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.

Facing Re-election, Maricopa Co. Attorney Rachel Mitchell Politicizes Her Office to Truckle to Donald Trump and the MAGA Minions

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An alternative title for this post might be “Democrats REALLY Need a Serious Candidate for Maricopa County Attorney”. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell is certainly proving she is not above the partisan fray. Not only was she a hired legal gun to try and smear the sexual assault victim of Supreme Court Justice Brett “I … Read more

AZGOP Legislators Simply Aren’t Conservatives Any More

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The Arizona Legislature continues its recent career of trying to pass ruinously ignorant, reckless, and facially unconstitutional legislation. The AZGOP majority are now doing their level best to try to limit or usurp federal powers and duties over our national security. They are trying to pass legislation that would result in defunding 96% of the … Read more

Killing Our Twitter

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Now that Elon Musk has pretty much officially aligned the company formerly known as Twitter with Russia by cutting the Ukrainian armed forces off from Starlink and instead giving access to Russia, cancelling Alexi Navalny’s widow’s account, and acting as a mouthpiece for Russian disinformation and propaganda, I can no longer participate. Former Twitter has … Read more

#LyingLoserLake Stops Lying about Recorder Richer Under Threat of Actual Accountability and Penalty

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Kari Lake has been publicly backpedaling on her claims of election corruption now that she faces actual consequences for her lies. Many news outlets have recognized Lake’s backpedaling, but few have recognized the central role Steven Richer’s defamation lawsuit is playing in her climb down. Seems that when actual financial consequences for lying are put … Read more