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.

Arizona Democratic Candidates Support Protecting the Grand Canyon and Staying in the Paris Climate Agreement.

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Once upon a time, Republicans were leaders in Environmental Protection. It was Republican Presidents (Grant and Harrison) that started designating lands as national forests and parks that fellow Republican President Theodore Roosevelt expanded and codified into law. It was a Republican President (Nixon) that signed the law that created the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean … Read more

Lindsey Graham is a Permanent Resident of the Trump Zone.

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Senator Lindsey Graham,  eager to not get primaried in South Carolina in next year’s elections, was seduced into the Trump Zone. As the recent impeachment inquiry into the Ukraine matter has demonstrated, the Senate Judiciary Chairman (scary thing to fathom) who once eagerly supported the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for far less,  has become … Read more

Is Martha McSally Serving the People of Arizona?

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If Senator McSally and her supporters were residents of an alternative reality, one can understand why they felt she was fully serving the interests of the people. However, for most people living in this reality, she, and her Grand Canyon State Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives, clearly have not worked for Arizonans on … Read more

Jim Jordan is an Early Holiday Gift to Democrats

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The Trump Zone residents are stirring again. This time, the House Republicans, in an attempt to defend their Duce, otherwise known as Individual One, the 2016 Popular Vote Loser, the KKK Endorsed Candidate, and the President of the United States, are considering putting Trumpist-Tea Party Fanatic Jim Jordan on the Intelligence Committee when Impeachment Investigation … Read more

A Good Night for Democrats and Schools in Arizona and Across the Country.

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It was a good night for Democrats on November 5, 2019. The Virginia State Legislature has shifted back to Democratic control for the first time in a quarter-century. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, despite an election-eve Trump, attended rally, appears to have defeated unpopular extreme reactionary Mark Bevin for the Governorship. Republicans did prevail in … Read more