UPDATED: The AZGOP’s Secret Sting Operation Against Representative Stephanie Stahl Hamilton
UPDATE 4/2/23: Three Members of the Arizona House have indeed filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Stahl Hamilton. You can read this fundamentally dishonest piece of MAGA hypocrisy here. Readers are probably familiar by now with the narrative around Representative Stahl Hamilton having moved a couple Bibles around in the Captial’s Private Member Lounge, what … Read more
Paul Krugman On The Biden Boom Economy
Economist Paul Krugman writes, Joe Biden and the Not-So-Bad Economy: Joe Biden has, to nobody’s surprise, formally announced that he is seeking re-election. And I, for one, am dreading the year and a half of political crystal ball gazing that lies ahead of us — a discussion to which I will have little if anything … Read more
Justice Clarence Thomas’ Billionaire Benefactor Did Have Business Before The Court
Update to Clarence Thomas: ‘Sorry I Got Caught. Not Sorry!’ Bloomberg reports, Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Friend Did Have Business Before the Supreme Court: Justice Clarence Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to disclose private jet flights and luxury vacations paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow because, although a close friend, Crow “did not … Read more
Tucson Is Becoming A News Desert
The City of Tucson lost the Tucson Citizen, the evening daily newspaper, when it ceased publication in 2009. The Tucson Citizen was the oldest continuously published newspaper in Arizona at the time it ceased publication. The Tucson Weekly was once a must-read source for local politics, i.e., The Skinny and The Range, but ever since … Read more
Celebrate and Support Tucson’s Local Journalism: Arizona Luminaria
We here at BlogForArizona are big fans and supporters of local journalism. What locally-focused reporters do in watchdogging and uncovering the doings of local government is truly foundational to real democracy. We subscribe, reference, and rely on local reporters for our commentary and coverage – and we encourage our readers to do the same. Today … Read more
MAGA Republicans Filibuster The Equal Rights Amendment In The U.S. Senate
I’m shocked! White Christian Nationalist Republicans who want to impose an authoritarian theocracy in the United States similar to the Mullahs in Iran or the Taliban in Afghanistan, and render women second class citizens without any rights especially over their own bodies, failed to provide the necessary votes for cloture (Senate filibuster rule) to make … Read more
Sanctimonious Mike Pence Testified Before The January 6 Criminal Grand Jury Today
Update to Appeals Court Rules Trump Can’t Prevent Sanctimonious Mike Pence From Testifying To January 6 Criminal Grand Jury. Well this didn’t take long, probably for security reasons. Wouldn’t you like to have been a fly on the head of Mike Pence today? CNN reports Former Vice President Pence testifies to federal grand jury investigating … Read more
