The Arizona Mirror reports, Campaign to stop AZ universal school vouchers expected to fall short on signatures: The leader of a volunteer group of public school advocates said Monday that the effort to block universal school vouchers and let voters decide the program’s fate in 2024 is likely short of the number of signatures required … Read more
Benito Mussolini and his black shirt thugs in the National Fascist Party came to power in Italy with the March on Rome: The March on Rome was an organized mass demonstration and a coup d’état in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini’s National Fascist Party (PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. … Read more
Steve Benen reports, Why Liz Cheney is willing to campaign for Dems for the first time: By any fair measure, Rep. Liz Cheney is a conservative Republican. The Wyoming congresswoman voted with the Trump White House roughly 94% of the time, and up until last year, she was a member of the House GOP leadership … Read more
The Guardian reports, Alarm as Koch bankrolls dozens of election denier candidates: Fossil fuel giant Koch Industries has poured over $1m into backing – directly and indirectly – dozens of House and Senate candidates who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s win on 6 January 2021. Koch, which is controlled by multibillionaire Charles Koch, boasts a … Read more
CNN reports, ‘Welcome to fascism’: Top Arizona Republican blasts Trump-backed candidates who might try to overturn future elections: The outgoing Republican speaker of the Arizona House says Trump-backed GOP candidates might send the country “back into the dark ages” if they win key midterm races and help enact laws to make it easier to overturn … Read more