Arizona Democratic Reaction to President Biden’s State of the Union Address

Several of Arizona’s leading Democratic leaders and candidates offered their perspective on President Biden’s March 7, State of the Union Address. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes commented: “The integrity of the office of the Arizona Secretary of State is dependent upon our ability to rise above the political fray and act on behalf of … Read more

Ruben Gallego Previews his Message Against Kari Lake: Trump, Abortion Rights, and Bidenomics.

Ruben Gallego joined Chris Hayes to talk about his Senate campaign, now focusing solely on messaging to defeat Kari #LyingLoserLake in a head-on contest: We see in this interview the first preview of his basic message against Lake: 1) He will pin Lake mercilessly to the deeply unpopular and flaming orange bonfire of the vanities … Read more

The House Passes a Much-Needed Expansion of the Child Tax Credit; 424,000 Arizona Children Could Be Lifted Out of Poverty

One of the misfortunes of the American Rescue Plan was that the provisions to expand the Child Tax Credit for the nation’s families expired at the end of 2021 after helping drop the child poverty rate to its lowest rate in decades. While several states, including Arizona, sought local remedies to partially or fully make … Read more

Like Truman in 1948, President Biden Needs to Campaign Against the Do Nothing Trump MAGA Republicans if They Abandon Immigration Reform

There is no shortage of Trump-Maga Republican Hypocrisy or Chutzphah. After spending three years whining, hyping, and demagoguing the increase in migrants coming legally and illegally to the United States, they want to abandon the most conservative immigration reform legislation (with bipartisan and Biden/Harris Administration support) since perhaps the anti-immigrant hysteria era following the first … Read more