View CDC Covid-19 Tracking by state or county
February 26, 2022
Recently I found a website from the Center for Disease Control which is tracking COVID-19 stats online, state by state, even by county. Arizona isn’t doing so well compared to other states with only a 63.8% fully vaxed rate, compared to Hawaii (my home state) at 82.1%, or Washington (where our son lives) at 75.9%
Brave Ukrainian Woman Offers Sunflower Seeds To Russian Soldier – So They Will Grow After He Dies
February 26, 2022
Background: Why is the Sunflower the National Flower of Ukraine? Sunflowers (sunyashniki) are especially loved in Ukraine, where golden fields of them face the sunrise in the east. They are Ukraine’s national flower, and in folk imagery represent the warmth and power of the sun, which was worshipped by pre-Christian Slavs. In a strange twist, the fact
Fossil Fuel Giants Fight Sustainable Energy in Two Cases
February 26, 2022
Oil, coal and gas giants are duking it out with the EPA in two environmental cases this year. One challenge, West Virginia v. EPA, brought by the coal companies, will be heard in SCOTUS on Monday, February 28. The case will decide if the Clean Air Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to issue significant
The City of Tucson Hires Buro Happold to Help Develop its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan
February 26, 2022
Since Tucson Mayor Regina Romero took office in 2019, she and the Tucson City Council have taken many steps to modernize, enhance, and revolutionize the city’s infrastructure and green energy sustainability features. These steps include: Developing and updating an Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap. This has helped lead to the start of installing electric charging stations
Why We Stand With Ukraine and Against Putin’s Tyranny
February 25, 2022
Somehow standing in solidarity with an emerging democratic nation, one that just cast off the shackles of its oppressive and kleptocratic puppet regime, against unprovoked military invasion by the very murderous dictator who oppressed them and who keeps his own people powerless, poor, and violently oppressed has become a partisan issue! Standing with democratic societies against
Arizona Democratic Reaction to The Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court
February 25, 2022
Members of the Arizona Democratic Establishment reacted with universal praise for President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court. Judge Jackson has the experience, integrity, and bipartisan history that will make her an exemplary Supreme Court Justice. We look forward to her confirmation.
Ukraine’s ‘Magnificent 13’ Died Defending Democracy Against Authoritarian Russians (Updated)
February 25, 2022
Permanent musical accompaniment: No Surrender (Live) by Bruce Springsteen: [Chorus] Well we made a promise we swore we’d always remember No retreat, baby, no surrender Like soldiers in the winter’s night with a vow to defend No retreat, baby, no surrender Ukraine has its first heroes of this war, the “Magificent 13” who stood their
President Biden Nominates Apellate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To The Supreme Court
February 25, 2022
CNN reports, Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court: President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation. “Today, as we watch
