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Sen. Sinema Is Gaslighting Arizona Students On Hunger Strike To Pass Voting Rights Legislation – She Remains Steadfast In Her Support For Senate Filibuster Rule

December 15, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

This has not received the attention it deserves in the Arizona political media, because voting rights, go figure. The Guardian reports, Arizona students stage hunger strike to urge Sinema to support voting reform: Since Monday, a group of 20 college students from the University of Arizona and Arizona State have been on hunger strike in … Read more

Symbolic Vote For The Stupid: Senate Votes Against Employer Vaccine Mandates That Are Working

December 9, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

The pro-Covid, anti-science, anti-vaxxer, anti-socially responsible Republicans in the Senate got their symbolic vote against President Biden’s employer vaccine “mandate” (not actually a mandate because employees can opt for weekly Covid testing, and there are exemptions available to qualified employees) on Wednesday night. Republicans did this as US Covid cases surge as vaccine progress slows … Read more

Tentative Deal Reached To Raise The Federal Debt Ceiling; Sedition Caucus Could Still Filibuster It

December 8, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

The House late Tuesday passed legislation that paves the way for Congress to raise the debt limit in the coming days — and prevent an unprecedented federal default — by allowing Democrats to circumvent a GOP filibuster in the Senate. House approves bill to ease passage of debt limit hike: Lawmakers adopted the measure along party … Read more

Department of Justice Files Voting Rights Act Lawsuit Against the State of Texas

December 7, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

Department of Justice Press Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Challenge Statewide Redistricting Plans The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State, challenging the State’s redistricting … Read more

Midnight Is Approaching To Pass Voting Rights Legislation And To Save American Democracy

November 23, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

Above Image: h/t the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in a different context. Axios reports, “Midnight is approaching” to pass voting rights protections: “Defenders of democracy in America still have a slim window of opportunity to act. But time is ticking away, and midnight is approaching,” according to more than 150 top scholars of U.S. democracy in … Read more