Mayor Giles has been here before. He stepped forward to endorse the election of Democrat Mark Kelly to the Senate over anti-democratic, anti-American values MAGA blowhard, conspiracy theorist, election denier, and insurrectionist fascist before and taken the blowback from his own party it has caused him with grace. He’s now doing it again on the … Read more
When Michelle Obama was growing up, her mother would tell her, “Don’t sit around and complain about things. Do something!‘” Michelle turned to the Democratic Delegates at the Chicago Democratic Convention and said, “So consider this your official ask. Michelle Obama is asking, no, telling you, to do something!” We don’t need four more years … Read more
The most powerful moment of the night was the three women who delivered deeply harrowing, personal stories on abortion rights. Amanda Zurawski of Texas, Kaitlyn Joshua of Louisiana and Hadley Duvall of Kentucky described the needless tragedy and heartbreak they experienced from state abortion bans. One-third of all women live under abortion bans. Abortion bans … Read more
This morning we got treated to rousing speeches from Arizona luminaries. Sorry in advance that I didn’t cath all of our lead-off speaker SecState Fontes and didn’t get my tripod setup immediately – I’ll do better in future events! AZSecState Adrian Fontes led off. His main message was to turn your early ballots in within … Read more
Here’s a winning recipe: start with the beautiful city of Chicago, add 4,000 pumped-up Democratic Delegates nationwide, add a star-studded cast of political orators – and you’ve got the Democratic National Convention. The excitement is so intense it measures on the Richter scale. After taking the new direct Southwest flight from Tucson to Chicago, I … Read more