Andrew Yang Hosts Virtual Fundraiser Friday for Suzanne Hug for House LD 25
August 13, 2020
I will be going to meet (virtually, but still…) Andrew Yang and the LD25 Yang Gang in a fundraising event for AZ’s own Suzanne Hug for House this Friday at 5pm. Seldom does a nationally recognized figure like Yang reach down into a state legislative district to endorse and support a candidate. Come find out why … Read more
Donald Trump and his Postmaster General are sabotaging the USPS, a crime in progress
August 13, 2020
Above Graphic: h/t Buzzflash.com. Donald Trump just admitted that he is trying to prevent mail-in votes from being counted by sabotaging the United States Postal Service. Trump says Postal Service needs money for mail-in voting, but he’ll keep blocking funding: President Trump on Thursday repeated his unfounded claim that the U.S. Postal Service is incapable … Read more
Martha McSally wants to deny American citizens the right to representation in Congress
August 13, 2020
Arizona’s appointed, not elected, Senator Martha McSally let her racist freak flag fly this week by arguing for denying American citizens the right to representation in Congress if it means that Republicans would not be able to control the anti-democratic Senate. Despite what Donald Trump thinks, the Hispanic citizens of the U.S. territory of Puerto … Read more
Biden and Harris hit a Home Run in their first Joint Appearance Together
August 12, 2020
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Saying “We believe we can define America in one word: Possibilities,” 2020 Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden introduced his running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris. Proclaiming that this “a battle for the soul of the nation,” former Vice President Biden said that Senator Harris “knows what is at stake and what do we stand for … Read more
Republicans have been using the tired worn out trope ‘socialist’ since FDR
August 12, 2020
I pointed out the other day that Republicans have absolutely no idea what different political ideologies are, so they randomly assign “bad” words they know they’ve heard somewhere as an invective to describe anyone who does not share their authoritarian views. It is a multiple choice test (choose one): socialist/ communist/ fascist/ Marxist/ Leninist/ Stalinist/ … Read more
Arizona Reaction to the Biden/Harris Democratic Ticket
August 12, 2020
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The Biden/Harris Campaign released a newsletter showing the warm reception Arizona Democratic Leaders have given the 2020 Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential Nominees. It read: WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Arizona Leaders Applaud Joe Biden’s Selection of Kamala Harris as Running Mate Today, Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate. Leaders from across Arizona … Read more
A public defender defends a prosecutor’s record of reforms
August 12, 2020
Above: Senator Kamala Harris (left), and Niki Solis (right), a deputy public defender i San Francisco. Getty Images. There are those individuals in the racial justice movement and Black Lives Matter who automatically treat any candidate who has been a prosecutor in their career with suspicion, because they have prosecuted minorities and sent them to … Read more
Trump must comply with discovery in E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit
August 12, 2020
E. Jean Carroll, the former advice columnist for Elle magazine from 1993 through 2019 (“Ask E. Jean” column), is back in the news this past week. On June 21, 2019, eleven days before the announced publishing of her new book What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal, Carroll wrote in New York magazine … Read more
