by David Safier Three local TV news programs covered the Saturday rally of about 600 people on the corners of Speedway and Campbell. Two are online: KOLD and KGUN. Both have good coverage with interviews of participants. Apparently Fox News, Channel 11, covered it as well, but it may not be online. Advertisement You can … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I want to give kudos to Luige del Puerto at the Arizona Capitol Times for the best analysis to date of the Neoconfederate insurrectionist Tea-Publican package of secession bills moving through the Arizona legislature (and an appropriately snarky caption). Unfortunately, this is a subscriber firewalled article. Arizona Capitol Times » FantAZy Island: … Read more

by David Safier An Elections Integrity friend alerted me to two bills that would change the way people vote in Arizona. One is horrendous. The other could be bad if it was misused. SB1330 would take away the ease, and therefore the advantages, of using mail-in ballots. It requires that mail-in ballots be notarized, unless … Read more

by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings By now, most observers of the Arizona political scene are aware of the fact that state Sen. Scott Bundgaard was involved in a domestic violence incident Friday and invoked his immunity from arrest as a serving legislator to avoid incarceration. The Arizona Republic has coverage here, written by Connie … Read more

by David Safier PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) had its first Tucson chapter meeting and overflowed a 150 seat room with 300 participants. The Tucson Tea Party responded with a plan to create a crowd on the corner of Speedway and Tucson Friday to show what real people power looks like. It even got a … Read more

by David Safier The Baja Arizona separation movement is, if nothing else, capturing the imagination of the state and the country. While most progressive proposals tend to be "sane" and long-winded — read, too boring for the media to consider them worthy of coverage — creating Baja Arizona is bold and catchy. Hence its front … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Opponents of a legislative effort to allow guns on Arizona university and community-college campuses are taking their message across the state this week, and they're getting help from a survivor of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. Opponents of guns on campuses to host forums: Senate Bill 1467, sponsored by Sen. Ron Gould, … Read more