Category Archives: Talking Points
Who Do You Trust to Fix Inflation?
Ninety-six percent of Americans are concerned about the cost of food, 94 percent are concerned about the cost of gas, and 87 percent are concerned about the cost of housing. There can be no doubt this is a real problem for the country. The vital question for this election is which party is most likely […]
Continue readingSubstantive Due Process and Liberty
After the devastating Supreme Court decisions delivered in the last two weeks of June, it’s worth reviewing how un-American the majority of the Court has become. So-called “originalists” on the Court deny the existence of “substantive due process” — the legal basis for so many rights Americans expect, including the right to choose abortion. Certain […]
Continue readingStop Voucher Expansion: Petition Drive!
The Arizona Legislature recently passed HB2853 Universal ESA Voucher Expansion with utter contempt for voters’ overwhelming rejection of voucher expansion just four years ago. The Arizona Constitution still gives citizens the right to repeal this bill by referendum and we’ll do it again. Then, we must get off this merry-go-round of with the radical Republican […]
Continue readingFEDERAL ACTION ALERT – July 10, 2022
Produced by Democrats of the Red Rocks and the Legislative Committee of the Coconino County Democratic Party Israel and Saudi Arabia Trip: Tell Biden to Stand for Human Rights On July 13, Pres. Biden is heading to Israel and Saudi Arabia. While Biden promised to put human rights at the center of his foreign policy […]
Continue readingFair Elections Initiative on the Ballot
The initiative known as the Arizona Fair Elections Act garnered more than twice the signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot. Subject to expected legal challenges, voters will be able to reverse the GOP-controlled legislature’s drive to destroy voting rights in Arizona. The initiative measure would make major changes to election law aimed at […]
Continue readingThoughts on the Failed Abortion Rights Initiative
An effort to ensure abortion rights in Arizona failed to get enough signatures to get on the November ballot. The Right to Reproductive Freedom Act would have left matters from birth control to abortion in the hands of women and their doctors, and would have barred any government efforts to penalize or restrict any licensed medical […]
Continue readingDay 3: Don’t Call Them Heros
Day 3 of the January 6 Committee Hearings featured more testimony from members of Trump’s inner circle as well as from other conservative Republicans. As Jamie Raskin, a member of the committee said: “New evidence is breaking every single day now. Suddenly, a lot of people want to tell the truth.” As historian Heather Cox […]
Continue readingLosers Gonna Keep on Losing
The Arizona GOP added another loss in the courts to the long list of election fraud court losses the GOP has racked up nationally. This one, had they won, would have upset the 80% of Arizona voters who choose to vote by mail. One suspects they didn’t plan to win — they just want to […]
Continue readingIt’s Not the Democrats Who Have Lost Touch with Voters
It is not Democrats who have lost touch with the voters, but the Republicans who are adopting an unpopular and extreme agenda. The most vital question is whether Democrats can convince the voters in time. Bear with us here. The current polling would indicate that the public wants Republicans in control of Congress. The RealClearPolitics polling average shows […]
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