Author Archive: Web Steward
Four Freedoms Under Attack
March 18, 2017 Arizona Daily Sun In the year of my birth, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that the “Four Freedoms” would guide the policies and actions of our country: • Freedom of speech • Freedom of worship • Freedom from want • Freedom from fear These are the values that helped us prevail […]
Continue readingAction Alert: Oppose Empowerment Scheme
There continue to be persistent rumors that the Legislature will use a procedure called a “strike all amendment” to revive the Empowerment Scholarship bills we thought were dead for this session. These bills provide for a massive expansion of vouchers that enable students to take money from public schools and use it to attend private […]
Continue readingTake Action: Gorsuch is Supremely Extreme
On Monday, March 20, Judge Neil Gorsuch will have his first hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee as nominee to the United State Supreme Court. Gorsuch’s extreme record on everything from women’s rights to civil rights to corporate power is simply unacceptable. It’s vital that your Senators hear from you on filibustering his nomination. We’ve partnered […]
Continue readingWhat Calling Congress Achieves
Stay the course. We are in an historic moment and you are participating. What Calling Congress Achieves, Kathryn Schultz in the New Yorker.
Continue readingTake Action: Critical Week for Healthcare
The upcoming week is critical for the ACA. Exactly seven years to the day of the Affordable Care Act becoming law, the House of Representatives will be voting to repeal it and replace it with TrumpCare—a plan that would lead to 24 million Americans losing their health care. Republicans are rushing to get this bill […]
Continue readingBob Thorpe in the News
March 16, 2017 We need to say “Bye, Bye, Bob” in 2018. This LD-6 Representative is an embarrassment. In one day, we’ve got two reports that prove it. First, in it’s lead story for the day, the Arizona Daily Sun reports that Bob Thorpe claims to be coming out of hiding to hold a radio […]
Continue readingTake Action: Oppose Slashing EPA Budget
*Action Item* Trump’s budget eviscerates the EPA and the State Department. We will address State in coming days. Today: Call and email your Representative and Senators and remind them the public overwhelmingly supports the EPA. Contact: Jeff Flake Washington, D.C. OfficeP: 202-224-4521Phoenix OfficeP: 602-840-1891Web contact form: https://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-jeff John McCain Phoenix, AZ 85016 (602) 952-2410Prescott, AZ […]
Continue readingMarch Newsletter
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Continue readingMilitary Spending, Domestic Cuts – Wrong-headed
March 5, 2017 – Arizona Daily Sun Where does President Trump get his information? Yesterday, 3/2/17, he talked about “endless defense budget cuts” and the need for “improved defense” on the Gerald R. Ford nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Russia has one conventional powered aircraft carrier with less capabilities than the 10 nuclear powered U.S. carriers we […]
Continue readingUrgent Action Alert: Say No to Article V Convention
There is a nationwide right-wing movement, encouraged and funded by the Koch Brothers, to convene an unprecedented Article V convention, a so-called “Convention of the States.” Such a convention would open the door to completely rewriting our Constitution. Opponents to this process (including deceased Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia) argue there is no controlling a […]
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