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Vice President Harris designated to Oversee Border Crisis; Governor Ducey is not Happy About It; Too Bad Too Sad
March 24, 2021
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President Joe Biden designated Vice President Kamala Harris to oversee the border crisis of migrants looking to cross into the United States from Mexico and Central America. Making the announcement at a White House Event, President Biden cited Vice President Harris’s experience as California Attorney General as a factor in her designation to this important … Read more
Arizona House Democrats Celebrate Passage of the American Rescue Act
March 24, 2021
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Racquel Teran, the chairperson of the Arizona Democratic Party hosted an event with all of the Grand Canyon State’s Congressional House Democrats to celebrate the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Chairperson Teran (also a State Representative from Legislative District 30) started the event by asking attendees for a moment of silence to … Read more
60 Minutes May Have Compromised Prosecutions With Interview Of US Attorney Michael Sherwin
March 24, 2021
60 Minutes on Sunday featured a segment in which “Scott Pelley interviewed Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who was leading the criminal investigation, the largest in U.S. history, into the assault on the Capitol” on January 6. Both Michael Sherwin, a Trump appointee, and CBS’ Scott Pelley should have known better. They may very well … Read more
Good Government and Really Bad Judgment in the Arizona State Senate Education Committee on Tuesday
March 24, 2021
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There was some good news and really bad news in the Arizona State Senate Education Committee yesterday (March 23, 2021.) Aid to Students attending Community College. In a unanimous decision in the Senate Education Committee, Democratic and Republican State Senators approved HB2638 which earmarks $10 million in scholarships for students wishing to attend community college. … Read more
The Media Should Not Fall For Joe Manchin’s Schtick, Again
March 24, 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is the conservative uncle you have to tolerate at Thanksgiving dinner because he is family. In 2004, when Joe Manchin was running for governor of West Virginia, he received an “A+” rating from the NRA and received the group’s endorsement when running for governor. He won the 2004 gubernatorial election by … Read more
How Bad is the Know Nothing Dumb and Dumber Former Party of Lincoln? George W. Bush is regarded as an Elder Statesmen now
March 23, 2021
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I remember having dinner with my wife and her brother and sisters at Applebees after Donald Trump won the Electoral College in 2016. I remember commenting that watch out, we’ll wind up missing George W. Bush after four years of Donald Trump. I remember my brother-in-law and younger sister-in-law laughing thinking I was joking. Unfortunately, … Read more
Declare The Senate Filibuster Unconstitutional To Force Senate Reform
March 23, 2021
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, and Burt Neuborne, the Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties at the New York University School of Law, make a fascinating argument for declaring the anti-democratic Senate filibuster rule unconstitutional in the LA Times. The filibuster is unconstitutional. Here’s how Vice President Harris can take it … Read more
The Coming Voter Suppression Horror Show, Like It or Not
March 23, 2021
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Halloween is over, but you wouldn’t know it from the gore that’s coming out of the Arizona Legislature. Each one of these modern-day “Jim Crow” bills is their own horror movie scene. Such ridiculous and obvious voter suppression moves belong only in comic books, NOT in our legislature. The AZGOP will stop at nothing to … Read more
