Category Archives: Talking Points
Arizona: A Great State for Fanatics
The article, by E.J. Montini, begins: To my mind, the difference between a believer and a fanatic is that a fanatic is willing to harm innocents on behalf of a cause. In that sense, Arizona’s most powerful anti-abortion lobby, and its surrogates in the Legislature, and the governor, have become fanatics. Last week a law was passed […]
Continue readingArizona Lawmakers Who’ll Make Your Jaw Drop
Of course, LD 6’s own Bob Thorpe and Sylvia Allen on among the infamous seven. Here’s the article from Laurie Roberts detailing what makes them deplorable: Arizona lawmakers who’ll make your jaw drop
Continue readingMedicaid Facts
Many people think Medicaid is just for poor people — until they or their family members become part of the 20% of Americans who use it. “Medicaid has surpassed Medicare in the number of Americans it covers. It has grown gradually into a behemoth that provides for the medical needs of one in five Americans […]
Continue readingCoconino County Worried Over Drop in Vital Services
Trump’s budget would come home to roost: Arizona Daily Sun
Continue readingAuthoritarianism Strikes Healthcare
Dateline: March 9, 2017 Working through the dead of night, House Committees are rushing to “repeal and replace” before the Congressional Budget Office and other thoughtful analysts can decipher and explain the bill to the American people. This is how authoritarian regimes work. Among other amendments rejected last night was one that would have preserved […]
Continue readingWhat to Watch for as Republicans Roll Out Repeal and Replace
Tax Credits are no substitute for Obamacare, as Steve Rattner explains in the New York Times. Here is just one of his charts. Click on the link to read his full analysis.
Continue readingThis Is Dangerous – Don’t Be Distracted
This Tweet is dangerous: But this trending hashtag is worse: #TrumpPressConference Why? Because the fact that millions of people are tweeting about Trump’s 90-minute rambling press conference means that he won — he got their attention and distracted them from an incredible onslaught of news that was happening at the very same […]
Continue reading15 Warning Signs of Tyranny by Robert Reich
What are the 15 warning signs of impending tyranny? As tyrants take control of democracies, they typically: 1. Exaggerate their mandate to govern — claiming, for example, that they won an election by a landslide even after losing the popular vote. 2. Repeatedly claim massive voter fraud in the absence of any evidence, in order […]
Continue readingSurviving Trump. Defeating Trumpism.
“When the levers of power are seized by the small hands of hateful men, you work hard, you stand with those who are most vulnerable, and you don’t give up until it’s morning again. The rest is commentary.” — Liel Leibovitz, Tablet Magazine Donald Trump will be our next President. Let’s not give him a chance. Because […]
Continue readingSchool Funding Negotiations Break Down
In 2000 voters approved a law which requires state aid to schools to be adjusted annually for inflation. Lawmakers proceeded to ignore this law for years. As a result our schools have been shorted over $1 billion. In 2010 school districts sued- and won. Last year the state was ordered to pay schools $331 million, […]
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