Re-election Looking Worse for Ethically Embattled David Schweikert

It has been a bad week for ethically embattled Congressional District Six Representative David Schweikert (R-Scottsdale). First, election predictors at Roll Call-Inside Elections. have downgraded his bid for reelection from Solid to Likely Republican. The Cook Report has the race in a worse state for Schweikert, rating Congressional District Six “Lean Republican.” Second, in a … Read more

You go Nancy and Joe

Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Joe Biden showed Democrats how to push back against Republican Talking… lies and disinformation. First, the Speaker, in a response to Sinclair journalist James Rosen’s question (and popular Republican ) about whether she hated Donald Trump, strongly defended herself and her decision to … Read more

Maricopa County Democrats to Hold Winter Convention on December 14.

The Democratic National Committee has declared that Arizona will be one of the eight major battleground states in 2020. NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd has indicated that Maricopa County is one of five battleground counties their news organization will be watching as a barometer for where the voters are leaning for the 2020 … Read more

Is 2020 the Year the Arizona ELL Law Comes off the Books?

Will the political stars finally align to repeal the law (Proposition 203) mandating English Only Instruction for students with limited English Proficiency in 2020? Proposition 203, passed in 2000, has not yielded the hoped-for outcomes as English learners have fallen behind in both English acquisition and mastery of other core and elective subjects children cannot … Read more

Kerry and Schwarzenegger Launch World War Zero

This is not an article about a Zombie Movie or the latest video game to purchase for the kids during Christmas or Hanukah. 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee-former Secretary of State-former Senator John Kerry and former California Governor-current Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger have helped to assemble a bipartisan who’s who coalition of scientists, politicians, military leaders, and … Read more