11 Years blogging at B4AZ
February 11, 2025
Well, it’s now 11 years since I started blogging here at Blog for Arizona. Most of us don’t care about the current political situation with the return of Republican President Donald Trump. It’s going to be a challenging four years or more. Stay tuned for a lot of push back from the Democrats across the
Trump Will Cut Costs; Just Not for You
February 10, 2025
Has anyone been to the gas station today? Or the local grocer to try and purchase a dozen eggs? Worried if those generous subsidies to enroll in the Obamacare/Affordable Care Act private healthcare marketplaces, provided by the Biden/Harris Administration, will still be there next year. Or how those new steel tariffs will affect your buying
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Batting A Thousand Against the Musk/Trump/Vance Trifecta
February 10, 2025
Along with a coalition of Democratic Attorney Generals across the country, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is batting a thousand in her lawsuits against the Project 2025 driven Musk/Trump/Vance Administration. First, stopping the end of the Fourteenth Amendment protection of birthright citizenship. Then blocking the freezing of federal funding that had already been approved by
Harrison Ford’s Very Inspiring Super Bowl Commercial for Jeep: Democrats Should Take Notes
February 10, 2025
Please watch the Super Bowl Commercial Harrison Ford did for Jeep. The viewer can decide for her or himself if there are hidden messages in the piece but some items to point out and quotes to cite. Among Ford’s notable quotes are: Democrats would do well to take notes from this commercial when they develop
Some Good News: Mayor Kate Gallego and Phoenix City Council Deliver on their Housing Plan Goals…Five Years Earlier Than Projected
February 9, 2025
In 2019, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and the then Phoenix Council unveiled, of the COVID 19 Pandemic and Recession that dominated in 2020, the Housing Phoenix Plan that was designed to create or preserve 50,000 housing units by 2030. Fast forward five years and Gallego and the current Phoenix City Council announced that the 50,000
Musk and Trump Are Making the Country Less Safe
February 9, 2025
In the three weeks that the Musk/Trump team has been in power, they have succeeded at several initiatives, none of them good. One constant from all the chaos that the Musk/Trump team has sowed over this period is how much they have made the country and the American People less safe. Several examples of how
College Dems Petition for Protection from ICE Raids on Campus
February 9, 2025
To fight Trump’s crackdown on immigration, the UofA College Democrats are petitioning the University to not cooperate with ICE agents, to protect student information and to educate students, faculty and staff on their rights. Under Trump, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested more than 3,500 unauthorized immigrants. The nationwide expansion of “expedited
Third Way Writers Offer a Strategy for Democratic Party Resurgence
February 8, 2025
With a slim plurality of voters last November deciding to support a person that had been twice impeached in his first term, indicted for enabling an attempted coup to stay in power, found liable for sexual assault, convicted 34 times for business mismanagement, and driving the country into a ditch largely because of his mismanagement
