Mayor Kate Gallego and Phoenix City Council Expand COVID 19 Mobile Vaccination/Testing Program and Access to Obtaining Take Home Tests
January 5, 2022
With the surge in the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council unanimously approved $4.9 million in new funding to expand COVID 19 mobile vaccination/test sites and the increased ability to obtain take home tests. In a press release from Mayor Gallego’s office: “Today’s action builds on the Mayor’s
Never Forget January 6, 2021 and the Traitors Who Planned it
January 5, 2022
Tomorrow will mark one year since Donald Trump and his apostates goaded thousands of ignorant, traitorous, domestic terrorists into attacking the Nation’s Capitol in an attempt to stage a coup against the legitimate election of Joe Biden as President of the United States. AZ Blue Meanie and other writers at the Blog of Arizona have
Don’t Be Distracted By This Sudden Interest In The Electoral Count Act of 1887
January 5, 2022
Despite Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema reiterating their opposition to reforming the Senate filibuster rule this week, even for fundamental voting rights in order to save American democracy from the enemies of democracy, Republicans appear suddenly fearful that Democrats’ voting rights bills could pass. There is a sudden flurry of interest this week from
Gag Order Against NY Times Investigation of Project Veritas is Toxic to a Free Press
January 5, 2022
A New York trial judge has illegally banned The New York Times from publishing its investigation of Project Veritas, a right-wing propaganda company dedicated to secretly infiltrating progressive organizations while operating under the guise of citizen journalism. However, a New York State appeals court temporarily lifted the judicial order requiring The New York Times to
Retrospective on AIRC Measures and Opportunistic Definitions
January 5, 2022
Redistricting is done for another decade. Maybe. There will be litigation, and changes could come, but the primary design of Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) is complete. But before this AIRC’s work fades from our memory, we should consider what could be improved for the future. Here, I’ll comment on one aspect of the process:
The Insurrection Index: More Than 1,000 Public Figures Aided And Abetted Trump’s Attempted Coup D’Etat
January 5, 2022
I will reiterate what I have said many times before. The Party of Trump is a criminal enterprise led by a third-rate mafia “Don” Trump. They are all accomplices, co-conspirators and accessories who aid and abet his criminality and corruption. There is not a patriot among them. They put fealty to their “Dear Leader” above
How to Fix Inflation — Now at its Highest in 40 Years
January 5, 2022
The U.S. inflation rate hit its highest point in nearly four decades, reaching 6.8% in November, because people who are saving money are essentially financing others who are buying expensive houses and cars. Stoked by the Federal Reserve’s “quantitative easing” policy plus super-low mortgage rates, inflation has returned as one of the most vexing problems
Nationwide, Redistricting Is Looking Like A Wash
January 5, 2022
Update to Arizona Independent (sic) Redistricting Commission Brazenly Hijacked By Partisan Republicans (excerpt): Eric Levitz writes at New York magazine, Democrats Are Doing Weirdly Well in Redistricting: The Democratic House majority was supposed to die in redistricting. For months now, pundits and political forecasters have predicted that Republicans could win back the House next year
