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Republicans Try To Disappear the MAGA Insurrection on January 6 Down The Memory Hole

July 6, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

The MAGA insurrection on January 6, 2021, is a date which shall live in infamy. It was the darkest day in American history since the start of the Civil War in 1861. Six months after their “Dear Leader” tried to overturn the election he had lost by more than 7 million votes in a failed … Read more

Any GQP Candidate Who Answers ‘Yes’ To Any Of These Questions Is An Immediate Disqualification From Serving In Public Office

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

Some of the questions that every GQP candidate for office, at any level of office from school board to governor, and the Congress and Senate, must answer in 2022: Have you ever read or shared a conspiracy theory on a QAnon message board? Do you believe Donald Trump’s Big Lie that the election was stolen from … Read more

Congressional Republicans All Voted to ‘Defund the Police’, And Now Want To ‘Defund The Military’

June 29, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

Here you go, Troll Boy (Rep. John Kavanagh). “It is a well known fact that reality has a liberal bias.” ― Stephen Colbert. On Sunday, “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace sparred with Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) over Banks’s vote against an emergency relief bill that would have allocated funds to police and first responders. … Read more

AZ House GQP Wants Curriculum About Communism, But Not Fascism. Go Figure.

July 5, 2021June 27, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

The Sedition Caucus in the Arizona House voted Friday to require that students be exposed to stories of people who fled communism, as part of a curriculum to prepare them to be “civically responsible and knowledgeable adults.’’ Just curious, why not expose students to stories of people who fled European fascism? When I was a … Read more

Something Wicked This Way Comes: The GQP Primary For Secretary of State

June 15, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

Heather Digby Parton explains, It’s not voter suppression, stupid. The GOP’s new — and old — weapon is vote nullification (excerpt): [T]he civil rights groups and Democratic Party officials who have been fighting for the right to vote for years don’t have a lot of experience dealing with this specific type of assault on the … Read more

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  1. Michael Bryan on After Being Denied Entry Last Month, Representative Yassamin Ansari Finally Spoke with Immigrant Detainees in EloySeptember 2, 2025

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