Phoenix Police are thugs, and the city council are enablers or scaredy cats.
June 23, 2024
The long-awaited report from Department of Justice (DOJ) is finally out – all 126 pages of it. Most of it comes as no surprise to the thousands of victims of the Phoenix police and the dozens of organizations that have been working and lawyers who have been suing to get an accountable and law-abiding police
Simon Rosenberg: We Must Elect Kirsten Engel to the US House
June 23, 2024
This is an edited video transcript. Scroll to the very end to watch the video. Simon Rosenberg: This is Simon Rosenberg from Hopium Chronicles. This is our third interview in the series of interviews we’re doing for the 12 House candidates we’ve backed. If they win, they will flip the House and ensure that MAGA
“Freedom or Fascism:” Deb Haaland, Priya Sundareshan, and Oscar De Los Santos Powerfully Lay Out What is at Stake in the 2024 Elections
June 21, 2024
“Freedom or Fascism?” “Our Elections Matter.” “Our Votes Matter.” “Having elected officials who care about you and your family and not just themselves.” “Make no mistake He (Donald Trump) will take a wrecking ball to the foundations of our Democracy.” Earlier this evening (June 21, 2024) at the Copper Star Coffee Cafe in Phoenix, Secretary
Tucson Agenda Covers the Pima Treasurer Democratic Primary
June 21, 2024
Full disclosure: I organized this event as the Program Director of TheDGT.org in conjunction with the good folks at Tucson Agenda. -Ed. MDB I was thrilled to see Tucson Agenda’s write-up of the program in great detail. This is exactly why we need real journalists, like Curt and Cait, covering local matters full-time. You should
SCOTUS Doesn’t do Anything Truly Terrible Today! Just Rather Terrible… And Some Good?
June 21, 2024
It is, unfortunately, noteworthy when our SCOTUS doesn’t do something truly awful when handing down opinions, or cynically manipulating the law with the “Shadow Docket”. We got a few opinions today and not all of them were terrible. Two of them I find notable and illustrative of the abuse of discretion contained in Robert’s new
The Most Terrifying Details in Project 2025
June 21, 2024
This is an edited transcript of an MSNBC analysis between Melissa Murray, a Professor of Law at NYU Law School, and Elie Mystal, the Justice Correspondent for The Nation magazine. Melissa Murray: This is not a normal election, and this is not your father’s Republican Party. It’s now Donald Trump’s party, and if he’s elected,
In “Achievement Unlocked” the Lincoln Project Highlights the Achievements of the Biden/Harris Administration
June 20, 2024
For all the misguided souls out there who think we were better off four years ago with Sexual Assaulter, Traitor, Twice Impeached, and 34 Times Convicted Popular Vote Loser Donald ‘I killed Roe v Wade’ and ‘Let’s use bleach to cure COVID’ Trump in the White House, the Lincoln Project has released a new ad
Get Paid for Your Overtime!
June 20, 2024
A new labor department rule goes into effect July 1, 2024. The new policy will impact 4.3 million workers who are on salary and so don’t get paid overtime. If you are one of them or know one of them, listen up. The Labor Department is enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act requirement regarding minimum wage and
