Amazon saved 87% on taxes this year thanks to Juan Ciscomani’s support for OBBBA. Meanwhile, his constituents can’t afford health care thanks to the same bill. Juan Ciscomani is proud to support the small business community. At least that’s what he says. He happily voted for the One Bill Beautiful Bill Act and told anyone … Read more
The word for the day in Democratic and sane Republican political and economic circles today is Hallejuah. Today, in a six-to-three ruling, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs by declaring emergency powers was unconstitutional and that he overstepped his authority in levying tariffs, which is the purview of Congress … Read more
Spokespersons for the new citizen’s intitiative (David has a great rundown of the outline, so I won’t repeat) say It’s time to bring accountability, transparency, and safety standards to Arizona’s billion-dollar ESA voucher program, protect the vast majority of our kids’ educational opportunities, and give Arizona taxpayers the accountability and transparency we deserve. Damned right … Read more
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs was not mincing words with her promise to veto the Republican Tax Measure SB1106, which passed with only Republican votes in the first week of the 2026 legislative session. Yesterday, January 16, she did just that, sending a letter to Senate President Warren Peterson, advising him of her veto of that … Read more
Arizona billionaires and corporations did not need more tax cuts in the federal Big Billionaires First Bill. They definitely did not need the one, JD Mesnard’s Trump-mimicking SB1106, that Arizona Legislative Republicans rammed through the State Capitol earlier today. The state’s oligarchs, plutocrats, and corporate greedsters have already reaped the benefits of budgetary ill-advised state … Read more