This last week, the Republican majority in the Arizona state legislature formalized a rule that requires any Democratic bill to have written support from a majority of the majority. With only a slim margin between the two parties, this means that a House bill proposed by Republicans can be passed by 31 out of 60 … Read more
Above: The Arizona Freedom (sic) Caucus, more accurately the MAGA Fascist Caucus. Update to MAGA Fascists’ Unconstitutional Attempt To Usurp The Plenary Powers Of The Governor Over The State Budget. A clarification: the resolution would ask voters to approve cutting the governor out of the budget process in 2024. Last year voters approved limiting their … Read more
Update to No Surprise: Governor Hobbs Vetoes the Republican Only Budget. The MAGA Fascists’ political stunt of a do-nothing “skinny budget,” i.e., last year’s fiscal year budget 2022-23, passed by Republicans only and vetoed by Gov. Hobbs, is not over. While the media reports that “Republican lawmakers contacted Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday to open … Read more
Howard Fischer reports, Arizona lawmakers looking to strip 19 cities of ‘home rule’ rights: Arizona lawmakers are moving to strip 19 cities of their right to home rule simply to help get Republicans elected to the Tucson city council. A proposal awaiting action by the full Senate would ask voters to repeal a provision in … Read more
ABC 15 reports, GOP lawmakers double down on AZ elections despite AG report saying they’re safe and secure: Any chance that the release of a concealed attorney general report which discredited nearly every claim that Arizona’s 2020 election was stolen quickly evaporated Thursday when Republicans, who sat on the Municipal Oversight & Elections Joint meeting, … Read more