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Republicans who are ‘just another Trump servant: weak, frightened, impotent’
January 15, 2020
The Lincoln Project, a group of prominent anti-Trump conservatives which includes attorney George Conway ― husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway ― as well as GOP strategists Rick Wilson, Jennifer Horn, Steve Schmidt and John Weaver, is doing some of the best ads of the 2020 campaign. The Huffington Post reports, Anti-Trump Republican Group … Read more
AZ GOP: no sanctuary for refugees fleeing violence, but sanctuary for guns (Updated)
January 15, 2020
The Arizona Republican Party, like clockwork, every two years drags out its anti-immigrant hysteria to fire up its nativist and racist base to turn out the Republican vote. Drug seizures and arrests made by the Border Strike Force were key talking points in Gov. Doug Ducey’s re-election campaign. The Governor’s Office did not provide supporting documents … Read more
Educator Activists Unveil The New Invest in Ed Act
January 15, 2020
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While education funding, through the efforts of many community and political stakeholders (including the Red for Ed Movement,) has increased in Arizona over the last several years, public schools in the Grand Canyon State still face serious obstacles in providing a quality education to the state’s children. These include: Funding levels are still below what … Read more
Mark Kelly continues to best Martha McSally in Fundraising
January 14, 2020
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Captain Mark Kelly continued to be a prolific fundraiser at the end of 2019. The Democratic Senate candidate reported receiving 6.3 million dollars in the fourth quarter of last year. According to the Hill, he has a little over 13.5 million dollars on hand. For the year, he pulled in “more than 20 million dollars.” … Read more
Oy Vey: David Stringer is back and running for Office
January 14, 2020
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Like Jason in the Friday the 13th Movies, David Stringer has reemerged from the politically dead to announce he is running for office. Mr. Stringer, who was forced to resign from the Arizona State Legislature in 2019 for not revealing he was charged with sexual misconduct in Maryland and for making numerous racially charged remarks … Read more
(UPDATED) Democrats and Republicans offer Competing Visions at the Opening of the 2020 Arizona Legislative Session
January 14, 2020
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The first day of any legislative session is always filled with feelings of renewal, goodwill, optimism, and hope. Arizona’s Democrats and Republicans had it in abundance at the opening of the 2019/20 legislative session at the State Capital. However, both sides offered contrasting competing visions for moving the Grand Canyon State. The Republican vision, expressed … Read more
Maricopa County is one of the Election Hot Spots to watch on November 3, 2020
January 13, 2020
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During a visit to Arizona in October, Vice President Mike Pence said that Mr. Trump and he would visit the Grand Canyon state “a lot” in 2020. Think about that. The Republican Vice President said he and the Republican President would spend a lot of time in Arizona in a move to secure the state’s … Read more
Celebrate Year of the Rat at Tucson Japanese Festival 2020
January 13, 2020
Our Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition (of which I am the website Editor) is sponsoring our 7th New Year’s celebration on Jan. 18, 2020 at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center (2nd year there). We first started our event in Jan. 2014 as a Tucson Mochitsuki (mochi pounding from rice) at the Yume Japanese Gardens of … Read more
