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All Politics is Local?
April 10, 2026
Is it? Really? Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill Jr. is often credited with the saying “All Politics is Local”, though apparently,he didn’t originate it. Many of the real issues facing people in our districts are in fact local. And yet, even those local matters are significantly affected by far away events. Arizonans’ cost
Alma Hernandez of LD20 Calls Out ESA Fraud While Bills Get Held Hostage
April 10, 2026
State Rep. Alma Hernandez (D-LD20) appeared at Democrats of Greater Tucson this week not as a newcomer, but as one of the longest‑serving Dems at the Capitol – a term‑limited House member now running for the LD20 Senate seat at age 32 after eight bruising years in the minority. In the July 21 Democratic Primary,
The Bully in Chief
April 9, 2026
Donald Trump is a bully. This much is clear[1]. When he thinks groups or individuals are vulnerable, he talks tough. When they resist, he either backs down or responds so ineffectively that he often loses. The results with law firms he’s attacked, for instance, show this. As Robert Reich has noted, “The law firms Perkins Coie, Jenner
Raoul Zubia Wants to Be the People’s Voice on the Scottsdale City Council
April 8, 2026
With a majority of the Scottsdale City Council committed to a reactionary agenda to ignore the wishes of the people and turn back the clock, lifelong resident Raoul Zubia wants to be the people’s voice, seeking the one open seat in the upcoming Council elections. Two incumbents are running for re-election. A long-time activist, if
TACO Trump Strikes Again Agreeing to a Ceasefire that Makes Iran Stronger Than Before
April 7, 2026
Everything Donald Trump touches turns to crap. Today, after days of mentally unhinged social media posts and White House Press Room tirades saying that he would bomb Iran back into the Stone Age, destroy Persian Civilization, and God was on his side, Donald Trump agreed to a two week ceasefire with Iran to pursue an
TACO: U.S. and Iran in Ceasefire, Avoiding Deaths of American Troops in the Strait of Hormuz
April 7, 2026
Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO), and he accepted a two-week ceasefire with Iran. This delays Trump’s “plan” to attack civilians, bridges, desalination plants and energy targets, which would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That will require the deaths of many American soldiers, sailors and Guardsmen. Calls for President Trump’s removal from office reached a
The Man Who Bankrupted a Casino Releases His Screw-the-American-People Budget
April 6, 2026
History will record that Trump and Republicans did this. While Mr. Trump, who is being reinforced and encouraged by White Christian Nationalist sycophants who equate him with Jesus, is releasing bombastic, unhinged social media posts and holding mentally unbalanced pro Putin press conferences promising to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age with God’s support
Time for the 25th Amendment: Mad King Trump Threatens Iran With Criminal Bombing of Civilian Infrastructure
April 5, 2026
Days after saying that the United States would bomb Iran back to the Stone Age, Mad King Donald Trump has issued several unhinged several social media posts including: It is not normal for an American President to publicly announce that he will commit recognized war crimes against civilians, especially the ones you claim you are
