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
With cases of the Delta Variant of the Coronavirus still surging, Tucson Unified School District, Phoenix Elementary School District, Roosevelt Elementary School District, and Osborn Elementary Schools have all adopted district-wide mask mandates for students, staff, and visitors. Washington Elementary in Phoenix decided to do this afternoon (August 4, 2021.) So did Creighton Elementary. Brophy … Read more
Thank God this is Arizona and not Florida. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis is strongarming school districts into abandoning mask mandates by threatening them with loss of funding. What an ass! Any child who gets sick or dies because of his reactionary policies should be on his head and those families should take legal action against … Read more
On Saturday, Arizona reported over 2K additional virus cases, 22 deaths: Arizona on Saturday reported over 2,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 infections for the first time in nearly five months amid a continuing increase in the state’s rolling average of new cases and more virus-related hospitalizations. The additional 2,066 cases and 22 deaths increased Arizona’s pandemic … Read more