Krazy Kraken Lady’s Final Bogus Election Challenges Tossed By SCOTUS
March 1, 2021
Krazy Kraken Lady, Sidney Powell, suffered a final humiliating defeat in the U.S. Supreme Court today (cue the Trump/Qanon cult member blog trolls). ‘Kraken’ Sidney Powell loses again as Supreme Court tosses her remaining attempts to overturn vote in Arizona and Wisconsin: On Monday, BuzzFeed News justice correspondent Zoe Tillman reported that pro-Trump lawyer Sidney … Read more
Time to Make a Deal to Raise the Minimum Wage
March 1, 2021
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The Democrats need to make a deal to raise the minimum wage. Yesterday, (February 28, 2021,) Senate Democrats announced that they would not pursue their “Plan B” of placing tax penalities on billion-dollar corporations to entice corporate leaders to ensure their workers make at least $15.00 an hour. Apparently, tax credits for small businesses that … Read more
The Anti-Democratic, Authoritarian GQP Is The Party Of Voter Suppression And Disenfranchisement
February 28, 2021
The Arizona Daily Star’s national treasure, cartoonist and opinion columnist David Fitzsimmons, interviewed legendary cartoonist Gary Trudeau about “Dbury@50: The Complete Digital Doonesbury” for the Tucson Festival of Books. Fitz interviews Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau. Fitz writes that “The Star is publishing Doonesbury on Sundays on the Opinion page.” In the print edition of the Sunday Arizona … Read more
The GQP Is A Politico-Religious Cult Which Worships A False God And Graven Idol
February 28, 2021
The first three Commandments in the the Judeo-Christian tradition are: I am the Lord thy God (monotheism) Thou shalt have no other gods before me (false gods) Though shalt not make unto thee any graven image (think golden calf) The annual circus of far-right fringe groups at the Conservative Political Action Conference (or more accurately, … Read more
Melinda Iyer Targets Republican Zombie Bills to Kill
February 28, 2021
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[fusion_youtube id=”DOJqc5hpHkM” alignment=”” width=”650″ height=”” autoplay=”false” api_params=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” css_id=””][/fusion_youtube] Melinda Iyer, Editor of the AZ Legislature Weekly Update newsletter, discussed the raw power of the Request to Speak system for voters to kill bad legislation and upvote progressive bills. She spoke at the February 23, 2021 meeting of the LD9 Democrats. Iyer reads the … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of February 28, 2021
February 28, 2021
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: The Arizona … Read more
WATCH: Gosar Speaks Between White Nationalists And Redefines “Climate Crisis” To Be About “Angry, Violent Communists” Favoring Aliens
February 27, 2021
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar not only did not “debate” the attendees at the White Nationalist gathering in Florida known as AFPAC on Friday, he whipped them into a froth before the final speaker of the evening. Gosar has received criticism for speaking to the America First Political Action Conference before going to the slightly more … Read more
House Passes $1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Bill – Time To End Dysfunctional Senate Obstruction
February 27, 2021
House Democrats passed their sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid Relief bill in a party-line vote early Saturday morning, advancing President Biden’s top legislative priority. The Hill reports, House Democrats pass sweeping $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill with minimum wage hike: Lawmakers passed the bill 219-212, with two Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Kurt Schrader (Ore.) … Read more
