AZSecState Candidate Adrian Fontes Makes a Plea to Protect Our Elections
Adrian Fontes, former Maricopa County Recorder and current Democratic candidate for AZ Secretary of State, made an impassioned plea for Democrats to get involved as election volunteers to counter the plans of the GOP to steal the election by training volunteers on how to gum up our election process from the inside. I’ve already gone … Read more
Arizona AG ‘Nunchucks’ Gets DIG-ed By SCOTUS On Immigration Case
In the sixth and final opinion announced today by the U.S. Suprem Court, Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco, The Court dismissed as improvidently granted (DIG) the appeal from Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich aka “Nunchucks” (or is it numbnuts?) and 12 other attention-seeking Republican Attorneys General who wanted to step in and … Read more
MAGA/QAnon Republicans Turn Their ‘Grooming’ Conspiracy Theories To Drag Shows (Updated)
The MAGA/QAnon cult is hijacking Pride Month with renewed homophobic and transphobic attacks from its domestic terrorist organizations like the Proud Boys and Patriot Front, and by MAGA/QAnon state legislators. They are attacking drag shows (a regular feature of Pride Month) based upon their deranged QAnon conspiracies that a cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic sexual abusers … Read more
People Want Fully Funded Public Schools, Not Voucher Expansion for Private Schools that are Hidden Tax Cuts for the Rich
Arizona Republicans still do not get it. With days to go until the state goes into fiscal disarray because Republicans in the legislature are not mature enough to negotiate with Democrats on a 2023 budget, members of the former party of Lincoln, led by State Representative Ben Toma, are still trying to craft a financial … Read more
Republicans Attempt To Appropriate Larry Summers For Their Inflation Propaganda
Former Treasury Secretary and Obama’s head of the White House National Economic Council advisors, Larry Summers, has become something of a darling of the right-wing media, solely for the reason that he was critical of the American Rescue Plan for being too large, and warning that it could lead to inflation. Note: The Rescue Plan that … Read more
The Federal Reserve Board’s ‘Easy Money’ Policies And Casino Capitalism Were A Major Factor In The Rate Of Inflation
The Federal Reserve Board is tasked with two objectives: (1) keep inflation at or below 2% annual growth, and (2) try to achieve full employment. Christopher Leonard, author of “The Lords of Easy Money” and “Kochland” writes, If You Must Point Fingers on Inflation, Here’s Where to Point Them (excerpt): As the midterm elections draw … Read more
Maricopa AZGOP Encouraging Their Voters to Disenroll from Mail Balloting
I was surprised to find that the Maricopa County GOP is officially encouraging voters to actively disenroll from participation in mail-in balloting. From their official county party newsletter: The newsletter doesn’t explain why a voter would want to do such a thing. I assume that the move is part of the on-going separation from reality … Read more
