Larry Bodine

Larry Bodine, a journalist and attorney, is the Chair of LD18 Democrats, was President of Greater Tucson, and has been an elected Precinct Committeeman since 2006 in Arizona and Illinois. He was a Delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.   ✍He began writing for the Blog for Arizona in June 2017 — See https://blogforarizona.net/author/larry-bodine  ✍His 44-year career includes reporting for the New York Daily News, which was then the largest-circulation US newspaper, at a time when he won 7 awards for investigative journalism.   ✍Larry is an attorney and is a member in good standing of the Wisconsin State Bar.

Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race

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https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1815080881981190320 President Biden, 81, abandoned his bid for re-election and opened the 2024 presidential contest on July 21, 2024. He responded to pressure from his closest allies to drop out of the race amid deep concerns that he was too old and frail to defeat former President Donald J. Trump. After three weeks of refusals … Read more

School Vouchers Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget

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This excerpted article is by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Arizona’s voucher experiment has since precipitated a budget meltdown. This year, the state faced a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of which was a result of the new voucher spending, according to the Grand Canyon Institute, a local nonpartisan fiscal and economic policy … Read more

Simon Rosenberg: Democrats Will Win

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This is an edited transcript of Simon Rosenberg’s speech at the LD18 Democrats meeting on July 25, 2024. Simon Rosenberg is the author of the Hopium Chronicles, a Democratic newsletter with 9,000 subscribers. A veteran political analyst, strategist and commentator, Rosenberg is a veteran of two Presidential campaigns and senior roles at the Democratic National … Read more