Margo has been fighting for years to get an initiative on the ballot to provide legal representation for those immigrants in deportation proceedings. Here is a great discussion of the issue on the Border Chronicle podcast. I also recommend subscribing to the Border Chronicle newsletter on substack. https://www.theborderchronicle.com/p/people-need-representation-a-podcast?r=ql07&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
With the pending retirement of three-term State House Legislative District (LD) 13 Representative Jennifer Pawlik from the Arizona Legislature, former 2022 LD 14 House candidate Brandy Reese, a forensic science chemist, peace officer, mother of two daughters, and public education activist, has declared her run to succeed the well-regarded legislator. Arizona LD 13 encompasses all … Read more
Arizona House Congressional District (CD) One will be one of the most watched political contests on election night in 2024. Why? Because the toss-up district contains a populace that only just supported Joe Biden in 2020 and the Republican incumbent running, ethically challenged David Schweikert has faced increasingly dwindling margins of victory over Democratic challengers … Read more
Results from a July New York Times/Siena Poll of the Republican contenders for the 2024 Party Nomination are chilling. They also confirm what many in the political world have long known. The fringe Trumpist-Maga Republican Base is out of touch with reality. Check out some of these findings with regard to Donald Trump. Overall, 37 … Read more
The Miami Herald reports, Texas sheriff recommends criminal charges in DeSantis’ migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard: A Texas sheriff’s department has recommended that the district attorney in Bexar County bring criminal charges over the first iteration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called migrant relocation program. Those flights last September sent 49 asylum seekers, most of … Read more