Michael Bryan 
Juan Ciscomani is doing NOTHING to carry through his promises (and that of the MAGAGOP) to actually have a vote on MAGA’s Big Ugly Budget ACA Subsidy cuts that prompted the longest government shutdown in American history this fall. The deal that ended the impasse was that Speaker Mike ‘Tiny’ Johnson promised to hold a … Read more
A post on Persuation by Jeff Tyler Syck about the problems with Trump’s MAGA prescription for revitalizing rural American communities caught my interest recently and prompted a post-length comment on his newsletter that I thought would work as the basis for a post here on the Blog. I suggest reading that post before diving into … Read more
Seldom to do I pen a post just to quote and recommend the work of another – unless it’s just too good to miss and exactly what I was about to say myself (but probably with more unnecessary words!). Today, political scientist and practitioner Rachel Bitecofer did just that: When the government reopened, cable pundits … Read more
In today’s official Congressional November 4th email newletter from Rep. #CiscoMAGA, Juan continues to lie about the cause of the shutdown, the Democrats’ role, and the reason why Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (i.e. SNAP) beneficiaries are getting shafted (parentheses added): On November 1st, funding for SNAP benefits lapsed (that’s a very passive way to put … Read more
Some helpful Arizona musicians did us all the favor of creating a Spotify playlist of significant songs by Arizona bands from 2000-2025. I found it inspiring and illuminating, and thought some of you might as well! Enjoy!