Walking Dead Week at the AZLeg: April 4-9th
April 3, 2022
We survived another week of the #AZGOP legislative terrorists’ domination of our #AZLeg, much to our State’s detriment. All the bills that have not passed their assigned committees in both the House and Senate are now officially dead; but we know that often the dead will rise to stalk the living once again until Sine
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Had To Endure The Slings And Arrows Of Disrespectful Fools In Order To Achieve The Greater Good
April 3, 2022
The New York Times’ legal columnist, Linda Greenhouse, writes How Low Will Senate Republicans Go on Ketanji Brown Jackson? When Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination reaches the Senate floor soon, every Republican who votes against her confirmation will be complicit in the abuse that the Republican members of the Judiciary Committee heaped on
Data Analyst Sam Almy Describes How to Keep Arizona Blue
April 3, 2022
Our speaker Sam Almy, a Data Analyst with Uplift Campaigns, describes what the new districts mean to Democrats and Republicans. At Uplift Campaigns, he works with all progressive candidates. Sam places and analyzes digital ad performance on Facebook and YouTube. He also tracks early voting for Arizona and makes cool charts and graphs. Sam has
For “Health and Safety,” Arizonans May Get a Sales-Tax Exemption for Guns
April 3, 2022
The Arizona State Legislature proved once again that they are looking out for the best interest of guns buyers. The Senate Appropriations Committee agreed on March 29, 2022, to make guns slightly more affordable by exempting gun purchases from sales taxes. Unfortunately, Republican senators said they would support an exemption only for selling used guns
Political Calendar: Week of April 3, 2022
April 3, 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, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. 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.
Mayor Kate Gallego Discusses Heat Mitigation and Climate Justice at a League of Conservation Voter Mayoral Panel with Secretary Buttigieg
April 2, 2022
“In our decades of advocacy, we have seen time and time again that cities are on the front lines of environmental issues and often the birthplaces of innovation and progress. As Americans across the country grapple with the impacts of climate change, mayors across the country are rising to meet the challenge…” Those were the
House Democrats Deliver Again By Voting to Cap Insulin Costs at $35 a Month; Why Are Republicans Against That
April 2, 2022
The political ads for Democrats this election season really are writing themselves. The latest case in point: The Democrats in the House of Representatives, with only 12 Republicans, passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act, which if it passed the Senate, would cap monthly insulin costs at $35.00. Passage in the Senate, at this point, appears
The January 6 Committee And Federal Judges Beg AG Merrick Garland To Act Against The January 6 Coup Plotters
April 1, 2022
Earlier this week, the January 6 Committee expressed its utter frustration with AG Merrick Garland. As Bess Levin writes at Vanity Fair, January 6 Panel Politely Requests That Merrick Garland Do His F–king Job: More than 14 months after the events of January 6, 2021, many Americans are pretty frustrated with the fact that, so
