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Real Election Reforms Are Possible, But Not With Election Deniers Running the Legislature
January 28, 2022
There have been A LOT of terrible bills dropped by AZGOP state legislators this session. Probably none of them will make it past COW in the Senate: State Senator Paul Boyer has made it very clear to his colleagues that he is not on board with any nonsense stemming from conspiracy theories nor the misinformation
AZ GQP Legislators Ignore Critical Issues For Christian Right Culture War Issues
January 28, 2022
There are only two critical issues confronting the Arizona legislature this session: (1) addressing our water supplies due to an ongoing mega drought and climate change; and (2) addressing the “fiscal cliff” our idiot Republican legislators created for our public school system when they tried to reverse the will of the voters in passing the
AZ Senator Kelly Townsend Is Running for Congress to Serve Trump and Fundamentalist Fascism
January 28, 2022
UPDATE 1/28: Rawstory just published a look at the disgusting career of Kelly Townsend, which reminded me of a few things, and informed me of a few more. I considered accusing Townsend of being a possible member of the Oath Keepers but had only associational evidence of it. Rawstory also suggests the possibility and presents
Tucson’s Own Gabriella Cázares-Kelly Appears on the Lawrence O’Donnell Show
January 28, 2022
[00:00:00] Lawrence O’Donnell: Our next guest, like Kyrsten Sinema, is an activist in Arizona, democratic politics before being elected to office herself in September of 2019. Gabriella Cázares-Kelly discovered that the county recorder’s office in her county, Pima County, Arizona maintains voter registration records in 2020. Gabriella Cázares-Kelly ran for the office herself and won. She
The Biden Boom: ‘It’s Morning In America’ According To The Economic Data
January 28, 2022
In 1984, Ronald Reagan began his reelection campaign with his Morning In America television campaign ad. It was a successful attempt to gloss over his dismal economic record. Reagan’s Recession: The deepest post-World War II economic downturn occurred in the early 1980s. According to the accepted arbiter of the economy’s ups and downs, the National
New State and Federal Voting Districts Are Now in Effect
January 28, 2022
With both Democratic members voting “no,” the Independent Redistricting Commission certified the new Congressional and Legislative district maps at their January 21st meeting, as described in this Jeremy Duda article in the AZ Mirror: Redistricting commission gives final certification to new maps Below are links to the new maps in both Google My Maps and
On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Never Forget the 12 Million that Perished or How this Hell Came to Be in the First Place
January 28, 2022
Today (January 27, 2022,) is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is a day to honor and remember the 12 million victims of Nazi and Nazi-Collaborater barbarity during World War Two. Six million of the victims were Jews. Others perished because of their: sexual preference. mental or physical disabilities. being Gypsies. being Jehovah’s Witnesses. being political
Mayor Regina Romero, Tucson, and the RTA Take Important Steps towards Regional Collaboration
January 27, 2022
In a positive step for Tucson’s infrastructure future, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA,) at their January 27, 2022 meeting, has agreed to expand Tucson’s representation on key committees (Technical Management and Citizen’s Accountability for Regional Transportation,) address an existing funding gap dating back to 2006, and potentially install, based on a Maricopa Association of Government structure,
