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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:
A Seditious Conspiracy To Engage In Election Interference And Election Subversion – Where The Hell Is The FBI and DOJ?
October 27, 2021
Update to Arizona GQP Should Accurately Be Identified On The Ballot as The ‘QAnon’ Party. QAnon is a “big tent” conspiracy theory that emerged in the fringe corners of the Internet in 2017. It has since amassed millions of supporters, a small portion of whom have been motivated to conduct QAnon-inspired violence, leading the FBI
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,
Colin Powell and Weapons of Mass Deception in Iraq
October 27, 2021
The recent passing of Colin Powell, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brought forth many stories of his illustrious career. But, unfortunately, his speech at the United Nations on February 5, 2003, making a case for war with Iraq, will be what people will never forget. His speech at
The MAGA/QAnon Cult Turns to Book Banning – Can Book Burning Be Far Behind?
October 27, 2021
A number of years ago, I used to present a one hour seminar on “Things they didn’t teach you in your high school history class” – the unsanitized version of our history that is not included in the hagiographic myth making in virtually every high school text book. The white nationalist MAGA/QAnon cult freakout over
Mayor Romero and 4 Latino Mayors Call for Passage of Build Back Better Agenda
October 27, 2021
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero joined other Hispanic mayors from Long Beach, Brownsville, Topeka, and Providence to call for immediate passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. They praised the historic investments and generational impacts for local communities and families that the agenda will bring. The mayors highlighted
