Political Calendar: Week of November 15, 2020
November 15, 2020
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
Trump Plotting a Coup? Ha Ha! Don’t Take the Bait
November 14, 2020
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Let’s shine a light on what’s actually happening: Trump could not keep us from voting and he could not keep us from counting. And he’s not going to stop us from swearing in our new president. Text provided by Democracy Rising. Trump is tweeting a tantrum and some Republicans are indulging his cries because they fear his … Read more
In “Democracy,” the Lincoln Project Calls on Republicans to Put Democracy and America First
November 14, 2020
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The Lincoln Project is continuing its assault on the Republican Party with the new ad “Democracy.” Commenting that voters in 2020 elected Joe Biden President “with the most votes ever cast for a President in U.S. History,” the narrator pointed out that “most Republican leaders (Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, Kelly Loeffler, and David Perdue) are refusing … Read more
Pima County Elections results finalized for General Election 2020
November 13, 2020
Pima County Elections Dept. has issued the final tally (from what I hear from various candidates), so here’s the latest wrap up, after counting of all Early and Provisional ballots. See: https://results.arizona.vote/#/pimacounty/18/11 Voter turnout was 82.45%. Pima County Supervisor District 1 is now going to be represented by a Democrat, Rex Scott. He won by … Read more
The Lincoln Project Gets Involved in the Georgia Senate Races with “1962”
November 13, 2020
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Well, the Lincoln Project, headed by ex Republicans that have repudiated their party, is showing again that it is not just Donald Trump they want out of office. They want his enablers in Congress and across the country gone as well. In their new ad “1962,” the Lincoln Project involves itself in the two Georgia … Read more
With COVID 19 Surging Again in Arizona, Some School Districts Start to Go Back to Virtual Learning
November 13, 2020
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With people getting the Coronavirus increasing again (especially in the rural parts of the Grand Canyon State,) some individual Arizona public schools and districts have decided to resume solely virtual instruction for the next couple of weeks. Paradise Valley Unified will resume virtual online instruction on November 23, 2020. Acqua Fria went back to online … Read more
Let President Elect Biden Read the Daily Intelligence Briefs
November 13, 2020
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Donald Trump may not see the importance of the daily intelligence briefs. He apparently does not read them very much. That is not the case with President-Elect Joe Biden. Biden knows the importance of these daily documents and unlike his soon-to-be predecessor, he has and will read them. Donald Trump is being a baby and … Read more
The Republican Party Has Become a Far-Right Extremist Party Under Trump
November 13, 2020
The Washington Post summarized the size of Joe Biden’s decisive win: Biden received more votes – 77.3 million (so far) – than any other candidate for public office in American history. With the highest levels of turnout since 1900, he beat Trump by more than 5 million votes nationwide, and that number is expected to … Read more
