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.

Maricopa County Attorney Demands All Cyber Ninjas’ Communications With Trump, Congress About Election “Audit”

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The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office demanded that Cyber Ninjas turn over all communications it had with former President Donald Trump and his team, Arizona (and, other) Congressmen and more.  The heretofore unannounced letter was attached to a new Special Action Petition filed with the Arizona Supreme Court by the Cyber Ninjas in their other public … Read more

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero Endorses Katie Hobbs for Governor

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From a Hobbs for Governor Press Release: Today, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero endorsed Secretary of State Katie Hobbs for governor. “Arizonans deserve a Governor who will deliver for working families, protect our water and natural resources, fully invest in our public schools, and defend our fundamental rights like the freedom to vote and the right … Read more

An Open Letter to Arizona Teachers

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I am not a teacher, I am a mom. I cannot understand what you’re going through, I don’t see your day to day, I don’t carry the weight that you do. Here’s what I do see. This may surprise you because I don’t know if you knew I was watching…. I see you smile at … Read more

This Week in Legislative Malpractice March 7-14

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Highly suggested reading: Save Our Schools Weekly Education Report, and Civic Engagement Beyond Voting’s AZ Legislature Weekly Report. This week only about 150 active bills have survived, out of the over 1600 dropped this session. March 24th will be the next deadline for bills to move forward: all non-appropriation bills must have cleared committee in … Read more

Gosar Smokes Out U.S. House Plan To Start WWIII

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Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar was 1 of only 3 (Republicans) who realized the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a secret roadmap to get U.S. to go into Ukraine to confront nuclear power Russia. However, he couldn’t even get the bill number right, let alone his interpretation of the substance!

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 426-3 today to support the people of Ukraine. Arizona’s Paul Gosar (R-CD4) was one of those “nays”. His reasoning completely misreads the resolution.
Gosar was joined by fellow Republicans Kentucky’s Thomas Massie and Montana’s Matt Rosendale. They are obviously the only three who misread the plain language as a declaration of war.

Gosar issued his anti-war manifesto on Twitter tonight, claiming “There is language in HR 956 giving Ukraine defacto NATO status with reference  to Art. 5. Which is mandatory war authorization.”

This would come as major news to the rest of the House, President Joe Biden and the rest of the world.
(As a side note, Gosar has been in Congress for long enough that he should automatically type the correct bill or resolution number. “HR
956″ would be a bill to pass law. What he voted on today was “H.Res. 956”, which is a resolution. Searching for “HR 956” would bring you to the pending “National Aviation Heritage Area Reauthorization Act“.)

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