Know Your Rights During a Pandemic
April 4, 2020
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The National Lawyers Guild put out an updated and constantly changing Know Your Rights brochure on March 27 in response to the pandemic. The Rule of Law, already on precarious ground in the U.S., is often the first to go in a crisis. As Hungary’s authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has shown, fascism never … Read more
Mitch McConnell’s criminal public corruption of the courts
April 4, 2020
Above: Kentucky District Judge Justin Walker, far right, fist bumps U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as Senator Mitch McConnell, in the middle, looks on at Walker’s swearing-in ceremony. There are those who would turn a blind eye to public corruption, excusing it as “elections have consequences,” and this is the “spoils of victory,” and “everybody … Read more
Democracy faces its Greatest Test here and around the World During the Coronavirus
April 4, 2020
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History has shown that leaders, both enlightened and despotic, have used crises and emergencies to advance their agendas. The Great Depression in the 1930s gave rise to both the New Deal philosophy of Franklin Roosevelt and the Nazism of Adolph Hitler. The Great Recession in 2008 gave rise to Barack Obama and the fringe Tea … Read more
Support Downtown Tucson businesses – updated
April 4, 2020
UPDATE: 2nd round of 1000 gift cards go on sale April 10 at 6 am. Get them via website, www.downtowntucson.org. Help Tucson’s downtown. 1st set of 1000 gift cards sold out within 24 hours last week, raising $35,000. UPDATE 3/16/20: 3rd round of gift cards starts tomorrow at 6 a.m. 2nd round sold out within … Read more
McSally Voted AGAINST Including Enhanced Unemployment Benefits in CARES Act
April 3, 2020
“Arizona, relief is finally on the way!” McSally said.“This package sends cash directly to Arizonans to support their basic needs while they stay at home to prevent the spread of coronavirus. This bill also expands unemployment benefits for those laid off due to this unprecedented pandemic.” But you shouldn’t thank Appointed Senator McSally for those expanded benefits. … Read more
Leaders Across the Country are Failing Mother Nature’s IQ Test
April 3, 2020
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When asked why she did not cancel the Mardi Gras this year, the New Orleans Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, said the Federal Government did not advise her to cancel the event. Is she kidding? She could see the Coronavirus sprouting up across the country in Washington State and California. She should have known by then how … Read more
#AZLeg, Inquiring Minds What to Know: Are We Done Yet? (video)
April 3, 2020
Many of you have recently asked me what the Legislature is up to. After all, we haven’t been at the capital since March 23. Today’s video is meant to answer the question: Are you done or what? OK. We’re not done for the year. On March 23, the Legislature passed a “skinny budget” with the … Read more
Republicans do not want you to be able to vote safely and securely by mail
April 3, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said Monday he predicts there will be another coronavirus outbreak in the fall, “In fact, I would anticipate that that would actually happen because of the degree of transmissibility.” Fauci predicts another coronavirus outbreak in fall with ‘very different’ outcome. A study published … Read more
