Author Archive: Web Steward
Violence Not Protected by First Amendment
The discussion of different beliefs and political philosophies should be encouraged in a free society, and especially at a university campus. But making threats of violence against university professors is reprehensible and not protected speech. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes opined “The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire […]
Continue readingThorpe and Barton Not Representing Us
What kind of representative government do we have in Arizona? The state legislature recently passed bills to block citizen initiatives, making it nearly impossible for Arizonans to put their own laws before the voters. (Arizona Daily Sun, March 19, 2017) At the same time, we have representatives Bob Thorpe and Brenda Barton who won’t meet […]
Continue readingEleanor Roosevelt Award Puts Local Dems in the News
The Arizona Daily Sun covered the story of our award to Eva Putzova, and noted in the last paragraph that we had a fabulous turnout for the Roosevelt-Kennedy Dinner this year. Read the story here.
Continue readingCall MOCs to Halt Trump’s Latest Threat To Healthcare
The Affordable Care Act won’t collapse on its own, so Trump threatens to bring it down. His plan is to simply stop paying insurance companies. This has got to be illegal. We are a nation of laws and a President who can’t get Congress to change a law he doesn’t like can’t just ignore the […]
Continue readingTalking Points from the DNC ~ April 12, 2017
Spicer Background First Spicer said Hitler did not use poison gas – which he did, to kill millions of people. When Spicer tried to explain that, he said Hitler didn’t use gas against his own people – which he did, killing tens of thousands of German Jews. When Spicer tried to explain that, he coined […]
Continue readingAction Alert: Before 11 a.m. on Wednesday
HB2244: “Strict Compliance” on Initiatives is up for a vote in the Arizona Senate Wednesday at 11 a.m. This “strict compliance” measure could potentially disqualify pages of petitions because the margin is slightly too wide, or a person writes his name differently than on his voter ID. CALL YOUR SENATORS TO OPPOSE. Call Senator Allen. […]
Continue readingCongressman O’Halleran Holds Town Hall in Globe
From Arizona Silverbelt, April 11, 2017: Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ, Dist. 1) held a town hall at Globe City Hall on Sunday evening. O’Halleran expressed his frustration with Congress funding the government through continuing resolutions instead of by passing an actual budget. “That’s really been hurting our military and it costs the taxpayers billions of dollars,” […]
Continue readingAction Alert: Oppose Trump Nomination for Secretary of the Army
Trump has nominated Sen. Mark Green (R-TN) as Secretary of the Army. Senator Green has a long history of LGBTQ discrimination. Call Senators McCain and Flake to ask them to oppose Mark Green as Secretary of the Army. We should not go backward in the administration of our military. Nor should we harm the morale of […]
Continue readingStay Woke
Be Informed: This six-minute video is worth watching. What it doesn’t make clear is Russia’s interest in propping up Assad, namely that Russia’s only naval base in the Mediterranean is on Syrian territory and Syria and Iran are Russia’s only allies in the oil-rich Middle East. We have no idea what the motivation for this […]
Continue readingRyan’s Health Law Would Undermine Trump’s Campaign Promise
Desperate to pass some “Repeal and Replace” of Obamacare, Republicans are prepared to destroy coverage for pre-existing conditions. The Upshot, by Margot Sanger-Katz
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