Corrupt To the Core
Our president likes money. He really likes money. He likes money so much that enriching himself and his family is a core goal of his second presidency. Everything else be damned! America is his breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The desserts come from all over the planet; one delicacy consumed at Mar-a-Lago in January 2025 was … Read more
What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing
The article in the New Yorker, “What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing,” is very persuasive. It argues that MAGA has outperformed Democrats in long-term grassroots organizing. While Democrats excel at short-term mobilization, such as protests and candidate meetings, MAGA networks focus on building year‑round community relationships that sustain political power. Dems are good at … Read more
AZ Senate Moves Primary Date Two Weeks Earlier
The Arizona Senate has approved Senate Bill 1425, which will permanently shift the state’s primary election two weeks earlier, sending the measure to Gov. Katie Hobbs. She is expected to sign it. The 2026 primary election date will move from Aug. 4 to July 21. According to AZ state Senator Analise Ortiz, who represents the 24th district, the … Read more
The SAVE Act Will Erase Eligible Voters
Republicans’ SAVE Act claims to protect elections, but its real effect is to block eligible Americans from registering to vote. By requiring in-person proof like birth certificates or passports, the bill would erase millions of lawful voters, especially women, seniors, military members, and people whose paperwork doesn’t fit a fantasy version of citizenship.
Governor Katie Hobbs Launches Know Your Rights Site to Counter ICE Aggression and Lawlessness
https://knowyourrights.az.gov People in Arizona, especially those who are non-white potential victims and protestors to the criminal unconstitutionality of the Trump regime and its ICE-Gestapo thugs, need to familiarize themselves with the above site, launched by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs. It gives guidance for people on what to do if confronted by Trump and Stephen Miller’s … Read more
Nemik’s Manifesto and the Rebellion Growing in American Souls
From inside a fictional universe, wherein free people, regular people, psychologically normal people are just trying to live their normal lives, creeps the shadow of modernity’s greatest and most destructive evil: fascism. In the Star Wars series, Andor (the only truly well-written and inspiring tale from that universe in decades, IMO) we get a page … Read more
The Outrage is Real Karoline Leavitt; Your Boss is a White Nationalist Racist Pig
Today brought another example of Donald Trump and his loyalists demonstrating that they are White Nationalist, Racist, Social Darwinist Pigs. Last night, Trump, or a kindred racist staffer, posted a picture of Michelle and Barack Obama’s heads on top of the bodies of apes. Out of common decency that Trump and his white nationalist supporters … Read more
The S.S. Trump is Going Down—Can Juan Be Saved?
Illustration from the Unseat Ciscomani Team — Carol Braddick A year ago, Congressional Republicans, including Southern Arizona’s very own Juan Ciscomani, booked passage on the S.S. Trump, a luxury liner (with, reportedly, gold toilets), headed for a victory cruise on the placid waters of MAGA-dominated public opinion. Something, however, has gone very wrong on … Read more
