Trump, Johnson, and Thune’s Holiday Gift This Year to the Non-Millionaire/Billionaire Class-Higher Health Insurance Rates

How is this following the teachings of Jesus and Christian Tenets? For all their talk about being good Christians, Donald Trump, Mike Johnson, John Thune, and the vast majority of Legislative Republicans showed their hypocrisy again towards the non-millionaire and billionaire class of the American People by giving them the holiday gift of higher health … Read more

Smelling Victory in 2026, the DLCC Invests in Arizona Battle for the State Legislature

Prepare for the deluge of campaign ads, social media outreach, and knocks on your door from Democratic legislative district candidates seeking your vote in 2026. With Democrats outperforming in most electoral contests in 2025, including those in Republican gerrymandered seats like the one in Georgia yesterday, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) has committed to … Read more

Matt Grodsky, Matters of State Strategies Vice President

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

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

Trump’s Economic Policies Aim at Our Past, Not Our Future

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