Now that hillbilly coal baron Sen. Joe Manchin has decided that he is comfortable with being the one man who would deny 330 million Americans what they want for Christmas – he is a villain the equal of the “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Sen. Mitch McConnell – Senate Democrats pivoted on Wednesday back to pursuing … Read more
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
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
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 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