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Congressional Democrats Introduce Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
February 19, 2021
Democrats introduced on Thursday what would be the first landmark piece of legislation of the Biden presidency. The New York Times reports, Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Biden’s Immigration Overhaul in House: President Biden’s allies on Capitol Hill on Thursday unveiled a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, describing it as a humane response to four years … Read more
Rep. Mark Finchem’s Emails Show He Was Deeply Involved In The Planning Of January 6 MAGA Insurrection
February 19, 2021
The Arizona Mirror recently reported, There wouldn’t have been a #StopTheSteal campaign in Arizona without Mark Finchem: The lead organizer of the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C., that turned into a deadly coup attempt based on the false idea that Donald Trump failed to win a second term as president because of massive voter … Read more
Bannon’s Dilemma: Accepting Trump’s Pardon Means Admitting Guilt
February 19, 2021
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Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, who is prosecuting Donald Trump for tax and bank fraud, is considering bringing a case against Steve Bannon, whom he indicted for federal tax fraud in August and who was pardoned by Trump on his last night in office. Trump frantically deliberated over whether to issue Bannon a pardon, which … Read more
Lawless Authoritarian Rethuglican Senators Declare Themselves Above The Law
February 19, 2021
Update to Authoritarian Rethuglicans In The Arizona Legislature To Decide That They Are Above The Law (excerpt): Republican senators, having been thwarted in their efforts to arrest the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, have dreamed up a new plan for how to get their hands on the county’s ballots from the November election. Simply pass a … Read more
Arizona Republicans are the Party of Autocracy, Big Lies, and Voter Suppression
February 18, 2021
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It should be clear to Arizonans by now that there is only one major political party committed to Democracy, reality, and maintaining/expanding voter access. It is not the Republican Party in case there is still confusion. Since the 2020 Presidential Election, members of the former Party of Lincoln in Arizona have: Engaged in spreading false … Read more
More Than Two Decades of Republican Rule In Texas Has Made It a ‘Failed State’
February 18, 2021
After New York and New Jersey were struck by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, 31 Senate Republicans Opposed Sandy Relief After Supporting Disaster Aid For Their Home States. Also, More than 20 Texas representatives and senators voted against Sandy aid, including Senator John Cornyn and Senator Ted Cruz. Now Texas is suffering from an Arctic winter … Read more
GQP: Minimum Wage is Bad, but Maximum Tax Cuts are Good
February 18, 2021
A recent letter writer in the Arizona Daily Star complained that if the federal minimum wage bill goes through ($15 an hour), a fast-food worker in a small town will make $30,000 a year and that this will be almost as much as a teacher or nurse. Unfortunately, the letter writer didn’t understand that because … Read more
Next Up for the Biden/Harris Administration and the Country: Immigration and Infrastructure
February 18, 2021
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While the Biden/Harris Administration and Congress are still negotiating the COVID relief measure, the American Rescue Act, they are also readying two other major legislative proposals on Immigration and Infrastructure for Congress to consider. The Immigration Reform Bill called the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 will be introduced in Congress today (February 18, 2021) by … Read more
