In a Senate Floor Speech, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly Calls for a Secure and Regulated AI System that Helps the American People

In a Senate Floor Speech, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly Calls for a Secure and Regulated AI System that Helps the American People

September 22, 2026

On September 17, 2025, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly put forth an AI for America Roadmap to make the emerging industry beneficial for all Americans. Now a little over a year later, Senator Kelly was on the Senate floor, criticizing Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson for not taking the potential dangers of AI seriously, … Read more

Scottsdale City Council Candidate Raoul Zubia Calls Out Councilman Barry Graham for Voting Againt Affordable Housing Project

Scottsdale City Council Candidate Raoul Zubia Calls Out Councilman Barry Graham for Voting Againt Affordable Housing Project

September 22, 2026

Three years ago, on September 19, 2023, Scottsdale City Councilman Barry Graham had a choice on whether he would fund the creation of 28 affordable housing units at the Paiute Neighborhood Center. While Graham did vote for one measure funding renovations at the Center, he voted against the agenda items that would have funded the … Read more

Supervisor Heinz Calls for Safeguards On Growth, Utility Rates and Water as Pima County Pursues Semiconductor Jobs

Supervisor Heinz Calls for Safeguards On Growth, Utility Rates and Water as Pima County Pursues Semiconductor Jobs

September 22, 2026

Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz said the county should pursue high-paying jobs tied to Arizona’s growing semiconductor industry — but only with firm protections for water, transparency and residents facing rising utility costs. Speaking at yesterday’s meeting of Democrats of Greater Tucson, Heinz also: “We can’t just accept” development without scrutiny, Heinz said. “We have … Read more

Activists Call Out Scottsdale Councilman Barry Graham’s Endorsement of Election Denier Alex Kolodin

Activists Call Out Scottsdale Councilman Barry Graham’s Endorsement of Election Denier Alex Kolodin

September 21, 2026

When people like former Mesa Mayor John Giles and Councilwoman Julie Spilsbury saw the MAGA extremism enveloping their Republican Party, they showed courage and good character by distancing themselves from the scourge of the Alt-Reality Trumpist Cancer, including those individuals who persist in their big lie assertions that the 2020 elections were stolen from Donald … Read more

Gallego Warns AI Could Become ‘Monster on the Loose,’ Blasts Trump’s Hands-Off Approach

Gallego Warns AI Could Become ‘Monster on the Loose,’ Blasts Trump’s Hands-Off Approach

September 18, 2026

Senator Ruben Gallego is escalating his call for aggressive federal oversight of artificial intelligence, warning that the technology’s most serious risks are arriving faster than Congress can confront them — and accusing Trump of ignorantly dismissing the need for meaningful guardrails. “This technology is unlike anything that we have seen before,” Gallego said “When we … Read more

Along with Fellow MAGA Zealots Rogers and Finchem, Jake ‘Toll Farm’ Hoffman Wants to Launch An Investigation into Hobbs Corruption Allegations

Along with Fellow MAGA Zealots Rogers and Finchem, Jake ‘Toll Farm’ Hoffman Wants to Launch An Investigation into Hobbs Corruption Allegations

September 18, 2026

This would be a sick joke if Democracy and competent Arizona Governance were not on the ballot this November. In a stunning example of hypocrisy and nerve, Arizona MAGA zealots Jake ‘Troll Farm’ Hoffman, Wendy ‘The COVID-19 vaccine is an instrument of the Devil’ Rogers, and Mark ‘I was with the other criminals at the … Read more

With Trump Saying the Danger of AI Running Amok is a Hoax, Arizona’s Congressional Democrats Sound the Alarm

With Trump Saying the Danger of AI Running Amok is a Hoax, Arizona’s Congressional Democrats Sound the Alarm

September 17, 2026

It has been a week since former Anthropic AI employee Jacob Coxon posted on social media that emerging technologies, if left unchecked, could trigger a human extinction event within 10 years. In that time, Donald Trump, whose financial fortunes have reached new heights thanks in part to his stock trading on various A.I. companies, has … Read more

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