Paul Blumenthal writes at the Huffington Post, Democrats’ Top Priority Is To Reform Elections. Will It Be The Bill To Break The Filibuster? Congressional Democrats are pushing a sweeping package of voting rights, gerrymandering, election, campaign finance and ethics reforms, called the For the People Act. It’s listed as H.R. 1 in the House and … Read more
It should be clear to Arizonans by now that there is only one major political party committed to Democracy, reality, and maintaining/expanding voter access. It is not the Republican Party in case there is still confusion. Since the 2020 Presidential Election, members of the former Party of Lincoln in Arizona have: Engaged in spreading false … Read more
Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, branded Arizona “the meth lab of democracy” (in 2010). Nothing has changed in over a decade. Many of the Republican “cooks” in that meth lab unbelievably are still serving in the Arizona legislature. “No state is considering more bills to restrict voting rights than Arizona, where activists … Read more
Doctors who perform abortions can get charged with murder. Voter suppression measures designed to reduce turnout in Democratic-leaning communities. Cutting taxes for people that do not need them in order to thwart monies going to public schools. Restricting or prohibiting sex education. Promoting conversion therapy. Trying to restrict the Corporation Commission and Clean Energy rules. … Read more
Well this was fun. Good times, good times. The GQP’s Queen of voter suppression, Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R-Scottsdale) saw her bill to remove the “permanent” from the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL) – created several years ago when Republicans still held a decisive advantage in early voting, since equaled and surpassed by the Democratic Party – … Read more