Senators Sundareshan and Kuby Condemn MAGA Republican Power Grab Through SCR1022
MAGA Republican Legislators in Arizona, calling themselves “The Freedom Caucus” and across the nation have three public policy goals. Power Advertisement Power Power To that end, anything that helps them achieve and maintain power is on their to-do list at the State Legislature and around the country. Sometimes it is passing cultural wedge issue legislation … Read more
Be Afraid: Kennedy and Musk Are Overseeing Measles and Ebola
At the first ever cabinet meeting of the Musk/Trump/Vance Administration, both Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made headlines for all the wrong reasons. While Mr. Trump was periodically dozing off at his mostly white people-attended cabinet meeting only five weeks into the new Administration, Elon Musk was conducting the cabinet meeting and admitting … Read more
Democratic Senate Leader Priya Sundareshan Reacts to MAGA Republicans Thumbing Their Climate Change Denying Noses at Bipartisan Water Security Measures
Late last month, Democratic Senate Leader Priya Sundareshan joined Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Democratic House Leader Oscar De Los Santos, and a bipartisan group of local leaders at the unveiling of The Rural Groundwater Act, a measure the Grand Canyon State Chief Executive called an “Urgent and decisive vision for protecting Arizona’s water supply.” The … Read more
Arizona Sharpie Comes Out of the Comments Swinging at MAGA
Dear MAGA It’s your pal, Sharpie. I usually troll JGCK from the bottom of the page, but the kind folks at BforAZ are allowing me to troll from up top today. Is this a great country or what? Anyway, I just wanted to say muy muchos gracias, my MAGAmigos! For all the money you give … Read more
Governor Katie Hobbs Creates Operation Desert Guardian to Help Improve Border Security
With a new Executive Order, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has moved to strengthen border security for the Grand Canyon State and build on the drug interdiction successes of Task Force SAFE by launching Operation Desert Guardian, a joint task force comprised of personnel from the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, the Arizona Department … Read more
(UPDATED) Arizona House Democratic Reaction to MAGA Contract Against America
In a 217 to 215 vote along party lines, MAGA Republican House Members passed a budget resolution that steals funding in vital programs like Medicaid, Food Assistance, and Clean Energy programs from the poor and gives it in the form of plutocratic tax cuts to the richest who do not need it. It also increases … Read more
Arizona Representative Yassamin Ansari Reacts to Trump’s Move to Shut Down Electric Vehicle Charging Stations on Federal Properties
Donald Trump’s war on science and anything that will help take the country forward to a clean energy future has continued with his directive ordering the U.S. General Services Administration to shutter all Electric Vehicle Charging (EVC) Stations positioned on federal properties. According to reporting from Lisa Sorg at Inside Climate News: “More than 800 … Read more
