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The GQP ‘Voter Fraud’ Fraud Behind Jim Crow 2.0 Voter Suppression Bills
April 15, 2021
The conservative Confederate Heritage Foundation’s database of purported fraud cases includes only one example of criminal charges centered on fraud in the general election last year: a case in which a father signed his daughter’s ballot while she was at college. One friggin’ case – an epic failure of the GQP “voter fraud” fraud we have all … Read more
Watch Dr. Anthony Fauci Tell Off Scientifically Illiterate Jim Jordan
April 15, 2021
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You go Dr. Fauci. Minutes ago at a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (on April 15, 2021,) Dr. Anthony Fauci artfully defended his views on the necessity of wearing masks and social distancing to one of the most scientifically illiterate and vocal bombastic asinine poster boys for the fringe right- Ohio Representative Jim … Read more
Tucson Virtual Earth Day 2021
April 15, 2021
Earth Day is being celebrated on April 22 this year. The Tucson Children’s Museum is serving as a clearing house of information on what’s happening in our community: https://www.childrensmuseumtucson.org/earthday/virtual/?fbclid=IwAR1krRwbCTHhNhXgUUUMcm-Or4eIUVlAjJGmmOVPxCh2A7CfZ5wPoSojehw Watch an Earth Day video from Mrs. Green, environmental activist on that website. “Who would have believed we’d be sharing another Tucson Earth Day Festival online? … Read more
Reactionaries in the State Legislature Want to take us Back to the Dark Ages Again on Sex Education
April 14, 2021
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Here we go again. Fringe reactionaries in the Arizona State Legislature have in essence, as Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman stated, codified state-sanctioned bigotry and scientific-medical ignorance by formalizing, through the passage of the Nancy Barto sponsored SB1456, the option for parents to not enroll or withdraw their children from sex education classes that … Read more
House Committee Approves Statehood For Washington, D.C.
April 14, 2021
The House Oversight and Reform Committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would make Washington, D.C., a state, sending the measure to the House for a vote later this month. The Hill reports, House committee approves DC statehood bill: The House Oversight and Reform Committee passed H.R. 51, also known as the Washington, D.C., Admission Act, … Read more
President Biden Announces Total American Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan Beginning on May 1, 2021
April 14, 2021
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Today (April 14, 2021,) President Joe Biden, the fourth American Chief Executive presiding over Military Involvement in Afghanistan, announced that he would not pass on that responsibility to a fifth American leader and said he would start the withdrawal of the remaining United States troops from that nation on May 1, 2021. The President cited … Read more
Legislature/Governor Can’t Tell Tucson When To Hold Its Council Elections, Arizona Supreme Court Says
April 14, 2021
The Arizona Supreme Court today struck down the Legislature’s most recent attempt to tell Tucson – and, other charter cities – how and when to conduct their local elections. Tucson has set its next City Council elections for this “off-cycle” year of 2021, and now will not be forced to change it to coincide with … Read more
Are NATO-Russia On The Brink Of War In Ukraine?
April 14, 2021
While the cable news jockeys are busy fomenting violence in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, maybe they should start paying more attention to potential military violence overseas. There have been several reports recently that Vladimir Putin is looking to shore up his status by invading Ukraine to bring it back within the old Soviet empire, … Read more
