Had Enough of Eli Crane; Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is Giving Voters in CD Two a Chance to Change Their Minds

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In 2022, former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez ran an inspired campaign, yet lost against Republican-Trumpist-MAGA disciple Eli Crane in the race for House Representative in Arizona’s Congressional District Two.  How has that worked out for the residents living there? Not well, considering Crane has publicly embraced Mr. Trump’s economic, political, international, and anti-sustainability policies, … Read more

Anyone to the left of Attila the Hun

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Sometimes I think that our political dialog has lost all nuance. Or accuracy. And it’s not just the Trumpian characterization of anyone to left of Attila the Hun as being a Communist, although that’s among the most egregious. It’s also the characterization of all political candidates as existing on a single dimension of left vs … Read more

It is Official: Governor Katie Hobbs Picks Former Mesa Mayor John Giles as Her Running Mate for the 2026 Elections

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It is official. In a move to unite the state politically among Democrats, Independents, and Non-MAGA Republicans, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, after a couple of weeks of rumors, has officially named former Republican and Mesa Mayor John Giles as her Lieutenant Governor pick for the November 2026 elections. Mayor Giles became an Independent earlier this … Read more

Trump and Kennedy Jr Move to Remake Head Start in MAGA’S Image

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In one of their latest moves to undo the Progressive Era of New Deal and Great Society/War on Poverty legislation, the Trump Back to the Gilded Age Regime is, with the aid of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health and Human Services Department, launching a deregulation push of the Lyndon Johnson era-created Head Start, an early … Read more