Last week MSNBC’s Joy Reid reported on a Black teen handcuffed by police at mall while white teen was scared of what could’ve happened (MSNBC Video. YouTube requires an account to sign in to view this video). “Z’Kye Husain, the Black teenager who was pinned to the ground and handcuffed by police at a NJ … Read more
First of all, Arizona counties do not have enough resources appropriated by the state legislature to conduct elections. They are always being shortchanged. This is why counties accepted grants from civic groups in 2020 to cover their actual costs of running an election during a Covid pandemic. This too was the subject of wild-eyed MAGA/QAnon … Read more
Above: Classic David Fitzsimmons cartoon, still true after all these years. Michael Bryan posted on Tuesday, Arizona House Passes Resolution to Waive the AEL and Prevent the #AZFiscalCliff for AZ’s Schools: Today, 17 Republicans joined all 28 present Democrats to pass HCR 2039. Now the spotlight turns to the AZ Senate to pass the matching … Read more
Update to Fake GQP Elector Rep. Jake Hoffman And Eight Other Trump Sycophants Want To Divide Up Maricopa County Into Four Counties. The Sedition Party actually went through with it: the House Government and Elections Committee approved the bill on Wednesday in a 7-6 party-line vote with Republicans in favor. Republican lawmakers want to split … Read more
In 2004, journalist Bill Bishop coined the term “the big sort.” He even wrote a book about it. The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart: Armed with startling new demographic data, he made national news in a series of articles showing how Americans have been sorting themselves into alarmingly … Read more