Political Calendar: Week of January 22, 2023
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, many events are still being held virtually online. 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. Political … Read more
Here We Go Again: Republicans Willing to Take Arizona and the Country Over the Fiscal Cliff
We have seen this movie before. In 1995 and 1996 when Newt Gingrich’s Republicans (the political grandfathers of the current fringe election-denying insurrectionist vintage in the House) mistakenly thought they could bring Bill Clinton to his knees by shutting down the government if he did not adopt their draconian budget proposals. At the end of … Read more
Governor Katie Hobbs Puts a Moratorium on the Death Penalty in the Grand Canyon State
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, with Attorney General Kris Mayes, announced, via Executive Order, a moratorium on the death penalty yesterday (January 20, 2023.) Please click here to read the Executive Order. The Governor’s announcement stemmed from a need to create greater transparency in the death penalty protocol process, specifically in the areas of lethal drug … Read more
Theater Of The Absurd: Senate Committee Approves Transgender Discrimination ‘Pronouns’ Bill
Update to White Christian Nationalist GQP State Legislators Target The LGBTQ Community In A Coordinated Nationwide Assault. Adan Serwer’s observation of MAGAt Republicans still rings true today, The Cruelty Is the Point: Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian … Read more
U. S. Senator Bernie Sanders coming to Tucson Festival of Books – updated
2/21/23 update: He’s back: Author Spotlight: Bernie Sanders We are excited to announce that Senator Bernie Sanders will be presenting on Sunday, March 5 at 4:00 p.m. in the Student Union North Ballroom along with his co-author John Nichols. Bernie Sanders is serving his third term in the U.S. Senate and is the longest-serving Independent member of Congress in American history. … Read more
AZ GQP Loses Bid To Kill Early Voting By Mail That It Once Pioneered
AZ GQP Chair and election denier Coup Plotter insurrectionist Kelli Ward, and her lawyer, Alexander Kolodin, now a member of the Arizona legislature, lost again in their bid to kill early voting by mail in Arizona, something Republicans pioneered in tis state over 30 years ago. Howard Fischer reports, Mail-in balloting survives appellate court challenge: … Read more
