Me and Rachel Maddow
by David Safier OK, OK. Not really me and Rachel Maddow. Me in the Hotel Congress bar crowded in among 100 other locals, with Bill Wolff and Laura Conaway from the Rachel Maddow Blog. But I did get into a video with Bill and Laura, shot on Mike's iPhone, with them saying howdy to BfA … Read more
Rachel Maddow Blog Visits Tucson
By Michael Bryan Laura and Bill from Rachel Maddow's amazing production and blog staff were in Arizona today reporting on the border for Rachel's show. They did a skypecast to Rachel's show live from Club Congress. Catch today's (August 10th) show to see their report. Myself and David Safier had a chance to say hello … Read more
Update: Congress passes supplemental stimulus “bailout” to state governments
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Update to Congress to pass supplemental stimulus "bailout" to state governments. The House passed the $26 billion supplemental stimulus "bailout" to state governments today on a vote of 247-161 mostly along party lines. Republicans said Congress was coming to the rescue of states that had mishandled their own finances. (That's rich coming … Read more
Kimberly Yee, First Asian American Woman to Serve in the Arizona State Legislature
Kimberly Yee, newly appointed AZ State Rep for District 10. She is the first Asian American woman to serve in the Arizona State Legislature. Kimberly Yee made history in Arizona by becoming the first Asian American woman to serve in the Arizona State Legislature, nearly 50 years after the first Asian American – Wing F. Ong – was … Read more
Arizona’s twin embarrassments, the McKyl, engage in religious bigotry
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl (R-AZ) has added his name to the growing list of high-profile conservatives to oppose the opening of a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center. Kyl becomes highest-ranking Senate Republican to oppose Islamic Center – The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: Kyl's rank makes him the … Read more
And the train kept a rollin’…
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Quick update from the special session… The Republican railroad squeaked a little today, but their drive to put an anti-union amendment to the AZ Constitution on November's ballot is still on track. Today, they held the Committee of the Whole, or COW, sessions on the matching bills that are before … Read more
Does Horne know anything about what a classroom is like?
by David Safier Maybe a real teacher might recommend doing this, I don't know. But I can't think of one who would. Ed Supe Tom Horne, in his never-ending crusade against Raza Studies classes at TUSD, wants the district to videotape every minute of every ethnic studies class, every single day. In other words, he … Read more
