Federal Judge Holds Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Act is Unconstitutional
August 19, 2022
NBC News reorts, Judge blocks Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ pushed by Gov. DeSantis: Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said in a 44-page ruling that the “Stop WOKE” act violates the First Amendment and is impermissibly vague. Walker also refused to issue a stay that would keep the law in effect during any appeal by
Federal Judge Orders Sen. Lindsey Graham To Testify To Special Grand Jury In Fulton County
August 19, 2022
A federal judge in Georgia on Friday denied Sen. Lindsey Graham’s latest attempt to escape a subpoena to testify before a special grand jury n Fulton County, Georgia investigating his alleged election interference in the state on behalf of the Trump campaign. NBC News reports, Sen. Lindsey Graham loses bid to delay testifying in Georgia
Phoenix Law Enforcement Making Strides to Help Victims and Take Guns Off the Street
August 19, 2022
Phoenix Law Enforcement, in their mission to fight crime, took two important steps this week to help victims of abuse and take guns off the street. The first step is the initiative from the Phoenix Police Foundation to raise largely private funds to create a new Victims Center within the current Family Investigations Bureau at
Democrats Are Busy Investing In The Future Of America, While Republicans Are Busy Trying To Destroy American Democracy
August 19, 2022
Democrats are busy investing in the future of America, while Republicans are busy trying to destroy American democracy. Democrats have enjoyed a remarkable string of legislative victories heading into the August recess this year. This is a win for all Americans. David Rothkopf writes at The Daily Beast, Dems Do Big F*cking Deals, the GOP Does
Republicans, YOU Are The Threat To American Democracy
August 19, 2022
Case in point: Doug Mastriano, the White Christian Nationalist, QAnon cultist, and insurrectionist who was at the MAGA/QAnon insurrection on January 6, 2021, and is now the Republican nominee for governor. “Mainstream” Republicans opposed Mastriano in the Republican primary because he is a dangerous extremist, but guess what? Once Alarmed, Mainstream Pennsylvania Republicans Unite Around
It’s Time to Vote a Straight Ticket
August 19, 2022
At least the primary elections are over, and here is the message for Democrats in Arizona: extremist Republicans are dangerous. An optimistic view (and I always strive to be optimistic) is that the radical-right Republicans, led by the twice-Impeached former president, are turning off the less-committed Republican centrist voters who will flock to the Democratic
Superior Court Judge Rules In Favor of The Stop Dark Money Initiative
August 19, 2022
I’m not sure why the political reporters in this state have not reported on this, but Republic columnist Laurie Roberts reports that the Voters’ Right to Know Act aka the Stop Dark Money inititiative survived its Superior Court challlenge from the very same dark money groups (expect an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court). Laurie Roberts writes, Score
Robert Robb, Senator Sinema, and the Fallacy of Tax Rates’ Effect on Economic Growth
August 18, 2022
Recently, Arizona columnist Robert Robb, well known for his conservative economic views, wrote a post on his Substack defending Senator Kirsten Sinema’s resistance to Democratic priorities for changes to the tax code in the Inflation Reduction Act – specifically increases on certain top corporate and personal rates, and eliminating the grotesque ‘carried interest’ exception for
