Civic Activist and Writer Paul Weich Launches Campaign for the Arizona State House
Attorney Paul Weich has been very engaged in promoting Democracy and fair elections for the last several years. An attorney, civic activist, and writer (he is the writer “Arizona Politics” on Blog for Arizona,) Mr. Weich has been very involved in educating the community on the current process of redistricting state legislative and US congressional … Read more
Tucson Electric Power Donates $100,000 to the Tucson Million Trees Initiative
November 10, 2021, was another good day in Tucson Mayor Regina Romero’s efforts to steer Tucson toward a cleaner, greener, and sustainable future. Mayor Romero announced that Tucson Electric Power has donated $100,000 towards the Tucson Million Trees Initiative, the program designed to plant one million trees in the city area by 2030. The goals … Read more
Stahl and DiSanto Condemn Gosar’s Loathsome Attack on AOC and President Biden
People in the world of decency, fair play, and reality have been saying this for years. Paul Gosar needs to leave Congress. His continual embrace of the white nationalist end of the political spectrum, subscription to the 2020 Big Lie, accusations of helping plan the January 6, 2021, Domestic Terrorist attack on the Nation’s Capitol, … Read more
National Security Officials: GQP Election Subversion Is A National Security Threat
The Department of Homeland Security issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin. Key highlight: Through the remainder of 2021 and into 2022, domestic violent extremists (DVEs), including racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists and anti-government/anti-authority violent extremists, will continue to pose a significant threat to our homeland. The Hill reports, Former top officials … Read more
In Conversation with LD 9 AZ State House Candidate Chris Mathis
I’m quite dissatisfied with the current state of political discourse in the United States. Too many sound-bites. Too little real conversation. Too much empty rhetoric and culture-war nonsense. Too little reflection on the real issues and challenges we face as a self-governing society. I think these are pretty common sentiments these days. Luckily, I’m in … Read more
The Right’s Rebranding of ‘Critical Race Theory’ Is Just The Latest Attempt To Privatize Public Education – Part 2
Above Image: Charles and David Koch, and Leonard Leo. h/t Slate. Christopher Rufo and the right-wing Manhattan Institute for Policy Research have rebranded critical race theory into an appeal to white identity politics. But they are using this new scare word for an ulterior motive. It is the latest attempt by right-wing billionaires to use race … Read more
The Right’s Rebranding of ‘Critical Race Theory’ Is Just The Latest Attempt To Privatize Public Education – Part 1
Beginning with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 (declaring state-sanctioned segregation of the races unconstitutional and ordering desegregation of public schools), the white supremacists have used various scare words to resist desegregation and to unleash an attack on the American public school system. At first they said school desegregation would lead to miscegenation and the … Read more
Independent Redistricting Commission Draft Maps Ready for Public Comment (video)
Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission has been working on new Congressional and Legislative maps for a few months now. Controversial draft maps (V10) were approved recently. The maps have entered a 30-day comment period. That’s where you come in.
