Senate Parliamentarian Rules Minimum Wage Provision Currently Written as it is Can Not be Included in the American Rescue Plan
February 25, 2021
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In a not surprising development, the Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the proposed federal minimum wage increase to $15.00 an hour could not be included in the American Rescue Plan-COVID 19 relief bill as written. Reaction among Democrats has been quick. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki issued a statement for the Biden/Harris Administration … Read more
Mayors Gallego and Romero Want Phoenix and Tucson to be Involved in Vaccine Distribution
February 25, 2021
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Both Phoenix and Tucson Mayors Kate Gallego and Regina Romero feel that local cities and towns like theirs should be involved in distributing Coronavirus vaccines to their residents. While visiting Matthew Henson Village, a senior living facility, Mayor Gallego said that state-sponsored vaccination sites like the one at the Cardinals facility in Glendale are not … Read more
It Is Impossible To Work With Seditious Insurrectionists – Spare Me The ‘Bipartisanship’ Nonsense
February 25, 2021
As Jennifer Rubin says: [Republicans’] attitude toward nominations is symptomatic of their entire approach to politics: It is about theater, about feeding right-wing media (which loves nothing better than to paint progressives as extreme radicals) and never about governance, let alone bipartisanship. If you have been watching any congressional hearings this week, this has become … Read more
Republican Senators and Waffling Democrats need to Cut the Crap and Confirm all of Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s Nominees.
February 25, 2021
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In 1947, legendary Republican Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Arthur Vandenburg, according to David McCullough’s renowned work Truman, sped the confirmation of George C. Marshall as Secretary of State in one day. This action occurred at a time when Cold War Tensions were rising between the United States and the Soviet … Read more
The Long Arm Of The Law Is Closing In On The Trump Crime Family
February 25, 2021
The Manhattan District Attorney already had a team of forensic auditors working on the Trump Organization’s tax documents and financial records previously turned over by Trump’s former “fixer,” Michael Cohen, and his niece Mary Trump. They already know what they are looking for in the records to be turned over by Trump’s accounting firm Mazars … Read more
Arizona List is Working Now to Turn Arizona Blue in 2022
February 25, 2021
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Applicants sought for Tucson City Council Ward 3 seat – updated
February 25, 2021
UPDATE: 7 applicants sent in their interest for this seat by Feb. 26: Clayton Abernathy, Michael Crawford (former Ward 3 Councilmember), Linda Duran-Ebright, Robin McArdle (former Council aide), Mitch Preston, Bonnie Poulos, Karin Uhlich (former Ward 3 Councilwoman). See website, click on each name for bio/resume: City Clerk’s Office | Official website of the City … Read more
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman discusses Reopening In Person Instruction in the Grand Canyon State
February 24, 2021
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At an early afternoon Press Conference with Ylenia Aguilar, the President of the Osborn School District Governing Board and Dr. Jason Vargas, the President of the Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman discussed the progress of reopening all Schools in the Grand Canyon State for In-Person … Read more
