Republican Legislatures Around The Country Are Proving Joe Manchin Wrong
June 13, 2021
Ronald Browstein reports at The Atlantic, Democracy Is Already Dying in the States: While senator Joe Manchin is demanding that both parties agree on any further federal voting-rights legislation, a new study quantifies how completely Republicans have excluded Democrats from the passage of the restrictive voting laws proliferating in red states. In places such as … Read more
Attorney General Brnovich Set to Use Nazi Gas as He Restarts Executions
June 13, 2021
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Moratoriums on the death penalty have been the rule in Arizona for the last seven years, resulting from the torturous death of Joseph Wood in 2014. Wood took almost two hours to die when Arizona Corrections Department officials injected him with 15 doses of a lethal cocktail. One of the drugs used to kill Wood was midazolam, a … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of June 13, 2021
June 12, 2021
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. … Read more
With Regards to Accused Insurrectionist Mark Finchem, Why Can’t the Members of the Arizona Legislature Behave Like the Oregon One
June 12, 2021
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The Oregon State Legislature, in a bipartisan 59 to 1 vote, just voted to expel one of its members for helping to plan an armed attack on that state’s capitol. The only person voting against the measure was Mike Nearman, the state legislator accused of helping to orchestrate the attack. Travel to Arizona and the … Read more
Water Shortages And Wildfires, And A Lot Of Hot Air From Governor Ducey (Updated)
June 11, 2021
Update to Western Mega Drought Threatens Arizona Water Supplies. The Associated Press reports Key reservoir on Colorado River hits record low amid drought: The surface elevation of Lake Mead along the Nevada-Arizona border dipped to 1,071.56 feet (326.6 meters) at 11 p.m. on Wednesday evening. The level was last hit in July 2016 and is … Read more
Republican Lawyers Behaving Badly Facing Bar Discipline (Disbarment)
June 11, 2021
Yet another Republican lawyer who should be disbarred for filing frivolous lawsuits: Howard Kleinhendler was part of the “Kraken” team of lawyers that included Sidney Powell and Lin Wood (Oh look, they are representing one another against Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit, Ex-Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell Hires Lin Wood for Defamation Case) – that’s cute, … Read more
Watch the Stand for Children Ad attacking the Extreme Republican Budget called “Flat Wrong”
June 11, 2021
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The pro-public school and children organization Stand for Children have released a new ad attacking the flat tax and extreme budget provisions of Governor Doug Ducey and the vast majority of Republicans in the State Legislature. Citing former Republican Governor Jan Brewer and local faith leader Reverend Hunter Ruffin, the ad emphasizes that the flat … Read more
Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council Approve a Peoples First Strategy with Funds from the American Rescue Plan
June 11, 2021
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More evidence the Biden/Harris American Rescue Plan is helping Arizonans. Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council approved a spending plan on June 9, 2021, that would allocate the first installment of American Rescue Plan funds ($198 million) the city received in May. Another allotment will be funded next year. In a press release … Read more
