‘Trump Taxes’ would be paid by American consumers on Mexican goods
May 31, 2019
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, said on Friday that “tariffs are taxes” … “They’re taxes on American consumers and producers who use imported products. We need to get those tariffs down as quickly as we can.” Grover Norquist urges Trump to get rid of trade tariffs, calling them taxes on … Read more
TUESDAY: Martha McSally’s Telephone Town Hall – Special Guest Lindsey Graham Re: Immigration, Other Topics (Details)
May 31, 2019
Arizona Senator Martha McSally is hosting a telephone townhall this coming Tuesday with special guest Sen. Lindsey Graham. The main topic will be Graham’s new bill regarding immigration laws; however, the news release indicates that she will “address other issues facing the U.S. Senate”. McSally states that she is the “first co-sponsor” of the measure. … Read more
Prominent GOP attorneys make the case for Trump’s impeachment
May 31, 2019
Hundreds of former federal prosecutors have opined in a letter that Mueller laid out sufficient evidence in his report to make an obstruction case. [It now totals 1,005 former prosecutors, and increases every day.] Republicans for the Rule of Law and Protect Democracy have released a new video of prominent Republican attorneys this week arguing that President … Read more
Kelly Townsend, desperately seeking attention
May 31, 2019
Earlier this year, Governor Doug Ducey put the kibosh on some anti-vaxxer bills moving through the Arizona legislature. You may recall that this provoked the very special kind of crazy that is regressive Republican Rep. Kelly Townsend (R-Mesa). Governor Doug Ducey is a communist! State Rep. Kelly Townsend says mandatory vaccinations are ‘Communist’: Signing her post, … Read more
Are Arizona legislators blocking you on Twitter? Let Blog for Arizona know
May 31, 2019
You may recall that in May 2018, A federal judge in New York ruled that President Trump may not block users from following his Twitter account because the social media platform is a “public forum” protected by the First Amendment. Donald Trump cannot block critical Twitter users, court rules: “Blocking of the individual plaintiffs as a result … Read more
Senate Candidate Mark Kelly Distinguishes Himself from McSally
May 31, 2019
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Democratic US Senate candidate Mark Kelly separated himself from incumbent Republican Martha McSally, by saying he supports access to healthcare, refuses to take corporate money, wants to end the nation’s reliance on fossil fuel, supports background checks for gun purchases, and supports the Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling. Kelly spoke to more than 100 … Read more
Senator McSally Claims 90% of Asylum Claims Are Not Legitimate
May 30, 2019
KGUN 9 did a nice job with a special report on the whole border situation: a little heavy on the kinetic energy cinematically, but the interviews with stakeholders are worth the price of admission (about 40 minutes of your time). What really grabbed my attention are the interviews with Arizona’s Senators (both women! Yay!), but … Read more
Pew Research on so-called ‘independent’ voters
May 30, 2019
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Daily Kos reports today, Pew confirms it: There’s no real such thing as an ‘independent’ voter: Few things are more frustrating than people jabbering about what “independents” think, want, or believe. This idea that there are people today who truly swing between voting for Democrats and … Read more
