Michael Bryan

Michael founded BlogForArizona.net as the Howard Dean presidential campaign blog for Arizona in 2003, and has been blogging ever since. The Blog is now coming up on 20 years of continuous publication, a major achievement for any political blog, which usually have the life-spans of mayflies. Michael is an attorney living in Tucson with his wife Lauren. In 2008, Michael remade BlogForArizona into a collaborative project. Michael is now but one of the contributors to the blog and provides editorial and publishing direction in consultation with the Board of Directors and the other authors. If you want to keep up with the latest Arizona and National political news in an entertaining quick hit of news and opinion, check out the BlogForArizona twitter feed, which Mike largely curates and writes. Michael is also an AAPC member who occassionally consults on political campaigns, strategy and communications.

NO COURT KRAKEN: Arizona’s Presidential Election Is FINALLY COMPLETELY Out Of Courts – 1st Time Since November

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Today, for the first time since the week of the November 3 election, there are ZERO active court challenges to Arizona’s Presidential election. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this afternoon dismissed the Arizona Republican Party’s case suing Governor Doug Ducey and asking the court to “de-certify” the results giving Arizona’s Electoral College votes to … Read more

“PRESENT”? “AMERICA ONLY”? Biggs and Gosar Among 15 Refusing To Pass Resolution Condemning Burma’s Military Coup

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Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs led a group of 14 Republicans opposing a resolution condemning last month’s military coup in Burma (also known as Myanmar). Rep. Paul Gosar could not bring himself to vote “no” and instead voted “present”. The final vote was 398-14, and Gosar was the sole abstention. Gosar (R-CD4) has not yet made public … Read more

VIDEO: ‘Rebel Constable’ Randall Helps Tenants Facing Eviction

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[fusion_youtube id=”Wo0fdKcmzcY” alignment=”” width=”” height=”” autoplay=”false” api_params=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” css_id=””][/fusion_youtube] By A.J. Flick Even before the pandemic, there was a quiet revolution brewing among some Pima County constables, particularly how eviction notices are handled, which inspired former hydrologist Kristen Randall to run for constable. Constable Bennett Bernal led the revolution of “rebel constables.” “He told … Read more

The Roots of Trump-World are in Racism

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America has always had a vile underbelly. In every era, a portion of the populace has embraced this underbelly—approximately 33%. These citizens, 99% White, seem to be perpetually immature and bereft of public ethics. Unfortunately, this underbelly of Trump-world denizens is embedded in America’s DNA. It was undoubtedly prominent among White citizens who championed “Manifest … Read more

WATCH: Gosar Speaks Between White Nationalists And Redefines “Climate Crisis” To Be About “Angry, Violent Communists” Favoring Aliens

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Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar not only did not “debate” the attendees at the White Nationalist gathering in Florida known as AFPAC on Friday, he whipped them into a froth before the final speaker of the evening.

Gosar has received criticism for speaking to the America First Political Action Conference before going to the slightly more mainstream CPAC on Saturday. The Arizona Representative justified it to the Washington Post by saying that “it’s always about the debate.”

However, Gosar’s 15-minute speech did not challenge any aspect of the recurring theme that “White people” and “our country” was in danger from immigration. Rather, he repeatedly fed the audience red meat.
In talking about the need to resume building a U.S./Mexico border wall, Gosar received loud cheers for saying “a nation without a people is not a nation.”
However, one climactic part of his speech was when he declared:

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