I miss Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. I miss their steadiness and competence. I miss their economy. I miss that they left the country better off when they founded it. I miss their following the Constitution and Pro Democracy leadership. I miss them working for the American People and not themselves. I am fairly sure … Read more
Electoral campaigns announced their financial reports for the first quarter of 2026 in early April. In our district, JoAnna Mendoza’s campaign raised $2,440,651. Juan Ciscomani’s campaign raised $1,138,649. It seemed to us that our representative might be worried about his electoral prospects. We were not surprised by what we heard next. On April 13th, Tucson … Read more
On Earth Day yesterday, one of Arizona’s Representatives and Senators, Yassamin Ansari and Mark Kelly, condemned corporatist Donald Trump and MAGA Congressional Republicans for instituting anti-environmental and anti-sustainability policies designed to turn the clock back on clean energy projects while exploiting and ravaging the resources on public lands and national parks. In a video released … Read more
In 1952, with Dwight Eisenhower at the head of the ticket and McCarthyism in its popular phase, Republicans ran on a simple slogan attacking the Truman Administration on three words: Korea (while the war was going on and Truman had fired conservative darling Douglas MacArthur), Communism, and Corruption. While most historians concede that the popular … Read more
Well, it’s Earth Day 2026 and what shall we do to handle climate change on Earth now that we’re 26 years past the millenium year of 2000? Recently we attended a City of Tucson heat summit & climate accountability town hall at Donna Liggins neighborhood center. We heard from politicians like CD 7 Congresswoman Adelita … Read more