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Political Calendar: Week of July 4, 2021
July 4, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. … Read more
(UPDATED) Arizonans are Striking Back with Ballot Referendums
July 2, 2021
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With the Arizona Legislative Session over, citizen activists, stunned by the regressive taxation and voter suppressing measures passed over the last several months, are readying referendum petitions for Arizonans to sign that will appear on the 2022 ballot. Organizations like Stand for Children, Arizona Deserves Better, and Invest in Arizona (which includes groups involved in … Read more
Bidenomics Works. It is Time to Pass the Infrastructure and Democratic Budget Plans
July 2, 2021
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850,000 new jobs were created in June. Sectors that grew the most were hospitality and leisure, education, and state government workers. It is the highest monthly jobs growth this year. However, there are still 6.8 million fewer jobs than when the COVID 19 Pandemic surged across the nation. In comments to the nation, President Joe … Read more
Arizona and National Democratic Reaction to Yesterdays Supreme Court Ruling on Section Two of the Voting Rights Act
July 2, 2021
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While Republicans in Arizona and the rest of the nation were dancing in the street after yesterdays Supreme Court Ruling validating two Arizona voting laws that seemingly make it harder for certain groups like Native Americans to vote (and Justice Alito’s opinion giving credence to the specter of nonexistent voter fraud,), the reaction among Democrats … Read more
Richard Hasen: The Supreme Court Is Putting Democracy at Risk
July 1, 2021
Election law expert Rick Hasen in an essay a the New York Times explains The Supreme Court Is Putting Democracy at Risk: In two disturbing rulings closing out the Supreme Court’s term, the court’s six-justice conservative majority, over the loud protests of its three-liberal minority, has shown itself hostile to American democracy. In one case, … Read more
Other Court News You May Have Missed
July 1, 2021
CNN reports Biden announces 5th wave of judicial nominees as Democrats aim to maintain quick pace of confirmations to federal bench: President Joe Biden announced eight new federal judicial nominations on Wednesday as the White House seeks to maintain its rapid pace of nominations — and confirmations — to the federal bench. The announcement, which … Read more
Trump Organization Indicted For A 15-Year “Scheme To Defraud” The Government (Tax Fraud)
July 1, 2021
This is just the start. I would expect the special grand jury to keep working, and superseding indictments or additional indictments to be handed down in the future. The Washington Post reports, Trump Organization charged with 15-year ‘scheme to defraud’ government; chief financial officer charged with grand larceny, tax fraud: Prosecutors charged the Trump Organization … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: The Court Gives New Urgency To Passing Voting Rights Legislation
July 1, 2021
Above: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s name will live in infamy on this Supreme Court decision (see the Kagan dissent). Remember, he wants to run for U.S. Senate next year. He should never hold a political office ever again. The final two decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term today gives new urgency to passing … Read more
