In 2014, it was corporations and their interest in maintaining the profitability of corporations that led them to pressure the legislature to defeat the so-called religious liberty (“freedom to discriminate”) bills against the LGBTQ community – in Arizona this was SB1062 – when threats of boycotts and responding to pressure from business interests, and worries about … Read more
Twenty-One Republican Governors were whining last week about the American Rescue Plan. Was it because they agreed with their Republican Colleagues in Congress that State and Local Aid should not be part of the legislation? Hell No. As former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on the March 14 edition of ABC’s This Week with … Read more
COVID deniers, the anti-lockdown protestors who are now anti-maskers and QAnon anti-vaxxers are a public health menace. So are the Republican governors who cater to these people, largely their base voters. NBC News reports, States with Republican governors had highest Covid incidence and death rates, study finds: States with Democratic governors had the highest incidence … Read more
Approaching the White House Podium wearing a mask, President Joe Biden called on all Americans to band together to combat the Coronavirus as he announced that all adults in the country will be eligible to schedule vaccination appointments by May 1, 2021. Praising American Resilence while Mourning American Loss Saying “finding light in the darkness … Read more
Public opinion polls tell us that President Biden’s vast rescue plan, the American Rescue Act, is quite popular—backed by over ¾ of the public, including a clear majority of people who say they are Republicans. Why, then, are the so-called Republican “leaders” — members of Congress—not taking advantage of an opportunity to support the bill … Read more