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 post here on the Blog. I suggest a read of that post before diving … Read more

(UPDATED) Know Nothing Donald Trump Just Gave the Democrats the Gaffe that Could Win Them the 2026 Elections

When he was not dozing off as his sycophant…cabinet members heaped praise on him for stopping hurricanes and cutting SNAP payments to poor children, Donald Trump spent his waking moments at the event calling Somali immigrants in Minnesota “garbage,” defended his bloodthirsty war criminal Pete Hegesth’s involvement in the illegal bombing of survivors from this … Read more

Arizona Gets Approval from the Federal Government to Invest $ 967 Million in Broadband Expansion to Reduce the Digital Divide

Yesterday was a great day for Arizonans who live in communities with unreliable or virtual non existent access to internet broadband. In a press release from Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, “the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Arizona’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) final proposal, clearing the way for … Read more

Retired Veteran Dan Toporek Wants to Be Part of a 2026 Arizona State Legislature that Works for the People

Retired Army and Marine Veteran Dan Toporek has been in the public sphere his whole adult life.  The 2020 Democratic Nominee for Maricopa County Treasurer, he is now seeking an opportunity to represent the North Phoenix residents of Arizona Legislative District Two in the Arizona State Senate. Saying the people deserve a legislature that works for them, Toporek, if … Read more

Gen Z Candidate Armando Montero Continues His Meteoric Political Rise with a Campaign for the Arizona State House

Wanting to bring a fresh perspective from the Gen Z populace to the Arizona State House, political boy wonder Armando Montero, the President of the Tempe Union High School Governing Board, is running for one of the Arizona Legislative District Twelve House seats.  Arizona Legislative District 12 contains parts of Tempe, Ahwatukee Foothills, Mesa, and … Read more