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The long winter of our discontent is over. The 2023 MLB season is finally here. There are a new set of rules this year, on top of the slate of new rules adopted last year. Let’s just say this is no longer the game that I used to play. Tradition has given way to the … Read more
Update to Judge Michael Luttig’s Prepared Statement For The January 6 Committee (Updated). Charlie Sykes writes at The Bulwark, Judge Luttig Has a Warning for America: It was called the “tweet heard round the world.” On the morning before the January 6th attack on the Capitol, one of the nation’s most prominent conservative jurists, former … Read more
Right on cue, American Taliban leader Sen. John Kavanagh’s Anti-trans school bathroom bill advances with GQP backing: Republican lawmakers are charging ahead with their attacks on transgender Arizonans, despite veto promises from Gov. Katie Hobbs, unanimously backing a measure on Tuesday that calls for separate school facilities for trans students. The House Education Committee voted … Read more
The Capitol Times reports, Wadsack recall effort underway: Freshman Sen. Justine Wadsack, R-Tucson, is facing a burgeoning recall effort led by her constituents in Legislative District 17 and out-of-district organizers frustrated by controversial bills and colorful comments. “People who do live in the district, retirees, are fed up and came to me because I have … Read more
Amanda Marcotte writes at Salon, The GOP is becoming more unhinged about LGBTQ people — which will only make them more unpopular (excerpt): [I]nitially, the post-Trump era of anti-LGBTQ activism began under the pretext of “protecting children.” Groups like the Proud Boys would organize protests of family-friendly drag events, baselessly arguing that people in silly … Read more