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West Point Graduate Lt. Colonel (Retired) Dana Allmond Wants to Protect Democracy and Serve the People in the New LD 17
September 26, 2022
“Duty, Honor, Country.” Those are not just words to West Point Graduate, Wife, and Mother of Four Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Dana Allmond. This is a social and moral code to live by when working for and serving others. A retired 23-year Army veteran who has declared Trump Republican Secretary of State Mark Finchem “a clear
Now That Abortion Is Illegal In Arizona, This Is The Kind Of Insanity We Can Come To Expect To See
September 25, 2022
Rolling Stone reports, She Wanted An Abortion. Now The Embryo Is Suing Her Doctors: FOUR YEARS AGO in Arizona, a woman had an abortion. She was not ambivalent about the decision: She was upset to learn she was pregnant, scared of giving birth, and she did not want — she had never wanted — children.
The ‘Kochtopus’ PAC Is Bankrolling Election Denier Sedition Party Candidates
September 25, 2022
The Guardian reports, Alarm as Koch bankrolls dozens of election denier candidates: Fossil fuel giant Koch Industries has poured over $1m into backing – directly and indirectly – dozens of House and Senate candidates who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s win on 6 January 2021. Koch, which is controlled by multibillionaire Charles Koch, boasts a
Political Calendar: Week Of September 25, 2022
September 25, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political
Hobbs and Mayes Denounce GOP’s Banning All Abortions AZ
September 24, 2022
“It (The 1901 abortion ban) was passed before Arizona was a state and before women could vote…This law is cruel, life-threatening, and rips away millions of Arizonan’s freedoms… The government has no business interfering with the decisions doctors make every day when doing their jobs…As Arizona’s governor, I will do everything in my power and every
President Biden Assails The House GQP ‘Commitment To America’ Agenda (Updated)
September 24, 2022
Update to House GQP’s So-Called ‘Commitment to America’ Accidentally Leaked By Kevin McCarthy. The Arizona Mirror reports, U.S. House GOP outlines agenda in bid for control in the midterms. Shorter version: “All culture wars, all the time.” Scare the GQP crazy base of White Christian Ntionalists into frothing at the mouth. This is not a
Adrian Fontes ‘Owned’ Insurrectionist Mark Finchem In His Debate
September 24, 2022
Update to David Gordon’s post, Mark Finchem Demonstrates During His Debate With Adrian Fontes Just How Crazy He Is. Laurie Roberts of The Republic adds, It took only 30 minutes for Adrian Fontes to own Mark Finchem in their debate: Thursday night’s face-off between the two men who want to run Arizona’s elections showed exactly why
Leading Democratic Reaction to the Pima County Court Ruling Taking Away Women’s Reproductive Freedom
September 23, 2022
It did not take long for many of Arizona’s leading Democratic voices to denounce the Pima County Superior Court Ruling taking away abortion rights and putting in place a ban from 1864 that would not provide exceptions for rape, incest, or severe birth defects. This in effect makes women second-class citizens in the Grand Canyon
