The Legislative Week from CEBV.org
January 16, 2023
Civic Engagement Beyond Voting (CEBV.org) is back on the legislative beat with the launch of the 56th session of the AZ Legislature last week. I strongly recommend a free subscription (paid subs are simply a donation, which I also urge…) to their weekly newsletter update (part of which is copied here) at their new Substack address:
Deadbeat Republicans Threaten To Default On the National Debt, Jeopardizing the Full Faith And Credit of The United Stated
January 16, 2023
I warned you about this before the election. I warned you that if you put Republicans in charge of Congress they would take the country hostage again over their extortion demands about government spending – they only do this when a Democrat is in the White House – and the MAGAts in control of Congress
AG Merrick Garland Is ‘Pulling A Comey’, Appeasing Republican Bad Faith In Classified Documents Investigations
January 16, 2023
For the simple-minded MAGAt crowd living in the epistemic closure of the “conservative misinformation feedback loop” media bubble, here is a reminder from your younger days, from Sesame Street. Keep this little ditty in mind while reading this AP analysis, A side-by-side look at the Trump, Biden classified documents: The revelation that classified materials were discovered
Political Calendar: Week of January 15, 2023
January 15, 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
Governor Katie Hobbs Presents a Budget That Will Move Arizona Forward and Lift People Up
January 13, 2023
Arizona Governor Katie Hobb’s first budget (for the 2023/24 year) totaling about $17.1 billion reflects the Democratic values and commitment to long-term financial stability that was lacking in prior Ducey budgets. More tax cuts for the very wealthy? Nope. A continuation of the expanded school voucher program for the wealthy? Not happening in Governor Hobb’s
A New Era of McCarthyism Under Insurrection Leader ‘Traitor’ Kevin McCarthy
January 13, 2023
Update to Coup Plotter Republicans Create ‘The Republican Committee To Obstruct Justice’ Into Their Own Criminal Investigations. MAGA/QAnon Republicans would have you believe that their new Stalinist purge committee is just like the Church Committee in 1975 that investigated abuses by the CIA. It is a right-wing grievance committee of conservative victimhood fueled by the
Meet Steve Gallardo and Yolanda Bejarano Together on Zoom at TheDGT.org Jan 16th at 6PM
January 12, 2023
The Democrats of Greater Tucson will be presenting our featured speakers, Yolanda Bejarano and Steve Gallardo, at a new time (6:00 PM) and in an unusual format (formal panel discussion, followed by audience questions) for this event at the request and agreement of the candidates. For security reasons, we will be taking questions via chat
How $200M Could Have Been Better Spent
January 12, 2023
Although the real total costs will likely never be known, the Arizona Republic reported yesterday that Governor Ducey’s five-month effort to close gaps along the U.S.-Mexico border with shipping containers will cost Arizona taxpayers more than $200 million. I’m not writing to debate the wisdom of Ducey’s actions, (okay, just for a second, it was
