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House Passes The Equality Act Over Republican Bigotry
February 26, 2021
David Gordon briefly touched on this in an earlier post, but on Thursday the House Passed Sweeping Gay and Transgender Equality Legislation: [The House voted 224-206 on Thursday to pass the Equality Act], a bill that would extend civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, but the … Read more
Republicans Have Opposed Every Democratic President’s Economic Stimulus Bill For Almost 30 Years
February 26, 2021
The U.S. had a recession in 1990-91 during George H.W. Bush’s one term as president. Although the recession was relatively mild and short-lived, it was characterized by a jobless recovery. Unemployment continued to rise in 1992, an election year, and was a contributing factor to Governor Bill Clinton defeating George H.W. Bush that year for … Read more
Quisling Putrid Scum Republicans in Arizona and Washington DC Show Their True Colors Again This Week
February 26, 2021
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For the people of Arizona and the United States, this has been another week where the Quisling Putrid Scum members of the Republican Party in both the Grand Canyon State and Washington D.C. showed their true colors. Not that they really have been hiding them. Here are some of the latest examples of vile behavior … Read more
Will the Supreme Court Resurrect Jim Crow Election Laws?
February 26, 2021
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The Supreme Court will hear two cases on Tuesday, March 2, involving whether Arizona’s ballot-harvesting law and out-of-precinct policy discriminate against Hispanics, Native Americans, and African Americans. The Court will use Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965 by Lyndon Johnson, to ascertain whether ballot harvesting and “out of precinct” policies discriminated … Read more
Action Alert: HR 1 For The People Act Is Up For A Vote Next Week
February 26, 2021
Roll Call reports, “With House Democrats poised to pass their 791-page campaign finance, elections and ethics overhaul as soon as next week, outside groups that support the measure are turning to the Senate.” House set to move on elections overhaul as outside advocates focus on Senate: Left-leaning organizations such as Indivisible, Public Citizen, Democracy 21 … Read more
Senate Parliamentarian Rules Minimum Wage Provision Currently Written as it is Can Not be Included in the American Rescue Plan
February 25, 2021
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In a not surprising development, the Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that the proposed federal minimum wage increase to $15.00 an hour could not be included in the American Rescue Plan-COVID 19 relief bill as written. Reaction among Democrats has been quick. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki issued a statement for the Biden/Harris Administration … Read more
Mayors Gallego and Romero Want Phoenix and Tucson to be Involved in Vaccine Distribution
February 25, 2021
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Both Phoenix and Tucson Mayors Kate Gallego and Regina Romero feel that local cities and towns like theirs should be involved in distributing Coronavirus vaccines to their residents. While visiting Matthew Henson Village, a senior living facility, Mayor Gallego said that state-sponsored vaccination sites like the one at the Cardinals facility in Glendale are not … Read more
It Is Impossible To Work With Seditious Insurrectionists – Spare Me The ‘Bipartisanship’ Nonsense
February 25, 2021
As Jennifer Rubin says: [Republicans’] attitude toward nominations is symptomatic of their entire approach to politics: It is about theater, about feeding right-wing media (which loves nothing better than to paint progressives as extreme radicals) and never about governance, let alone bipartisanship. If you have been watching any congressional hearings this week, this has become … Read more
