Making ‘Good Trouble’: The Deliver For Voting Rights Mobilization In Phoenix (Updated)
The Arizona Republic reports, ‘A meaningless Senate rule’: MLK family and activists gather against filibuster in Phoenix: Martin Luther King III’s family and local activist organizations gathered Saturday at Eastlake Park in Phoenix to kick off the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend with a rally against the Senate’s filibuster rule, days after Sen. Kyrsten … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of January 16, 2022
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. … Read more
Harvey Mansfield Presents a Traditional Conservative Critique of Trump and the Populist GOP
[Ed.: I have a deep respect for traditional conservatism and conservatives, even though many of the predilections and goals of conservatism are not congenial to my own views. I find traditional conservatism is a healthy oppositional force to my own progressivism. In any dialectical process, which is what a healthy democratic process consists of, one … Read more
Rep. Ruben Gallego Slams Sen. Kyrsten Sinema For Being Consistently Inconsistent
Rep. Ruben Gallego says he has known Sen. Kyrsten Simena since they were both in their mid-20s coming up in Arizona politics, and the only thing she’s ever been consistent on is inconsistency. Rep. Gallego will be at the AZ Deliver For Voting Rights Mobilization today to support voting rights legislation. Poliitco reports, POLITICO Playbook: … Read more
Infrastructure Week in Tucson
The last seven days may truly be called “Infrastructure Week” in Tucson. On January 11, 2022, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, accompanied by several local dignitaries, helped celebrate the installation of an electric charging station at the Hotel Congress. Commenting on this advancement in Tucson’s Electric Vehicle Readiness Road Map Initiative, Mayor Romero posted on social … Read more
Secular AZ Demands the Arizona House Remove a Christian Nationalist Flag From Public Display
[Ed.: Today the Secular AZ blog reported the following news…] This week — the first of Arizona’s legislative session — Secular AZ received word that on the second-floor lobby [of the Arizona House building, ed.], there is a “Pine Tree” flag — a symbol of the Christian nationalist Appeal to Heaven (ATH) movement. According to … Read more
Even AZ Democratic Party Chairperson Terán is ‘Disappointed’ in Senator Sinema
[Ed.: From an ADP Press Release dated Jan. 13th: I read between the lines here that normally very low-key and temperate Chairperson Terán is furious, ‘to say the least’, to have called out one of her top electeds publicly…] In response to Senator Sinema’s floor speech on voting rights this afternoon, Chair of the Arizona … Read more
Public Citizen Excoriates Senator Sinema for Her Support of the Filibuster Rule
[Ed.: From an excellent email I received today, and felt should be shared with you. I agree with every word, and am a member and supporter of Public Citizen.] Senator Kyrsten Sinema (of Arizona) gave a speech yesterday on the floor of the United States Senate. Her Democratic colleagues are trying to overcome the Senate … Read more
