UPDATED 1/6/23: I read this opinion article by Jamelle Bouie at the New York Times and found it a very useful amendment to my thinking in this post. I will quote from it at length with highlights and commentary at the bottom of this post. Dr. Tim Snyder is one of my favorite historians. He … Read more
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has had an eventful first year in office. From fighting for Arizona Consumers and Senior Citizens to protecting the groundwater water supply and environment to advocating for reproductive freedom to investigating potential wrongdoing among 2020 fake electors, Ms. Mayes’s tenure has been a sharp turn from her predecessor who did … Read more
Only the Arizona Republicans would embarrass the purpose of civic recognition by bestowing the Senate Freshman of the Year designation to 9/11 conspiracy supporter, MAGA Kool-Aid Drinker, book-banning fan, and Great Replacement Theory subscriber Arizona Legislative District (LD) 17 State Senator Justine Wadsack, a person who may or may not live in the district she … Read more
Yesterday’s bombshell news that the Colorado state Supreme Court decided 4-3 that Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the ballot for that state’s Republican Presidential Primary Election is echoing about the media today. But don’t get too exited: while this a historic political and legal landmark, it doesn’t mean what many are prematurely thinking … Read more
Arizona Legislative District (LD) 17, because of the MAGA extremism of the two members of its delegation — State Senator Justine Wadsack, and Representative Rachel Jones — will be a watched district in the 2024 elections as Democrats look to take both chambers of the State Legislature that both currently hold a one-vote Republican majority. … Read more