One Last Scandal Before I Go: Ducey Court Packing Scheme
Gov. Doug Ducey and his radical Republican state legislature have been packing the state courts with activist radical Republican judges for years. They expanded the state Supreme Court, over the objection of the Chief Justice. Then they expanded the state appellate courts (at the very same time they decry any suggestion by Democrats at the … Read more
The Dawn Of A New Day In Arizona: Swearing-in Ceremony Today
Today we are finally rid of the smarmy ice cream man hired by Koch Industries to run their Southwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Arizona. Rejoice! The Arizona Republic reports, Private inauguration ceremony ushers in Arizona governor, slate of officeholders: A new slate of statewide officials will be sworn into office Monday in … Read more
2022: Quite the year!
In the Dec 29 Washington Post, Jonathan Alter wrote an article titled, “Why 2022 was a very good year.” I think it’s definitely worth a read. As liberals, we tend to focus on all the ways that we failed to reach our preferred outcomes. For instance, here in Arizona, we didn’t reach a majority (or … Read more
Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit 2023
Happy New Year. It’s the Year of the Rabbit for us Asian Americans, according to our 12 animal zodiac calendar. Why 12 animals? Legend has it that the Emperor of China conducted a race to see which animal was the fastest, and this is the order of their arrival at the finish line: rat, ox, … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of January 1, 2023
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political … Read more
Nostromichael’s 2023 Predictions for Arizona
As we all ring in a New Year with too many firearms, too much alcohol, and too many cheap fireworks, we hope it will be superior to 2022, which we can all pretty much agree was no picnic. We also naturally wonder what might occur over the coming 365 days here in Arizona. I’ve been scanning … Read more
Can You Smell What The Trump is Cooking? Smells Like… New Year’s Desperation?
I continue to allow the Cheeto Mussolini to email me periodically because it is amusing to me to watch the various angles and pitches he uses to get his marks to continue to pump cash into his pocket. The pitch is reaching dengue fever levels of desperation – and I love it. It occurred to … Read more
