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Democratic Legislative Leaders Sundareshan and De Los Santos Offer a 2026 Agenda Focusing on Affordability, ESA Reform, Water Security, and Helping People

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Cutting food costs Cutting utility costs Cutting prescription drug prices. Reducing housing and rental costs. Reforming the ESA Private School Voucher Welfare/Scam for the Wealthy Program. Protecting Arizona’s groundwater supply and ensuring water security. Expanding Medicaid. Increase funding for public schools and community colleges. Providing increased childcare and early education for Pre-K children. Making sure … Read more

Trump and Kushner Make Bid to Take Over and Control CNN

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Remember this clip from the 1992 movie Sneakers starring Robert Redford and Ben Kingsley. The line by Kingsley’s character in this scene, where he said, “There’s a war out there, old friend. A world war, and it’s not about who’s got the most bullets. It’s about who controls the information. What we see and hear. … Read more

MAGA Kills DEI, Gets Schooled in College Admissions

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MAGA got its dream: DEI stripped, identity banned, and “merit” restored. And within minutes, the data made one thing embarrassingly clear: The kids who lose first in a meritocracy aren’t the ones MAGA loves to demonize. They’re the ones MAGA raised. The biggest beneficiaries of identity-based admissions weren’t women, students of color or first-gen kids. … Read more

Matt Grodsky, Matters of State Strategies Vice President

Matters of State Strategies Vice President Matt Grodsky Discusses Democratic Prospects for 2026

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The stars are aligning for Democrats… …If they do the work and avoid complacency. Those are the sentiments of Matt Grodsky, Vice President of Matters of State Strategies, political consultant, and former Arizona Democratic Party Communications Director, who spoke with Blog for Arizona to discuss Democrats’ electoral prospects heading into the 2026 campaign. The questions … Read more

Retired Veteran Dan Toporek Wants to Be Part of a 2026 Arizona State Legislature that Works for the People

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Retired Army and Marine Veteran Dan Toporek has been in the public sphere his whole adult life.  The 2020 Democratic Nominee for Maricopa County Treasurer, he is now seeking an opportunity to represent the North Phoenix residents of Arizona Legislative District Two in the Arizona State Senate. Saying the people deserve a legislature that works for them, Toporek, if … Read more