Standing Up For Democracy at the School Board
January 13, 2020
We have seen over the past several years that many on the right believe that too much democracy is a bad thing. We see it in the voter suppression laws passed all over the country in the wake of the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, including attempts here in Arizona … Read more
Kathy Hoffman hopes to Continue Helping Children and Schools in 2020
January 13, 2020
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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman had a good first year in 2019. Through hers and others in the Governor’s office, the State Legislature, and Pro Education and Children Advocacy groups, Arizona education took forward strides in the last year. These include: Increased funding for schools. The reduction of self-contained ELL Instruction from four … Read more
Constitutional Crisis: Sham Senate impeachment trial to begin later this week
January 12, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate next week: “I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate,” Pelosi said … Read more
Sorry pundits, the stock market is not the economy or predictive of election results
January 12, 2020
There are far too many political pundits who still use the old canard that “if the economy is good, the incumbent is reelected” (ignoring all the historical exceptions to this supposed rule). And by economy, these lazy political pundits mean the stock market, which is not the economy. The Wall Street fluffers at CNBC and Fox … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of January 12, 2020
January 12, 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
WSJ: Link between impeachment trial and the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani
January 11, 2020
Laura Clawson at Daily Kos writes, Trump killed Soleimani to win support in impeachment trial, Wall Street Journal casually mentions: Way to bury the lede, Wall Street Journal! The newspaper did a deep dive into Donald Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, but you have to read 29 paragraphs in to get to … Read more
Health Care and ‘Head Taxes’: An Unhealthy Combination
January 11, 2020
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[Cross-posted from Inequality.org] Note to BfAZ Readers: Rumors of my death, while certainly understandable, indeed are untrue. It’s been a long, long time since my last post. We ran into some technical problems here at the site, which my colleagues worked hard to fix. While they were doing so, I sort of changed my work … Read more
