WaPo’s The Big Idea Podcast Trounces Ducey’s Response to COVID-19
June 26, 2020
The Washington Post’s Political Correspondent James Hohmann simply destroys Governor Ducey’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Definitely worth a listen.
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules against Trump theft of Pentagon funds for his wall
June 26, 2020
NBC News reports Appeals court rules funding for Trump border wall construction ‘unlawful’: The Trump administration does not have the authority to use military funding to pay for construction of a border wall, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Friday. In a 2-1 ruling, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that … Read more
Local Arizona Democratic Candidates react to the Emerging American Majority Ad on Pre-Existing Conditions
June 26, 2020
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The local and state activist group, Emerging American Majorities (EAM) has released a digital ad, calling for Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature to stop playing with Arizonan lives and do more to protect people with preexisting conditions (especially during the Coronavirus) than the potentially patient price gauging Mesnard measure that passed the Legislature in … Read more
House passes the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
June 26, 2020
Joan McCarter at Daily Kos sums this up perfectly. House passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, challenges McConnell to act: The House of Representatives passed its policing reform bill, dubbed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act aka the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, Thursday evening, in a vote of 236-181. Three Republicans, Brian Fitzpatrick … Read more
The ‘opened too soon’ economic relapse from the coronavirus resurgence
June 26, 2020
Elected officials were all warned by economists — serious economists, not those asshats in the White House Council of Economic Advisors — that opening up the economy too soon would result in a resurgence of the coronavirus spread, inevitably leading to the necessity of shutting down the economy again, a far worse result with more … Read more
While Trump wants to take Your Health Insurance Away during a Pandemic, Joe Biden wants to make it Better, pledging to be a President “that will Care”
June 26, 2020
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500,000 Americans enrolled in the Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) marketplaces during the pandemic after their employers let them go. These were in states that run their own health care exchanges. Unfortunately for Arizona, they could not let any people enroll during this period because they are part of the federal exchange and Donald Trump cruelly … Read more
The Most Effective Technique for Campaigning During the Pandemic
June 26, 2020
We can agree that we are all on the same page regarding turning Arizona Blue during the November 2020 general election. Now, the big question is how are we going about getting this done? During unusual, unorthodox, and never-before-seen times and circumstances, we have to move far past the comfort we usually work/volunteer/reside in, into … Read more
Carlos Ingram-Lopez’s Death in Tucson Police Custody
June 26, 2020
All too frequently in recent weeks, Arizona has become a subject that Chris Hayes covers on his show “All In” due to our rapidly expanding COVID19 crisis, and now the April death in Tucson police custody of Carlos Ingram-Lopez. Though I certainly recommend listening to Chris’ full show, an interesting interview with Rep. Ruben Gallego … Read more
