Larry Bodine

Larry is an articulate and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ★★ Sign up for my occasional newsletter at Bit.ly/LBNow. ★★ ✍ He is an experienced leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UA Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Video Manager for Iskashitaa Refugee Network, ‎ ✍ A common-sense business leader, he operated a successful marketing consultancy for 20 years. He is skilled in fundraising, artificial intelligence, and online communications.‎ ✍He considers multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion. His ethos is the Boy Scout Law.‎ ✍ Larry is a lifelong writer, having worked as a seven-time award-winning journalist for the New York Daily News and as the author of 600 articles for the Blog for Arizona.‎ ✍He is a graduate of Amherst College and Seton Hall Law School and has also attended the University of Munich in Germany.‎ ✍He is not all work and no play. Larry enjoys singing and playing the guitar, hiking Tucson's beautiful trails, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for breakfast.‎ ‎▼ Scroll down to see my articles below. ▼

TACO: U.S. and Iran in Ceasefire, Avoiding Deaths of American Troops in the Strait of Hormuz

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Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO), and he accepted a two-week ceasefire with Iran. This delays Trump’s “plan” to attack civilians, bridges, desalination plants and energy targets, which would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That will require the deaths of many American soldiers, sailors and Guardsmen. Calls for President Trump’s removal from office reached a … Read more

Trump is the Most Despised President Ever – 6 Crises Drove Him to Historic Lows

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Trump’s approval rating has cratered to a net approval of -21.4—a historic low. Trump is in the darkest chapters of modern presidencies—like Watergate-era Richard Nixon and post-Katrina George W. Bush. But this collapse is different: There’s no single scandal to blame. Instead, it is a slow, grinding drumbeat of revulsion, according to a new analysis … Read more

8 Million Attendees, One Day, No Kings.

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Indivisible announced that 8 million people joined the third No Kings nationwide protest, held across 3,300 events on Saturday, March 28. It was the largest single‑day nonviolent protest in U.S. history, surpassing the roughly 7 million participants from the previous October 2025 “No Kings” protest in all 50 states. The No Kings team asks attendees … Read more

New Online Scams Target Senior Voters – and 10 Ways to Beat Them

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Cybersecurity expert Scotty Ward identified the most treacherous online and social media scams that swindlers use to rip off seniors. Ward highlighted 10 practical steps to defeat the scams. The scams are so devious that victims don’t even realize they’ve been robbed. Speaking at the UA’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Tucson, Ward is a … Read more

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