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(UPDATED) The Newest Know Nothing Conspiracy Theory: COVID 19 Vaccines Make People Magneto
June 10, 2021
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Just when you think you have heard them all a physician (yes really) called Sherri Tenpenny said at a June 8, 2021 committee hearing in the Ohio State Legislature that: “The COVID-19 vaccines make people magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead, it sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them, … Read more
Bipartisan ‘Gang of Ten’ Senators Propose Infrastructure Bill That is D.O.A. (Updated)
June 10, 2021
The misleadingly named bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus – they quite literally have never solved any problem – have put forward their own infrastructure plan, with no plan to pay for it. Just how bipartisan is it when its members vote the party-line on almost every piece of legislation? Spare me their nonsense. Roll Call reports … Read more
NEW, LISTEN: Rep. Kirkpatrick Working On Infrastructure, Including Frequent Contact With Senators Sinema, Kelly
June 10, 2021
Arizona Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick is working on getting an infrastructure bill passed through Congress and ensuring that Arizona is getting its share of funding for some of the projects in southern Arizona. She has been in frequent contact with Arizona’s two Senators, at a time when Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is being thrust into a key deal-making position … Read more
#AZ Democratic Budget Shows Difference in Priorities, Values & Spending (video)
June 10, 2021
Arizona Republicans have been twisting arms for weeks to find 31 of their members in the House and 16 in the Senate to pass their budget that includes $12.5 billion in tax giveaways and a flat tax. (You didn’t expect the Republicans to actually “Invest in Ed,” did you?) While the Republican budget is languishing, … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: The Court Is Dribbling Out Decisions Slowly
June 10, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court began the final month of its term with 24 cases yet to be decided. Court observers assumed, wrongly, that we were looking at “multiple decision Mondays” in June. Instead, the Court has been dribbling out decisions slowly, one at a time, and adding extra opinion days on Thursdays in the process. … Read more
The Boston Globe: ‘Future Proofing The Presidency’ After The Criminality of Donald Trump
June 10, 2021
If only the GQP-friendly media in Arizona would do this kind of reporting. The editorial board of The Boston Globe made the case for the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump in a comprehensive interactive graphic that looked at “future-proofing” the presidency from “the next American tyrant.” Check out the full interactive here. From The case for … Read more
A ‘Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy’ Behind The Arizona Senate’s GQP Sham ‘Fraudit’
June 10, 2021
“Dark money” groups tied to Donald Trump’s inner circle and backed by people who have spread baseless lies about the 2020 presidential election appear to be playing a key role in funding the Arizona Senate’s GQP sham “fraudit.” It is a Trump Campaign made for TV (OANN) production, getting an assist from Arizona Republican Sedition Party … Read more
Arizona’s Republican Congressional Delegation does not seem to Want to Rebuild the Grand Canyon States’ Infrastructure
June 10, 2021
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Rebuilding roads and bridges. Expanding rural and urban broadband. Taking out lead pipes that contaminate the water supply. Modernizing school and Veterans Administration Buildings. Investing in electric vehicle charging stations for clean energy electric automobiles. Who would not be for that? Most Republicans in Congress including the whole Arizona Delegation. Most Democrats including all of … Read more
