Larry Bodine

Larry is an intelligent, articulate, and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ✍ He is an experienced leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UA Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Video Manager for Iskashitaa Refugee Network, ‎ ✍ A common-sense business leader, he operated a successful marketing consultancy for 20 years. He is skilled in fundraising, artificial intelligence, and online communications.‎ ✍He considers multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion. His ethos is the Boy Scout Law.‎ ✍ Larry is a lifelong writer, having worked as a seven-time award-winning journalist for the New York Daily News and as the author of 600 articles for the Blog for Arizona.‎ ✍He is a graduate of Amherst College and Seton Hall Law School and has also attended the University of Munich in Germany.‎ ✍He is not all work and no play. Larry enjoys singing and playing the guitar, hiking Tucson's beautiful trails, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for breakfast.‎ ‎** Scroll down to see my articles below. **

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

Simon Rosenberg: We Must Elect Kirsten Engel to the US House

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This is an edited video transcript. Scroll to the very end to watch the video. Simon Rosenberg: This is Simon Rosenberg from Hopium Chronicles. This is our third interview in the series of interviews we’re doing for the 12 House candidates we’ve backed. If they win, they will flip the House and ensure that MAGA … Read more

The Most Terrifying Details in Project 2025

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This is an edited transcript of an MSNBC analysis between Melissa Murray, a Professor of Law at NYU Law School, and Elie Mystal, the Justice Correspondent for The Nation magazine. Melissa Murray: This is not a normal election, and this is not your father’s Republican Party. It’s now Donald Trump’s party, and if he’s elected, … Read more

Pima County Jail Has a Higher Per-Capita Death Rate Than Rikers

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Surprisingly, the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine printed a letter from an inmate in the Pima County Jail: Missed Connection “As a person who is incarcerated in Pima County Jail, I found it affirming to read Sarah Stillman’s article about the replacement of in-person visits with video calls (“The Right to Hug,” May … Read more

Netflix Documentary on Hitler Reveals Ominous Similarities with Trump

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The new documentary on Netflix, Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial, reveals striking similarities between the worst dictator the world has ever known and convicted felon Donald Trump. The documentary goes into detail about Adolf Hitler and the Nazis’ rise and rule from pre-WWII to the Holocaust to the Nuremberg trials. You only need … Read more

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