Update to White Christian Nationalist GQP State Legislators Target The LGBTQ Community In A Coordinated Nationwide Assault. Adan Serwer’s observation of MAGAt Republicans still rings true today, The Cruelty Is the Point: Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian … Read more
AZ GQP Chair and election denier Coup Plotter insurrectionist Kelli Ward, and her lawyer, Alexander Kolodin, now a member of the Arizona legislature, lost again in their bid to kill early voting by mail in Arizona, something Republicans pioneered in tis state over 30 years ago. Howard Fischer reports, Mail-in balloting survives appellate court challenge: … Read more
Every GQP-controlled Arizona legislature since Republican Gov. J. Fife Symington III has cut corporate income taxes. Even Democratic Gov. Jnet Napolitano went along with this sop to corporations to smooth her reelection effort in 2006. The biggest corporate tax cuts came under Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and just last year under Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. That is … Read more
Those of you who’ve been around a while will remember lobbyist Grover Norquist, who founded Americans for Tax Reform in 1985. This was during the Reagan years when government was seen as a drag on the free market. Norquist is probably best known for this quote in 2001: “I don’t want to abolish government. I … Read more
