Political Calendar: Week of November 3, 2019
November 3, 2019
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
Republicans have no defense to Trump’s extortion and bribery of Ukraine
November 2, 2019
Aaron Blake of The Washington Post reports that Trump’s allies want to focus the Ukraine scandal on the tree, so you miss the forest: The new GOP strategy appears to be misdirection. In recent days, Republicans have maintained a laserlike focus on a very narrow defense of Trump: that there was nothing illegal about his July … Read more
End gun shows without Background Checks at the Pima County Fairgrounds
November 2, 2019
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This op-ed article is reprinted from the Arizona Daily Star, November 2, 2019, page A6 The Crossroads Gun Show will return to the Pima County Fairgrounds on Nov. 2-3. For a fee, unlicensed gun sellers can rent a table and sell AR-15s, AK-47s and other guns into our community without conducting a background check. In … Read more
2019 Loft Film Fest on Nov. 7 to 14
November 2, 2019
Schedule of 33 independent films here:https://loftfilmfest.org/films/ “American Dharma” documentary about former Trump aide Steve Bannon already on our Calendar for Nov. 10 and 11. Best deal is all fesitval pass: Film Festival Badge: Grants the badge holder free admission to all film screenings at the Loft Film Fest, taking place November 7 – 14, 2019 … Read more
Pima County School Superintendent appoints former TUSD Board member Bruce Burke to TUSD Governing Board
November 1, 2019
Dustin Williams, Pima County School Superintendent today appointed former TUSD Governing Board member Bruce Burke to the TUSD Governing Board. A vacancy on the non-partisan, volunteer five member board was created on October 3, 2019 when 3 term Board member Dr. Mark Stegeman resigned. His replacement will serve through the end of December, 2020, and … Read more
The Republican Party is a personality cult in thrall to a dangerous demagogue (Updated)
October 31, 2019
If you need any further evidence that the Republican Party is now a personality cult in thrall to a dangerous demagogue, Donald Trump, today’s House vote to formalize the rules for the next public phase of the impeachment inquiry should erase any remaining doubt. During the Watergate scandal the House did not approve the rules … Read more
Republicans in the House of Representatives heard the call of History and Hung Up on It.
October 31, 2019
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Republicans in the House of Representatives heard the call of history and hung up on it. In a vote to formalize the next phase of the impeachment process, all the Republicans, who had complained, without much validity, that they had been shut out of the process in the closed-door depositions (Republicans and their counsel are … Read more
