For all the misguided souls out there who think we were better off four years ago with Sexual Assaulter, Traitor, Twice Impeached, and 34 Times Convicted Popular Vote Loser Donald ‘I killed Roe v Wade’ and ‘Let’s use bleach to cure COVID’ Trump in the White House, the Lincoln Project has released a new ad … Read more
The reaction to the recently passed Arizona State Budget has been, to put it charitably mixed, with some Democrats saying the measure did not protect programs designed to help the most vulnerable and expand the Middle Class. Extreme MAGA Republicans faulted the budget for not going far enough in spending cuts. The Fiscal Year (FY) … Read more
Republican leadership at the Arizona State Legislature adjourned legislative proceedings until this morning (June 15, 2024) without passing any of the 16 budget bills necessary to operate the state government for the next fiscal year. According to reporting from AZ Central, former Speaker Rusty Bowers, who was at the Capitol to work on water legislative … Read more
Rewind to the fall and winter of 1995 and early 1996. Republicans in Congress, led by Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, thought they had the upper hand in budget negotiations with President Bill Clinton. After all, the Republicans recaptured the House after 40 years of leadership exile from that chamber, and … Read more
$35 dollar cap on Insulin drug prices taken away. The Affordable Care Act cut back or repealed. Social Security and Medicare reforms that hurt every day Senior Citizens. Measures to combat extreme heat and reduce pollution that hurt Seniors stripped away. Civil Liberties like reproductive freedom gone. Fascism at our doorsteps with a return of … Read more