Attacks on the Ivory Tower, and Real-world Consequences for Progress
In the Arizona Republic, Helen Rummel recently reported on the reaction of education leaders in our state to potential and actual cuts in federal research funding. She noted that there was still quite a bit of optimism about weathering these storms. I admit to being less sanguine. While I have no experience with the Arizona system, my … Read more
Who’s running for Tucson City Council races in Ward 3, 5 and 6 in 2025 – updated
Today April 7 at 5 p.m. was the deadline for nomination petition filings for those intending to run for Tucson City Council in Ward 3, 5 and 6. City of Tucson Elections Dept. has issued the official list of candidates: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Clerks/Elections/Candidates Note: Links below on candidate names are to TheDGT.org video appearances by those candidates. … Read more
If Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia were White, The Trump Fascists Would Not Be Asking the Courts to Stop His Return to the United States
Kilamr Amando Abrego Garcia, a married man and father who has lived with no criminal record in the United States for years, was one of the individuals deported several weeks ago when the Musk/Trump/Vance White Nationalist-Project 2025/American Mein Kampf Regime disobeyed a judge’s orders and flew over 300 suspected MS-13 Venezuelan gang members to be … Read more
“Disgusting:” Unless You Are a Billionaire, MAGA Republicans Do Not Care About You
Over the last week, Felon and Liar in Chief Donald Trump and his MAGA-Project 2025 Apostates at the Nation’s Capitol and in states like Arizona have shown again that unless you are a billionaire who bends the knee to the American Duce and all the backward policies he and they stand for, they do not … Read more
15,000 Angry Protesters Against Trump Line Reid Park
A huge crowd gathered at Reid Park along both sides of 22nd Street and Country Club today in Tucson as part of the nationwide Hands Off! protests. More than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, veterans and election activists, organized the demonstrations in more than 1,200 locations in all 50 states. Demonstrators voiced … Read more
A Modern Day Rasputin, Laura Loomer Persuades Weak-Minded Trump to Devastate The Nation’s CyberSecurity Leadership
One of the contributing factors to the first Russian Revolution in February/March 1917 (depending on which calendar one follows) was the influence of the monk Rasputin on the Romanov Royal Family. Brought in to help the Tsar and Tsarina’s son cope with his hemophilia, the monk’s success in helping “treat” the boy allowed him to … Read more
At a Mesa Townhall, Kris Mayes and Greg Stanton Commit to “Save Our Country”
The bipartisan group of about 250 people who attended the over two-hour town hall at the Dobson Community Center in Mesa hosted by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Congressional District Four Representative Greg Stanton brought many concerns to the gathering. Virtually every subject that has plagued this country since the return of Donald Trump … Read more
