Larry Bodine 
Top executives of ExxonMobil and other oil giants lied to Congress yesterday, denying that they spread disinformation about climate change. Democrats immediately challenged the oil executives, accusing them of engaging in a 30-year, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the contribution of fossil fuels to global warming. “They are obviously lying like the tobacco executives … Read more
The “Independent” Redistricting Commission adopted maps that will give Republicans an unfair edge in electing state legislators. The biased map would freeze the narrow Republican majority in the statehouse for ten years. The legislative map is designed to ensure the election of Republicans in Pima County. The congressional map allows Republicans to dominate in three … Read more
Attorney General Candidate Kris Mayes promised to take the fight to the Republican Party in her campaign. “I was tough on the utilities,” she said about her work on the Arizona Corporation Commission. “Who’s tough enough to stand up to the insanity that’s going on at the Arizona legislature? Which one of us is … Read more
The Independent Redistricting Commission will meet on Thursday to decide on Congressional and Legislative Draft Maps. They will discuss a pro-Republican map written by Anna Clark, the second vice-chair of the Pima County GOP, and surreptitiously submitted as being from the anti-worker Southern Arizona Leadership Council. Democrats must continue to comment at the links below: … Read more
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero joined other Hispanic mayors from Long Beach, Brownsville, Topeka, and Providence to call for immediate passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. They praised the historic investments and generational impacts for local communities and families that the agenda will bring. The mayors highlighted … Read more