House Speaker Kevin McCarthy laughingly claimed victory with the federal debt ceiling/federal budget resolution last week. His extremist House GQP Freedom [sic] Caucus – more accurately described as the GQP Fascist Caucus – voted against his bipartisan deal with President Biden, accusing him of betrayal. Now the GQP Fascist Caucus has shut down business in … Read more
Update to AZ Senate Covid Deniers And Anti-Science Anti-Vaxxers Reject Hobb’s Nominee For State Health Department Even After She Withdraws. The Arizona Senate’s MAGA Fascist Star Chamber has claimed another victim (nominee) of Governor Hobbs. The Associated Press reports, 2nd Hobbs pick, head of Arizona child welfare agency, exits: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has had … 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
Back in 2013, Mullah Cathi Herrod and her Christian Taliban at the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) got then-Rep. John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills) to sponsor its transphobic “show me your papers to pee” bill based upon ignorance, fear and loathing for a distinct class of individuals whom they want state law to sanction discrimination against … Read more
Update to SCOTUS Argument in Moore v. Harper Today Could Portend The End Of American Democracy. Election law expert Rick Hasen has his hot take on today’s oral argument. Live-Blogging the Supreme Court’s Oral Arguments in the Moore v. Harper (Independent State Legislature); Now UPDATED with Analysis and Reason to Think Court Will Reject Maximalist … Read more