AZ Corporation Commission adopts moratorium on electric utility disconnections
June 22, 2019
Earlier this month, the Phoenix New Times reported that 72-year-old Stephanie Pullman of Sun City West had her electricity cut off last September by APS when temperatures were in the triple digits. The exposure to heat resulted in her death. The medical examiner wrote that her death occurred by “environmental heat exposure in setting of significant cardiovascular disease.” On … Read more
President Trump calls off ICE raids for migrant families on Sunday
June 22, 2019
My Spidey senses were tingling when I read this reporting on Friday. It simply could not be true, because ICE does not announce when it is conducting raids. ICE would lose the element of surprise, and the immigrants they are searching for would have time to go underground. Both the New York Times and the … Read more
Arizona Ranks 46th in Child Well Being and Arizonans should be sick about that.
June 22, 2019
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The Anne E. Casey Foundation released its annual Child Well Being Findings and ranked the states according to how well children were cared for according to: Economic Well Being Education Health Family and Community Sadly, Arizona ranks 46th out of the 50 states in safeguarding children’s safety and interests. The Grand Canyon State only fared … Read more
McSally Far Behind Kelly in Social Media Race
June 21, 2019
McSally has another cause for concern from her challenger Mark Kelly. His social media presence is immense in comparison to her own: see, for instance, his Twitter. Kelly has nearly as many Facebook followers as McSally’s entire social media footprint. Just Kelly’s Insta Shuttledrkelly equals McSally’s entire footprint. And none of this factors in Mark’s twin … Read more
I have to agree with Samantha Bee on this one (Updated)
June 21, 2019
The first two Democratic presidential primary debates in June and July have a ridiculously low threshold to qualify to participate: A candidate will need to either have at least 1 percent support in three qualifying polls or provide evidence of at least 65,000 individual donations from a minimum of 200 different donors in at least 20 … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: the conservative justices continue to attack the doctrine of stare decicis (updated)
June 21, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court issued four decisions today. That leaves a dozen cases to be decided next week, beginning on Monday. There will be additional decision days next week. The first opinion is a 7-2 decision in Flowers v. Mississippi, by Justice Kavanaugh joined by Justices Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor and Kagan. Justice Alito … Read more
NEW: Appeal Filed On Non-Decision To Force Earlier Special Election For Arizona’s McCain/Kyl/McSally Senate Seat
June 21, 2019
An appeal was filed last night in the constitutional challenge to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s ability to control the late Senator John McCain’s seat until November 2020. There has not been a decision by Judge Diane Humetewa, but plaintiffs call it an “effective denial” of their challenge. Oral arguments were held on April 12, and … Read more
