Political Calendar: Week of January 19, 2020
January 19, 2020
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Trump defense team: of, by and for Fox News propaganda (Updated)
January 18, 2020
The Trump administration and its state propaganda media arm, Fox News aka Trump TV, are so interconnected with one another in the conservative ecosystem as to be indistinguishable. They are effectively one and the same. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that President Trump has built his impeachment defense team from celebrity-lawyers … Read more
Governor Ducey’s budget for education still below 1998 funding levels – a lost generation
January 18, 2020
Update to Arizona’s GOP leaders have no serious plans to make up for the ‘lost decade’ of budget cuts. Governor Doug Ducey released his proposed budget on Friday. He is proposing a $12.3 billion spending plan that includes $608 million in new K-12 funding, funding that still won’t restore state aid to education to where it was … Read more
Martha McSally can not Handle the Truth
January 17, 2020
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For a veteran combat pilot who has been decorated for heroism on the battlefield, Martha McSally is not a tough one to crack. Earlier today, as already reported by AZ Blue Meanie and virtually every other political outlet, Senator McSally, currently behind Captain Mark Kelly in recent polls, became the symbol of the difficulties all … Read more
Sen. Martha McSally lashes out at CNN reporter – feeling the pressure on impeachment? (Updated)
January 16, 2020
Arizona’s appointed, not elected Senator Martha McSally called a CNN reporter a “liberal hack” and refused to answer his questions on Thursday in the halls of Congress. Feeling the pressure on impeachment? GOP Sen Martha McSally Calls CNN Reporter ‘Liberal Hack,’ Shuts Down Impeachment Trial Question: Right-wing hack Martha McSally went on Twitter later in the day … Read more
All The President’s Men: Lev Parnas corroborates Ambassador Gordon Sondland – ‘Everyone was in the loop’
January 16, 2020
On January 3, U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan authorized Lev Parnas, the associate of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, to turn over documents and the contents of his iPhone to a House panel as part of the impeachment process against President Donald Trump. The Justice Department did not object to Parnas handing them over. Giuliani associate can … Read more
GAO: Trump administration violated federal law by withholding security assistance to Ukraine
January 16, 2020
Well, this settles the matter. No senator can in good conscience now vote to acquit Donald Trump on Article I of the Articles of Impeachment. To do so is to egregiously ignore the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) purely out of GOP tribalism by lawless Republicans. Is … Read more
