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Kyrsten Sinema Trolls Her Constituents After Killing Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation
October 29, 2021
Above image: h/t Salon. Arizona’s prima donna Democratic diva, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, does not have time to answer questions from the press or meet with her constituents to explain her bizarre “Silent Sinema” behavior or why she is sabotaging the Biden agenda, and also appeasing GQP fascism with her unprincipled and incoherent support for the
The Fix is In: Newest Voting District Maps are Skewed to Favor Republicans
October 29, 2021
The “Independent” Redistricting Commission adopted maps that will give Republicans an unfair edge in electing state legislators. The biased map would freeze the narrow Republican majority in the statehouse for ten years. The legislative map is designed to ensure the election of Republicans in Pima County. The congressional map allows Republicans to dominate in three
(UPDATED) It is Time to Pass Both the Infrastructure and Build Back Better Plans
October 28, 2021
Is it wrong that the recent version of the Build Back Better Plan does not have: Any version of Paid Family and Medical Leave? Two Years of Free Community College? Expanded Medicare Coverage for Dental and Vision Care? A permanent extension of the Child Tax Credit for everyone? A more stringent plan to reduce carbon
AZGOP Governor Candidates Bring the Crazy in LD15 Forum
October 28, 2021
I normally would not give any Republican candidates straight airtime here on BlogForArizona, except, of course, to criticize them. But I watched in amazed fascination and shock the AZ Republican Party’s LD 15 Governors Candidate Forum, featuring Matt Salmon, Steve Gaynor, and Trump’s endorsed candidate Kari Lake. Holy shit did they bring the crazy. That
Kris Mayes, Candidate for AZ Attorney General, will Take the Fight to the Republicans
October 28, 2021
Attorney General Candidate Kris Mayes promised to take the fight to the Republican Party in her campaign. “I was tough on the utilities,” she said about her work on the Arizona Corporation Commission. “Who’s tough enough to stand up to the insanity that’s going on at the Arizona legislature? Which one of us is
Stop Gerrymandering Now: Submit Your Comments to the Redistricting Commission
October 27, 2021
The Independent Redistricting Commission will meet on Thursday to decide on Congressional and Legislative Draft Maps. They will discuss a pro-Republican map written by Anna Clark, the second vice-chair of the Pima County GOP, and surreptitiously submitted as being from the anti-worker Southern Arizona Leadership Council. Democrats must continue to comment at the links below:
AZ SoS Katie Hobbs Testifies to the Senate on Threats to AZ’s Elections
October 27, 2021
Arizona Secretary of State Hobbs testified yesterday to the Senate Rules and Administration Committee at a hearing on threats against election workers and volunteers. The witnesses spoke about the various types of threats they had received and concerns over election worker security. They also addressed election integrity and confidence, the role of the federal government,




