UPDATED 6/17: Watch BOTH CD 7 Democratic Candidate Debates… and VOTE! Ballots Start Hitting the Mail TODAY!
The candidates vying to succeed the late Raul Grijalva gathered and debated each other on Arizona’S PBS Horizon. Ballots begin to hit District 7 mailboxes June 15th and the final day of the primary and in-person voting is July 15th. The candidates are: Advertisement Deja Foxx (Appeared at TheDGT.or on June 17th)(YouTube link), Adelita Grijalva … Read more
After a Week of Needless Theatrics from MAGA Republicans, the State House Finally Passes the Bipartisan Senate Budget Bill
After a week of posturing and needless theatrics from MAGA “Freedom Caucus” Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature that resulted in two vetoes from Governor Katie Hobbs, the House Republicans, after gaining some cosmetic face saving fiscal tweaks, passed the Bipartisan Senate Budget days after they had rejected bringing it up for floor consideration. With … Read more
Do Candidates Know that Nuclear Power is a Climate Dead End?
By Russell Lowes, Research Director, SafeEnergyAnalyst.org As the climate crisis accelerates, some policymakers are dusting off an old idea they claim is new: nuclear power. With headlines touting “advanced reactors” and “small modular reactors” designs, nuclear is being rebranded as a climate solution. But behind the shiny packaging lies the same flawed technology: nuclear remains … Read more
Phoenix Mayor and Climate Mayors Chairperson Kate Gallego and Other Western Mayors Call for Increased Federal and State Assistance with the Colorado River
Last week, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and other Western Mayors committed to combatting climate change released a document outlining several strategies for the federal government to assist with providing additional water security for western states and cities that rely on the Colorado River. The authors of the document, from the bipartisan organization Climate Mayors (which … Read more
Hopefully Political Prince of Darkness Mitch McConnell is Wrong and The People Will Not Get Over MAGA Cuts to Medicaid and Food Stamps
In a closed door meeting among frantic Senate Republicans like Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Thom Tillis, who expressed worry about what Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans Big and Beautiful Economic bill would do to their electoral prospects when the people they suckered into voting for them realized by the decrease in the money going … Read more
Governor Hobbs Vetoes “Sham Starvation” MAGA House “Free Caucus” Republican Skinny Budget
Not wanting to prolong the juvenile political games instigated by the MAGA Arizona House “Free Caucus” Republicans, the State Senate quickly voted the two dead on arrival lower chamber budgets bills and sent them up to Governor Katie Hobbs where she, with veto pen in her eager hand, were waiting. After taking a grand total … Read more
Defy Trump and Come to World Refugee Day in Tucson
Location: 5000 E 29th Street, Freedom Park Center. Time: 4-8pm, Saturday, June 28, 2025 Trump has cruelly forced tens of thousands of already-approved refugees to be stranded in dangerous conditions overseas. Only a very small number of refugees are now being resettled and allowed to access Reception and Placement support under exceptions to the refugee … Read more
Democratic Reaction to MAGA House Republicans Taking State Employee and Teacher Pay Hostage if the Governor Does Not Sign Their Starvation Skinny Budget
Arizona MAGA House Republican Appropriations Chair David Livingston has thrown down the government shutdown gauntlet if the State Senate and Governor Katie Hobbs does not agree to the “Freedom Caucus” Skinny Budget. With many Freedom Caucus MAGA Republicans members, encouraged by their Senate Puppetmaster Jake ‘Indicted Troll Farm” Hoffman, still pouting and whining that the … Read more
