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February 9, 2026
BlogForArizona has a very active presence on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/blogforarizona.bsky.social). We DO push notices of our new posts there, in case that’s your perferred method of notice (rather than email delivery, or loading up the blog on a browser), and to help new folks discover our blog and our posts, but that is FAR from all;
Corrupt To the Core
February 8, 2026
Our president likes money. He really likes money. He likes money so much that enriching himself and his family is a core goal of his second presidency. Everything else be damned! America is his breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The desserts come from all over the planet; one delicacy consumed at Mar-a-Lago in January 2025 was
What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing
February 8, 2026
The article in the New Yorker, “What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing,” is very persuasive. It argues that MAGA has outperformed Democrats in long-term grassroots organizing. While Democrats excel at short-term mobilization, such as protests and candidate meetings, MAGA networks focus on building year‑round community relationships that sustain political power. Dems are good at
Hobbs Signs Law to move AZ primary elections to July, Two Weeks Earlier
February 7, 2026
On February 6, 2026, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an emergency bipartisan bill that now places the primary election on July 21. It was originally set for Aug. 4 According to AZ state Senator Analise Ortiz, who represents the 24th district, the full Senate approved it on February 5 as an emergency measure. The bipartisan legislation will also
The SAVE Act Will Erase Eligible Voters
February 7, 2026
Republicans’ SAVE Act claims to protect elections, but its real effect is to block eligible Americans from registering to vote. By requiring in-person proof like birth certificates or passports, the bill would erase millions of lawful voters, especially women, seniors, military members, and people whose paperwork doesn’t fit a fantasy version of citizenship.
Governor Katie Hobbs Launches Know Your Rights Site to Counter ICE Aggression and Lawlessness
February 7, 2026
https://knowyourrights.az.gov People in Arizona, especially those who are non-white potential victims and protestors to the criminal unconstitutionality of the Trump regime and its ICE-Gestapo thugs, need to familiarize themselves with the above site, launched by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs. It gives guidance for people on what to do if confronted by Trump and Stephen Miller’s
Nemik’s Manifesto and the Rebellion Growing in American Souls
February 6, 2026
From inside a fictional universe, wherein free people, regular people, psychologically normal people are just trying to live their normal lives, creeps the shadow of modernity’s greatest and most destructive evil: fascism. In the Star Wars series, Andor (the only truly well-written and inspiring tale from that universe in decades, IMO) we get a page
The Outrage is Real Karoline Leavitt; Your Boss is a White Nationalist Racist Pig
February 6, 2026
Today brought another example of Donald Trump and his loyalists demonstrating that they are White Nationalist, Racist, Social Darwinist Pigs. Last night, Trump, or a kindred racist staffer, posted a picture of Michelle and Barack Obama’s heads on top of the bodies of apes. Out of common decency that Trump and his white nationalist supporters
