WATCH: Gosar Speaks Between White Nationalists And Redefines “Climate Crisis” To Be About “Angry, Violent Communists” Favoring Aliens
February 27, 2021
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar not only did not “debate” the attendees at the White Nationalist gathering in Florida known as AFPAC on Friday, he whipped them into a froth before the final speaker of the evening. Gosar has received criticism for speaking to the America First Political Action Conference before going to the slightly more … Read more
House Passes $1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Bill – Time To End Dysfunctional Senate Obstruction
February 27, 2021
House Democrats passed their sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid Relief bill in a party-line vote early Saturday morning, advancing President Biden’s top legislative priority. The Hill reports, House Democrats pass sweeping $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill with minimum wage hike: Lawmakers passed the bill 219-212, with two Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Kurt Schrader (Ore.) … Read more
Putting the People First, the House Democrats Pass the American Rescue Plan
February 27, 2021
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In a 219 to 212 vote, House Democrats again did the work of governing and putting people first by passing the American Rescue Plan. This legislation, the latest in a string of bills over the last year to combat the medical and socioeconomic effects of the Coronavirus, will if passed by the Senate: Fund COVID … Read more
Day of Remembrance for WWII Japanese American internment held at UA on Feb. 19, 2021
February 27, 2021
Last week Friday Feb. 19 the University of Arizona Asian Pacific American Students Affairs & Global Experiential Learning hosted a panel discussion on E.O. 9066 signed by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which caused the massive relocation & internment of innocent Japanese Americans on US soil during WWII. Participating in this panel was UA … Read more
Judge Rules (Incorrectly) In Favor of GQP Senators Pursuing ‘Stop The Steal’ Conspiracy Theory
February 27, 2021
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Thomason was appointed to the bench by Governor Jan Brewer in 2014. On Friday, Judge Thomason ruled in favor of the Republican Sedition Party dead-enders in the Senate who want to conduct their own audit of the Maricopa County elections still hoping to prove Donald Trump’s “Stop The Steal” … Read more
Sign up for 21 Day Racial Equity & Social Justice Challenge with YWCA of Southern Arizona
February 26, 2021
“Please register and share the Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge. This challenge is happening throughout our national network with over 10, 000 participants in over 700 zip codes! Join today and let’s learn together! The challenge starts on Monday, March 1st and continues (Monday –Friday) through March 29th. Share with your friends and family … Read more
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
