Deadline Monday: Will The Criminal Enterprise Known As The Trump Organization Finally Be Indicted?
June 28, 2021
Could it possibly be true? The “tough on crime” Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. is actually about to take down New York’s last organized crime family, the criminal enterprise known as the Trump Organization? Numerous news organizations have confirmed from leaks from Trump’s defense lawyers that charges are imminent against the Trump Organization … Read more
Coalition of Arizona Activists Launch An Ad Campaign Targeting Senator Sinema
June 28, 2021
So our Senators get two weeks off for the July 4th holiday – nice work if you can get it. This is is supposed to be constituent work time in the state, but I do not find anything on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s website announcing a schedule of events or town halls. If she does not … Read more
Supreme Court in 2013 Unleashed Arizona Voter Suppression
June 27, 2021
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A notorious 2013 US Supreme Court ruling gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and unleashed the onslaught of voter suppression laws by Republicans that continues to this day, according to Robert J. McWhirter, who addressed the June 22, 2021, meeting of the LD9 Democrats. The Court in Shelby County v. Holder ruled that Arizona … Read more
AZ House GQP Wants Curriculum About Communism, But Not Fascism. Go Figure.
June 27, 2021
The Sedition Caucus in the Arizona House voted Friday to require that students be exposed to stories of people who fled communism, as part of a curriculum to prepare them to be “civically responsible and knowledgeable adults.’’ Just curious, why not expose students to stories of people who fled European fascism? When I was a … Read more
Supreme Court in 2013 Unleashed Arizona Voter Suppression
June 27, 2021
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A notorious 2013 US Supreme Court ruling gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and unleashed the onslaught of voter suppression laws by Republicans that continues to this day, according to Robert J. McWhirter, who addressed the June 22, 2021, meeting of the LD9 Democrats. The Court in Shelby County v. Holder ruled that Arizona … Read more
More Republican Tax Cuts for Arizona’s Wealthy at the Expense of Democracy and Public Schools
June 27, 2021
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It is bad enough that Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature told pregnant women and poor children to p–s off when it came time to fund expansions to the state-run health care and KidsCare Programs. Even Laurie Roberts, in her June 25, 2021 column for AZ Central noted, the KidsCare expansion provision would have only … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of June 27, 2021
June 27, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. … Read more
SCOTUS Watch: A Quiet Friday, Wait Until Monday. The Biden DOJ Finally Acts On Voting Rights
June 25, 2021
The Court decided three cases today not on our watch list, leaving 5 cases, including Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, until next week. Many Court observers believe that the Roberts Court will use this case to gut the remaining section 2 enforcement provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On Friday, the Biden Department of … Read more
