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SUMMARY:Bernadette Greene-Placentia\, candidate for CD 8 at DGT
DESCRIPTION:by Carolyn Classen\, blogger \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Please join us on February 2nd at Noon for a lively and frank discussion about Bernadette’s campaign to unseat the odious #DishonestAbe\, Abe Hamadeh\, election denier\, Trump toady\, and inveterate liar. Get to know her with her Ballotpedia questionaire and her interview with The Atlantic magazine (search for Bernadette’s name)\, and bring your questions to the QA that will follow her talk. \n\n\n\nYou Must Register in Advance for this Meeting:\n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/RVwlcgT1QButuo8FPZyITw\n\n\n\nBernadette’s biography: \n\n\n\nBernadette was raised in the rural Midwest and is the proud daughter of a Vietnam veteran and a Hungarian Refugee. She grew up with a deep respect for service\, sacrifice\, and the freedoms guaranteed by the United States Constitution. After college\, Bernadette was pulling late-night shifts at the local truck stop diner to help her family stay afloat. Soon after\, she climbed into the cab of a big rig and spent the next 27 years hauling freight across the country. She’s seenAmerica from the ground level\, truck stop to truck stop\, talking to factory workers\, single moms\, farmers\, and veterans—ordinary people ignored by the political elite in Washington. \n\n\n\nThrough relentless dedication\, Bernadette built her own trucking company. However\, when the economy tanked\, she watched everything she had fought for\, her business\, her trucks\, her livelihood\, slip away. Like millions of Americans\, she had to start over\, knowing firsthand what it feels like when politicians and corporations write the rules to benefit themselves\, while working families pay the price. \n\n\n\nFor 17 years\, Bernadette has shared life’s toughest roads with her husband\, an environmental services tech. They have a beautiful adopted daughter from China and have built a family rooted in faith\, sacrifice\, and perseverance. She’s a lifelong gun owner who believes in protecting our freedoms\, while finding common-sense solutions and not catering to political extremes. \n\n\n\nAfter watching Democrats lose last cycle and see how under Trump MAGA extremists are dedicated to tearing this country apart\, threaten Social Security\, attack women’s rights\, defund our public schools\, and sell out working people. Bernadette knew something had to change. Today\, our Republic and the U.S. Constitution\, for which our founding fathers fought to defend\, are under direct attack from politicians who put self-interest and power above country. \n\n\n\nBernadette is stepping up because enough is enough! For Democrats to win in Arizona this mid- term\, we need the support of blue-collar workers. It’s time the party fights to bring them back into the fold\, and who better to do that than a working-class woman herself. \n\n\n\nBernadette is a Democrat with a backbone\, someone who has hauled America’s goods through many storms\, fought for every paycheck\, and knows what it’s like to lose everything and have to rebuild. In Congress\, she’ll roll up her sleeves to fight for the people politicians have forgotten\, by protecting Social Security and Medicare\, securing our borders without losing our humanity\, making healthcare affordable\, defending reproductive freedom\, and ensuring thatworking- and middle-class families finally have someone on their side. \n\n\n\nShe’s not another politician. She’s one of us\, and she’s ready to fight like hell to protect Arizona’s 8th Congressional District and the Constitution.” \n\n\n\nCarolyn’s note:  Bernadette is running for CD 8 currently held by Republican attorney incumbent Abe Hamadeh\, elected in Nov. 2024. He also ran for Az Attorney General in Nov. 2022\, losing by 280 votes after a recount.  \n\n\n\nCurrent voter registration stats on CD 8 in Phoenix from AZ SOS:  Dems 113\,110; Republicans 194\,843; Other 153\,780.
URL:https://blogforarizona.net/event/bernadette-greene-placentia-candidate-for-cd-8-at-dgt/
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SUMMARY:Community Grief Gathering
DESCRIPTION:by Carolyn Classen\, blogger \n\n\n\n“You are invited to Community Grief Gathering occurring on Mon\, Feb 2\, 2026 4:30pm – 6:30pm“ \n\n\n\nLocation: \n\n\n\nThe Historic Y Courtyard300 E University BlvdTucson AZ 85705 US \n\n\n\nDescription:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact: Ames MeeksEmail: queerlybeloveddoula@gmail.com \n\n\n\nCarolyn’s note: This must be in response to the recent killings of two 37 year old civilians Renee Good & Alex Pretti in MN by I.C.E. agents in January\, 2026. We are over a year into the Trump Administration. Be aware and if you feel the need to collectively grieve\, join this event.
URL:https://blogforarizona.net/event/community-grief-gathering/
LOCATION:Historic Y\, 738 N. 5th Avenue\, Tucson\, Arizona\, 85705
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