Michigan Supreme Court Reverses GQP Tyranny: Voting Rights And Abortion Rights Initiatives To Appear On The Ballot
September 9, 2022
Above: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (l), Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (cen.) and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (r) doing the “Charlie’s Angels” pose at the 2022 Michigan Democratic Party Nominating Convention Aug. 21. Photo: Twitter. If only Arizona’s Supreme Court were like Michigan’s Supreme Court (the difference is that Michigan has democracy defending Democrats on the
A Good Week for Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Katie Hobbs
September 8, 2022
This has been a good week for Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Katie Hobbs. She was a featured speaker last Sunday on Meet the Press where she told moderator Chuck Todd about her journey around the state before and after her nomination, discussing the issues and describing solutions to several of Arizona’s challenges like the water crisis,
LD 13 State Senate Candidate Cindy Hans Wants to Serve and Help People in the Arizona Legislature
September 8, 2022
JD Mesnard may not be a fringe zealot like other Republicans running for office in Arizona this election cycle but his challenger Cindy Hans will actually commit to serving all the people in the new Legislative District (LD) 13. JD Mesnard may not be a fully dangerous fringe Trump salivating extremist like other members of
The Mainstream Media Is No Longer The Watchdog Of Democracy, It Will Not Defend Democracy
September 8, 2022
Gregory Shaya long ago described the failures of the modern era of the media. The Myth of the Fourth Estate (excerpt): The faith in the press as the guardian of truth, the watchdog of power, the foundation of democracy—in brief, the fourth estate—lies at the heart of the liberal imagination of the west. It is
The GQP Plot To End American Democracy By A Judicial Coup
September 8, 2022
Note: A group photo with new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has not yet been published. The 2022-23 Supreme Court term begins the first Monday in October. The most consequential case on the court’s docket is ostensibly a redistricting case from North Carolina, Moore v. Harper, but it is so much more than this. The MAGA/QAnon
A Domestic Terrorist Organization Infiltrates America’s Civic Institutions
September 8, 2022
PBS reports, Elected officials, police officers and members of military on Oath Keepers membership list, report says: The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that’s accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection
Superintendent Kathy Hoffman Comments on the Improvement in 2021/22 School Test Scores
September 7, 2022
School test scores during 2021/22, despite the transition of reopening schools following the COVID 19 shutdown and the subsequent pandemic surges at schools throughout Arizona, rose overall compared to the results of the 2020/21 term when the Coronavirus forced public districts to close their learning institutions. In a release from the Arizona Department of Education,
GQP Anti-Immigrant Hysteria Led To Higher Food Prices And Higher Inflation
September 7, 2022
“Make a run for the border” is not just a culturally inappropriate advertising slogan from Taco Bell (1988-1994), it is what every Republican candidate for any office does when they first announce that they are running for office. They must do a border wall photo-op and talk about the brown hordes “invading” America. Note: “invasion”
