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Mayes and Fontes Disparage Trump, Wanting Republicans to Disobey the Constitution by Federalizing and Controlling Elections

February 8, 2026February 4, 2026 by David Gordon

Earlier in the week, Donald Trump raised another stink in his ever-ending pursuit, fueled by lying disinformation and public denialism, to create election infrastructure in his MAGA image by suggesting, on the recently departed F.B.I. Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s podcast, that Republicans should nationalize and control elections in 15 areas. Trump repeated his suggestions, backed … Read more

Arizona’s Santa Cruz County Sherrif, David Hathaway, Gives a Frank Inside View of ICE Operations and Practice

February 4, 2026February 4, 2026 by Michael Bryan

Here is the video of Sheriff Hathaway in conversation with Judge Napolitano. It’s highly enlightening and deeply insightful. Well worth 20 minutes of your time. Presented without comment for now. I will likely update this post with my own reactions and insights in the next day or two. In the meantime, I rely on you … Read more

Hobbs, Gallego, and Sundareshan Comment on Colorado River Water Supply Negotiations

February 4, 2026 by David Gordon

People who say global warming is not a major concern should have gathered at a January 30 meeting of the seven states dependent on water from the Colorado River. They would have had a rude awakening in reality. At that meeting, hosted by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, most of the Governors from the Upper Colorado … Read more

Arizona Congressional Democrats React to the Arrest of Journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon

February 2, 2026 by David Gordon

With Donald Trump, no basic freedom enshrined in the Bill of Rights is safe. That includes the Freedom of the Press. Days after the courts refused to grant an arrest warrant, the Trump Fascist Injustice Department went ahead and arrested local writer Georgia Fort and former CNN journalist Don Lemon under the ludicrous charge that … Read more

While Arizona and National Republicans Take Freedoms Away and Defend ICE, Democrats Work to Save Working and Middle Class Rights and Affordability

February 1, 2026 by David Gordon

Arizona Legislative Republicans are back at it at the State Capitol, playing the same old MAGA-White Nationalist-Religious Extremist broken records of voting suppression and taking away reproductive freedom, sponsoring measures designed to take people’s rights away in both areas. In both chambers, Arizona Republicans want to circumvent a probable Gubernatorial veto by sending a ballot … Read more

Yes, yes yes! This is all the same stuff Bernie Sanders was saying. Remember that guy? "It is a fact…

You're right about that. Just look at the pre-Pearl Harbor fascists & their followers documented in Rachel Maddow's Prequel.

@Wiley - There's little doubt that Faux News et. al. have taken advantage of mental denseness, and profited from it,…