Will 2026 Finally Be the Year Arizona Democrats Capture Control of the State Legislature
December 6, 2025
Arizona Democrats thought it would happen in 2020. They thought that it could happen in 2022 and 2024. Will 2026 finally be the year when Arizona Democrats finally grab control of both houses of the State Legislature for the first time in half a century? Scott McNeil, the new Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic
Trump’s Economic Policies Aim at Our Past, Not Our Future
December 6, 2025
A post on Persuation by Jeff Tyler Syck about the problems with Trump’s MAGA prescription for revitalizing rural American communities caught my interest recently and prompted a post-length comment on his newsletter that I thought would work as the basis for a post here on the Blog. I suggest reading that post before diving into
Fowl Play: Our Chicken Congressman and His Turkey Donor
December 6, 2025
While Senator Mark Kelly was risking his life this week to speak to his constituents at the Friday town hall, Congressman Juan Ciscomani not only refused to hold town halls; he removed the bushes in front of his office and installed a fence to keep his constituents at bay. What is Juan afraid of? Surely
“ I should die because of what I said..?”—Mark Kelly Blasts Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on Free Speech and Military Law
December 5, 2025
Arizona’s senator warns of unprecedented danger as the president calls for executing members of Congress. TOP QUOTES BY US SENATOR MARK KELLY: In a searing speech before 200 people in Tucson on Dec. 5, 2025, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly delivered a withering indictment of Donald Trump’s presidency, framing it as an existential threat to constitutional
(UPDATED) Know Nothing Donald Trump Just Gave the Democrats the Gaffe that Could Win Them the 2026 Elections
December 4, 2025
When he was not dozing off as his sycophant…cabinet members heaped praise on him for stopping hurricanes and cutting SNAP payments to poor children, Donald Trump spent his waking moments at the event calling Somali immigrants in Minnesota “garbage,” defended his bloodthirsty war criminal Pete Hegesth’s involvement in the illegal bombing of survivors from this
Arizona Gets Approval from the Feds to Invest $967 Million in Broadband Expansion to Reduce the Digital Divide
December 4, 2025
Yesterday was a great day for Arizonans who live in communities with unreliable or virtual non existent access to internet broadband. In a press release from Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, “the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Arizona’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) final proposal, clearing the way for
Retired Veteran Dan Toporek Wants to Be Part of a 2026 Arizona State Legislature that Works for the People
December 4, 2025
Retired Army and Marine Veteran Dan Toporek has been in the public sphere his whole adult life. The 2020 Democratic Nominee for Maricopa County Treasurer, he is now seeking an opportunity to represent the North Phoenix residents of Arizona Legislative District Two in the Arizona State Senate. Saying the people deserve a legislature that works for them, Toporek, if
Crumbling Heritage Foundation Loses a Prominent Catholic Leader
December 4, 2025
The Diocese of Tucson announced that prominent Catholic scholar, Professor Robert P. George, resigned from the reviled Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees. He cited the Heritage’s president’s support of Tucker Carlson for promoting a white supremacist. The Heritage Foundation is the author of Project 2025, carried out by Trump to destroy democracy. George, a Princeton
