Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, branded Arizona “the meth lab of democracy” (in 2010). Nothing has changed in over a decade. Many of the Republican “cooks” in that meth lab unbelievably are still serving in the Arizona legislature. “No state is considering more bills to restrict voting rights than Arizona, where activists … Read more
Well this was fun. Good times, good times. The GQP’s Queen of voter suppression, Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R-Scottsdale) saw her bill to remove the “permanent” from the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL) – created several years ago when Republicans still held a decisive advantage in early voting, since equaled and surpassed by the Democratic Party – … Read more
Donald Trump’s attempt to manipulate census data to exclude undocumented immigrants from congressional reapportionment, and rushing the census deadline last fall during a coronavirus pandemic produced a deeply flawed census, resulting in his administration’s missing the January deadline to get that census data to Congress. Data snags cause Trump to miss giving Congress census data: … Read more
The Party of Trump fka the Republican Party has completed its dark descent into authoritarian fascism in Arizona. True American patriots must resist these fascist Vichy Republicans. Laurie Roberts of The Republic reports, Senate Republicans figure a new way to get their hands on Maricopa County’s ballots: Republican senators, having been thwarted in their efforts … Read more
Abe Kwok in an opinion piece at the Arizona Republic asks, This isn’t the first time Sen. Paul Boyer went rogue. Will Republicans punish him for it? Sen. Paul Boyer co-sponsored the resolution to arrest county supervisors if they balked a subpoena, then voted against it. Will there be payback? That Sen. Paul Boyer broke … Read more