A Dozen Years at B4AZ
February 11, 2026
Well, it’s that day again, the Feb. 11 anniversary of when I started up here in 2014 at Blogforarizona.net, invited by our former colleague AZ Blue Meanie. He/she (still anonymous) is retired from blogging now, but I remember him/her well for his/her 20 year history with us. What a prolific blogger. Anyway, so I’ve been
D.C. Grand Jury Denies Trump’s Desire to Indict Mark Kelly and Five Other Democratic Congressmen
February 11, 2026
American Duce Wannabe Donald Trump was so incensed at the November 18, 2025 video made by Senator Elissa Slotkin, Representative Maggie Goodlander, Representative Chrissy Houlahan, Senator Mark Kelly, Representative Jason Crow, and Representative Chris DeLuzio that reminded active United States Service Members that they could disobey illegal orders that he sicced acting U.S. Attorney and
Rep. Consuelo Hernandez’s Bill to Provide Dental Care for Low Income Pregnant Women Clears AZ House Committee
February 11, 2026
Making life affordable for Arizonans again, along with quality and accessible health care. That was the purpose of Arizona Legislative District 21 Representative Consuelo Hernandez’s bill (HB2958), which passed the House Health and Human Services Committee on February 9. If it passes the whole State Legislature and is signed by Governor Katie Hobbs, this measure
Our Citizen’s Initiative Limiting ESA Vouchers Lets Voters to Do What AZ’s MAGA Legislators Flatly Refuse to Do!
February 11, 2026
Spokespersons for the new citizen’s intitiative (David has a great rundown of the outline, so I won’t repeat) say It’s time to bring accountability, transparency, and safety standards to Arizona’s billion-dollar ESA voucher program, protect the vast majority of our kids’ educational opportunities, and give Arizona taxpayers the accountability and transparency we deserve. Damned right
Governor Hobbs and Democrats Denounce Trump/RFKJr-Caused Measles Outbreak in AZ
February 10, 2026
A graph is worth a thousand words. 2025 saw a profound spike in the number of reported measles cases in Arizona, to well over 200. Consider that from 1992 to 2024, the number of reported cases per year never came close to 50. Unfortunately, the recent measles outbreak, caused in large part by the vaccine
Trump Is Today’s Caligula
February 10, 2026
Trump increasingly evokes the memory of Caligula, the third emperor of Rome. Though Caligula appeared reasonably rational when his reign began in AD 37, he seemed to descend into madness rapidly. He had sex with his three sisters, among many others. He built opulent villas and hosted lavish parties, thereby bankrupting Rome. He reversed all the actions of his predecessor, Tiberius,
Teachers and School Forces to Put ESA Reform on the November Ballot
February 9, 2026
With Arizona Legislative Republicans okay with rampant waste, fraud, abuse, and indoctrination in the billion-dollar a year publicly funded with working and middle class taxpayers money Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Welfare/Scam for the Wealthy Private School Voucher Program, the Arizona Education Association (AEA) and Save Our Schools Arizona have banded together to gather enough signatures
White Nationalist Donald Trump Wants You to Ignore the Fact that the Assassin of Medgar Evers was a White Nationalist
February 9, 2026
Fresh off posting a meme online that showed the Obamas as apes, Donald Trump and his White Nationalist Zealots are attempting again to “whitewash” an episode of history by having the National Park Service omit the fact on its brochures that the assassin of Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers was a White Nationalist-Supremicist-Klansman-Racist. George Orwell
