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.

Don’t Be Fooled by Steve Spain’s Lies About Pima County’s Budget

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On August 31, the League of Women Voters scheduled a debate between my opponent, Steve Spain and me. Both of us confirmed our attendance. Just minutes before the debate started, Spain informed the debate organizers that he was bowing out. That same day, Spain’s campaign team was putting up road signs throughout the district that … Read more

AZ Blue Meanie

Today’s Stomps from AZBlueMeanie

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Editor MDB: Our friend and collaborator AZBlueMeanie hasn’t been posting lately due to family duties she or he must focus on to the exclusion of pretty much anything else, but we are regularly in touch about what faces he or she would like to stomp! I will occasionally post about those stompings she or he … Read more

MAGA Were Russian Dupes All Along

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It has now been revealed in an indictment that Tenet Media was a front for Russian propaganda. Can’t say I’m at all surprised. Not only were those guys useful idiots for Russia, though it now appears they were well-paid useful idiots. I guess being well-paid makes them useful whores instead of idiots, or maybe useful … Read more

DNC Heartbreak, American National Interest, and a Widening War

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The absolutely most heartbreaking moment of the DNC Convention was the appearance of Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin, American-Israeli parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The entire crowd was in sympathy and in tears as Rachel and Jon told the story of their son’s kidnapping and the 109 people, including 45 Americans, who were still held hostage … Read more