Marcelino Quiñonez Appointed to LD 27 House Seat of Diego Rodriguez
December 15, 2021
From a AZ House Democratic Caucus press release: House Democrats welcomed Marcelino Quiñonez of Phoenix as the newly appointed representative from Legislative District 27. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Quiñonez — an educator, non-profit leader, and playwright — during a special meeting earlier today. He replaces former Representative Diego Rodriguez, who resigned
Politifact’s 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance
December 15, 2021
Politifact is out with its annual lie of the year. It’s really all part of the same Big Lie from too many sources to choose just one, but all of them come from anti-democracy seditious insurrectionist Republicans. The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance: Shortly after
Brnovich Firing Up Gas Chamber for Men Who had Incompetent Lawyers
December 15, 2021
Now that Arizona has resumed executions, Attorney General Mark Brnovich is eager to use his newly-renovated gas chamber or his killer drug, pentobarbital, on two death-row inmates whose attorneys admitted they botched both cases. The U.S Supreme Court heard the case on December 8, after two different 9th Circuit panels ruled that men deserve a
Sen. Sinema Is Gaslighting Arizona Students On Hunger Strike To Pass Voting Rights Legislation – She Remains Steadfast In Her Support For Senate Filibuster Rule
December 15, 2021
This has not received the attention it deserves in the Arizona political media, because voting rights, go figure. The Guardian reports, Arizona students stage hunger strike to urge Sinema to support voting reform: Since Monday, a group of 20 college students from the University of Arizona and Arizona State have been on hunger strike in
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit To Obstruct Congress From Getting His Tax Records
December 14, 2021
The Hill reports, Judge dismisses Trump suit to block Congress from getting tax returns: A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed an effort from former President Trump to prevent the Treasury Department and IRS from providing House Democrats with his tax returns. “A long line of Supreme Court cases requires great deference to facially valid congressional
January 6 Committee Votes Unanimously To Hold Mark Meadows In Contempt Of Congress (Updated)
December 14, 2021
Update to Mark Meadows Was The Point Man For Trump’s Coup D’Etat Ahead Of January 6 (Updated). The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously to hold former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress, but the panel discussion before the vote revealed where the
Megalomaniac Manchin Is Behaving Badly As If He Is The Decider-In-Chief
December 14, 2021
To paraphrase Henry II of England, “Will no one rid us of this meddlesome hillbilly?” (and no, I am not suggesting to Thomas Beckett his sorry ass). My frustration has just reached the breaking point with this ignorant hillbilly. 330 million Americans should not be held hostage to the whims of one prima donna Democratic
Alec Holds 2-day Voter Suppression “Academy” with Dark Money Group
December 14, 2021
ALEC held another two-day voter suppression “academy” with the dark money group “Honest Elections Project” proceeding its December 1-3, 2021, meeting, according to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). CMD obtained an invitation to the secretive, anti-voter cabal, according to David Armiak, research director for CMD. ALEC is a forum where corporate lobbyists and
