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AZ Rep. Schweikert’s Ethics Investigation Legal Fees Near $1M; 69% Of Contributions Go To Attorneys
April 15, 2020
The 2-year investigation into ethics violations by Arizona Rep. David Schweikert continues to take its toll on his campaign. More than two-thirds of the monies he raised in the last quarter of 2019 went to paying legal debt, and he incurred nearly $77,000 in new bills from four different law firms. Schweikert’s campaign has now … Read more
The Trump Zone Resident Loonies are getting Restless; Do Not Follow Them
April 15, 2020
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Gerald O. Glenn, the bishop of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield, Virginia urged his congregants to ignore social distancing guidelines prescribed by health authorities to combat the Coronavirus. He said he would continue preaching his views “unless I’m in jail or the hospital.” He died just before Easter after being exposed to the … Read more
Donald Trump’s rant today is actually damning Mitch McConnell’s Republican Senate (updated)
April 15, 2020
So this actually happened today during the “Daily Trump Show,” which the cable networks inexplicably continue to air live. The Washington Post reports, Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to get his nominees but likely would be impeded by Senate rules: President Trump threatened to shut down both chambers of Congress to allow him to fill … Read more
Flip AZ’s Legislature Blue in 2020!
April 15, 2020
David Gordon posted a wonderful overview of those state legislative races that will allow us to flip the AZ legislature to Democratic control this year. Read it, and then go do something about it. Specifically, make a monthly commitment to fund those campaigns that will flip the state legislature! First, contribute to the ADLCC. Second, … Read more
The ADLCC gears up to make the Arizona State Capitol Blue
April 15, 2020
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Democrats have their best opportunity in years to take control of the Arizona State Legislature in 2020. The team at the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (ADLCC) is gearing up to help make that happen. In 2018, Democrats made strong gains in the Arizona House, electing newcomers Jennifer Jermaine, Jennifer Pawlik, Domingo DeGrazia, and Aaron … Read more
‘The Expendables’: GOP believes the loss of American lives is worth it in order to reopen the economy
April 15, 2020
First, what the hell was this all about? On Monday, Fox News hyped Donald Trump’s Council to Re-Open America. Trump says decision coming ‘shortly’ on reopening economy, as task force formed: Sources told Fox News Monday that the second task force, which Trump first teased last Friday and is set to be formally introduced Tuesday, … Read more
Donald Trump uses the Coronavirus to Advance an America First Agenda
April 15, 2020
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Donald Trump has always shown a disdain for multinational organizations. He has continually whined over the years about N.A.T.O., the W.T.O., the U.N., the E.U., N.A.F.T.A., and the G7, saying American allies have continually taken advantage of the United States (and Presidents dumber than the Stable Genius) since the end of World War Two. In … Read more
Welfare for the Rich: How Your Tax Dollars End Up in Millionaires’ Pockets
April 15, 2020
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Excerpted from Welfare for the Rich: How Your Tax Dollars End Up in Millionaires’ Pockets – And What You Can Do About It by Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers. Introduction Welfare for the Rich is designed to inform Americans—especially taxpayers who are footing most of the bill—about the massive movement of money from millions of middle- and … Read more
