Late on Sunday night, on a Memorial Day weekend when most Americans were distracted, the Texas Lege tried to pass the most anti-democratic, Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression bill in the nation. EXPLAINER: How Texas Republicans aim to make voting harder. (Texas is already the most difficult state in the country to vote, it is … Read more
Vice News has one of those “no duh” stories to report. Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorists Are Taking Over State Republican Parties (excerpts): The Republican Party chairs of Texas and Wyoming have flirted with secession from the United States. Oklahoma’s Republican chair has called Islam a “cancer.” The Oregon GOP called the Capitol insurrection a “false flag” … Read more
Could it be? Is it finally happening? (albeit 5 years too late, IMHO). Reuters reports, Exclusive: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party: Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are … Read more
Josh Kelety at The Phoenix New Times has the latest reporting on Rep. Mark Finchem’s ties to anti-government extremist organizations identified as domestic terrorism organizations. Rep. Mark Finchem Worked With Anti-Government Extremists, Emails Show: State Representative Mark Finchem served as “Arizona Coordinator” for the Coalition of Western States, a group that supported the infamous armed … Read more
Above: Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, right, at a 2017 event with Gov. Doug Ducey. – Howard Fischer. Democratic presidential candidates are mostly tiptoeing around the idea of court-packing, toying with the idea of adding seats to the U.S. Supreme Court without actually committing to a real plan. Mark Joseph Stern explains at Slate, Arizona’s … Read more