In Donald Trump’s world, there are two Americas. There is the America, populated by his corporate and Twenty First Century Fortune 500 Gilded Age seeking supporters who deserve every privilege and perk the United States has to offer, including massive tax cut benefits, environmental deregulation, and profit increases from rising oil prices. Then there is … Read more
AZ Sec. of State was listed the official candidates who filed nominating petitions for Arizona’s legislature for 2026. The deadline to file was 5 p.m. on March 23, 2026. https://apps.arizona.vote/electioninfo/Election/68 Here’s the list for the Primary on July 21, 2026 for Legislative Districts 17 to 21 in Southern Arizona: –LD 17 Senate (open seat), Senator … Read more
Our Southern AZ Japanese Cultural Coalition (SAJCC) hosted its 10th festival on March 21, 2026 at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center (TCCC), 1288 W. River Rd. We started up in January 2014 as a small New Year’s mochitsuki (mochi pounding) event at Yume Japanese Gardens (now part of Tucson Botanical Gardens). Then we kept growing … Read more
Despite an apparent bipartisan deal that would have funded the Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, because of his insistence on passing the Voter Suppression SAVE Act, and his apparent adherence to the Project 2025 goal to privatize the TSA, has sent ill-trained and poorly regarded ICE agents to complement security in 13 of the … Read more
American hero Robert Mueller (left) and the guy who’s glad he’s dead Robert S. Mueller III, 81, died Friday night. He came from a privileged background, but unlike many of his peers, enlisted in the Marines and was a lieutenant on the front lines in Vietnam, wounded and decorated for heroism. He left the prestigious … Read more