Maricopa County Democratic Party Chairperson Patti O’Neil Previews the 2026 Summer Convention and Discusses This Year’s Elections
June 16, 2026
When Maricopa County Democratic Chairperson Patti O’Neil spoke with Blog for Arizona last December, she talked about her goals for improving voter registration numbers, messaging outreach, and candidate support. Now, six months later, Chairperson O’Neil graciously interviewed with Blog for Arizona again and previewed the County Party’s Summer Convention on June 20 and discussed the
MAGA-Only AZ Corporation Commission is Found Corrupt and Lawless in The AZ Court of Appeals
June 16, 2026
Our pugnacious and fearless (and former AZ Corporation Commissioner) Attorney General, Kris Mayes, just spanked the purely Republican-only AZCC in court for failing to do their duty under the Arizona Constitution, flouting the law, giving an outright gift to Arizona’s Arizona Public Service monopoly, and failing to understand, or willfully ignoring, the most basic concepts
Corrupt Utility Commissioner Kevin Thompson, Who Shills for Data Centers and Fossil Fuels, Must Resign Immediately
June 16, 2026
State Commissioner Kevin Thompson, who is supposed to regulate electric, gas and power rates, corruptly works for two companies that the Commission regulates. It’s called the “Arizona Corporation Commission,” (ACC) but what it actually does is regulate electricity and natural gas rates statewide. Thompson, who is the chairman, runs two consulting companies to benefit EdgeCore,
Adrian Fontes Reacts to Maricopa Recorder Heap’s Controversies and Trump’s Unconstitutional Plans to Use the Postal Service to Thwart Mail-in Ballot Delivery
June 16, 2026
Times are interesting in Maricopa County Government circles these days as MAGA-Trumpist fanatic County Recorder Justin Heap is tussling with the Republican dominant Board of Supervisors over who has control over the July primary elections in the county. A court proceeding that could decide the issue convened on June 15. Heap and his legal counsel,
With Iran, Trump Came, Saw, and Capitulated While Ushering in a More Unsafe World
June 15, 2026
Does anyone think Barack Obama could have written a better Art of the Deal book? With word of a kind of armistice deal between Iran and the United States that will be finalized (hopefully, depending on the details) with a more permanent deal in about two months, Donald Trump, the man who bankrupted a casino
Mayor Kate Gallego and Phoenix City Council Adopt 2030 Food Action Plan
June 14, 2026
With 43 of the 55 food deserts in Maricopa County falling within the City of Phoenix boundaries, Mayor Kate Gallego and the City Council have adopted, after feedback from 2300 community members, a new 2030 Food Action Plan for the nation’s fifth-largest city, building on the successes of the 2025 one and charting a course
Ruben Gallego’s Crypto Gamble Could Trigger the Next Financial Meltdown
June 13, 2026
The cryptocurrency industry has the same cast of ultra-rich, nefarious characters who caused the 2008 economic crash. It has the same anti-government regulations that prevent safeguards from being put in place. Please get in touch with US Senator Ruben Gallego to stop supporting the Clarity Act, or the next devastating crash will be on him.
Let Them Watch UFC: Marie Trump Enriches Himself and His Buddy Donors While People Pay Higher Gas and Grocery Prices Thanks to Him
June 13, 2026
There is no limit to Donald Trump’s insensitivity, greed, depraved thinking, and ego-stoking. Last year, on his 79th birthday, the person who called those who served in the nation’s armed services “suckers” held a dictator-style military parade to celebrate the other day that future historians may also call “infamy.” This year, in what may be
