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As a member of the Governing Board, Jennifer Hilsbos Wants to Strengthen the Neighborhood Schools in the Florence Unified District
May 30, 2022
J.E. (Jennifer) Hilsbos is running for a seat on the Florence Unified School District Governing Board because she wants to level the education field for students in the Florence Unified School District. An executive director for non-profits, an education activist, and a mother of a child that attends the district, she wants to accomplish this
With Regards to Potential Movement on Gun Control Legislation, Distrust but Verify with Political Prince of Darkness Mitch McConnell
May 30, 2022
When President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union Leader Mikhail Gorbachev worked on nuclear disarmament treaties in the mid to late 1980’s, the 40th President liked to borrow the Russian proverb “trust but verify” in describing his attitude in dealing with his Soviet opposite number. Fast forward 35 years and Americans can use a variation of
Federal District Court In Ohio Rewards Republican Lawlessness in Extreme Gerrymandering
May 30, 2022
The Redistricting Commission in Ohio was created by an amendment to the Ohio Constitution, which was approved by 71% of Ohio voters in November 2015. Voters thought they were ending partisan gerrymandering. They were wrong. The Redistricting Commission was fatally flawed in its design. The Ohio Redistricting Commission is comprised of seven members: One individual appointed
Traitor Kevin McCarthy And The GQP Gang Of Coup Plotters To Obstruct The January 6 Committee
May 30, 2022
Greg Sargent of the Washington Post writes, Kevin McCarthy’s coverup for Trump just got much more alarming: Let’s stipulate this upfront: A top lawmaker who is actively working to scuttle a full accounting into a violent insurrection has no business playing a potentially decisive role in the process by which the next presidential election is
SCOTUS Watch: A Month Of Dreading Reactionary Decisions From Radical Republican Justices
May 30, 2022
It’s June, and you know what that means, it’s time once again for SCOTUS Watch. June is when the Supreme Court issues its most controversial decisions, only because the Roberts Court has adopted the disreputable practice of treating the Supreme Court like it’s a reality TV show, each term must end with a cliffhanger ending
The GQP Is A Dangerous Anti-Democratic White Christian Nationalist Cult
May 29, 2022
Frank Schaeffer is the son of theologian and author Francis Schaeffer, and working with his father as a young man, was responsible for laying the foundation of the radical Christian Right movement. In 2007 Schaeffer published his autobiography, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up As One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right and
Political Calendar: Week of May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political
Dr. Roxane Gaye On ‘Incivility’
May 27, 2022
Dr. Roxane Gaye at the New York Times writes, Don’t Talk to Me About ‘Civility.’ On Tuesday Morning Those Children Were Alive. There is a cultural obsession nowadays with civility, with the idea that if everyone is mannered enough, any impasse or difference of opinion can be bridged. But these are desperately uncivil times. And
