Review of “Origin” playing at Loft Cinema
Last night I went to see “Origin” now playing at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. for at least another week. It is a disturbing film about social inequality of African American slaves, Nazi German’s mass extermination of Jews during the Holocaust, and the enduring caste system of Untouchables in India. The film depicts … Read more
Get Good Dems on the Ballot! Especially for the AZ Corporation Commission!
You may or may not be aware, but the Arizona Secretary of State maintains a system called E-Qual that allows Arizona’s citizens to sign candidates’ nomination petitions securely online. You can also give Clean Elections candidates their qualifying $5 donations via the system. This has a few advantages: you don’t have to seek out individual … Read more
Attorney General Mayes’s Office Indicts former ADE ESA Employees of Fraud
The Arizona Attorney General’s office, headed by Kris Mayes, announced the indictment of five individuals, three of them former employees at the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) for “allegedly engaging in fraud, conspiracy, computer tampering, illegally conducting an enterprise, money laundering and forgery related to the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Program.” The defendants who have … Read more
Ciscomani’s Betrayal of Arizona’s Schools
By Nancy Gutierrez, state Representative from LD18 (Foothills). Arizona schools need our help. As a public school teacher and a state legislator, I have a responsibility to Arizona’s next generation. So does Congressman Ciscomani. But the Congressman’s record shows that helping our state’s public schools is not a priority. In his first term in Washington, … Read more
Arizona Democratic Leaders and Candidates Disparage Alabama Ruling on In Vitro Fertilization
It should become increasingly clear to most Americans with open minds and lovers of freedom and tolerance that, thanks in part to the United States Supreme Court and Ultra White Nationalist Evangelical Red State Governors and State Legislatures, there are some parts of the country that are not inviting locales to live in. The latest … Read more
Facing Re-election, Maricopa Co. Attorney Rachel Mitchell Politicizes Her Office to Truckle to Donald Trump and the MAGA Minions
An alternative title for this post might be “Democrats REALLY Need a Serious Candidate for Maricopa County Attorney”. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell is certainly proving she is not above the partisan fray. Not only was she a hired legal gun to try and smear the sexual assault victim of Supreme Court Justice Brett “I … Read more
Juan Ciscomani Sticking up his Finger to Test the Winds on Ukraine Funding in his District. Tell Him What You Think!
Juan Ciscomani seems to be anxious about how his district is feeling about aid to Ukraine, and he sent out a survey to find out. Let him know how you feel!
