Tierney Sneed at Talking Points Memo Reports, Congressional Push To Restore The Voting Rights Act Picks Up: While Democrats’ sweeping democracy overhaul HR 1 has run into obstacles in the Senate [- ahem, Joe Manchin’s and Kyrsten Sinema’s inexplicable devotion to the Jim Crow relic Senate filibuster rule -] attention has turned to the separate … Read more
The Sedition Caucus aka the Arizona GQP Senate Caucus of MAGA/QAnon conspiracy theory cult members will conduct its sham audit of Maricopa County ballots beginning today. This clown show already has so much controversy surrounding it that it has appropriately already been dismissed as a fraud, a “fraudit” if you prefer. The Daily Beast today … Read more
In an attempt to improve his odds at winning higher political office, Governor Doug Ducey has been spending the last few weeks returning to the reactionary dark side of the former Party of Lincoln and signing executive orders that will appease the Know-Nothing wing of that party. That includes measures to: Take away mask mandates … Read more
UPDATE: The GQP Queen of Voter Suppression, Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita is pushing Senate Bill 1485. As originally proposed, it spelled out that if someone does not return an early ballot in at least one of four prior elections — meaning a primary and a general election in two successive years — the person is dropped from … Read more
Above: Republican senators Michelle Ugenti-Rita and J.D. Mesnard. – Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services. This is rich. Two of Arizona’s worst Republican senators lashed out Monday at businesses and the media, accusing them of “mischaracterizing” changes they are proposing to state election laws. More like speaking truth to power, and “you can’t handle the truth!” Remember, every Republican … Read more