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Know Nothing Senator Ron Johnson is Really Shocked Shocked that People are not Happy with Him
June 21, 2021
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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, with his enabling of Donald Trump, reinforcing baseless accusations against the Bidens, and comments about the events on January 6 Domestic Terrorist Attack on the Nation’s Capital (trying to blame Nancy Pelosi, saying he would have been more worried had the insurrectionists been black, and the rioters were not really armed,) … Read more
SCOTUS Holds That NCAA’s Business Model Violates Antitrust Laws
June 21, 2021
The Supreme Court only announced three decisions on Monday, leaving 12 cases yet to be decided. One decision, while decided only on the narrow issue before the court, carries with it a concurring opinion by Justice Kavanaugh which is a roadmap to future litigation by college student athletes to challenge the NCAA under antitrust laws. … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: The Court Opted For Narrowly Decided Opinions In Major Cases
June 20, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court began the week last Monday with a couple of technical criminal sentencing cases. Greer v. United States is a case about what kind of argument the defendant needs to make in cases alleging that he is a felon in possession of a gun after the Court’s ruling in Rehaif v. United … Read more
‘Save Democracy While You Can’ Ad – Pass The For the People Act
June 20, 2021
In an homage to Star Wars, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom star in dystopian ad supporting voting rights legislation: Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are urging Congress to pass voting rights legislation — from the future. Perry and Bloom starred in an ad released Thursday in support of the For the People Act, Congress’ voting rights bill. Set … Read more
Demand That Congress Cancel Its August Recess, And Demonstrate The ‘Fierce Urgency of Now’
June 20, 2021
h/t Graphic: The Rachel Maddow show. This is how the U.S. Senate explains why Congress still has an August Recess (keep in mind that Arizona school children return to classes in late July and August, during excessive heat warnings): Each year, Congress recesses for the month of August. During the Senate’s early years, senators typically … Read more
Juneteenth – It’s past time for white people to face slavery.
June 20, 2021
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In 1963, I was 16 years old and lived in a town of 800 people in Wisconsin. Our church youth group collaborated with a church in Chicago to have an exchange so the white youth of Wisconsin could meet the Black youth of Chicago and break down the color barrier. We … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of June 20, 2021
June 20, 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
Arizona Senate Asserts It is Above The Law, Not Subject To Public Records Requests
June 19, 2021
Our MAGA/QAnon blog trolls have frequently posed a defense of the Arizona Senate’s GQP sham “fraudit,” to wit, “if you are so confident in the election results, what harm is there in letting this audit play out?” This false framing presupposes this Cyber Ninja Dude, Doug Logan, is a legitimate election audit expert and is … Read more
