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Attorney Bob McWhirter to Join Crowded Field for AZ Attorney General
May 28, 2021
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Attorney and Constitutional scholar Bob McWhirter is days away from announcing a run for Arizona Attorney General in 2022. A Democrat and Trump critic, he has spoken twice at Democrats of Greater Tucson. See Robert McWhirter: the Constitution and Donald Trump and Donald Trump vs. the Constitution. Democrat January Contreras, who ran for Attorney General … Read more
Charleston Gazzette-Mail Gives Joe Manchin Permission To Break The Senate Filibuster Rule
May 28, 2021
The Senate pushed action into Friday on a bill to create an independent commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters. Senate hits snag on vote for Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission: Republicans still plan to block the measure using the filibuster, but snags on another, unrelated bill … Read more
Western Mega Drought Threatens Arizona Water Supplies
May 27, 2021
Back in April, scientists sounded the alarm bell: The American West May Be Entering a ‘Megadrought’ Worse Than Any in Historical Record: Drought has scorched western North America for the better part of two decades, withering crops, draining rivers and fueling fires. Scientists now warn that this trend could be just the beginning of an … Read more
#AZHouse Adjourns with No Budget. Et Tu, #AZSenate? (video)
May 27, 2021
UPDATE: On the afternoon of May 27, 2021, the Arizona Senate adjourned until June 10 because the Republicans don’t have the votes to pass their budget, which was created behind closed doors by a handful of their members. ORIGINAL POST from earlier that day: As I reported yesterday on Facebook, some Arizona Republicans are feeling … Read more
First GQP Filibuster Test Today: What Will Sens. Manchin and Sinema Do When They Learn There Are Not 10 Republican ‘Patriotic Senators’?
May 27, 2021
On Thursday, Senate Republicans are expected to filibuster the bill creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the MAGA/QAnon seditious insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, which left five dead and about 140 police officers injured, CNN reports. Dana Milbank writes today, McConnell focuses ‘100 percent’ on blocking Biden — and zero percent on America: … Read more
CNN Tackles #AZ Senate Prez Fann in Parking Lot for #Fraudit Interview (video)
May 27, 2021
Senate President Karen Fann and newly minted lawyer Senator Warren Petersen are the primary sponsors of the Arizona Senate’s bogus audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 ballots. Dubbed the “fraudit” on social media, the Senate’s “audit” of an election that has already been audited and certified is a dangerous joke that attempts to perpetuate the lie … Read more
Sick: Most Republican Senators Turn Away the Mother of the Capitol Police Officer who Died after Defending the Capitol on January 6, 2021
May 27, 2021
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Previous articles have depicted the modern vintage of the Republican Party as reactionary, power-hungry, obstructionist, traitors, racist, white nationalist, know-nothings, and Quislings. “Leaders” like Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy have been labeled pitiful, coward, the Enemy of the People, the Political Prince of Darkness, and the Obstructionist in Chief. Readers can add sick to the … Read more
(UPDATED) The Republican State Budget Proposal and its Flat Tax Appears to Have Hit a Brick Wall… For Now
May 27, 2021
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Plans to pass the current version of the Republican State Budget Proposal and the controversial flat tax provisions in it appear to have hit a brick wall…for now. The Arizona House of Representatives, with Republican leadership, has adjourned until June 10, 2021. This two-week adjournment is to accommodate members traveling schedules with the holiday weekend … Read more
