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Today’s Confederacy Festers in Trump Terrorists

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 14:30:45 GMT

After the Civil War, Confederates spun a tale claiming they lost their treasonous insurrection because they had erred in tactics. Also, they said, the North had more economic and military resources. Rather than confess the bankruptcy of their political, economic, and religious culture, they embraced these diversions. This same Confederacy is today embodied in Trump/Pence-world

Political Calendar: Week of January 17, 2021

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:00:49 GMT

The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor's Note:

Cartoon of The Week

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:00:07 GMT

The Lincoln Project is Coming After Coup Plotters like Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 02:04:04 GMT

The Lincoln Project is coming after some of the Coup Plotters that helped encourage the Trumpist Insurrectionist Domestic Terrorist Attack on the Nations Capitol on January 6, 2021. They have produced the same ad with pictures of the attack with snapshots of different coup plotters, telling the viewers that: "This is your coup. This is

Biden and Harris Unveil Their Vaccination Plan and Present the New White House Science Team

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:35:21 GMT

Guess what. The Trump Administration, surprise surprise, appears to have lied about the vaccine supply it had to distribute to the states. According to reporting from the Washington Post, previous assertions by the Administration of a reserve vaccine supply were exaggerated. That has affected states like Arizona, (please click here to view a January 15

Why Policing Reform Is So Vitally Necessary

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 17:06:26 GMT

The AP reports, Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops: As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the

Ducey’s New Budget Generates Mixed Reaction in Democratic Circles

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:25:23 GMT

Governor Doug Ducey released his budget for the Fiscal Year 2022 yesterday (January 15, 2021.) As Yellow Sheet reports, It contains modest budget increases in: Education Programs like early literacy, school construction, civic education, school transportation, summer school (to help children catch up from the Coronavirus related issues.) Broadband expansion. Criminal Justice reform like monies

Profiles in Cowardice

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:00:46 GMT

Republican politicians have been enabling Trump since day one of his Presidency. His statements before and during his Presidency have now totaled 29,508 false and misleading claims. (Washington Post and Fact Checker) But for some reason, this hasn't made a bit of difference to his followers or Republican lawmakers. For any other person running for

They Are Back: Check out the Latest Lincoln Project Ad: "Defund the GOP”

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:17:59 GMT

After mostly taking the holiday season off from making ads, the Lincoln Project has released a new one, blasting Republican coup plotters for encouraging the Trump Insurrectionist Domestic Terrorist on the Nation's Capitol on January 6, 2021. Called "Defund the GOP," the ad starts with Florida Republican Coup Plotter Senator Rick Scott, appearing on several

Mark Finchem gets an Ethics Complaint and Arizona Republicans are Financially Cut Off From Donors

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:37:36 GMT

Not many people in the world of reality are buying Know Nothing-Coup Plotter Mark Finchem's pitiful explanations about his part in the January 6, 2021, Trumpist Domestic Terrorist Insurrectionist Attack on the Nation's Capitol. Not many are buying Know Nothing-Coup Plotter's Kelli Ward's, Andy Biggs, and Paul Gosar's contentions regarding January 6 either. As Larry

Republicans’ Election Lies Are Causing Political Violence

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:15:24 GMT

Qui tacet consentit. The ancient legal adage expresses a deep wisdom about the nature of law and politics: silence is consent. Remaining silent in response to an assertion is to accept that assertion This is why the absurd lie that the Presidential election was stolen has become so powerfully established among Republican voters. Half of

Prostitution is not a victimless crime.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 13:00:35 GMT

When I was in college and studying correctional administration (1969), I was told that drug abuse and prostitution were “victimless” crimes i.e. that the people chose the behavior and no one was hurt so the acts should be decriminalized. We now know better regarding drug abuse i.e. that is more likely a medical condition that

2021 MLK Tucson events, January 15 to 18

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 05:51:13 GMT

Due to the pandemic, the annual MLK March & Rally at Reid Park is cancelled for Monday, but here's a number of MLK events starting January 15, to the holiday on Monday, January 18. Two of the Jan. 18 events are also on our Calendar. The Loft Cinema at 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. is also

President-Elect Biden Unveils the American Rescue Plan

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 02:23:17 GMT

Saying "in this Pandemic and America, we can not let people go hungry. We can not let people get evicted, We can not let nurses, educators, and others lost their jobs," President-Elect Biden unveiled the first part of his Rescue and Recovery Plan for the Nation: The American Rescue Plan. With four thousand people dying

Authoritarian Rethuglicans Still Trying To Dictate Tucson’s Elections

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:33:28 GMT

Tucson voters have consistently for many years rejected this idea. Whatever happened to "let the voters decide"? The Courts have repeatedly rejected the Republican-controlled legislature's attempts to dictate to Tucson when it should hold its local elections, and its city-wide council ward elections, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Whatever happened to "Government

Liveblog: The Election of The Independent Redistricting Commission Chairperson

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:14:27 GMT

This post will be updated as the IRC meeting progresses (1:13pm) The Zoom of the initial meeting of the Commission started with a brief party-line deadlock on who the temporary chairperson just for the meeting to elect the permanent chairperson. Then they immediately went into an extended executive session just to take legal advice on

Before Redistricting, Consider Increasing The Number Of Districts (Reprised)

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 20:00:53 GMT

Almost a decade ago, I did a post on Before redistricting, consider increasing the number of districts. (The graphics in this post have since been lost after we converted to a new blog software). I argued: Before you get upset and spit out your coffee over the mere thought of the idea of adding more

Recall Effort Launches to Oust Insurrectionist Rep. Mark Finchem

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:42:21 GMT

As a deadly mob descended on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, Arizona Rep. Mark Finchem was there, cheering on the terrorists and sending out photos. For his seditious, anti-America actions, a vigorous campaign has launched to recall Republican Finchem (LD11). Details of the non-partisan recall are online at Finchemrecall.com. The official email address for

The Capitol Insurrection Increasingly Appears To Have Been ‘An Inside Job’

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:35:58 GMT

While watching the Trump traitors engage in armed insurrection against the Capitol last week, my first thought was that these domestic terrorists had assistance - from Capitol Police, members of Congress or congressional staff, or building staffers. Rep. James Clyburn thought so as well, and with good cause. ‘Inside job’: House Dems ask if Capitol

President-Elect Biden Issues Statement on Trump Impeachment

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:25:56 GMT

President-Elect Joe Biden has issued a statement on the second impeachment of Donald Trump. In the statement, he calls on the Senate to split their time equally between a Senate Impeachment Trial, confirming cabinet nominees, and considering vital legislation to combat COVID 19 and rebuilding the country. Biden is right. Senators should be able to