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- We intend to bring together activists, bloggers, and voters to work toward progressive political change in Arizona.
- By sharing information and keeping each other informed, we can coordinate efforts to promote progressive causes and candidates.
- We hope to provide a forum for local Democratic candidates to present their positions on issues of concern to Arizonans.
- Anyone who shares our goals is welcome to join and contribute.
- The age of open source politics is here. Lobbyists and special interests have run Arizona for too long.
- Let's take back Arizona from the big money special interests and the right wing crazies!
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Drinking Liberally Phoenix
Every Other Thursday
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
George and Dragon
4240 N Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ
Drinking Liberally Tempe
Every Friday
5:30 PM onward
El Penasco
19 E. Broadway
Tempe, AZ
Drinking Liberally Scottsdale
Last Friday of Month
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Epicurean Wine Bar
7101 E. Thunderbird Rd
Scottsdale, AZ
Drinking Liberally Tucson
Thursday Nights
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
The Shanty on 4th Ave.
Tucson, AZ
Drinking Liberally Flagstaff
2nd Thursday of Month
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Bigfoot Bar B Que
120 N Leroux St, basement
Flagstaff, AZ
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Wed Jul 01, 2009 at 23:56:36 PM MDT
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Protest the illegal and unconstitutional Military Coup in Honduras! Demand Peaceful Return to Office of Manuel Zelaya, the elected president of Honduras. If you are unfamiliar with Honduras, or Honduran politics I can tell you, this coup has been brought by the extreme right wring and very wealthy class that want to rule and exploit this country. These people are a very small minority of the country's population and the continually suppress the working class citizens. Don't let them get away with this; let's support our brothers and sisters in Honduras!
Continental Solidarity Action with the People of Honduras
Thursday July 2, 2009
5:00 - 7:00 PM
General Consulate of Phoenix
4040 East McDowell
Phoenix, AZ
A U.N. resolution has already been passed that states: "firmly and categorically on all states to recognize no government other than that" of Mr Zelaya. Furthermore, all Central American nations, the European Union, the American ambassador to Honduras, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and U.S. President Barack Obama have called for the reinstatement of the legitimate president, Manuel Zelaya.
Don't be fooled by the deceptive elites of Honduras! Support their Constitution! Support the Democratic process! Support Democracy in Central America! Support Mel Zelaya!
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Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 22:05:12 PM MDT
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There will be a Healthcare MegaForum on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the Windham Hotel in downtown Phoenix.
Cash donations accepted at the door
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Time: 7 - 10 p.m.
Where: The Wyndham Phoenix Hotel
50 E. Adams Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Don't sit idly by while healthcare reform laws are written for you. Help shape the debate!
Keynote Speakers
•Donna Smith - California Nurses Association
•Kyrsten Sinema - AZ State Representative
We will also have a call-in by John Conyers, and perhaps even Howard Dean.
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Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 08:17:50 AM MDT
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Here are some details of the budget that Republican Governor Jan Brewer and Republican leaders in the state legislature have negotiated. See you at the State Capitol at 9am this morning to march in protest.
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Fri Jun 26, 2009 at 21:00:55 PM MDT
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A tentative budget deal has been reached between the governor and Republican legislative leaders and it's not very pretty for our schools or for vital health services. It's not to late to try to persuade rank and file legislators not to sign onto this travesty of a budget. Come join us tomorrow at the Arizona state capitol to march in protest and let your legislators know you won't stand for their gutting of our public education system and the denial of vital health services to those who critically need them.
March4Schools Coalition
Protest Against the Proposed Republican Budget Plan
Arizona State Capitol Mall
1700 W. Jefferson
June 27, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Taxpayers Protesting Cuts to Public Education and Vital Services
Organized by AEA, Parent Groups, ABC, Republican Educators
Meet at Capitol Mall between House & Senate at 8:45 a.m
Water and sign making materials will be provided.
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 23:01:44 PM MDT
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From nuestros amigos at Border Action Network
What: Vigils in four Arizona towns to call on Arizona Senator John McCain and other participants of the White House Immigration Reform meeting to push for immigration reform this year.
When: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 from 6:00-7:30pm
Where:
Tucson - Senator McCain's office at 407 W. Congress St.
Douglas - Corner of 5th St and Pan American Highway (Co-sponsored by Humanitarian Border Solutions, Episcopal Border Ministries and Frontera de Cristo)
Sierra Vista - St. Andrew Apostle Church, 800 Taylor Dr.
Nogales - La Casa del Viejo at 665 Morley Ave.
Who: Border Action Network and its Human Rights Committees throughout southern Arizona.
Why: On Thursday, June 25 at 2:00pm EST, key members of Congress will join the President at the White House for a meeting that is expected to create a roadmap for legislative action on comprehensive immigration reform in 2009. The evening before this important meeting, members of Border Action Network in Tucson, Douglas, Nogales and Sierra Vista, Arizona are gathering to hold a "Now is the Time" vigil for Arizona Senator McCain and other meeting participants.
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 22:00:49 PM MDT
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As you probably know by now, the Arizona Supreme Court today refused to compel the Arizona Legislature to forward the budget that it passed along to the governor who would likely veto it. Republican leaders apparently believe that by refusing to forward the budget to the Governor, they can strengthen their bargaining position by threatening to drop it on her at the last minute, forcing her to decide whether to sign a budget she doesn't like or to shut down state government.
It seems that this strategy will fail according to a recent telephone survey that concludes that most voters will blame the Legislature, not the Governor, if state government is shut down. Based on a representative sample of 500 likely voters in Arizona:
54% of the state's voters would blame the legislature, while only 13% would blame the Governor, and 18% would blame both. The remaining 15% has no opinion. Analysis of subgroup data shows that Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike would blame the legislature rather than the Governor.
No indication if voters are aware that negotiations with the Governor involved only Republican leaders and that only Republicans in the Legislature are to blame if a shutdown occurs. Democrats must make a special effort to be sure that voters understand that they had no role in the budget negotiations, if a shutdown happens.
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 15:01:53 PM MDT
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 Walmart, in one of their worst ways of prioritizing prices above quality to date, turns to a foreign drug supplier, Ranbaxy Laboratories, LTD, who has repeatedly been investigated by the FDA and the DoJ for "inadequate" safeguards against contamination, falsification of records and submitting false information to the FDA.
On top of that, just eight months before the FDA inspected Ranbaxy's Paonta Sahib plant and found significant violations, Walmart awarded the company a "Supplier Award" for improving shipping times and performance.
In a new report on our website, we detail their multi-year spanning violations, DoJ investigation, Congressional Investigation, and list out all of the drugs made at the facility in questions. Additionally, we detail their recent violations below.
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 at 11:45:38 AM MDT
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If the Arizona state government shuts down on July 1st as a result of the impasse between the government and the legislature, Todd Schwarz and Dorothy Czer of SEIU Arizona would like you to join them at the State Legislature to let them know how you feel about all this.
Remember to tell all of your friends and neighbors that this is solely a Republican problem, the result of a Republican governor and a Republican legislature. It's not uncommon for Republicans to be incapable of governing. Why just look at the costly battles between the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, all Republicans save one, and the Republican Sheriff and the Republican Attorney General. What do you expect from a party that believes that government is the problem and wants to shrink it to the size you can drown it in the bath tub?
Well at least while they are making draconian cuts to education and health care, the governor and state legislature are sharing in the pain. What? They aren't?
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Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 20:32:13 PM MDT
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Arizona held hostage, Day 22:
Howdy, Friends O'Farley...
One more week until we must deliver a balanced budget or face government shutdown.
Democrats have the one reasonable plan on the table, but I'm not going to ask you to contact the governor's office to urge Governor Brewer to negotiate with us because she is still not listening to you. Despite your outpouring of support, our Democratic budget is still not being considered by the Republican leadership in the Legislature or the Governor's Office.
The Governor is still pushing ahead on her special action in the state Supreme Court to force the Republican leadership to send their budget bills to her so she can veto them. This is nothing but a sideshow, because no matter what happens, we will be no closer to an agreed-upon budget.
There have been talks between legislative Republicans and the Governor in recent days, and some have hopefully looked toward a budget deal on Friday or Saturday, but the smart money is on a deal done at the last minute next Tuesday, June 30. Or perhaps July 1, with us all locked in the chamber and the clock covered up as we freeze time to serve our purposes.
Unfortunately, it would appear that the most likely scenario for what that budget will contain is not good for our state. Governor Brewer will cave in to the Legislative Republicans and accept a "compromise" that predominantly incorporates the majority leadership's draconian cuts and unworkable accounting gimmicks.
This budget battle is far from academic to many Arizona families. This morning in our House Democratic press briefing, we introduced to the media an incredibly charismatic and articulate 16-year-old named Becca. She reminded me of my 14-year-old daughter, except that she has been fighting a congenital heart defect for her entire life since being given six months to live at the age of 3 months.
She takes 41 pills a day. Just one of those pills costs more than $5,000 a month. She needs and will continue to need surgery on a regular basis. Commercial health insurance companies will not insure her, so she has been served through a state program called Children's Rehabilitative Services (CRS). As she told her story, even hardened Capitol reporters were brought to tears.
The legislative majority passed -- and the governor signed -- budget bills earlier this session that slashed CRS funding, and both of their proposed budgets slash CRS even more. It is a very real possibility that the budget cuts to CRS could cause Becca -- that charming, witty, vibrant teen who wants to grow up to be a children's intensive care nurse -- to die.
The stakes are very high in this battle. Becca is only the tip of a very large iceberg. Thousands upon thousands of Arizonans can have their quality of life -- and perhaps even their very lives -- taken away by the decisions we make or don't make.
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Sun Jun 21, 2009 at 23:47:03 PM MDT
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With a budget crisis threatening shutdown of state government after the end of this month, Sen. Jack Harper (R-Surprise!) is concerned with ... people using the word "ass" when they are not referring to a mule or donkey. What a dumbass!
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