Nancy Barto, Just let the Kids Play
January 28, 2020
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Nancy Barto must really want to please her fringe base in her 2020 primary contest against Heather Carter for the Legislative 15 Senate Seat. The LD 15 Representative has proposed legislation that would disallow transgender females attending public K-12, community college, and universities from participating on sports teams “that aligns with their gender identity.” This … Read more
How Should Arizona Pay for Education? Tax the Rich? Or Tax the Poor? (video)
January 28, 2020
“How can Arizona increase education funding?” has been an ongoing question since the Tea Party started hollowing out public education and doling out tax breaks ten years ago. This week the Legislature is hearing a few education funding bills. The Senate Education Committee is hearing two bills related to education funding on Tuesday, January 28: … Read more
Republican ‘snowflakes’ manufactured outrage and tears over a political retribution claim
January 28, 2020
Last week CBS news reported that a White House “confidant tells CBS News that GOP senators were warned: ‘vote against the president and your head will be on a pike.’” House manager Adam Schiff worked this CBS News report into his closing argument on Friday. Schiff said: “CBS News report that a Trump confidant said that … Read more
Microsoft Wants a Sales Tax Break Because ‘Electricity Is Too Expensive in Arizona’ (video)
January 27, 2020
Should the Arizona Legislature help Microsoft pay its APS bills? Tuesday was a light day at the Capital. There was no floor action, but I had time to catch up with colleagues and sign some of their bills. I wanted to tell you about the conversation I had with two Microsoft lobbyists about the tax … Read more
Supreme Court lets Trump administration ‘public charge’ rule to go into effect pending appeals
January 27, 2020
Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reports, Government gets green light to implement “public charge” rule pending appeals: Today a divided Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request for permission to enforce a rule known as the “public charge” rule, governing the admission of immigrants to the United States. The government had argued that it would suffer … Read more
9th Circuit strikes down Arizona’s ‘ballot harvesting’ law (Updated)
January 27, 2020
Bloomberg News reports, Arizona Ballot Laws Tossed, U.S. Supreme Court Review Likely: An Arizona election law restricting who can return early ballots was struck down by a federal appeals court because it discriminates against minorities, a decision that sets up a likely showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. The en banc U.S. Court of Appeals … Read more
John Bolton wants to testify – Republicans want to prevent him from testifying
January 27, 2020
As the Washington Post editorialized, The impeachment evidence will catch up to Republicans and Trump — whether they ignore it or not. Drip, drip, drip… Anita Kumar explains, “It’s not impeachment that’s worrying Republicans. It’s the months of steady revelations about the Ukraine saga that could follow.” Forget impeachment. Republicans fear Ukraine revelations could spill … Read more
Senator Coverup McSally has A Lot of Explaining to Do
January 27, 2020
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Senator Martha McSally feels she is being persecuted by the “liberal” (meaning non-Fox Island and Brietbart) media establishment. Being asked questions about actual facts would seem daunting to most Trump Zone Cult Members who have been weened on years of Fox Channel Commentary and Reporting. It is probable that McSally really believes, as she expressed … Read more
