Rep. Greg Stanton Comes Out in Favor of Impeachment

Greg Stanton today released the following statement: It is time for the House of Representatives to move to the next stages of holding the President accountable, including the extraordinary step of opening an impeachment inquiry.  This is a conclusion I reached only recently, and not one I reached lightly. The Special Counsel’s redacted report detailed … Read more

Dear Nancy Pelosi: Duty Calls

Senator Elizabeth Warren early on expressed the moral clarity that is needed at this hour of constitutional crisis: ‘there’s no political-convenience exception to the US constitution’ when it comes to impeaching Trump. “[T]he tool that we are given for that accountability is the impeachment process. This is not about politics, this is about principle. This … Read more

Kelly Townsend is the Donald Trump of Arizona Legislative District 16

Apparently, in Legislative District 16 State Representative’s Kelly Townsend’s world, teachers are not the only people that should mind their tongues. It appears everyone else has to as well if they exercise their freedom of opinion and expression if it is an attack on a position she has. The latest controversy stems from Ms. Townsend … Read more

Who’s running for Tucson Mayor & City Council in 2019

City of Tucson Elections Department has posted the list of candidates who submitted nomination petitions to run for Tucson Mayor (open seat) and City Council in Ward 1 (open seat), Ward 2, Ward 4 (open seat) in the City elections for the Primary on August 27, 2019. The General will be on November 5, 2019. … Read more

A response to Robert Mueller’s objection to testifying before Congress

I think David Atkins at the Political Animal blog gets it exactly right. Dear Robert Mueller: Not Testifying Publicly Is an Intensely Political Decision: Robert Mueller deserves some props for trying to be a consummate professional, avoiding political theater and playing the part of the guarded, hyper-competent institutional loyalist. But there are times when that … Read more