Repulsive: Arizona MAGA Republican Hypocrisy on Supplemental Funding Requests
Nauseating and Sickening were descriptors applied to previous articles on Arizona MAGA Republicans protecting welfare for the rich programs like the Empowerment Scholarship Account private school voucher program and tax cuts for the wealthy while screwing over funding for children with disabilities. In reporting from AZ Central, House Appropriations Chair David Livingston who railed against … Read more
Like Passages Out of Orwell’s 1984, The Musk/Trump/Vance Central Committee Has Discouraged the Use of the Word Women
Only in MAGA world can terms like diversity, equity, and inclusion be viewed as a threat to society. It is like the French aristocrats shunning the terms Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity in the days before the French Revolution. How did that work out for many of them? In 2025, the Musk/Trump/Vance Central Committee is taking … Read more
My Hero: Rep. Al Green, Swinging his Cane and Heckling Trump
Three cheers for Texas Democratic Congressman Al Green for standing up for his constituents and disrupting Trump’s address to Congress. Green stood up, waved his walking stick, and shouted at the president that he doesn’t have a mandate at Trump’s March 4 speech. He ignored multiple calls from the House speaker to stop. At 77 … Read more
Can We Talk? The Science of Communication 2025 Lecture series at UA Centennial Hall
College of Science Lecture Series Carolyn’s note: Eep, I got caught up with personal tax issues last week and neglected to post this before March 6, the first lecture. I mised it but here it is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FngdRW1FBU But anyway, carry on for March 13, 20, 27. Sincere apologies to our readers. Can We … Read more
BlogForArizona Staff in Conversation on the Powers for the People Podcast
David, Larry and Mike joined Pam Powers on her podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about the current political scene nationally, internationally, and in Arizona. Join us!
It’s Up To Us
I was speaking to an old friend recently, and he said that he didn’t see who would be our “hero.” The right wing has theirs, the one we’ve viewed as a buffoon who has managed to throw a wrecking ball into so many of our institutions in a few weeks. And we have some very … Read more
Another Week Where Arizona Republicans Work to Return to Yesterday While Democrats Reach for Tomorrow
The pattern is getting predictable. Another week where MAGA Republicans at the Arizona State Legislature and across the country work to return the nation to the Gilded Age where Robber Barons dictated policy, the wealth gap between the top and the everyone else was prolific, public schools were not as popularized, reproductive freedom and voting … Read more
