Democratic Budget Reconciliation Plan: Senate Passes the Inflation Reduction Act
August 7, 2022
Democrats capped a series of legislative victories over the past couple of weeks with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, Sen. Joe Manchin’s substitute for the Build Back Better bill passed earlier in the House. The Daily Beast reports, Senate Dems Finally Pass Sweeping Spending Bill After Chaotic ‘Vote-a-Rama’: After more than a year
Right-Wing Organizations File Challenge To The Stop Dark Money Initiative
August 7, 2022
UPDATE to Arizona Free Enterprise Club, A Proxy For The Arizona Republican Party, Files Challenge To The Arizona Fair Elections Act Initiative (Updated). The Arizona Free Enterprise Club along with “Kochtopus” organizations the Goldwater Institute and Americans For Prosperity, and Arizonans for Free Speech [i.e., corporate money = speech] and the Center For Arizona Policy
A Satirical Take On Silent Sinema, Our Whimsical ‘Manic Pixie Dream Senator’
August 7, 2022
Above: Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. Iconic ending: Norma descends her grand staircase and makes an impromptu speech about how happy she is to be making a film again, ending with the film’s classic line, “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” The Washington Post’s satirist, Alexandra Petri,
The Republican Party Is Sick, It Is Now The Anti-Democracy Party
August 7, 2022
Dana Milbank writes at the Washington Post, The GOP is sick. It didn’t start with Trump — and won’t end with him. This essay was adapted from “The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party” by Dana Milbank. Reprinted by permission of Doubleday. All rights reserved. It began where it ended, on the
Political Calendar: Week of August 7, 2022
August 7, 2022
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
Podcast: National Infrastructure Bank Would Rebuild US, Create Jobs & Restore Global Competitiveness
August 6, 2022
Four times in our nation’s history, we have created a National Infrastructure Bank to build large infrastructure projects, put people to work, increase manufacturing and grow the economy. It’s time for US Infrastructure Bank #5.
Senate Parliamentarian Sides With Big Pharma On Drug Price Controls In Private Insurance Market (Updated)
August 6, 2022
The Associated Press reports, Senate rules referee weakens Dem drug plan in economic bill: The Senate parliamentarian on Saturday dealt a blow to Democrats’ plan for curbing drug prices but left the rest of their sprawling economic bill largely intact as party leaders prepared for first votes on a package containing many of President Joe
Democracy is On The Ballot: This Is No Time For GQP Tribalism From Karrin Taylor Robson And Doug Ducey (Updated)
August 5, 2022
On Thursday night the Decision Desk called the GQP primary for governor in Arizona for “Krazy Kari” Lake, the Big Lie election denier and QAnon cultist endorsed by the previous guy who plotted and carried out the first attempted coup d’état in American history. After a bitter campaign against this shrill harpy liar, Karrin Taylor
