Bipartisan (Bare Minimum) Gun Bill Advances In The Senate For First Time In A Generation

AZ BlueMeanie

The Washington Post reports, Senate votes to advance bipartisan gun deal, breaking 30-year logjam: The Senate advanced a bill [Republicans didn’t filibuster] Tuesday night that would toughen federal gun laws and provide billions of dollars in new money to prevent future mass shootings after negotiators settled key disagreements, putting the legislation on course to be passed … Read more

Oh Lordy, There Are Tapes! (Princess Ivanka Contradicting Her Sworn Deposition Testimony)

AZ BlueMeanie

Politico Playbook reports, SCOOP: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas unseen Trump tapes: The House select committee investigating Jan. 6 sent a subpoena last week to ALEX HOLDER, a documentary filmmaker who was granted extensive access to President Donald Trump and his inner circle, and who shot interviews with the then-president both before and after Jan. 6. … Read more

The Long-Term Foundational Funding of K 12 Public Schools is Threatened with the Arizona Republican Budget

David Gordon

Most people know that when houses or buildings are built, a solid foundation is needed for the structure to remain standing. With their 2023 budget proposal, Arizona Republicans have presented a financial blueprint that, if it is approved as is, threatens the long-term foundational funding of K-12 schools in future fiscal years, putting it on … Read more

January 6 Committee On The Personal Toll Of Trump’s Pressure Campaign To Subvert The Election

AZ BlueMeanie

The Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday leaned on emotional testimony to illustrate the human toll that Donald Trump’s elaborate scheme to overturn the 2020 election had on public servants and their families. NBC News reports, ‘A dangerous cancer’: Jan. 6 panel depicts human toll of Trump’s election pressure: While the Jan. 6 hearings have focused … Read more

Radical Republican Supreme Court Tears Down What Remained Of The Wall of Separation And Church And State

AZ BlueMeanie

Almost exactly two years ago I posted, SCOTUS tears down a section of the wall of separation of church and state (excerpt): Founding Father James Madison must be turning over in his grave today. James Madison was the chief author of the Bill of Rights and thus of the First Amendment. He was the foremost champion of … Read more

Watch online Clean Elections debate of Dems seeking House seats in LD 21

Carolyn Classen

The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission held a debate between 3 Democratic candidates seeking 2 House seats in the new LD 21.  Participating were current LD 10 State Senator Stephanie Stahl Hamilton and Sunnyside School District Governing Board President Consuelo Hernandez.  Third candidate Akanni Oyegbola, former Acting Mayor of South Tucson declined to attend. Consuelo … Read more

As a State Senator, Morgan Abraham will Lead with the Values his Parents Instilled in Him

David Gordon

Life of service. Education is the great equalizer. A strong work ethic. A good life for children. A society where everyone can have opportunity and move up. These are some of the values State Representative Morgan Abraham’s parents instilled on him and he as applied as an affordable housing builder,  United States Intelligence Officer and … Read more

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