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Dismantling the Threat of Christian Nationalism
June 18, 2023
Christian Nationalism is an unholy blend of fundamentalist religious beliefs and right-wing political action: “Christian nationalism often overlaps with and provides cover for white supremacy and racial subjugation,” Tyler added. “The KKK is an example of white Christian nationalism from the past with its toxic mix of white supremacy, Christian nationalism, and violence. It’s pervasive
Republicans Define Themselves for Democrats, Independents, and Those Who Think Their Party Has Left Them
June 18, 2023
As we approach the 2024 election cycle, Republican candidates and officeholders are doing a great job of saving the Democratic Party Media Apparatus money by negatively defining themselves to Democrats, Independents, and those who think their party has left them. Through their positions of defending Donald Trump and his alleged criminal acts, calling the Domestic
Climate Voters Killed Prop 412 — See What Must Come Next
June 17, 2023
It was not higher fees that killed Tucson’s Prop. 412. Instead, it was the Democratic, liberal vote — the climate vote — that tanked this proposition. The climate-concerned electorate may not have been all the voters against Prop 412, but they were the deciding group. If TEP, the Mayor and Council wish to pass a
Trump’s Plan To Turn The Department Of Justice Into His Personal Police Force For ‘Retribution’ Against His Political Opponents
June 16, 2023
Update to ‘Orange Mafia’ Don Trump’s Plan To Turn The Federal Government Into His Fascist Criminal Enterprise in 2025 (snippet): Jonathan Swan in an extremely lengthy (but a must read) deep-dive investigative report at Axios reports, A radical plan for Trump’s second term: Former President Trump’s top allies are preparing to radically reshape the federal government if
Part 2: Fact Checking The GQP’s McCarthyism Smear Of Joe Biden
June 16, 2023
Part 1: The New Era Of McCarthyism – Smearing Joe Biden With Unsubstantiated Innuendo And Lies. Michael Tomasky at The New Republic does a deep-dive fact check into the GQP’s McCarthyism Smear of Joe Biden. Did Joe Biden Commit Corruption in Ukraine? Or Was It Donald Trump? (The Facts): One of the right wing’s “skills,”
Part 1: The New Era Of McCarthyism – Smearing Joe Biden With Unsubstantiated Innuendo And Lies
June 16, 2023
While most Americans came to their senses and eventually rejected the “red scare” tactics of Sen Joseph McCarthy and his sidekick lawyer Roy Cohn, many Republicans to this day still embrace Joseph McCarthy as a hero and a role model. Smearing people with unsubstantiated innuendo and lies has remained a Republican tactic ever since the
In a Recent Lincoln Project Ad, California Governor Newsom Beats Back MAGA Hannity and Shows How to Tout President Joe Biden
June 16, 2023
Democrats in Arizona and across the country would be well advised to watch this recent Lincoln Project Ad, titled “When Dems Fight,” where California Governor (and probable 2028 Presidential contender) Gavin Newsom totally beat back questions from Fox’s leading MAGA and Trumpists enabler Sean Hannity attacking the record of the Biden/Harris Administration. Starting off with
AZ GQP Ballot Measure Would Give One Legislative District A Minority Veto Over Citizens Initiatives
June 15, 2023
What they can’t stop by the popular vote – more than 60% of which comes from Maricopa County, and much of the rest comes from Pima County – anti-democracy MAGA Republicans do so by rigging the rules of the game. The AZ GQP has been trying to nullify your constitutional right to citizens initiatives for
