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Large Donors and Special Interests Own Juan Ciscomani
April 24, 2026
Electoral campaigns announced their financial reports for the first quarter of 2026 in early April. In our district, JoAnna Mendoza’s campaign raised $2,440,651. Juan Ciscomani’s campaign raised $1,138,649. It seemed to us that our representative might be worried about his electoral prospects. We were not surprised by what we heard next. On April 13th, Tucson
TACO Time in Iran
April 24, 2026
TACO (“Trump Always Chickens Out) has arrived in Iran. ✅ Trump sent JD Vance to negotiate an end to the war against Iran on April 11, 2026. Nothing was accomplished. ✅ Trump declared a ceasefire with Iran on April 16. It expired on April 23, with the Iranians refusing to surrender. Nothing was accomplished. ✅
On Earth Day, Ansari and Kelly Protest the Trump-Republican Ravaging of Public Lands
April 23, 2026
On Earth Day yesterday, one of Arizona’s Representatives and Senators, Yassamin Ansari and Mark Kelly, condemned corporatist Donald Trump and MAGA Congressional Republicans for instituting anti-environmental and anti-sustainability policies designed to turn the clock back on clean energy projects while exploiting and ravaging the resources on public lands and national parks. In a video released
“Iran, Fascism, Corruption, Stupidity, and Affordability,” and “Lift People Up and Expand the Middle Class”: Two Winning Slogans the Democrats Should Run On
April 23, 2026
In 1952, with Dwight Eisenhower at the head of the ticket and McCarthyism in its popular phase, Republicans ran on a simple slogan attacking the Truman Administration on three words: Korea (while the war was going on and Truman had fired conservative darling Douglas MacArthur), Communism, and Corruption. While most historians concede that the popular
Earth Day 2026 tips
April 22, 2026
Well, it’s Earth Day 2026 and what shall we do to handle climate change on Earth now that we’re 26 years past the millenium year of 2000? Recently we attended a City of Tucson heat summit & climate accountability town hall at Donna Liggins neighborhood center. We heard from politicians like CD 7 Congresswoman Adelita
“Phoenix’s Best Days Have Arrived”: Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Delivers an Optimistic, Cautionary, and Forward Agenda in Her Annual State of the City Address
April 21, 2026
Saying Phoenix’s best days have arrived and the future is here, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego delivered her annual State of the City Address before a packed house of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce at the Sheraton Hotel on Third Street. In her usual mix of optimism, policy wonkiness, and forward vision, Mayor Gallego summarized
Representative Yassamin Ansari Fights Back Against Smears on Her, Her Family, and Her Staff
April 21, 2026
Arizona House Congress member Yassamin Ansari (CD3), issued a strong statement against Trumpist allies who are launching attacks on her, her family, and her staff after she filed articles of impeachement against the Defense Secretary. She is a Congresswoman who has spent much of her 16 months in Congress: Please read the statement below: “I
Hungary and Arizona
April 21, 2026
What does Hungary’s electoral tsunami mean for Arizona? Hungary is far away, it’s a country, not a U.S. state, and it is different from us in many, many other ways. But we can learn from what just happened there, especially as we contemplate moving past the Trump era. A pro-democracy candidate, Peter Magyar[1] not only defeated Orban,
