Debbie Lesko becomes part of the Trump Impeachment Nightmare Team
January 22, 2020
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Individual One likes Debbie Lesko. Last month, he tweeted that she was a Great American because of her defense of his impeachable behavior during the Ukraine Affair. Now, the third President impeached in United States History has selected the Arizona Congressional District Eight Representative to be part of his Impeachment Nightmare (no way it is … Read more
Jay Lawrence opened his Mouth Again
January 22, 2020
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Jay Lawrence would have been more comfortable with the xenophobic nativist bigots that served in national, state, and local offices in the 1920s and ’30s. Those people, who publicly championed immigration-refugee restrictions and policies like the ones that prevented the Jewish passengers of the St. Louis (where 254 of them would later become victims of … Read more
Democrats challenge ‘ballot order bias’ in several states – Arizona case developments
January 22, 2020
Ahead of the 2020 election, the DNC and other party-affiliated groups are looking at a slew of election laws they believe could tip the scale in Republicans’ favor, filing lawsuits all over the country over matters like voting access for college students and ballot order. The DNC and other party-affiliated groups filed a lawsuit in … Read more
U.S. Supreme Court declines to expedite ‘Obamacare’ appeal, leaving protections hanging in the balance
January 21, 2020
Update to Huse Democrats and blue states ask Supreme Court for expedited appeal of ‘Obamacare’. Chief Justice John Roberts this morning, before walking over to the U.S. Senate to preside over the Senate impeachment trial, took part in handing Republicans the gift they wanted before this year’s election. Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reports, Court will … Read more
Rep. Bob Thorpe wants to suppress NAU college voters, again
January 21, 2020
Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, is making another unconstitutional bid at blocking students from voting where they go to school, something Howard Fischer somehow fails to mention in this report. Bill would block voting by Arizona students here only for school: The proposal by Rep. Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, would require residence for voting purposes be based … Read more
GOP Trots Out 6 Extreme Candidates at Secret CD2 Forum
January 21, 2020
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At a secret forum in a private club, the Pima County Republican Party held a forum for 6 GOP candidates for Congressional District 2 in Tucson, where Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick is the incumbent. The Blog for Arizona obtained a 2-hour audio recording of the closed event, so that the public can hear about the candidates’ … Read more
A proposal to reform the broken presidential primary system (Updated)
January 21, 2020
The state of New Hampshire, and later the state of Iowa, figured out that they could game the system by having “first in the nation” status for presidential primaries and caucuses, and make a ton of money off of all the media advertising and campaign spending in their states to sway just a few hundred … Read more
The McConnell Rules: a criminal cover-up by Republicans in the Senate (Updated)
January 21, 2020
At the eleventh hour, “The Enemy of The People,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued his rules for the Senate impeachment trial — the rules were not negotiated with Senate Democrats, but they were done in “total coordination” with the Defendant in the White House — which depart significantly from the “Clinton Rules” of impeachment … Read more
