Worst level of joblessness the nation has seen since the Great Depression
April 9, 2020
The Washington Post reports 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing the pandemic total to over 17 million: The surge of job losses continued last week with 6.6 million Americans applying for unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said Thursday. More than 17 million new jobless claims have been filed in the past four … Read more
Updated SWAG List of State Primary Candidates for 2020
April 9, 2020
It is time to update the “silly wild ass guess” (SWAG) list of candidates running for office in November. Below is a list of candidates who made the cut at the filing deadline to run for either the State Legislature or a seat on the Corporation Commission. The filing deadline for declared party candidacies was April … Read more
Updated SWAG List of Federal Primary Candidates for 2020
April 9, 2020
It is time to update the “silly wild ass guess” (SWAG) list of candidates running for office in November. Below is a list of candidates who made the cut at the filing deadline to run for either the U.S. Senate or a seat in Congress. The filing deadline for declared party candidacies was April 6, 2020. … Read more
If Donald Trump can mail in his ballot, so should the People in Arizona and across the Country he Serves.
April 8, 2020
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Donald Trump thinks mailing in ballots for voters is bad unless you are (wait for it) Donald Trump. Last week, the Stable Genius said at a Coronavirus briefing that massive cheating and fraud results when people are allowed to mail-in ballots. When a White House Journalist in the Press Pool followed up on Tuesday (April … Read more
(Updated) An Idea for Students to Make Up for Lost Learning Time: Extend the 2020-21 School Year and Day
April 8, 2020
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Governor Doug Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman rightly closed all Arizona schools for the remainder of the 2019/2020 school year because of the Coronavirus. A legitimate worry has surfaced with how students (especially English as a Second Language and Special Education Children) will make up for the lost learning time for the … Read more
Bernie Sanders is the Twenty First Century Eugene Debs
April 8, 2020
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Students of American Political History know the name of Eugene Debs. He was the Bernie Sanders of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Senator Sanders is a fan of his. A charismatic orator, union activist and socialist (of the Democratic Socialist vintage-like Sanders,) he ran for President five times. He amassed close to one … Read more
This is what GOP coronavirus voter suppression looks like – coming this fall
April 8, 2020
If Republicans were willing to go to this length to save a single state supreme court seat in Wisconsin, to what depths of depravity will they resort to save a U.S. Senate seat or Donald Trump this November? You are forewarned. Be prepared. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, An election day unlike any other: Wisconsinites … Read more
Yuma Judge Orders Disclosure of Those Testing Positive for COVID-19
April 8, 2020
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On March 31 at 5:55 p.m. the city attorney of Yuma filed a motion on behalf of the City Fire Chief and the City Police Chief in the Superior Court in Yuma seeking an emergency order, a declaratory judgment, and an injunction to force the Director of the County Department of Public Health to … Read more
