The ‘Terrible Two’ Are Obstructing The Biden Agenda, To What End?
September 29, 2021
Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman of the Washington Post make the point that I have been making for months, Memo to centrists: Progressives aren’t your problem. Manchin and Sinema are.: In case you doubted that House progressives would stick to their strategy in the intraparty battle over President Biden’s agenda, they just reiterated their intention
COVID19 in Arizona: Where Are We Now? 18 Months Later (podcast)
September 28, 2021
Eighteen months ago the Arizona Legislature shut down due to the COVID19 pandemic and the governor’s shelter in place order. Arizonans have traveled a rocky road since then. Throughout most of the pandemic, Arizona’s government has been willing to sacrifice lives in order to hew faithfully to the right’s anti-science ideology, which dovetails neatly with
Legal Experts Outline The Case For Criminal Prosecution of Donald Trump In Georgia
September 28, 2021
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, Think tank: Trump faces ‘substantial’ legal risk in Georgia case: [L]egal experts with the Brookings Institution think tank published a detailed analysis Friday of the potential criminal investigation Trump faces in Fulton County linked to his outspoken efforts to overturn the state’s election results. The 107-page report, written by seven legal analysts,
School Masks Are In: Judge Cooper Rules Republicans in the Arizona Legislature Violated the State Constitution
September 27, 2021
This is a good day for Arizona schools and public health safety in the Grand Canyon state. In a 17-page ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper ruled several state laws unconstitutional, including laws that prohibited mask mandates in schools, took away power from the Secretary of State, banned “critical race theory” in classrooms,
Update: Domestic Terrorists Senate GQP Filibuster Bill To Suspend The Debt Limit And Avert Government Shutdown
September 27, 2021
CNN reports, Senate Republicans block bill to suspend debt limit and avert shutdown in key vote: Senate Republicans [filibustered] a House-passed bill to suspend the debt limit and avert a government shutdown from advancing in the Senate on Monday. Republicans have abandoned governance and their constitutional duty to honor the full faith and credit of
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is Facing A Vote Of ‘No Confidence’
September 27, 2021
Alex Henderson reports, Kyrsten Sinema had a curt response to major dissent brewing among her home state Democrats: Although Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is generally well-liked by independents and Never Trump conservatives in her state, the decidedly centrist Democrat has been a frequent source of frustration to the progressive wing of her party —
Fighting Back Against Repressive Anti-Choice Laws in Arizona & Texas (podcast)
September 27, 2021
In 2016, Senate Republicans stopped President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was too close to the election and that the new president should choose the new supreme court judge. Despite nationwide outcry against this, the Supreme Court functioned
‘Hell Week’: Will Democrats Deliver On Biden’s Agenda, Or Will A Handful Of Corporate Democrats Betray America By Appeasing The Sedition Party?
September 27, 2021
On Saturday, the House Budget Committee advanced the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion American Families Plan as party leaders set their sights on teeing up the package for a vote in the lower chamber this coming week. House panel advances $3.5T spending bill. The Democratic-led committee passed the package in a 20-17 party-line vote on Saturday afternoon,
