About Time: The 65 Project Seeks Disbarment of Ted Cruz For Leading Insurrection Before January 6
The New York Times reports, Group Seeks Disbarment of Ted Cruz Over Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election: A group formed in the hopes of disbarring lawyers who worked on cases in which former President Donald J. Trump tried to subvert the results of the 2020 election filed a complaint with the Texas bar association on … Read more
The Pro-Putin Caucus Of The GQP Cannot Stop Military Aid Package To Ukraine
Last week Putin Puppet Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) held up approval of military aid to Ukraine. Always the asshole, Kentucky should be so proud. Rand Paul blocks bipartisan effort to swiftly pass Ukraine aid: In a rare showing of public unity, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor … Read more
Arizona Department of Education is Using American Rescue Plan Funds to Help School Communities in Need
Over the last three weeks, the Arizona Department of Education, under the leadership of Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman, has authorized funding from the agency’s American Rescue Plan funding pool to appropriate several projects for school communities and programs so they can further enrich student learning for children and families across the Grand Canyon … Read more
So You’re Telling Me There Were ‘Reconnaissance Tours’ Of The Capitol Before January 6?
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol sent a letter request to Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) (above) for his testimony about a tour of the Capitol on January 5 that he had previously denied occurred: We write to seek your voluntary cooperation in advancing our investigation. Based on … Read more
Abortion Rights (and More) at Stake
Generally speaking, I prefer to write these columns about local issues, or political matters that are less covered in the national media. But there are times when national (or even international) issues are extremely relevant to our state and district-level politics. This is one of those times. Supreme Court Draft Decision re: Roe v. Wade … Read more
1 in 5 Republican State Lawmakers Nationally Follow Far-Right Groups On Facebook
Above Image: From Politico, ‘Down the rabbit hole’: Arizona GOP goes full fringe. The Arizona Mirror reports, A dozen Arizona GOP lawmakers follow at least 1 far-right Facebook group: More than 1 in 5 Republican state lawmakers across the country have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, according to a new report. In Arizona, … Read more
House Republicans Side With Domestic Terrorists By Voting Against The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act
After the worst domestic terrorist act on the United States since the Confederacy waged a bloody civil war against the U.S. government – the January 6, 2021 MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection – House Republicans almost uniformly voted against the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, which would create domestic terrorism offices throughout the U.S. government. And only days after a … Read more
