Arizona ACA Recipients at Senator Kelly Event Tell Congressional Republicans: “Stop Holding Our Health Care Hostage” and “Stop Playing With Our Lives”
“The Affordable Care Act is the only reason my family and I have health care… Several years ago, During one of my pregnancies, I had a medical emergency that put me in the hospital for weeks. Without ACA coverage, that one emergency could have bankrupted us. Private insurance would have been thousands of dollars a … Read more
Do You Have a Passport? Millions Don’t, and Will Be Disenfranced Under a New Rule From Stephen Miller
You can help fight this attack on our voting rights, by odious toad person, Stephen Miller. Thanks to AZ List for raising this issue to my attention. I’m a proud sustaining member of AZ List, and I encourage all my readers to consider doing so, too! Today we have a concrete and critical action we … Read more
MAGA Republicans Called Out for Not Condemning Violent Statements From Their Own Members
The word for the day from Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan, Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal, and Arizona Democratic House Leader Oscar De Los Santos in a joint social media appearance towards the words, actions, and silence of MAGA Republicans from Donald Trump to Arizona Representative John Gillette was “complicit.” “Complicit” in the context of … Read more
Star Trek’s “Patterns of Force” Foresaw the Rise of Trump Nazis Miller, Vought, and Homan
Good science fiction has plenty of examples of predicting the future. In literature, there is Jules Verne and From Earth to the Moon and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. There is also Ray Bradbury and Fahrenheit 451. In movies and television, there is Babylon Five, the Star Wars Prequels (Minus Jar Jar,) and Star … Read more
Why is AZ Rep. John Gillette Such an Asshole?
In many ways, Arizona Representative John Gillette looks like he would be a model citizen: he’s a decorated combat veteran, awarded a Bronze Star for his outstanding service in the Gulf War, a police officer following his military career, a Christian, a father, a husband, and now a duly elected Arizona State legislator. So why … Read more
Today: The Crisis in Journalism Threatens Freedom of the Press in Your Town
Journalism is being menaced by baseless lawsuits, a $1.1 billion cut in public broadcasting, press bans, physical assaults on reporters, economic failures, and Trump’s tyrannical attacks on the media. As a result, more than 3,300 newspapers have been shuttered since 2005. In the past year alone, 127 newspapers closed, leaving nearly 55 million people in … Read more
