Criminal Contempt Trial For Coup Plotter Co-Conspirator Steve Bannon This Week
The Washington Post reports, Jury selection begins in Steve Bannon contempt trial: Jury selection is underway in the federal trial of Stephen K. Bannon, the former Trump adviser and right-wing podcaster charged with two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with an order from the House Jan. 6 committee to turn over … Read more
Trump’s “American Carnage” Presidency Green Lights Arizona’s MAGA Republican’s Extremism
By Ron Williams, editor, The Mule News editorthemulenews.com US Rep. Jamie Raskin, (D-MD), at the close of a recent Jan 6th Congressional hearing, speculated the destruction, injuries and death on that day in 2021, were presaged by President Trump’s reference to “American Carnage” at his inaugural address in 2017. The four years of Trump’s presidency … Read more
American Oversight Scores Two Court Victories in GQP Sham Fraudits In Arizona And Wisconsin
American Oversight in press releases reports COURT ORDERS ARIZONA SENATE AND CYBER NINJAS TO IMMEDIATELY TURN OVER ‘AUDIT’ RECORDS: In a ruling released on Friday, the Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County ordered the Arizona Senate and contractor Cyber Ninjas to immediately release to American Oversight documents related to the Senate’s partisan “audit” of 2020 … Read more
Follow the Money to Sink the 2022 Version of the Republican Party
Many of us Democrats are rightfully concerned about a resurgent Republican Party and its policy-free platform and the former president’s “big lie.” They may take control of Congress this year and the entire government in 2024. So here is a tactic that many salt-of-the-earth Trumpists might respond to and be willing to leave the fever … Read more
I Am Sick And Tired Of The Mainstream Media Simply Parroting GQP Talking Points About Inflation
I am so sick and tired of lazy “horse race” political reporting masquerading as “economics” reporting, especially from the the New York Times. Alan Rappeport is an economic policy reporter for The New York Times, based in Washington. He covers the Treasury Department and writes about taxes, trade and fiscal matters. He is also good … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of July 17, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political … Read more
The GQP Has Become An Increasingly Violent Anti-Democracy Insurgency Harboring Fantasies About Secession And Civil War
America’s tradition of a peaceful transition of power relies upon the foundation that partisans view themselves as political opponents, not as mortal enemies. The tradition of a peaceful transition of power has been disrupted only twice in our history: with the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, leading to the South seceding and Civil War; and … Read more
