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The Anti-Democratic, Authoritarian GQP Is The Party Of Voter Suppression And Disenfranchisement

February 28, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

The Arizona Daily Star’s national treasure, cartoonist and opinion columnist David Fitzsimmons, interviewed legendary cartoonist Gary Trudeau about “Dbury@50: The Complete Digital Doonesbury” for the Tucson Festival of Books. Fitz interviews Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau. Fitz writes that “The Star is publishing Doonesbury on Sundays on the Opinion page.” In the print edition of the Sunday Arizona … Read more

Anti-democratic Arizona Rethuglicans Lead The Nation In Voter Suppression Measures

February 27, 2021February 18, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

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

More GOP Voter Suppression Bills From The Sedition Party In The Arizona Legislature (Updated)

January 25, 2021January 22, 2021 by AZ BlueMeanie

Update to Democrats Advocate For Voting Rights; Republicans Advocate For Voter Suppression. Last year, the Queen of GOP voter suppression, Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita (R-Scottsdale), tried to remove voters from the PEVL list who do not return their ballots in two consecutive election cycles. Her bill died in the legislature only because COVID-19 shut down the … Read more

The Argument Against The Radical Conservative Supreme Court Justices

October 29, 2020 by AZ BlueMeanie

Law professors Akhil Reed Amar, Vikram David Amar and Neal Kumar Katyal warn in a New York Times op-ed, The Supreme Court Should Not Muck Around in State Election Laws: Just as they did in the infamous Bush v. Gore litigation in 2000, Republican lawyers are trying to get the Supreme Court to undermine state … Read more

(Update) The Republican Election Theft Is Officially Teed Up In The U.S. Supreme Court

October 29, 2020 by AZ BlueMeanie

For the second time in one day on Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to block a state’s extension for the receipt and counting of mail-in votes beyond Election Day, this time in North Carolina. Supreme Court Rejects Trump Campaign’s Bid to Block Mail-in Voting Extension in N.C.: The ruling fell hours after … Read more