Senate Passes Omnibus Spending Bill With Electoral Count Reform And Presidential Transition Improvement Act
December 23, 2022
Update to Negotiators Agree To Omnibus Spending Bill, Must Be Approved By Friday To Avoid Government Shutdown. The Hill reports, Senate passes $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package: The Senate on Thursday voted to pass a $1.7 trillion omnibus package that funds the federal government through September, provides Ukraine with $45 billion in military and economic
January 6 Committee Issues Its Final Report And Legislative Recommendations
December 23, 2022
Last night, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report online, and made its recommendations for legislation to prevent another seditious insurrection in the future. It has also posted numerous transcripts of interviews and depositions of witnesses referenced in the report. (Many of the early transcripts
Lake v Hobbs Trial is Done & Judge’s Ruling Pending. What Did We Learn?
December 22, 2022
I watched most of the trial via live stream and followed a few local Twitter live-tweets of the trial (shout out to @Arizonaslaw and @Garrett_Archer for excellent blow-by-blows), and read the pleadings and motion practice. My conclusions as a retired trial attorney are that Lake utterly failed to meet the burden laid out clearly by
The Daily Beast On The 37-Page Guide For Staffing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
December 22, 2022
As Fox News used to say, “We report, you decide.” We haven’t been able to verify this story (and haven’t seen the memo), but it sure sounds entirely on-brand for our prima donna “Independent” diva. The Daily Beast reports in an exclusive, The Incredible 37-Page Guide for Staffing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema: Always have a “room
Gov. Ducey Caves, Will Take Down His ‘Containerland’ Boondoggle – Make Him Personally Pay For It
December 22, 2022
Update to Department Of Justice Sues Gov. Ducey Over His ‘Containerland’ Amusement Park on the U.S.-Mexico Border (Updated). Ducey caves! Now make him personally pay for the removal of his “Containerland,” and for remediation of U.S. property he left scarred. Howard Fischer reports, Gov. Ducey to remove border shipping containers: Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has
‘Krazy Kari’ Lake’s Election Challenge Is Not Going Well – Who Coulda Guessed?
December 22, 2022
This is never a good sign. Judge scolds Kari Lake’s lawyers as first day of trial is marred with technical glitches: Judge Peter Thompson admonished attorneys for former candidate Kari Lake (R) on Wednesday for failing to prepare for trial properly. On the first day of Lake’s election challenge trial, Judge Peter Thompson said that
House Committee Votes To Make Trump’s Tax Returns Public
December 22, 2022
One of the longest running scams Donald Trump has run for years – “I want to release my taxes, but I am under an IRS audit” – has finally come to an end. CNN supercut of Trump saying he would release his taxes (like every presidential candidate since “I am not a crook” Richard Nixon
Infrastructure Week just before the Holidays in Phoenix: “The Future is Here”
December 21, 2022
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego has often said “the future is here in Phoenix.” Last week’s exciting infrastructure developments in the fifth-largest city in the country have proven again how right she has been with that forecast. Just before the holidays, the Mayor and Phoenix City Council Members have marked: The approval to start purchasing new
