Featured Stories
From TheDGT.org: Join Us for Happy Hour at Brother John’s with Vets Forward on Wednesday from 4-6pm
April 12, 2026
Howdy BlogForArizona folks! You all are invited to our upcoming Happy Hour at Brother John’s next Wednesday from 4-6pm, which we are co-hosting with the fantastic advocacy group Vets Forward, and we have now confirmed that Democratic Congressional Candidate and veteran, JoAnna Mondoza will be joining us: I recorded a quick vid about all these
Top Dem Jamie Raskin Wants Trump to Take a Cognitive Test
April 11, 2026
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, is urging President Donald Trump’s White House physician to conduct and publicly release a comprehensive cognitive and neuropsychological exam of the president, citing what he calls alarming signs of mental decline amid the ongoing Iran war and recent threats of mass destruction on social
All Politics is Local?
April 10, 2026
Is it? Really? Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill Jr. is often credited with the saying “All Politics is Local”, though apparently,he didn’t originate it. Many of the real issues facing people in our districts are in fact local. And yet, even those local matters are significantly affected by far away events. Arizonans’ cost
The Bully in Chief
April 9, 2026
Donald Trump is a bully. This much is clear[1]. When he thinks groups or individuals are vulnerable, he talks tough. When they resist, he either backs down or responds so ineffectively that he often loses. The results with law firms he’s attacked, for instance, show this. As Robert Reich has noted, “The law firms Perkins Coie, Jenner
Trump and Republicans Are Driving 180,000 Arizona Children to Starvation
April 8, 2026
In their quest to pay for their tax cuts for billionaires in the Big Billionaires First Bill, Mr. Trump and his Congressional Republican allies cut vital social services for millions of vulnerable Americans. Food Stamps or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was one of them. With onerous new work requirements, the removal of work
Raoul Zubia Wants to Be the People’s Voice on the Scottsdale City Council
April 8, 2026
With a majority of the Scottsdale City Council committed to a reactionary agenda to ignore the wishes of the people and turn back the clock, lifelong resident Raoul Zubia wants to be the people’s voice, seeking the one open seat in the upcoming Council elections. Two incumbents are running for re-election. A long-time activist, if
TACO Trump Strikes Again Agreeing to a Ceasefire that Makes Iran Stronger Than Before
April 7, 2026
Everything Donald Trump touches turns to crap. Today, after days of mentally unhinged social media posts and White House Press Room tirades saying that he would bomb Iran back into the Stone Age, destroy Persian Civilization, and God was on his side, Donald Trump agreed to a two week ceasefire with Iran to pursue an
TACO: U.S. and Iran in Ceasefire, Avoiding Deaths of American Troops in the Strait of Hormuz
April 7, 2026
Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO), and he accepted a two-week ceasefire with Iran. This delays Trump’s “plan” to attack civilians, bridges, desalination plants and energy targets, which would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That will require the deaths of many American soldiers, sailors and Guardsmen. Calls for President Trump’s removal from office reached a
