Oh Lordy, there’s tapes! Lev Parnas releases video of Donald Trump corroborating his story (Updated)
January 26, 2020
Republican Senators who are actively aiding and abetting Donald Trump’s obstruction of Congress by voting to obstruct calling any fact witnesses or to subpoena relevant documents in this impeachment trial — the only impeachment trial in American history without calling witnesses — have a serious problem on their hands. They can try to hide the … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of January 26, 2020
January 26, 2020
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
Get ready for the Trump TV #Foxgasm of Russian propaganda about Ukraine and the Bidens
January 25, 2020
I have previously explained in a series of posts, The conservative media entertainment complex is an ancillary to Russian active measures propaganda. As the Trump impeachment trial got underway with the House managers presentation of their case, Fox News covered it in a way that gave the appearance of journalism but was actually propaganda. Fox … Read more
House Republicans Push to Suppress Speech & Change Ethics Rules (video)
January 25, 2020
The Arizona House Republican leadership wants to change the House rules again this year. We have not voted on their proposed changes… yet…and if we do, there will be a floor battle because the Democrats don’t like the changes and neither do some of the more reasonable Republicans. The suggested GOP changes would further suppress … Read more
Having conceded the facts, and lied about the law, Team Trump will ‘pound the table and yell like hell’ smearing the Bidens with Russian propaganda
January 25, 2020
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” – Carl Sandburg. Team Trump has already conceded the facts in this impeachment trial. They have argued that even if everything … Read more
On Opening Day of #AZLeg, Right-Wing Ideology & the Peoples’ Response on Display (video)
January 24, 2020
Monday, January 13, 2020, was opening day at the Arizona Legislature. Opening day is always fun and full of political drama because there are protests, press conferences with multiple Progressive groups (labor unions, Planned Parenthood, teachers, and others), the House and Senate Democratic Caucus Press Conference, and a big party with great food hosted by … Read more
Mitzi Epstein and the Girl Scouts Introduce Two Bills to Combat Pollution.
January 24, 2020
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It all started with a letter to State Representative Mitzi Epstein from nine-year-old Amber Chen. The letter asked Arizona Lawmakers to write legislation that would combat balloon and plastic pollution to help save animals. Later in the legislative session, girl scouts helped write a bill as an educational exercise to address this issue. Over the … Read more
