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Let The Games Begin On The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
October 23, 2020
Update to GOP Already Plotting Against The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers did not even wait for election results before pulling the trigger on the Independent Redistricting Commission in a blatant power play (a clear indication he has internal polling showing Republicans will lose control of the Arizona House). Yeah, no … Read more
Historic Early Voting: One-Third Of The Vote Is Already In With Another Week To Go
October 23, 2020
538’s Nate Silver says: “[W]e’re now projecting total turnout in the presidential race to be 154 million, with an 80th percentile range between 144 million and 165 million. In 2016, turnout was 137 million, by comparison.” With a full week (or more) of early voting to go before election day, one-third of the projected vote … Read more
Trump Defended The Cruelty And Torture Of His Child Separation Policy
October 23, 2020
In one of the most outrageous moments of last night’s debate, Donald Trump tried to defend his zero tolerance child separation policy for migrant children from their parents at the border by falsely claiming they were being trafficked by “coyotes,” and that the children were “well taken care of” in government detention. This was state-sponsored kidnapping … Read more
Biden and Welker win the Final Presidential Debate
October 22, 2020
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Tonight was the last debate of the 2020 Presidential Campaign. Donald Trump has participated in five Presidential Debates. He has lost all of them. He also failed miserably at a townhall with Savanah Guthrie. Whether the two debates he lost this year will help yield both a popular and electoral college vote loss at the … Read more
The Lincoln Project Presents “Men” and calls on Them to Correct the Mistake of 2016
October 22, 2020
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In an ad designed to sway more male voters to vote for Joe Biden, the Lincoln Project has released a new ad called “Men.” Narrated by a Sam Elliott type actor (they obviously saw the Biden ad Get There,) the ad starts off with presenting fathers as men who: “…tried to raise us to be … Read more
Child Poverty Report Reveals Failure of #Republican Leadership in #AZLeg to Care for Children (video)
October 22, 2020
Nationwide and statewide, far too many women and their children are living in poverty. Those of you who follow my Legislative Updates and videos know that I have been beating the drum for improved maternal and child health and for tackling Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) like food, housing, and financial insecurity. During the pre-COVID19 pandemic, … Read more
Legislating Our Way To A New Progressive Era
October 22, 2020
Do not despair in the darkness of the moment, keep the faith and go vote! Democrats are on the cusp of an historic victory that can usher in a new progressive era in American history. Morning in America is coming (heh, heh). A couple of good op-eds on this point for your perusal. First, Jennifer … Read more
Child Poverty and Food Insecurity are Major Concerns as the CAA releases the 2020 Arizona Kids Count Book
October 22, 2020
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The Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) has released its 2020 Kids Count Book which traces socioeconomic trends for Arizona’s children over a ten-year period from 2009 to 2019. While the report does not reflect the current situation due to the Coronavirus Pandemic in areas like preschool attendance, the effect of school closures, and current health insurance … Read more
