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If We Want Better, We Must Do Better
June 29, 2021
Hello. Let me reintroduce myself. Linda Lyon. Retired Air Force Colonel, school board member, very happily married to my best friend, who is also a woman. Previously married to a great guy. Enthusiastic fly fisher, own a gun, love to camp. A patriot who believes in our Constitution and progressive policies but also that our … Read more
Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wants A January 6 Select Committee, Republicans Want To Sabotage It
June 29, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed a House Select Committee to investigate the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection on January 6 (and hopefully the the Republican members of Congress who aided and abetted it). Pelosi introduces legislation that would establish select committee to probe Jan. 6 Capitol attack: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday introduced legislation … Read more
Congressional Republicans All Voted to ‘Defund the Police’, And Now Want To ‘Defund The Military’
June 29, 2021
Here you go, Troll Boy (Rep. John Kavanagh). “It is a well known fact that reality has a liberal bias.” ― Stephen Colbert. On Sunday, “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace sparred with Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) over Banks’s vote against an emergency relief bill that would have allocated funds to police and first responders. … Read more
The Republican War on History and Civics Education Has to Stop
June 29, 2021
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The disinformation phenomenon with members of the former Party of Lincoln that has exploded over the last four years did not start with Donald’s windmills cause cancer and let’s have patriotic education, Trump. He, using the bully pulpit of the highest office of the land, just amplified the alternative facts the fringe right has been … Read more
Justice Clarence Thomas Sides with Cannabis Operators Against IRS
June 29, 2021
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The Supreme Court declined to hear a Colorado medical cannabis dispensary’s challenge to Internal Revenue Code 280 E that awards no tax exemptions to businesses “trafficking in illegal substances.” Due to the conflicting federal policies on cannabis, a ban on interstate use or cultivation may “no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: Brnovich (Voting Rights Act) Will Be Announced On Thursday
June 29, 2021
First, some housekeeping: On Wednesday, the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States will hold an all-day, virtual hearing. Public Meetings: The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States will hold its next meeting on June 30, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST (agenda). This meeting will be … Read more
Dance on July 4th at IndepenDANCE Party
June 29, 2021
“Haversack Productions presents the July 4 IndepenDANCE Party at the MSA Annex! Come celebrate the holiday with an all-ages event just under A Mountain in Tucson’s west side. Enjoy the high energy cumbia of Tucson’s Los Esplifs, plus DJ Herm and the Flam Chen Fire Dancers. There will be food trucks and a bar in … Read more
Supreme Court Snubs Thousands of Plaintiffs Falsely Tagged as Terrorists
June 29, 2021
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Consumers suffered a major blow on June 25 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in TransUnion v. Ramirez against thousands of plaintiffs who were falsely labeled potential terrorists by the credit union. The 5-4 majority opinion, written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, stated that only those plaintiffs who have already been harmed by TransUnion’s defamatory practices … Read more
