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Stop Voter Suppression
With the American Rescue Plan set to address the economic and health crises, it’s now time to turn to the For the People and John Lewis Voting Rights Acts. The bills pushed by Republican legislators to suppress votes create the same level of crisis for our constitutional democracy as COVID caused our health and economy. […]
Continue readingRemove Gosar – Update and Action!
Our neighboring county, Yavapai, has been engaged in an intense series of actions regarding District 4 Congressman Paul Gosar. Here’s the latest: #RemovePaulGosar Update and Further Action Paul Gosar is in the news for supporting the #BigLie, organizing Insurrection, and advocating White Supremacy. The media has not been revealing his relationship to his funders. But….all of you have! It’s Working. […]
Continue readingCoconino County Board of Supervisors Update 3/07/2021
Below is a great link to get the most up to date info about the virus for our county: Arizona Department of Health Services COVID-19 Vaccine Data Dashboard The dashboard is updated daily and contains the following info about our county as well as the state status on covid stats: Summary, vaccine administration, demographics, covid […]
Continue readingIndependent Redistricting Commission Update 3/7/2021
March 9th Meeting at Noon At this week’s meeting, the IRC will be selecting about five candidates to interview for Executive Director, from about 40 applications. The names will not be made public at this meeting. Also at this meeting, will be a presentation from the Attorney General’s office on past Arizona redistricting law suits […]
Continue readingArizona Legislative Alert 3/07/2021
EDUCATION MARCH 4 WAS A VERY BAD DAY!!!!! March 4 was a bad day and this day might go down as the beginning of the end of Arizona public education if we do not draw the line, right here, right now. Governor Ducey issued an executive order opening all schools for in-person learning regardless of […]
Continue readingFast Action Alerts 3/07/2021
BILL ALERTS for people who are short on time. Use “My Bill Positions” in the RTS sidebar menu to give these bills a thumbs-up or thumbs-down: DISABILITY RIGHTS HB2533 – SUPPORT – Would appropriate $100,000 and one full-time employee position to the Office of the Governor to hire a statewide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) […]
Continue readingGood News: COVID Bill Advances Without Destructive GOP Amendments
The Senate approved a $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on Saturday, as Democrats fought through a marathon debate — and overcame dissent from moderates within their own ranks — to move one step closer to delivering President Biden his first legislative victory. Democrats voted to adopt the bill without any Republican support after a more than […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert 3/7/21
FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN: email to https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ or leave a message on the comment line at (202) 456-1111. Re: Failure to sanction killers of Jamal Khashoggi. Proposed script/email: “I am profoundly dissappointed that Pres. Biden has disregarded his campaign promise to hold Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Letting him […]
Continue readingMitch McConnell Was Wrong
Last week Senate Minority Leader McConnell claimed the only reason 7 in 10 Americans supported the American Rescue Plan was because they didn’t know what was in it. New polling shows that as Americans have learned more about the bill, their support for it holds. 71 percent of Americans support Biden’s rescue package, including two […]
Continue readingHope for Unions
What follows is based on a piece published to private subscribers by Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman. Joe Biden gave a speech on Sunday that could be a beacon of light for unions after forty-plus years in darkness. He spoke via video expressing solidarity with Amazon workers in Alabama, who are attempting to unionize one of the […]
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