Members of the former Party of Lincoln really are living in an alternative reality where: Lies are truth. Believing in science is bad. Personal freedom trumps public safety. Spreading disease is good. Today, the Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey announced two financial incentive programs for families and schools that would incentivize denying scientific reality with … Read more
There is no shortage of the reckless and the moronic in the present incarnation of the Arizona Republican Party. Earlier this month, you had Wendy No Flight Mask at High Altitude Rogers equating getting the COVID 19 vaccine with the Mark of the Beast. I went to the rally to show support for the nurses … Read more
The race among Arizonan pro-Democracy and Public Education activists over the last couple of weeks to gather 170,000 petition signatures by September 27 to block enactment of reactionary Republican laws designed to suppress the vote and defund Proposition 208 has gained momentum. Volunteers, largely through the umbrella organizations of Arizona Deserves Better, Stop Dirty Money, … Read more
Above: Kari Lake, former Fox 10 news anchor and Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to Young Republicans at a protest over Arizona State University’s mask mandate. The protest took place outside Hayden Library in Tempe on Aug. 13, 2021. – BENJAMIN CHAMBERS/THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC Former Fox News propagandist, now MAGA/QAnon cult candidate for governor, Krazy Kari Lake, teamed … Read more
Students of history and people who lived during the Lyndon Johnson Administration are familiar with the anti-war slogan “Hey hey LBJ how many kids did you kill today?” That phrase can be appropriately revised and steered toward any Republican Governor or Legislator today in this country that is willing to risk children’s health and lives … Read more