The Arizona Republic reported Arizona lawmaker proposes ‘homicide by abortion’ bill; doctors and patients could be charged with murder: An Arizona lawmaker known for his hard-line stance on abortion has introduced legislation requiring prosecutors to charge women who opt to end their pregnancies — and the doctors who help them do it — with homicide. Rep. Walt … Read more
Update to Democrats Advocate For Voting Rights; Republicans Advocate For Voter Suppression. Last year, the Queen of GOP voter suppression, Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R-Scottsdale), tried to remove voters from the PEVL list who do not return their ballots in two consecutive election cycles. Her bill died in the legislature only because COVID-19 shut down the … Read more
The Democratic-controlled House in the previous Congress passed H.R.1, the For The People Act of 2019. Quick summary: This bill addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. Specifically, the bill expands voter registration and voting access and limits removing voters from voter rolls. The bill … Read more
The AP reports, Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops: As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the … Read more
Tucson voters have consistently for many years rejected this idea. Whatever happened to “let the voters decide”? The Courts have repeatedly rejected the Republican-controlled legislature’s attempts to dictate to Tucson when it should hold its local elections, and its city-wide council ward elections, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Whatever happened to “Government … Read more