Using the World Cup as a Backdrop, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Launches Releases English and Spanish Re-Election Ads
June 9, 2026
With the World Cup set to dominate sporting news in the coming weeks, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has released two re-election ads, one in English and the other in Spanish, using the soccer tournament as the backdrop to reintroduce the candidate to voters and highlight her pro-consumer and pro-safety record in office. The first
Donald Trump’s Project 2025 War on Knowledge and Reality Continues, Challenging the American Ideal and the Nation’s Global Standing
June 9, 2026
Over the last ten days, Donald Trump and his MAGA-Know-Nothing Republican Project 2025 Allies have advanced their autocratic war on reality in their continuing quest to spread ignorance and rewrite history to suit their perspective, promote a white nationalist-isolationist anti-science agenda, and stoke conspiracy mania to sow distrust in election results. This is not surprising
Arizona Democratic Congressional Reaction to the Stable Genius Melting Down on Meet the Press
June 7, 2026
Donald Trump’s broadcast interview with Kristen Welker on Meet the Press this morning (June 7, 2026) is already a classic, with all the Mad King’s greatest hits, evasions, lies, male chauvinism, messianic conceit, and outright deranged lunacy. Please click here to read the full transcript of the Stable Genius’s meltdown before walking away in a
There is No There, There
June 6, 2026
Design and composition by Charlie Grantham, rendered by chatGPT 5.2 There is No There, There Gertrude Stein – my apologies to Oakland, CA This blog began as an inquiry into the polical motivations of Rep. Juan Ciscomani CD6. Then a funny thing happened. People began to ask me if there wasn’t a larger issue here
Donald and Juan’s Wretched Economy, in Five Charts
June 6, 2026
(Economic recession graph from TuftsDaily.com, via Advantus Media Inc.) Dear Readers, you may be getting weary of these periodic looks at what we fear is the pending disaster of the Trump-Ciscomani economy. The first named has made bad times happen; the latter has tagged along like a good little puppy. We’re a little tired, too,
Governor Hobbs: Andy Biggs Is a Threat to Arizona’s Future
June 4, 2026
Gov. Katie Hobbs delivered a warning that Democrats—and every voter who cares about democracy—should take seriously: electing Andy Biggs governor would put an election denier, abortion opponent, and MAGA extremist in charge of one of the nation’s most important swing states. Speaking at the Udall Dinner on May 30, she framed the 2026 governor’s race
Great News for Karla Toldeo, but Many Innocent Arizona Residents, Including Children, Still Suffering in Trump’s Concentration Camps
June 4, 2026
As Blog for Arizona Editor Larry Bodine reported yesterday, DACA recipient Karla Toldeo, who was wrongly detained for almost a week by Trump’s Gestapo-ICE agents last month, received a favorable ruling from the courts, where the immigration judge presiding over her case dismissed the deportation case against her. Reacting happily to the ruling, Arizona Representative
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs Celebrates First Quarter Job Numbers
June 4, 2026
Two Arizona Jobs Reports has Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs beaming. The first is a quarterly report by the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), prepared by Rounds Consulting Group, which showed the Grand Canyon State ranking third in the nation in job growth percentage. Another report by the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity showed the
