The AZ GOP’s Longterm Voter Suppression Plan
If you’ve been watching TV lately, or doom-scrolling on social media, you know there are some seriously wild and scary-sounding claims being made right now around Arizona’s election results. The reality is this: President-elect Joe Biden and Senator Mark Kelly won in Arizona, thanks in large part to incredible organizing led by grassroots groups rooted […]
Last Week This Morning: No confirmation before inauguration
No confirmation before inauguration. Amy Coney Barrett is among the most extreme nominees Trump could have chosen. What her confirmation means, and how we fight back. Our democracy is on the line. If the results are close on November 3rd, our democracy will be in serious danger. It’s more important than ever to vote Trump out in truly overwhelming numbers – […]
No Confirmation Before Inauguration
Trump just announced that Amy Coney Barrett will be his nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, just one week after RBG’s death. In 2016, McConnell spent 11 months refusing to confirm Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court because the timing was “too close” to a presidential election. Now, Trump and McConnell […]
Last Week This Morning: To see climate change, look out the window
This isn’t the new normal. Because it’s going to get worse. Fires across the West and record-breaking heat in Arizona are an absolutely terrifying reminder of what our future currently has in store. Our politics desperately need to catch up. It’s time to flip AZ. Republicans in the state legislature keep making the news for promoting conspiracy theories and making vile comments. But flipping control of […]
Last Week This Morning: $240 a Week Isn’t Enough
$240 a week isn’t enough. Federal unemployment benefits were extended through a Trump executive order, but they’re about to run out again. When they do, many Arizona families will be left trying to make ends meet on inadequate state benefits of $240 a week or less. APS should forget the debt! Between the pandemic, the economic crisis and […]
Last Week This Morning: ASU club raises $ for Kenosha shooter
GOP support for right-wing violence. As political violence escalates across the US, Republicans in the Arizona state legislature continue to support militia groups and right-wing extremists. An ASU Republican club even started raising money for the legal defense of the Kenosha shooter. Climate changed. Dealing with extreme heat in Phoenix and fires across Arizona and the West. “They kill with impunity.” Families of victims of […]
The Terrifying Connections Between Arizona GOP Legislators & Right-Wing Militias
The support from Arizona Republican legislators for extremist, right wing violence is horrifying. If you live in Surprise, Sun City or Peoria, you’re represented in the state legislature by David Livingston, who has been defending the Kenosha shooter on social media. If you live in Chandler or Gilbert, you could be represented next year by […]
Last Week This Morning: Martha McSally wants you to skip lunch
Where the ballot measures stand. Invest in Ed and marijuana legalization will be on the November ballot, while initiatives related to healthcare and sentencing reform will not. An effort to keep outbreak numbers artificially low in Arizona’s prisons. Inmates in Yuma say that they were threatened with violence and repercussions if they got tested for COVID-19. The Phoenix police mocked Muhammad […]
Last Week This Morning: Trump’s BS executive orders
“Unconstitutional slop.” Yesterday, Trump announced a series of legally dubious and likely unworkable executive orders on unemployment, payroll taxes and evictions. The executive orders come after months of Republicans in Congress refusing to negotiate over COVID-19 relief and then blocking Democratic proposals for being too generous. “Protecting” people with pre-existing conditions. Trump also issued an executive order to replicate something […]