The Billionaire Cage Match Is Cosplay. The Real Bloodbath Is the Budget Bill.
Let me save you some scrolling: the Trump-Musk feud is not real. It’s political theater. It’s two mega-wealthy blowhards playing out a fake fight in the spotlight while something much darker creeps through Congress: a budget bill that would gut healthcare, strip public services, and toss millions of Americans into medical and financial chaos. You’ve … Read more
Young Dems of Pima County and UArizona Party (and Have a Deep Panel Discussion) Around Youth Engagement with the Democratic Party
Last night Young Dems of Pima County and UArizona and the Arizona Democratic Party (ADP) came together for a party to celebrate and seriously discuss the role – and disaffection – of younger people in the Democratic Party. A panel of our young Democratic leaders dicussed the problem and possible solutions of how to more … Read more
The Puppet Master Just Potentially Made His Marionette a Lame Duck President
For most public policy wonks, the messy political divorce of Elon Musk and Donald Trump, given the Felon in Chief’s being on bad terms with a substantial portion of his first term team, is not surprising. Many saw it as a good possibility shortly after Trump let Musk create DOGE. Suffice it say, House Democrats … Read more
Face Facts and Fight Tyranny
I feel a moral imperative to speak out for the common folks who built this nation. Is it too much for the blue-collar majority of this country to want the basics of day-to-day living while the rich feather their nests on the backs of the working class? When I dare to publish editorials that take this … Read more
(UPDATED) Trump and MAGA Republican’s Project 2025-Death Trap Budget Projected to Kill 51,000 People a Year If They Lose Their Health Insurance
51,000 That is the number of people projected to die from a Yale University Study on the cruel effects of the Trump/MAGA Project 2025 Republicans Social Darwinist cuts in Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare. In a June 3 letter to Senators Ron Wyden and Bernie Sanders, the analysts at Yale concluded that the current … Read more
Campaigning for Re-Election, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes Presents Himself as a Stabilizing Leader and Democracy’s Champion
According to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and everyone else not drinking Trump’s MAGA Kool Aid, the threat to Democracy and America’s election systems is not tomorrow’s problem. It is today’s. Seeing Trumpism and all the voter suppression and Anti-Democratic/Pro-Fascist characteristics it presents, Mr. Fontes is running for re-election to offer stable and strong … Read more
Hobbs, Gallego, and Third Way Aim to Strike Middle Ground on Transgender Policy
In the final weeks of the 2024 Election, many Democratic operatives including former President Bill Clinton warned the Harris/Walz Campaign that a Trump/Vance aligned Campaign Ad, airing during Football broadcasts on Sundays, targeting the former Vice Presidents support for transgender individuals (based in part on a policy carried out during Trump’s first term) and groups … Read more
