(UPDATED) Will Knight to bring Maricopa County Attorney’s Office into the 21st Century
February 7, 2020
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Democrats in Maricopa County have an embarrassment of riches among their five candidates for County Attorney. Will Knight is one of those candidates. An attorney and educator with many years of experience, Mr. Knight wants to create a modern inclusive culture and community-oriented criminal justice mindset at the County Attorney’s office. He sat down at … Read more
Kathleen Honne wants to Move Arizona Legislative District 22 Forward in 2020
February 7, 2020
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Arizona Legislative District 22, an area that includes all or parts of Lake Pleasant, Surprise and Sun City West. In its current geographic configuration, it has never had a Democratic Legislator in the State House or Senate. Kathleen Honne‘s mission is to change that in 2020. Campaigning as a Clean Elections candidate to replace either … Read more
A Republican ‘tyranny of the minority’ white rule
February 6, 2020
Elie Mystal, The Nation’s justice correspondent, has an excellent piece. Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy: The Republican Party has acquitted President Donald Trump. That result was always the most likely outcome of the impeachment process. The inability of even 20 Republican senators to break free from the cult of Trump was widely assumed. But it … Read more
Arizona Democratic Congressional Candidates React to Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Medicaid
February 6, 2020
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During last night’s State of the Union, Mr. Trump said that he would protect people with pre-existing health conditions. That is odd considering his Administration is involved in a lawsuit to get rid of the Affordable Care Act that would do just that. During the same address, the 2016 Popular Vote Loser said he would … Read more
#JustSayNo to HB2388: Someone Else’s Religion Should NOT Dictate Your Healthcare (video)
February 6, 2020
The Arizona Legislature’s Request to Speak (RTS) system should be on high alert for the House Health and Human Services Committee meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6. We will be hearing Cathi Herrod’s funding bill for the fake pregnancy hotline bill (HB2388). This bill gives $1.5 million a year to the 211 information and referral line, … Read more
Iowa 2020: Did They Really Need That Stupid App in the First Place?
February 6, 2020
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The incompetent display by the Iowa Democratic Party and its app developer, Shadow, Inc., was astonishing. As far as the Party goes, however, the incompetence started and ended with the decision to hire an app developer to handle the caucus results in the first place. Even if the app had worked perfectly, the incompetence of … Read more
Now that the Senate has failed in its Constitutional Duty, it is up to You to Save the American Dream
February 5, 2020
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When the United States Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton in his Senate Impeachment Trial in 1999, he came out of the Oval Office and humbly told the world he was sorry for what his actions had caused and pledged to reconciliation and work hard on the agenda of the American People. How did Individual One … Read more
The Verdict: The Party of Trump is guilty of ending democracy for GOP authoritarianism (Updated)
February 5, 2020
I said at the beginning of this Impeachment: Not just Donald Trump, but the lawless and amoral Party of Trump is on trial. Today the jury delivered its verdict: the Party of Trump is guilty of ending democracy for GOP authoritarianism. America weeps today. Senators voted 48-52 to convict on the first House-passed article of impeachment for abuse … Read more
