Arizona Congressional District Three House Representative Yassamin Ansari has come to Washington D.C., and it has been a nonstop rollercoaster Between fully assembling her legislative staff, getting the computers up and running in her congressional office, getting acclimated to the Washington scene, making her first-floor speech on the House floor condemning the inclusion of anti-immigrant … Read more
Next week, the Senate will start confirmation hearings for President-Elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. The American People need to pay attention to all of them, especially the ones for Secretary of Defense (Pete Hegseth,) National Intelligence Director (Tulsi Gabbard,) F.B.I. Director (Kash Patel,) and Secretary for Homeland Security (Kristi Noem.) To be frank, none of … Read more
When the new Arizona Legislative session begins in January, Democrats in both the House and Senate will continue to advance policy goals targeted to improving the lives of middle- and working-class families. With a laundry list of policy prescriptions including fully funding K-12 schools, free community college, reducing health care costs, making housing affordable, expanding … Read more
It was really a tale of two opening speeches today in the House of Representative after Mike Johnson and soon to be Felon and Sexual Assaulter in Chief Donald Trump twisted the arms of two Republican House Members to change their minds to cast the deciding votes to elevate Mr. Johnson again to the Speakership. … Read more
Oh, President Carter. They don’t make many like you anymore. Your passing feels deeply personal, like losing a mentor who shaped my values from afar. You were the first U.S. President of my newlywed years and I’ll never forget when you won. I had fallen asleep, worried about the results, unsure if the world would … Read more