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Political Calendar: Week of June 27, 2021
June 27, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: A Quiet Friday, Wait Until Monday. The Biden DOJ Finally Acts On Voting Rights
June 25, 2021
The Court decided three cases today not on our watch list, leaving 5 cases, including Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, until next week. Many Court observers believe that the Roberts Court will use this case to gut the remaining section 2 enforcement provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On Friday, the Biden Department of … Read more
Arizona Republicans to Children that Need to Enroll in KidsCare: “P–S Off”
June 25, 2021
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The State Budget process in Arizona has shown several fundamental truths for the former Party of Lincoln. They are: The Big Lie on the 2020 Election is alive and well as evidenced by their enactments of several provisions like putting watermarks on ballots, going after social media sites that tell the truth about Republican officeholders … Read more
A Bipartisan Deal on Infrastructure and a Path Forward for the Rest of the Biden/Harris Economic Plan
June 24, 2021
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Today was potentially a great day for the American People. The Biden/Harris Administration has come to an agreement with a bipartisan group of Senators (including Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema) on the framework for a $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan. The other nine Senators that joined President Biden and Senator Sinema outside the White House were Senators Susan … Read more
Georgia Judge Denies GQP Sham ‘Fraudit’, As OANN Calls For Mass Execution of Americans
June 24, 2021
The alternate reality world of Trumpistan, where “Dear Leader” in exile in Mar-a-Lago is still president in their delusional minds, is having a really bad week. State Senate Republicans who investigated Michigan’s 2020 presidential election for months concluded there was no widespread or systemic fraud and urged the state attorney general to consider probing people … Read more
Gun Safety Activists Punk Ex-NRA President And Gun Rights Guru
June 24, 2021
This may be the best episode of Punk’d I have ever seen (even better, no Ashton Kutcher). Kudos to Change The Ref. The Rachel Maddow Show covered this story on Wednesday night, but only has posted the interview with Manuel Oliver, co-founder of Change the Ref and father of Joaquin Oliver, who was killed in a … Read more
President Biden Announces Zero Tolerance Policy For ‘Bad Apple’ Gun Dealers Who Fail To Do Background Checks
June 24, 2021
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 saw more gun deaths in the US than any year in over two decades, showing even a pandemic couldn’t stop the violence. The Washington Post reports 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades. So far, 2021 is worse. Gun violence is the uniquely American epidemic within the global … Read more
New York Bar Discipline: Rudy Giuliani Suspended From The Practice of Law
June 24, 2021
About goddamn time! Now every other GQP lawyer who participated in over 60 lawsuits in multiple states as part of the bogus “stop the steal” Big Lie need to be suspended and disbarred. This includes several Arizona attorneys that the state Bar of Arizona gave a pass. The New York Times reports, Court Suspends Giuliani’s … Read more
