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.

My Darkest Concern: The Pandemic Coup

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I actually wrote much of this post back on 3/21/20 and decided that posting it would be far too speculative and pre-mature. However, events now seem to have caught up with my concerns to an alarming degree, so I decided I would publish an annotated version of my earlier unpublished writing. Those portions that are … Read more

Governor Ducey Declares a ‘State of Emergency’ Due to ‘Riots’

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Today, Governor Ducey declared a state of emergency throughout Arizona. He did this without consultation or prior communication with the mayors or police chiefs of Arizona’s major cities. Why? Likely, because those positions are largely filled with Democrats and their appointees, one imagines? Tucson’s Mayor Regina Romero was not consulted: I just learned through @dougducey's … Read more

Governor Ducey Continues to Lie About Arizona’s COVID-19 Status

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PLEASE NOTE UPDATE ON 6/8/20 at the end of this article. Ongoing analysis of Governor Ducey’s COVID-19 pressers: May 22th: Proof Ducey’s Lying: Arizona’s NOT Ready to Re-Open June 4th: Ducey Stays on Course for Re-Opening, Despite COVID-19 Resurgence May 29th: Governor Ducey addressed Arizona regarding the COVID-19 epidemic on Thursday, May 28th, and once again, … Read more

Scott Weinberg is Gone, But the Threat of Purple For Parents Remains

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The political career of Twitter troll and bigot Scott Weinberg ended as abruptly as it began this week, as he announced the end of his candidacy for the Kyrene School District governing board.

You may remember Scott from a post I wrote in January about a contentious board meeting in the Chandler Unified School District where Weinberg and his Purple For Parents compatriots squared off against advocates for equity and LGBTQ+ inclusion. Scott was apparently no fan of that post, as he posted a long thread “fact-checking” my post. Unfortunately, that thread, along with the rest of Scott’s Twitter, is no longer available, for reasons we will get into. But all you really need to know is it began by “fact-checking” my title, “Standing Up for Democracy at the School Board,” by arguing that, well actually, the United States is NOT a democracy, parroting a favorite nonsensical comment section retort pushed by right-wing faux education institutions like Prager U.

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