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. **

Even Arizona’s MAGA Justice Clint Bolick Condemns Trump’s Attacks on American Legal Rights

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In an astonishing speech, MAGA celebrity Justice Clint Bolick of the Arizona Supreme Court disparaged Trump and his stooges for the January 6 insurrection, attempting to suspend habeas corpus (taking away a person’s right to challenge their detention in court), and seeking to destroy the due process of law. “It is really scary stuff,” Bolick … Read more

Democrats Are Losing Young Voters Because They’re Still Campaigning Like It’s 1992

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The party’s outdated messaging strategies are alienating America’s largest voting bloc. Zohran Mamdani’s stunning defeat of Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary should terrify every establishment Democrat in America. The election exposed how catastrophically out of touch the party has become with its own future. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: Democrats are hemorrhaging … Read more

Defy Trump and Come to World Refugee Day in Tucson

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Location: 5000 E 29th Street, Freedom Park Center. Time: 4-8pm, Saturday, June 28, 2025 Trump has cruelly forced tens of thousands of already-approved refugees to be stranded in dangerous conditions overseas. Only a very small number of refugees are now being resettled and allowed to access Reception and Placement support under exceptions to the refugee … Read more

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