Mesa Mayor John Giles Stands Up to the AZGOP’s MAGA Bullies for Democracy and the American Way
Mayor Giles has been here before. He stepped forward to endorse the election of Democrat Mark Kelly to the Senate over anti-democratic, anti-American values MAGA blowhard, conspiracy theorist, election denier, and insurrectionist fascist before and taken the blowback from his own party it has caused him with grace. He’s now doing it again on the … Read more
DNC Convention Night Two: Michelle Obama says, “DO Something!”
When Michelle Obama was growing up, her mother would tell her, “Don’t sit around and complain about things. Do something!‘” Michelle turned to the Democratic Delegates at the Chicago Democratic Convention and said, “So consider this your official ask. Michelle Obama is asking, no, telling you, to do something!” We don’t need four more years … Read more
Yassamin Ansari Prevails in CD Three Recount; Will Likely Become First Iranian American to Serve in the House
The recount has been concluded and former Phoenix Vice Mayor and Councilwoman Yassamin Ansari has prevailed in the Arizona Congressional House District Three Primary with a 39 vote margin over former State Legislator and Arizona Democratic Party Chairperson Raquel Teran. In the very likely event, that she wins in the general election this November, she … Read more
Outstanding Moments of Night One of DNC Convention
The most powerful moment of the night was the three women who delivered deeply harrowing, personal stories on abortion rights. Amanda Zurawski of Texas, Kaitlyn Joshua of Louisiana and Hadley Duvall of Kentucky described the needless tragedy and heartbreak they experienced from state abortion bans. One-third of all women live under abortion bans. Abortion bans … Read more
Inside the Room at the Arizona DNC Delegation Breakfast
This morning we got treated to rousing speeches from Arizona luminaries. Sorry in advance that I didn’t cath all of our lead-off speaker SecState Fontes and didn’t get my tripod setup immediately – I’ll do better in future events! AZSecState Adrian Fontes led off. His main message was to turn your early ballots in within … Read more
UPDATED 9/29: ADLCC is Our Cheat Code to Deliver Total Victory in Arizona. But Time is Running Out! Donate Today!
What is the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (ADLCC)? It is the coordinated campaign in the key state legislative districts that can flip control of the Arizona Legislature to Democrats for the first time in decades. It is how we Democrats can start to deliver for Arizona citizens, instead of just vetoing the worst nonsense … Read more
Galaxy of Stars Dazzling at Democratic Convention
Here’s a winning recipe: start with the beautiful city of Chicago, add 4,000 pumped-up Democratic Delegates nationwide, add a star-studded cast of political orators – and you’ve got the Democratic National Convention. The excitement is so intense it measures on the Richter scale. After taking the new direct Southwest flight from Tucson to Chicago, I … Read more
