Michael Bryan 
UPDATE 1/20/22 @ 14:00: JustSecurity.org found and archived a podcast referenced in the Before The Attack section below; excerpts added. I read the Grand Jury indictment of the #OathKeepersEleven for seditious conspiracy. There is plenty of coverage of this indictment elsewhere, especially as regards Elmer Stewart Rhodes, but as we are an Arizona blog, I … Read more
I watched an afternoon of the crazy that went down in Arizona on January 15th, 2022, so that you don’t have to. But you will still get to know what utterly crazy shit came out of the mouths of some of the politicians who are running for offices here in Arizona. I think it’s important … Read more
[Ed.: I have a deep respect for traditional conservatism and conservatives, even though many of the predilections and goals of conservatism are not congenial to my own views. I find traditional conservatism is a healthy oppositional force to my own progressivism. In any dialectical process, which is what a healthy democratic process consists of, one … Read more
[Ed.: Today the Secular AZ blog reported the following news…] This week — the first of Arizona’s legislative session — Secular AZ received word that on the second-floor lobby [of the Arizona House building, ed.], there is a “Pine Tree” flag — a symbol of the Christian nationalist Appeal to Heaven (ATH) movement. According to … Read more
[Ed.: From an ADP Press Release dated Jan. 13th: I read between the lines here that normally very low-key and temperate Chairperson Terán is furious, ‘to say the least’, to have called out one of her top electeds publicly…] In response to Senator Sinema’s floor speech on voting rights this afternoon, Chair of the Arizona … Read more