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Big Win For Defending Democracy And Women’s Reproductive Rights In Wisconsin
April 5, 2023
In the most expensive judicial election in American history, the Democratic candidate for defending democracy and women’s reproductive freedoms has won. It could mark the beginning of the end of former Gov. Scott Walker’s subversion of democracy in Wisconsin through extreme gerrymandering to create a permanent far-right GQP majority in the state legislature. The New
Criminal Defendant Donald Trump Defies Judge’s Order Within Hours With Threats And Intimidation Of Judge’s Family (Updated)
April 5, 2023
So I was sitting in a waiting room yesterday with a TV tuned in to CNN and their Trump arraignment coverage. Note to Anderson Cooper: stick to what you know, celebrity interviews. This Dude knows nothing about the law or court proceedings. He asked his legal experts the most inane questions. I thought I was
Introducing the Republican ‘Billionaires Pay Zero Tax’ Act
April 5, 2023
A new GOP bill, formally entitled the ‘Death Tax Repeal Act,’ would enable our super-rich to avoid both income and estate tax on their investment gains. [Cross-posted from Inequality.org] Under America’s current loophole-ridden tax law, rich people — even billionaires — can pass unlimited investment gains to their descendants without paying a dollar in income
Who’s running for Tucson Mayor & City Council in 2023?
April 5, 2023
The deadline for nomination petitions for the upcoming races in the City of Tucson for Mayor & Tucson Council members in Ward 1, 2 and 4 was on April 3 at 5 p.m. Here’s the list of who’s running for the Primary and General in 2023: Mayor: Regina Romero (D), incumbent (one term), former
It Took the Nation Long Enough: N.A.S.A. Announces the First Human Flight to the Moon in 52 Years
April 4, 2023
December 7 to December 19, 1972. Those are the dates for the final Apollo mission; the last human flight to the Moon and back to Earth. Slow forward to late, 2024. That is the time N.A.S.A has announced the first Americans since I had just turned six will journey to the Moon on the Artemis
Let the Congressional Races Begin: Ansari and Shah Declare Their Candidacies for Congressional Districts One and Three
April 4, 2023
Let the Congressional races begin. Over the last two days, Phoenix Councilwoman/ Vice Mayor Yassamin Ansari and Arizona State Representative Amish Shah have declared their candidacies for Arizona Congressional District (CD) Seats Three and One. In a press release announcing her candidacy to succeed Ruben Gallego, Ansari, a champion of clean energy sustainability and the
NATIONAL STUDENT BOYCOTT APRIL 5: Violence, Democracy, and Civil War II
April 4, 2023
Students Demand Action have called a national student walk out April 5. If you are in school or have a child in school, join them. If you are a teacher or know one, support them by walking out yourself or calling in sick. One organizer said that if Tennessee lawmakers “actually cared about protecting kids”
Is SCOTUS Establishing a Constitutional Right for Armed White Bigots to Engage in Political Terrorism?
April 4, 2023
EDITOR: I thought I would repost this essay today in light of an interesting and persuasive commentary today in the AZMirror on a similar theme. Also a post by George Takei (yes, Sulu…) and Jay Kuo have an interesting take on the matter in their essay ‘Vigilante Justice: How The GOP Is Putting The Law
