Ronald Browstein reports at The Atlantic, Democracy Is Already Dying in the States: While senator Joe Manchin is demanding that both parties agree on any further federal voting-rights legislation, a new study quantifies how completely Republicans have excluded Democrats from the passage of the restrictive voting laws proliferating in red states. In places such as … Read more
Update to Western Mega Drought Threatens Arizona Water Supplies. The Associated Press reports Key reservoir on Colorado River hits record low amid drought: The surface elevation of Lake Mead along the Nevada-Arizona border dipped to 1,071.56 feet (326.6 meters) at 11 p.m. on Wednesday evening. The level was last hit in July 2016 and is … Read more
Arizona Republicans have been twisting arms for weeks to find 31 of their members in the House and 16 in the Senate to pass their budget that includes $12.5 billion in tax giveaways and a flat tax. (You didn’t expect the Republicans to actually “Invest in Ed,” did you?) While the Republican budget is languishing, … Read more
“Dark money” groups tied to Donald Trump’s inner circle and backed by people who have spread baseless lies about the 2020 presidential election appear to be playing a key role in funding the Arizona Senate’s GQP sham “fraudit.” It is a Trump Campaign made for TV (OANN) production, getting an assist from Arizona Republican Sedition Party … Read more
Arizona Senator Karen Fann is the board treasurer for the “Kochtopus” network’s American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the country’s pre-eminent pay-to-play corporate lobbying group. The Center for Media and Democracy reports, Top ALEC Official Is Ringleader of Arizona Election Audit Circus: The public face of the preposterous Maricopa County ballot audit is Republican Arizona State Senate … Read more