Is it? Really? Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill Jr. is often credited with the saying “All Politics is Local”, though apparently,he didn’t originate it. Many of the real issues facing people in our districts are in fact local. And yet, even those local matters are significantly affected by far away events. Arizonans’ cost … Read more
State Rep. Alma Hernandez (D-LD20) appeared at Democrats of Greater Tucson this week not as a newcomer, but as one of the longest‑serving Dems at the Capitol – a term‑limited House member now running for the LD20 Senate seat at age 32 after eight bruising years in the minority. In the July 21 Democratic Primary, … Read more
Nothing like a surprise trip to a government facility to uncover all the broken rules, compromised regulations, and appalling conditions being allowed there. That is what happened yesterday evening when Arizona’s three Democratic Representatives, Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Greg Stanton made an unannounced late evening visit to the DHS-ICE Administered Arizona Removal Operations Coordination … Read more
(Source: Peoplesworld.org) We were going to write at length about how Donald Trump’s approval rating has plummeted in national polls, and how that can be inferred as disastrous for Republicans such as Juan Ciscomani, who are on the ballot this November. Trump’s numbers are awful, as shown by this chart from poll interpreter Nate … Read more
Donald Trump is a bully. This much is clear[1]. When he thinks groups or individuals are vulnerable, he talks tough. When they resist, he either backs down or responds so ineffectively that he often loses. The results with law firms he’s attacked, for instance, show this. As Robert Reich has noted, “The law firms Perkins Coie, Jenner … Read more