Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-CD7) launched her congressional career with a direct challenge to multinational mining corporations, introducing legislation that would block Rio Tinto and BHP from seizing 2,400 acres of sacred Apache land in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. The “Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act,” filed today as Grijalva’s first bill, aims to repeal … Read more
Is the American Middle Class the same as it was over 50 years ago, before the Energy Crisis, the Great Inflation, and the decades-long misguided Republican institution of the economic policies known as Trickle Down Reaganomics? The answer, according to many, including Senator Ruben Gallego, is no. In part one of a new social media … Read more
Arizona Democrats thought it would happen in 2020. They thought that it could happen in 2022 and 2024. Will 2026 finally be the year when Arizona Democrats finally grab control of both houses of the State Legislature for the first time in half a century? Scott McNeil, the new Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic … Read more
A post on Persuation by Jeff Tyler Syck about the problems with Trump’s MAGA prescription for revitalizing rural American communities caught my interest recently and prompted a post-length comment on his newsletter that I thought would work as the basis for a post here on the Blog. I suggest reading that post before diving into … Read more
Arizona’s senator warns of unprecedented danger as the president calls for executing members of Congress. TOP QUOTES BY US SENATOR MARK KELLY: In a searing speech before 200 people in Tucson on Dec. 5, 2025, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly delivered a withering indictment of Donald Trump’s presidency, framing it as an existential threat to constitutional … Read more