America has been in this dark place before

Our crypto-fascist racist Twitter-troll-in-chief held another Nuremberg-style campaign rally in North Carolina Wednesday night for his MAGA personality cult followers. Trump again used “the squad” of four Democratic women of color in Congress as his foil to rile up the white grievances of his mostly white nationalist base. Trump, and Republicans in general, are now … Read more

Kate Gallego describes her first 100 days as Mayor of Phoenix

It has been a little over 100 days since Kate Gallego, after defeating Daniel Valenzuela in a run-off election, took the oath to serve as the Mayor of the fifth-largest city in the country. In that time, Mayor Gallego has worked tirelessly to advance a forward agenda for Phoenix while presiding over a growing city … Read more

We should hear more from the Governors at the next Presidential Debates.

Once upon a time being a Governor was considered the ideal career to have before running for President. That is not taking anything away from the skilled legislators that are running for the nomination. There are historical examples there as well (Lyndon Johnson is the best example) of effective legislators accomplishing great measures for the … Read more

The Math is not on McSally and Schweikert’s side.

Last month (June 2019) Congressional District Six Representative David Schweikert commented that the Mathematical odds on his reelection prospects are on his side. That may be wishful thinking on his part. The release of the second quarter campaign contributions reports from the candidates running for office show that the math, as of now, is not … Read more