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Former Lawmakers Urge Court To Reject Trump’s Bogus Assertion Of Executive Privilege
October 29, 2021
Politico reports, Former lawmakers urge court to reject Trump effort to stymie Jan. 6 committee: Sixty-six former lawmakers, including two dozen Republicans, have signed on to a legal brief urging a federal judge to reject former President Donald Trump’s effort to block Jan. 6 investigators from accessing his White House’s records. The brief, which is … Read more
Climatologist Says Oil CEOs Lied About Their Plot to Block Climate Action
October 29, 2021
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Top executives of ExxonMobil and other oil giants lied to Congress yesterday, denying that they spread disinformation about climate change. Democrats immediately challenged the oil executives, accusing them of engaging in a 30-year, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the contribution of fossil fuels to global warming. “They are obviously lying like the tobacco executives … Read more
One Old Man Denies More Than 330 Million Americans Paid Family Leave
October 29, 2021
The movie trailers for action hero movies always intone “only one man can save humanity,” or whatever it is that needs saving in the movie. No pressure, Dude, but it’s all on you. Joe Manchin is no action hero. He is a villain. Joe Manchin is a greedy old white man who made his fortune … Read more
Kyrsten Sinema Trolls Her Constituents After Killing Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation
October 29, 2021
Above image: h/t Salon. Arizona’s prima donna Democratic diva, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, does not have time to answer questions from the press or meet with her constituents to explain her bizarre “Silent Sinema” behavior or why she is sabotaging the Biden agenda, and also appeasing GQP fascism with her unprincipled and incoherent support for the … Read more
The Fix is In: Newest Voting District Maps are Skewed to Favor Republicans
October 29, 2021
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The “Independent” Redistricting Commission adopted maps that will give Republicans an unfair edge in electing state legislators. The biased map would freeze the narrow Republican majority in the statehouse for ten years. The legislative map is designed to ensure the election of Republicans in Pima County. The congressional map allows Republicans to dominate in three … Read more
(UPDATED) It is Time to Pass Both the Infrastructure and Build Back Better Plans
October 28, 2021
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Is it wrong that the recent version of the Build Back Better Plan does not have: Any version of Paid Family and Medical Leave? Two Years of Free Community College? Expanded Medicare Coverage for Dental and Vision Care? A permanent extension of the Child Tax Credit for everyone? A more stringent plan to reduce carbon … Read more
AZGOP Governor Candidates Bring the Crazy in LD15 Forum
October 28, 2021
I normally would not give any Republican candidates straight airtime here on BlogForArizona, except, of course, to criticize them. But I watched in amazed fascination and shock the AZ Republican Party’s LD 15 Governors Candidate Forum, featuring Matt Salmon, Steve Gaynor, and Trump’s endorsed candidate Kari Lake. Holy shit did they bring the crazy. That … Read more
Kris Mayes, Candidate for AZ Attorney General, will Take the Fight to the Republicans
October 28, 2021
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Attorney General Candidate Kris Mayes promised to take the fight to the Republican Party in her campaign. “I was tough on the utilities,” she said about her work on the Arizona Corporation Commission. “Who’s tough enough to stand up to the insanity that’s going on at the Arizona legislature? Which one of us is … Read more
