GQP War On Voting: 2-Prong Attack On Early Voting Used By Up To 90% Of Voters
March 1, 2022
There are somewhere in the neighborhood of a 100 election bills that have been introduced in the Arizona legislature this year by the MAGA/QAnon election deniers promoting Donald Trump’s Big Lie that the election was stolen from him through fraud. This week the bills that have been run through the Senate Government Committee chaired by
Democratic Candidates Should Have This List as an Index Card at All Times to Tell Voters Why They Should Vote for Them
February 28, 2022
In AZ Blue Meanie’s Cartoons of the Week, I was struck by this item that came from the below tweet: A handy list. pic.twitter.com/SjktvAQDbr — Nick Knudsen ?? (@NickKnudsenUS) February 22, 2022 While some criteria/statements could be added like Republicans are against science (especially climate and Anti COVID measures,)the accurate teaching of history, exposure to
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Honors the People in Ukraine and Condemns Wendy Rogers
February 28, 2022
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego hit all the right notes with regards to the people of Ukraine and the vulgar and bigoted statements of Wendy Rogers. In a series of posts today (February 28, 2022,) she announced that the lights of Phoenix City Hall will be blue and gold (the flag colors of Ukraine) to honor
Mean, Performative, and Pointless: SB1379 Sums Up Senator Wendy Rogers and The AZGOP
February 28, 2022
[bctt tweet=”#WackadoodleWendyRogers can always be counted on to come up with the meanest, most racist, most pointless, and least useful legislation in Arizona. She delivers in spades with SB1379, her attempt to outdo the blow that racist SB1070 did to Arizona’s image in the nation and the world. She seems intent on pointlessly cementing our brand
