Political Calendar: Week of August 18, 2019

The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more

Brahm Resnik should not have to apologize for Knowing History.

Arizona Republicans like Kelli Ward and Paul Gosar are upset with journalist and Sunday Square Off Host Brahm Resnik. Why? Because he knows World History. This story begins on August 10 when the Arizona Republican Party issued an image (see above) on its Twitter account of a picturesque Arizona landscape with the caption of “One … Read more

How Russia uses economic influence and leverage to undermine US national security

As I’ve said before, “At some point the Russians figured out that the best way to defeat America is by old-fashioned capitalism and corruption: find easily corruptible politicians in key positions of power and simply buy them, through bribery or with campaign contributions.” “Moscow Mitch” McConnell took a beating this week in investigative journalism from the … Read more

9th Circuit Court of Appeals requires ‘safe and sanitary’ care for detained migrant children

Back in June, the morally depraved Trump administration actually argued before a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel that the government is not required to give soap or toothbrushes to children apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border and can have them sleep on concrete floors in frigid, overcrowded cells, despite the Flores settlement agreement that requires detainees … Read more