The Latest from the Democratic Candidates Looking to Succeed Ann Kirkpatrick in the House of Representatives

David Gordon

The three Democratic candidates vying for their party’s nomination to succeed Ann Kirkpatrick (Kirsten Engel, Dr. Randy Friese, and Daniel Hernandez)  in the area still known as Arizona Congressional District Two have just completed serving in the lastest Arizona Legislative Session. All three voted against the regressive Republican flat tax proposal and all the repressive … Read more

The GOP Legislature Deceives Us with Tax Cuts

Blog Contributor

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” said George Santayana. He must have been talking about Arizona’s so-called middle-class tax cuts. Or the famous Republican trickle-down economic theory that tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations would inevitably “trickle-down” to workers. On the contrary, there is ample evidence showing that wealth has … Read more

This Summer, A Moral Crusade For Voting Rights And To Save American Democracy

AZ BlueMeanie

Above: (Getty image) President Lyndon Baines Johnson discusses the Voting Rights Act with the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the White House in 1965. LBJ told Dr. King that he understands Dr. King’s concerns, but he has more important projects. Dr. King then launched “Plan B,” the Selma to Montgomery March to draw public attention … Read more

Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Asks Our Partisan Hack AG To Open An Investigation Into GQP Election Interference

AZ BlueMeanie

The Arizona Republic reports, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs asks Attorney General Mark Brnovich to investigate possible election interference by Donald Trump, allies: Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs on Wednesday asked Attorney General Mark Brnovich to open a criminal investigation into possible efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to improperly influence Maricopa … Read more

Insurrectionist Pennsylvania Legislator Demands an Arizona-style “Fraudit”

AZ BlueMeanie

The malignant cancer of Arizona Republican’s GQP sham “fraudit” has spread to Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, A key Pa. Republican asks counties to hand over ballots and election equipment for an Arizona-style ‘audit’: Eight months after the 2020 election, a key Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker is heeding former President Donald Trump’s demands for investigations into … Read more

DEFUND POLICE – Yes or No? 

Dianne Post

    To answer that, ask yourself three questions:  1) are police the best ones to respond to people with mental illness; 2) are police the best ones to respond to the homeless; and 3) are police the best ones to respond to children’s behavior in schools? Let’s look at each one.  Back in the … Read more

Some Republican Office Holders Appear to Not Care if their Constituents Get Sick or Die

David Gordon

No wonder people are bolting from the Republican party in higher numbers than Democrats in Arizona. Given the attitude of several vocal former party of Lincoln officeholders towards the Biden/Harris Administration’s goals to intensify community outreach to increase American vaccination rates, some could say these people are running for their lives. Take two of the … Read more

Fact Checking Rep. Andy Biggs

AZ BlueMeanie

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) chairs the GQP House Freedom (sic) Caucus – which truth in advertising would require it to be called the GQP House Fascist Caucus – and after the January 6 insurrection has been dubbed the GQP Sedition Caucus. Just to review, Rep. Andy Biggs has some splainin’ to do to the new … Read more

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