AZ Elections

Kirsten Engel Challenges GOP Candidates to Disavow Jan. 6 Coup Attempt as “Legitimate Public Discourse”

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Former State Senator Kirsten Engel challenged Juan Ciscomani and State Senator Kelly Townsend to disavow the Republican National Committee’s recent statements calling the January 6th attempted coup a “legitimate public discourse.” “We all saw what happened 13 months ago. Barricades were toppled, police officers beaten, and the halls of Congress stormed by insurrectionists attempting to … Read more

The Radical Republicans On SCOTUS Signal That Racial Gerrymandering To Disenfranchise Black Voters Is OK By Them

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In Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek in 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts have no jurisdiction to review partisan gerrymandering cases, greenlighting the extreme gerrymandering that we have seen since the 2020 Census. But the court noted that federal courts do have jurisdiction to review racial gerrymamdering cases. Supreme … Read more

Boycott Super Bowl LVII in Glendale in 2023 Over GQP Jim Crow 2.0 Voter Suppression

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Last May I posted, (Update) ‘Consequences Culture’: Corporate Accountability For Failing To Defend Voting Rights (excerpt): E.J. Montini of The Arizona Republic actually went there and called on the NFL to cancel Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in 2023, in response to the voter suppression bill passed by our MAGA/QAnon cult legislature and signed … Read more