Congressional District 6 candidates faced off on PBS, as Juan Ciscomani defended his abysmal incumbency while challenger Kirsten Engel condemned his lack of accomplishments. Engel, a law professor at the University of Arizona and former AZ state legislator, outlined her support for reproductive rights, a secure border and solving Arizona’s water shortage. “Congressman Juan Ciscomani … Read more
Before Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, the first Gen Z member of the House of Representatives helped launch the opening of the new Harris/Walz field office in South Phoenix yesterday evening (August 28, 2024,) he helped usher in the campaign’s Welcome Back to Campus Initiative with barnstorming appearances before returning college students at the University of … Read more
Want to know what a Dystopian MAGA-Handmaids Tale-Project 2025 future will look like. Watch the Lincoln Project’s frightening ad, “State Line.” In the ad, a father and daughter are pulled over by a highway patrolman who, in an eerie Big Brother-We Are Watching You Persona, knows that the daughter, Abigal is eight weeks pregnant, that … Read more
The first two nights of the Democratic National Convention, well recounted by Blog for Arizona Leaders Michael Bryan and Larry Bodine, has stood out for several reasons. One of them is the high quality, stellar addresses and historic one-liners of the great majority of Democratic and, yes, Republican Women leaders and activists during the first … Read more
First up was political super-star former Presidential candidate and NJ’s Senator Cory Booker, who I suspect pissed every other speaker off because they had to follow this! With humor, wit, heartfelt storytelling. and some good old-fashioned shouting, Booker rocked the room. Note that this was him “saving his voice” for tonight’s appearance on the DNC … Read more