AZ House To Try To Strong-Arm Bogus Budget + Flat Tax Proposal On Monday
June 6, 2021
The Republican leadership of the Arizona legislature and Governor Ducey pulled a Ross and Rachel from Friends: “We were on a break!” for the past week because they did not have the votes to pass the bogus budget + flat tax proposal negotiated between the Republican leadership and the governor – excluding Democrats who represent
Podcast with Matt Grodsky: How to Flip the Legislature
June 6, 2021
Matt Grodsky, is one of those people in politics who was there at the beginning of the podcast Turning Arizona Blue, and today we interview him on how to flip the Arizona Legislature blue. Matt is Vice President and Director of Public Affairs at Matters of State Strategies (MOSS) a political consultancy in Arizona. Back then, he
Documents Released Via FOIA Request Prove That The AZ Senate GQP Sham ‘Audit’ Is A Fraud
June 6, 2021
On Friday, the Arizona Senate released to the watchdog organization American Oversight more than 500 pages of records related to the GQP sham “fraudit” of ballots cast in Maricopa County. Arizona Senate Releases Emails Related To Election ‘Audit’ To American Oversight: On Friday, the Arizona Senate released to American Oversight more than 500 pages of
Political Calendar: Week of June 6, 2021
June 6, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status.
The Big Lie Persists and Threatens Our Voting Rights
June 5, 2021
The veteran columnist and commentator, Elizabeth Drew, wrote an essay entitled The Big Lie and Its Consequences. She says that the Republican Party has taken the Big Lie about the 2020 presidential election to new lengths to suppress voting and to manipulate voting results to benefit their candidates up and down ballots. She goes on
Mayor Kate Gallego and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman Expand Laptop and Hotspot Lending Program for Phoenix Residents in Need
June 5, 2021
With funds from the American Cares Act, the Phoenix City Council last year provided funds to the Phoenix Public Library to loan out laptops and hotspot devices for residents in need. On June 4, 2021, at an event at the Burton Barr Central Library, Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman of the Arizona Department of
The AZ Senate’s GQP Sham ‘Fraudit’ Is Fodder For QAnon Grifter Propaganda
June 4, 2021
The Arizona Mirror reports on The conspiracy theory film made at the Arizona audit: A filmmaker known for a film that claims 9/11 was an alien conspiracy is directing a documentary promoting baseless election fraud claims — a movie that features people working for the Arizona Senate’s sham “fraudit,” that was filmed at the sham
Mark Finchem Has a Lot of Explaining to Do About January 6
June 4, 2021
Do you know where your Arizona Legislative District (LD) Representative was on January 6, 2021, when Trumpist Domestic Terrorists attempted an insurrection and stormed the Nation’s Capitol? The people who reside in LD 11 may be surprised to know that one of their state representatives, Mark Finchem apparently was closer to the attack than he
