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.

Gallego and Kelly Will Regret Supporting the ‘Detain Petty Thieves Forever Bill’ (aka ‘Laken Reilly’)

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It seems that many elected Democrats, including some of Arizona’s own, have been cowed into supporting a very bad bill. In brief, the ‘Detain Petty Thieves Forever Bill’ (aka the Laken Reilly Act… you can always count on MAGA to horribly and cynically exploit a family’s tragedy for political purposes, can’t you?) not only mandates … Read more

Beware the Corporate Takeover of Democracy

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With the billionaire owners of giant corporations now taking over media and key government advisory positions, we will be seeing a flood of articles extolling their “wisdom” and condemning government regulators. This is dangerous news for “We the People.” The only purpose of a capitalist corporation is to make money for its owners — not … Read more

Meet the ADP Chair Candidates

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TheDGT.org recently spoke with several of the candidates for Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. This is likely one of the only chances you’ll get to meet them prior to next weekend’s Party Re-Org Meeting. If you are a State Committee Member with a vote, you’ll want to take a look if you haven’t met … Read more

UPDATED: Day-One Lame Duck Donald

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UPDATED 12/21: Democrats won, GOP/MAGA/Trump/Musk lost. Simple as that. Oh, and of course the CR continued a pay rise for Congress. The ‘compromise’ that 34 GOP members (many of the same that defected on the first try) opposed was essentially the deal we had already struck with the GOP for a temporary CR earlier this … Read more

Think MAGA Want Free Speech? Think Again…

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Our official legislative blog jester, Arizona Senator John Kavanaugh, is always haranguing others about free speech. Yet, he apparently really only wants free speech and expression for those who agree with him. He is currently holding hostage the ability of the University of Arizona to issue ~30 million dollars worth of new bonds for construction … Read more