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.

The AZGOP Advances Bill Requiring the Ritual Medical Torture of Dying Babies in Violation of Parent’s Rights

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Abortion Everyday (a wonderful resource for keeping up with the anti-woman agenda of the GOP nationally, to which I subscribe, and encourage others to do so…) by Jessica Valenti, noted: The Arizona Senate passed [Ed. on a party line vote with all 16 Republicans voting YES] a ‘born alive’ bill—legislation that is more a political stunt … Read more

AZ Attorney General Mayes on Releasing the Secret Brnovich Report and Investigating the AZ Fake Electors

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Attorney General Mayes appeared on MSNBC to address her release of the election security report that found no fraud or malfeasance after 10,000 hours of investigation which Brnovich concealed from voters and the media during the 2022 election.

AG Mayes also indicated that her office is actively investigating the fake electors who tried to steal Arizona’s electoral votes in 2020. Some of those fraudsters are currently sitting in powerful positions in our AZLege, including Jake Hoffman who is currently the Chairman of the House Government Committee and the chief inquisitor of the Star Chamber to stop Gov. Hobbs’ agenda… er, I guess they are calling it the special Director Nominations Committee, and #Jan6Terrorist Anthony Kern who is currently the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee (ironic since he should be in jail).

What Do We Mean When We Say ‘Freedom’?

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What is freedom? What does it mean? What does it entail?  Merriam-Webster defines freedom as “the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action”.  Do we gain freedom by denying the freedoms of others?  I don’t believe so, but if “freedom” becomes an opinion more than an American ideal, we see the word freedom … Read more