(UPDATED) Arizona Mayors ask Governor Ducey for Guidance and Assistance during the Coronavirus
March 24, 2020
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Earlier today Mayors Gerry Anaya of Somerton, Coral Evans of Flagstaff, Thomas McCauley of Winslow, Regina Romero of Tucson, and Ana Tovar of Tolleson sent a letter (see the link to the letter at the end of the article) to Governor Doug Ducey asking for: Additional guidance on what is considered nonessential services in the … Read more
Hillary Clinton would have Handled the Coronavirus Differently
March 24, 2020
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Imagine an alternate reality where there was no Electoral College and Hillary Clinton won the Presidential Election in 2016. Fast forward to 2020 and the first stirrings of a new virus in China are making their way to the Pandemic Team on Clinton’s National Security Council. What would a Hillary Clinton Presidency have done? Probably … Read more
Republican ‘death panels’ – let millions of Americans die to fix the economy
March 24, 2020
Today’s headlines tell a disturbing story of gross incompetence and indifference to human life. Reuters reports, U.S. has potential of becoming coronavirus epicenter, says WHO: The United States has the potential to become the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic due to a “very large acceleration” in infections there, the World Health Organization said on … Read more
Yassamin Ansari wants to be a Voice for the People and Future of District Seven in Phoenix
March 24, 2020
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Yassamin Ansari epitomizes the American Dream. A first-generation American and Arizonan who is the child of Iranian Immigrants, Ms. Ansari has been devoted to serving others since she tutored Somali refugee children as an elementary and middle school student. A graduate of Stanford and the University of Cambridge with degrees in International Relations, … Read more
GOP: ‘What’s a couple of million dead Americans, when we are talking about making money?’
March 23, 2020
Above: “Bring out your dead” plague scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). Covid-19, the novel coronavirus is a new virus. There is no human immunity to it. There is no demonstrably successful treatment for it. There are no antibiotics or a vaccine for it. Some people will suffer only “mild” symptoms (a … Read more
State Legislature Suspends Legislative Session after Passing Skinny Budget with $50 million more to help People during the Coronavirus Crisis
March 23, 2020
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Republicans and Democrats, after a weekend of suspense and last-minute deal-making by Speaker Russell Bowers and Democratic Leader Charlene Fernandez, banded together and on a 59 to 1 vote passed the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2021 budget with an additional $50 million for people needing assistance to get through the Coronavirus Crisis. According … Read more
McConnell’s political gamesmanship fails; Pelosi offers a counter House stimulus plan
March 23, 2020
I’ll begin where I ended this morning: “”Moscow Mitch” McConnell’s singular focus on partisan Republican politics is the last thing this country, or the world, needs right now. We need to get this right.” Yet this is exactly what is happening. Republicans are not serious about an economic stimulus package. The sham stimulus package they … Read more
Republican “Stimulus” is Corporate Welfare
March 23, 2020
Before we buy into the BS narrative that the Democrats are playing party politics by stalling the Republican Senate “stimulus package,” I think we need to all be aware of what Republicans are trying to pull. The current Republican Senate Bill is asking for ginormous checks for large corporations without required stipulations that protect employees … Read more
