annchi

[annchi]

We're Here

The project took nearly a year, not including the earlier months of consideration and decision-making. We uprooted ourselves and moved to Iowa, arriving at our daughter’s home here on April 5 and moving into our new home a few days later when the movers caught up to us. The three-day drive was not as exhausting as I feared. Perhaps in comparison to eight months of sorting and packing it just…

[annchi]

The Hospital Is Moving. Now What?

On June 6, the Flagstaff City Council approved all ordinances necessary for Northern Arizona Healthcare to move its Flagstaff Medical Center to a new “health and wellness village” on the south end of town. These included zoning changes and approval of a Development Agreement for Phase One of the work, including the new hospital and separate ambulatory center (outpatient services). In May, I…

[annchi]

I'm Running for Re-election to the Office of ADP Senior Vice Chair

I’m Running for Re-election to the Office of ADP Senior Vice Chair

We elected a U.S. Senator, Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General. What progress! The work is not done, and I’ve got a bit more energy left to support more change in Arizona politics. Therefore, I’m running for re-election as Senior Vice Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. Here’s my candidate statement: I’m running for re-election as Senior Vice Chair because the work is not…

[annchi]

Abortion Rights Are Gone - Stay Tuned for What's Next

Abortion Rights Are Gone – Stay Tuned for What’s Next

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down abortion rights. From now on, no right is safe that isn’t “deeply rooted” in “tradition” and “history” — as interpreted by the radical Trump extremists in control of the Court! Whether or not the exact language quoted above from Justice Alito appears in the final opinion to be released in June, this is the reality.  Americans have relied on the Courts…

[annchi]

Wendy Rogers

Welcome to the 614th original “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profile, where we’ll be discussing Wendy Rogers, who not only failed to get herself elected to the Arizona State Senate during the 2010 Tea Party Wave, but failed in the past three elections to get herself elected to Congress, first losing in 2012 in the GOP Primary for Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, then in 2014 in the general election to Kyrsten Sinema for that district, before carpet-bagging her way down to try to get elected in Pinal County in Arizona’s 1st District and lose in the primary to the child-abusing anti-gay, anti-immigrant sheriff who dates gay illegal immigrants, Paul Babeu. This in spite of the fact that even two of Babeu’s own sisters were endorsing Rogers over their own sibling. Now, why is it that Wendy Rogers has repeatedly failed to win office? Well, she touts her experience as an Air Force veteran, which is always good. On the other hand, she runs fear-mongering ads that should come with trigger warnings like when she included a few seconds of footage of ISIS beheading James Foley in her 2014 campaign video. Even the traditionally conservative Arizona Republic condemned that choice, especially because Foley lived in Phoenix, where his loved ones could get triggered whenever their local television programming went to commercials during election season. After Rogers’ campaign manager actually argued why this bit of Islamophobic propaganda wasn’t so bad… they changed the ad so instead it showed head lice, because once Kyrsten Sinema pointed out there were polls out that said Congress was less popular than head lice (and was correct). Anyway, this was hardly the only flag we saw on Wendy Rogers, because looking at her issue stances, on immigration, she supported building a physical wall along the U.S. Mexico border (which explains why she campaigned with Trump in Arizona), opposed migrant resettlement including from Syria (of course she does, she’s scared of those Muslims doing all the terrorisms!), and even pushing for English to be made the official language of the United States, which has kind of repeatedly been established as unconstitutional (and the first historic time was in her home state, to boot). Oh, and her national security policy is her belief that the American government was doing nothing to help Christians being attacked by ISIS, but America was committing “suicide” by allowed Muslim refugees in “without screening”, in spite of the quite rigorous screening process in place. It’s these sorts of details that make us perfectly fine with Wendy Rogers never having reached office. We’re wondering at what point she stops trying for Washington, D.C. and settles for a spot in the state legislature… but after four consecutive losses in elections, she seems unlikely to be getting a spot as a legislator anywhere anytime soon.

Click Here Full CSGOPOTD Archive

One Year Ago, October 30th, 2016: Jim Spurlino (OH) Two Years Ago, October 30th, 2015: Joe Carr  (TN) Three Years Ago, October 30th, 2014: Jan Brewer (AZ)

[annchi]

Blueprint for the Public Hearings

Blueprint for the Public Hearings

Sometimes I write elsewhere. h/t Andrew Sullivan and Rachel Maddow for this one.

Blueprint for the Public Hearings.

[annchi]

Campaign Announcement

Bryan is running in my area and I support him.

[annchi]

"There are cases which cannot be overdone by language, and this is one. "

“There are cases which cannot be overdone by language, and this is one. “

During Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine wrote The American Crisis, a series of pamphlets, the first of which was published on December 23, 1776. It’s a lengthy piece by today’s standards, detailing the trials of the early battles of the War and Paine’s thoughts on the Tories (the loyalists to King George).

I was reminded of Paine’s essay this week. Nancy Pelosi alluded to it on Tuesday, “the…

[annchi]

No Thanks, David Brooks

No Thanks, David Brooks

I continue to spend my writing efforts on Democratic politics. Here’s my latest post to the website of the Coconino County Democratic Party:

I’m starting to hear that self-defeating refrain, “I will not under any circumstances vote for X.” Embarrassing himself, David Brooks of the New York Times wrote the morning after the second night of debates an opinion piece entitled, “Dems, Please…

[annchi]

Can We Get a Message? I published my latest essay on another blog because of my position as Communications Chair for the Coconino County Democratic Party. You can read it here:

[annchi]

Arizona Voter Crisis?

I attended a conference sponsored by the Arizona Clean Elections Commission and the Morrison Institute of Arizona State University on November 19, 2018, entitled Arizona’s Voter Crisis. Cronkite news reported on the event here, which was picked up by Flagstaff’s newspaper and published November 21 here.  Perhaps it’s hard to understand the concern about a “voter crisis,” much less an entire…

[annchi]

Orwell Warned Us About This

Orwell Warned Us About This

Outraged by Helsinki? Please be equally outraged by what has happened this weekend with the Carter Page FISA warrants. And spread the word.

Here’s the threat: “If you repeat a falsehood enough times, many people will believe it. Especially if you have 53.2 million Twitter followers, the bully pulpit of the presidency and some media outlets that uncritically repeat your false claims.” WAPO 202 …

[annchi]

Review: The List by Amy Siskind

Review: The List by Amy Siskind

The “new normal” of American politics is not normal. A week after the 2016 Election, Amy Siskind started The Weekly List – a blog that documents news stories representing eroding norms under the current regime. Now, she’s published the first year of the lists in a book dedicated to “The Resistance.”

The book comes with a forward by Sarah Kendzior, which is worth reading as a stand-alone reminder…

[annchi]

I’m a feminist. I don’t want Al Franken to resign.

Kudos to Kate Harding for her Op-Ed in the Washington Post today.  Having been the senior woman at a large law firm for 15 years (thankfully, there were one or two more senior during my first 5 there), I got stuck on the firm’s original Sexual Harassment Committee. That service was not pretty. And, of course, #MeToo. But, I’m also outraged and afraid about other things in these troubled times.

Ha…

[annchi]

Oct 30 revelations

Earlier this month, Mueller filed a charge against George Papadopoulos, foreign policy advisor to the Trump campaign. Papadopoulos pled guilty. Read it here:

Papadopoulos statement_of_the_offense.filed_

Today, the indictment against Manafort and his associate Gates was unveiled. Read it here:

manafort-gates_indictment_filed_and_redacted

[annchi]

Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967

[annchi]

Words from Eleanor Roosevelt

Wise words from Eleanor Roosevelt

“There can be no real democracy unless there are three basic things: 1. Economic security sufficient to give at least some minimum to make living worthwhile. 2. Sufficient education to understand the problems before the country and to help solve them. 3. The sources of information must be free — press, radio, movies.”

To remain free, “we have to watch other factors…such as bankers, subscribers…