Update to Moral Monday at Sen. Sinema’s Office: End the Filibuster – Pass the For the People Act: Having citizens lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech, to assembly, and to petition their senator for action on voting rights at her office arrested for trespass, as occurred last month, Activists Arrested For A … Read more
While the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, representing multi-national corporations, is backing Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema with campaign contributions as a reward for their opposition to some of President Joe Biden’s legislative initiatives and their defense of the Senate filibuster rule, U.S. Chamber rewards Senators Manchin, Sinema for opposing Biden initiatives, “A coalition of … Read more
There are three Democratic Senators who have not yet fully committed to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would make improvements to union organizing rights, and end free rider so-called “right to work” laws: Sen. Mark Warner (VA), and Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly. Senator Mark Kelly now appears to be … Read more
Arizona’s own insane dentist (à la Orin Scrivello, played by Steve Martin In Little Shop of Horrors, above), Rep. Paul Gosar, is being cut off by the American Dental Association PAC (“Tooth Fairy PAC”), because he is just too insane even for them. Vice News reports, American Dental Association Bares Teeth, Extracts Funding for Paul … Read more
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and nine of their mayoral colleagues have sent a letter to the Arizona Congressional Delegation, asking them to support a proposed Amtrak railway expansion plan in Congress that would connect Tucson to Phoenix. Regional Mayors Letter of Support – Amtrak Corridor Development Program FINAL (1) It would … Read more