Tucson Is Becoming A News Desert
The City of Tucson lost the Tucson Citizen, the evening daily newspaper, when it ceased publication in 2009. The Tucson Citizen was the oldest continuously published newspaper in Arizona at the time it ceased publication. The Tucson Weekly was once a must-read source for local politics, i.e., The Skinny and The Range, but ever since … Read more
Celebrate and Support Tucson’s Local Journalism: Arizona Luminaria
We here at BlogForArizona are big fans and supporters of local journalism. What locally-focused reporters do in watchdogging and uncovering the doings of local government is truly foundational to real democracy. We subscribe, reference, and rely on local reporters for our commentary and coverage – and we encourage our readers to do the same. Today … Read more
MAGA Republicans Filibuster The Equal Rights Amendment In The U.S. Senate
I’m shocked! White Christian Nationalist Republicans who want to impose an authoritarian theocracy in the United States similar to the Mullahs in Iran or the Taliban in Afghanistan, and render women second class citizens without any rights especially over their own bodies, failed to provide the necessary votes for cloture (Senate filibuster rule) to make … Read more
Sanctimonious Mike Pence Testified Before The January 6 Criminal Grand Jury Today
Update to Appeals Court Rules Trump Can’t Prevent Sanctimonious Mike Pence From Testifying To January 6 Criminal Grand Jury. Well this didn’t take long, probably for security reasons. Wouldn’t you like to have been a fly on the head of Mike Pence today? CNN reports Former Vice President Pence testifies to federal grand jury investigating … Read more
SCOTUS Needs To Be Subject To The Code of Conduct for United States Judges Like Other Judges
So it’s not just ethically challenged Justice Clarence Thomas. “One month after Neil M. Gorsuch was appointed to the Supreme Court in April 2017, he and two partners finally sold a vacation property they had been trying to offload for nearly two years. But when he reported the sale the next year, he left blank … Read more
Man v. Mouse: Disney Sues Gov. Ron Desantis For Retaliation For Exercising Its First Amendment Rights
The New York Times reports: Last year, under pressure from its employees, Disney criticized a Florida education law prohibiting classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity for young students. Almost instantly, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida started calling the company “Woke Disney” and vowing to show it who was boss. “If Disney wants to … Read more
Tamale Bill was a Koch Ploy that Used Latinos as Props
The “tamale bill,” House Bill 2509, was ostensibly to help small families sell homemade food. But it was actually a ploy by the right-wing Americans for Prosperity, the Institute for Justice, and the Libre Initiative, which all oppose any regulation of businesses. House Bill 2509, sponsored by Republican Rep. Travis Grantham, would have expanded the list … Read more
