AZ BlueMeanie

The Blue Meanie is an Arizona citizen who wishes, for professional reasons, to remain anonymous when blogging about politics. Armed with a deep knowledge of the law, politics and public policy, as well as pen filled with all the colors stolen from Pepperland, the Blue Meanie’s mission is to pursue and prosecute the hypocrites, liars, and fools of politics and the media – which, in practical terms, is nearly all of them. Don’t even try to unmask him or he’ll seal you in a music-proof bubble and rendition you to Pepperland for a good face-stomping.

Georgia joins GOP-controlled states challenging Voting Rights Act

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in August, Arizona Attorney General Tom "banned for life by the SEC" Horne filed a legal challenge to the Voting Rights Act. Tom Horne files a politically motivated challenge to the Voting Rights Act. The lawsuit asks the court to either eliminate the original criteria for scrutiny as well as the … Read more

American Jobs Act up for vote in the Senate this week

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This week, the Senate will vote on its version of President Obama's American Jobs Act. The Congressional Budget Office has scored S. 1660 [PDF], the Senate Democrats' version of the American Jobs Act, President Obama's jobs plan. The Senate bill replaces a number of tax increases on the oil and gas and … Read more

Grand Canyon Institute – ‘Keep Redistricting Independent’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For those of you who have been following Steve Muratore's must-read The Arizona Eagletarian blog and Blog for Arizona for information about redistricting in Arizona, the Arizona Republic today revealed a new resource for information is joining the fray: the centrist think tank the Grand Canyon Institute "announced its 'Keep Redistricting Independent' … Read more

Call the Wahhmbulance! Robert Robb whines the AIRC is unfair to Tea-Publicans

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted last week about the coordinated media assault on the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) by FAIR Trust (the Arizona Republican Caucus), whining that the congressional "draft map" is unfair to Republicans because it creates only four "safe" GOP districts, two majority-minority Voting Rights Act districts that favor democrats, and three … Read more