Michael Bryan

Michael founded BlogForArizona.net as the Howard Dean presidential campaign blog for Arizona in 2003, and has been blogging ever since. The Blog is now coming up on 20 years of continuous publication, a major achievement for any political blog, which usually have the life-spans of mayflies. Michael is an attorney living in Tucson with his wife Lauren. In 2008, Michael remade BlogForArizona into a collaborative project. Michael is now but one of the contributors to the blog and provides editorial and publishing direction in consultation with the Board of Directors and the other authors. If you want to keep up with the latest Arizona and National political news in an entertaining quick hit of news and opinion, check out the BlogForArizona twitter feed, which Mike largely curates and writes. Michael is also an AAPC member who occassionally consults on political campaigns, strategy and communications.

Young Dems of Pima County and UArizona Party (and Have a Deep Panel Discussion) Around Youth Engagement with the Democratic Party

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Last night Young Dems of Pima County and UArizona and the Arizona Democratic Party (ADP) came together for a party to celebrate and seriously discuss the role – and disaffection – of younger people in the Democratic Party. A panel of our young Democratic leaders dicussed the problem and possible solutions of how to more … Read more

UPDATED 5/15/25: Trump Regime Gets Slapped Down by Court on Absurd Militarized Border Zone Legal Fiction

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UPDATE 5/15: Reuters reports: The first batch of 100 test cases of criminal tresspass against undocumented immigrants crossing the US/Mexico border into newly designated National Defense Areas (discussed below), alleged by the Administration to be part of military bases, have been dismissed for lacking probable cause for the arrests. The court ruled that the arrestees … Read more

Bernie Sanders Recruiting Paid Organizers in Arizona

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In addition to the actual jobs available, this is important because this is exactly what Democrats should be doing right now. Sanders is putting paid organizers on the ground through his and AOC’s Fighting Oligarchy mission to push the message that the American people have to rely on THEMSELVES resist the authoritarian moves of the … Read more

UPDATED May 8th: Democrats Voted for Some Bad Bills, but AZ Rep. Alma Hernandez Sponsored a Terrible One

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UPDATE: I am very disappointed that Governor Hobbs signed HB2880 rather than vetoing it, as it deserved. Per Tucson Agenda: “Hobbs signed a bill that requires university administrators to order protesters who camp out on campuses to dismantle their tents and leave, Capitol Media Services’ Howard Fischer reports. If protesters refuse, they could face trespassing charges. The bill was … Read more

Gallego’s and Kelly’s Support of the Lake Riley Act Undermines the Democratic Party’s Defense of Due Process Rights

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I have opined previously that the Democratic Party needs to re-evaluate its public position and advocacy on immigration restrictions. I do believe that Democrats must consider publicly supporting greater restrictions on immigration. But I find it wholly unacceptable for Democrats to advocate for or tolerate any diminution of the due process rights of any person … Read more