AZ Politics

by David SafierHow many people at the tea parties were wearing flag pins? How many FOX news people? How many politicians? Anyone know?

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For all the sound and fury generated by the corporate sponsored, right-wing media driven "income tax protest" tea parties asserting that Americans are "overtaxed," the reality is just the opposite: it turns out it was all much ado about nothing. Arizona's income-tax rates are among the lowest in the U.S.: The Arizona … Read more

by David SafierThe big election integrity story is happening in Maricopa County as we await AG Terry Goddard's statement about the counting of the RTA ballots. But today, we had a small part of the story play out in a downtown Tucson courtroom. I spent most of my day sitting outside Judge José Luis Castillo's … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The modern Republican Party still refers to itself as the "Party of Lincoln." Lincoln may have been one of the original founders of the Republican Party, but nothing could be further from the truth or present-day reality. If Lincoln were alive today he would immediately recognize the modern GOP as his old … Read more

by David SafierI posted this morning about a Homeland Security warning concerning the possibility of cyber attacks from left wing extremists and violence from right wing extremists. One paragraph in the article says this: In this report, the agency warns that imposing new restrictions on firearms and returning military veterans who have difficulties assimilating back … Read more