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Activists Arrested For A Peaceful Protest At Senator Sinema’s Phoenix Office
June 22, 2021
Karoli Kuns at CrooksAndLiars blog reports, Activists Arrested Protesting Filibuster In Arizona: Arizona activists have gathered at Kyrsten Sinema’s office to send her a very strong message: Ditch the filibuster and ditch it now. Because they are outside in the Arizona desert sun marching at the building her office occupies, exercising their First Amendment rights, … Read more
Arizona House Democrats Block Governor Ducey’s Bogus Budget By Preventing A Quorum
June 22, 2021
Wow, The Hill is out in front of our local media here in Arizona. Arizona Democrats have learned this tactic well from their Texas Democratic counterparts. What’s next? Will they have to resort to this: The last time Texas Democrats broke quorum in the House, they fled to Oklahoma. Pro Tip: Flee to Nogales, Mexico. … Read more
State Budget Centers on Vaccine Denialism, Voter Suppression, and Police Control of Civilian Review Boards
June 22, 2021
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In their zeal to get a Republican-only budget through the state legislature (did any of these members of the former Party of Lincoln reach out to any Democrat on the budget,) Governor, Doug Ducey and Arizona Republican state legislative leaders have made several Faustian bargains with their members in order to secure their votes for … Read more
#AZ Republicans Propose Irresponsible Flat Tax Budget for 3rd Time (video)
June 22, 2021
The Republican budget — with the financially irresponsible Flat Tax, several other tax giveaways and miscellaneous failed bills stuffed into it to buy votes — is on the agenda today, June 22, 2021. Here we go again. This will be the third time that the House has debated versions of the largest tax overhaul in … Read more
PSA: Child Tax Credit Payments To Begin July 15 (Updated)
June 22, 2021
Did you know that Monday, June 21 was designated Child Tax Credit Awareness Day by the White House? Not if you rely on our local news media here in Arizona. Apparently they don’t care if you get the money to which you are entitled if you are raising children. So here is a public service … Read more
Pima County Dem Party headquarters reopening on July 2
June 22, 2021
Has it been over a year? The Pima County Democratic Party headquarters closed sometime last Spring 2020, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Director Cat Ripley resigned in the summer to run for PCC Governing Board District 1 (which she won), then Josh Polacheck took over as Interim. Now there is … Read more
This Man Is An Idiot
June 22, 2021
Our long time blog troll, Rep. John Kavanagh, is an idiot. But you all already knew that.
Cynical Sinema Trying To Have It Both Ways on The For The People Act – There Is A ‘Deadline For Democracy’ (Updated)
June 22, 2021
President Joe Biden ramped up his push to move his legislative agenda forward in private meetings Monday with two key Democratic lawmakers — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin — in separate meetings on Monday, according to a White House official. Biden meets with key Democratic senators as he pushes for … Read more
