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If Republicans are so Good at Law and Order, Why Are the Murder Rates Highest in Most of Their States
October 1, 2022
Fellow writer AZ Blue Meanie touched on this in a recent piece, citing California Governor Gavin Newsom’s critique of Democratic messaging in the face of Republican hypocrisy on Law and Order. In an interview with MSNBC, Governor Newsom correctly pointed out that recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics showed most of the
Watch Citizens Clean Elections debates for contested legislative races in LD 17, 18, 19, 21 in Southern AZ
September 30, 2022
The AZ Citizens Clean Elections Commission conducted several candidate debates for contested races in Southern Arizona. https://www.youtube.com/user/AZCCEC/live LD 21 – held on August 23 (Senate & House) Senate candidates: Senator Rosanna Gabaldon (D) vs. Jim Cleveland (R); House candidates: Senator Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D) vs. challengers Damien Kennedy & Deborah McEwen (Rs); not participating –
Judge Aileen Canon Is A Corrupt Judge, She Must Be Removed From The Bench
September 29, 2022
Matthew Chapman at Salon reported, Special master rebukes Trump judge that appointed him for order that “made no sense”: When former President Donald Trump went to court against the Justice Department to stall the federal investigation into classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, a district judge he appointed, Aileen Cannon, granted Trump everything
Democrats Have Always Been Better For The Economy … Always
September 29, 2022
At least once a year, I have posted a version of this post, this is one from September 2020. Democrats Have Always Been Better For The Economy … Always. Historically, Republicans tank the economy with their politics of greed, then Americans elect Democrats to clean up their mess, and invariably “no good deed goes unpunished,”
Coup Plotter ‘Ginni’ Thomas To Be Deposed By January 6 Committee Today (Updated)
September 29, 2022
This may prove interesting. Politico reports, Ginni Thomas is set to testify virtually with the Jan. 6 select committee today: Look who’s talking: Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is set to virtually appear Thursday before the Jan. 6 select committee, according to two sources familiar with the situation. She’s one
UPDATED: Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell’s Misleading Statement on Abortion Prosecutions
September 28, 2022
UPDATE 11/14/22: With Mitchell running about 50K votes behind Gunnigle, it seems very likely the Mitchell will be elected to a full term, so I’m bringing back this analysis of Mitchell’s misleading commitments on prosecuting abortion cases. IMO, Maricopa residents missed a real opportunity to deeply reform the outdated and frankly racist assumptions and institutions
Gov. Gavin Newsom On Democrats’ Messaging Problem
September 28, 2022
Back in June, after the activist radical Republican Supreme Court completed its most extremist term ever by overturning Roe v. Wade, reversing a fundamental constitutional right it had recognized for the first time in U.S. history, Ron Brownstein wrote at The Atlantic, The Democrats’ New Spokesman in the Culture Wars (excerpt): On May 4, two
Bipartisan Support For Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act
September 28, 2022
Senate leadership does not have committee assignments, but they do have a seat on the Rules Committee. It is rare when leadership attends a committee hearing, so consider this a BFD. Especially when the “Grim Reaper” of the Senate shows up to actually support a bill, rather than to kill it as he usually does.
