David Gordon

Living in Arizona since his family moved to Tempe from New York in 1982, David Gordon has three degrees from Arizona State University and the University of Phoenix in History, Political Science, and Secondary School Administration. A highly qualified Social Studies instructor and Certified School Principal, Mr. Gordon owned his own charter school, Grand Canyon College Preparatory Academy from 1997-2016. The school served students in grades 6-12 in the East Valley of Maricopa County. Many of the graduates of GCP earned college credit for free while still attending high school, some completing the first year of college before graduating. Among the speakers at the school's graduations were noted figures in Arizona Politics like Harry Mitchell, David Schweikert, Juan Mendes, Andrew Sherwood, and John Huppenthal. Mr. Gordon also participated in the revisions of the Arizona History and Social Studies standards. In January 2017, Mr. Gordon started the political blog Twenty-First Century Progressive Bull Moose. It has a global following and routinely comments on the political events of the day. Mr. Gordon also helps administer the Facebook page Living Blue in Arizona. He is also a science fiction writer and has just completed two series. The first one, Jigsaw: Beginnings, Warheads, and Full Circle. All are available on Amazon. The second Jigsaw Series: History's Forgotten: Parts One, Two, and Three are also out on Amazon. The seventh book, Jigsaw: Powder Keg should be released in November 2023. Mr. Gordon is very happy to be asked to join the Blog for Arizona team and hopes to spread the progressive word to make Arizona a better place for everyone.

The Trump administration has a bigger turnover rate than McDonald’s

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, despite behaving like a sycophant to the unhinged whims of the KKK-endorsed candidate, resigned during the evening of April 7, 2019, rather than follow through with the reinstituting of family separation policies. She was this Administration’s second Homeland Security Secretary and this is just the third year of the Trump … Read more

One of Arizona’s worst ousted. There are many more to vote out in 2020.

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While it is right that Arizonans celebrated and hailed the forced resignation of Legislative District One State Representative David Stringer citizens need to remember that he is not the only reactionary legislator that does not serve the public good that needs to be defeated. Some of his vile comments on education like “public schools should … Read more

More lunacy from the Right: Creating a Caste System where our Young get Shortchanged.

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Forget worrying for now about whether the Democrats are going too far to the left in advancing their agenda. At least the people in this country, even in the Red States, largely support progressive goals like universal health care, cleaning the environment, and making sure everyone has a living wage. What people should worry about … Read more

Celebrate, Celebrate: David Stringer has resigned from the Arizona State House.

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Score one for decency in Government today. In a surprising development on Wednesday, March 27, Prescott Legislative District One State Representative David Stringer resigned from the State House after months of controversy stemming from racist comments and the revelation that he had been charged with sexual misconduct in Maryland 35 years ago. The controversial legislator … Read more

What is with Betsy DeVos’s Nazi budget for the Department of Education?

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The Budget ideas unveiled by Administration in the last couple of weeks has revealed an appetite for cutting programs that benefit our most vulnerable whether it is reductions in Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and Food Stamps. It has also unveiled plans to cut off the Affordable Care Act by siding with the opinion of a … Read more