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Guest Opinion: Ellie Sims “It’s Time for Our Senators to Realize the Legacy of John Lewis”
May 19, 2021
By Ellie Sims This past November’s election was, um, consuming for a lot of us, myself included. I recognized how high the stakes were for our democracy. But I’m 17, so I couldn’t cast a ballot. In next year’s election I’ll be able to vote for the first time and you can be sure I … Read more
New York Is Closing In On The Trump Crime Family
May 19, 2021
CNN reports, New York attorney general adds ‘criminal capacity’ to probe of Trump Organization: New York Attorney General Letitia James is joining the Manhattan district attorney’s office in a criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, James’ office said Tuesday. This tells me that the team of forensic auditors hired by Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance, Jr. … Read more
Democrats Cannot Negotiate With A Radicalized Anti-Democratic Insurrectionist GQP
May 19, 2021
By now I think I have made myself abundantly clear that I think Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is a naive fool who is putting the very survival of our American democracy at risk by appeasing a radicalized anti-democratic insurrectionist GQP with his version of Neville Chamberlain’s “peace in our time,” insisting that he can negotiate … Read more
(UPDATED) Are We in Kansas? Arizona Republicans Considering a Flat Tax That Could Take Funds Away from Schools, the Poor, and Police
May 19, 2021
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This movie has been shown before. Fiscally ignorant Republicans, worshiping the altar of trickle down-supply side Reaganomics enact massive tax cuts for the wealthy, claiming the resulting cuts will be made up for in revenues brought about by people spending more money that will produce more jobs and higher sales tax and working/middle-class tax receipts … Read more
‘Ax The Flat Tax’ From This GQP-Only Fantasy Budget
May 19, 2021
Don’t say I didn’t try to warn you. ‘Ax The Flat Tax’ Talk Before This Damn Fool Idea Is Sprung On Us At The Last Minute: For those of you who were not born yesterday, you know that the state budget negotiated between the governor and Republican legislative leaders, and their favored stakeholders like the … Read more
The DNC Invests Vital Funds in Helping the Arizona Democratic Party Prepare for 2022
May 18, 2021
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is diligently planning for the 2022 elections and has planned to invest $23 million across the country in “Democratic state parties and grassroots infrastructure.” Among its priorities is helping emerging purple-blue states like Arizona. In this investment, the DNC will fund: $15.5 million in a State Partnership Program to fund … Read more
Arizona Republicans Spread Another Big Lie that The Second Amendment is Under Attack
May 18, 2021
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Another big lie making a comeback in the Know-Nothing-Trump Zone-Fox Island-Disnfowar Universe is that the Biden/Harris Administration (like the Obama/Biden one before it) is going to gut the second amendment and take away law-abiding citizens’ guns. Fringe reactionaries along with blow with the fringe wind local and state leaders and a gun industry looking to … Read more
WaPo: Arizona is now ground zero in Republicans’ war on voting
May 18, 2021
The Washington Post editorializes today, Arizona is now ground zero in Republicans’ war on voting: Undeterred by the backlash to Georgia’s new anti-voting law, Arizona Republicans have made their state ground zero in the party’s spurious efforts to question the 2020 election results and restrict voting. First, they insisted on running a chaotic “audit” of … Read more
